Stocky Is Shutting Down: Best Alternatives (2026)

Stocky is dead. Not dying. Dead.

Shopify pulled it from the App Store on February 2, 2026. The core features that made it useful were already stripped out in July 2025. The app stops working entirely on August 31, 2026. If you are reading this, you probably already know all of that and you are here for the "now what" part.

I spend most of my day in seller communities, and this topic has been coming up constantly since the delisting. The frustration is real. Sellers who built their entire reorder workflow around Stocky are now scrambling to find a replacement before the deadline.

Here is what I would actually recommend, depending on your situation.

The Shutdown Timeline

Date	What Happened
Jul 7, 2025	Core features removed: transfers, min/max forecasting, barcode printing, replenishment
Feb 2, 2026	Delisted from Shopify App Store. No new installs.
Aug 31, 2026	Complete shutdown. App stops functioning.

That middle column is why you should not wait until August. You are already operating with a gutted version of Stocky. The features that made it worth using are gone.

Why Shopify Killed Stocky

I have a theory. Stocky was an acquisition (originally a third-party app, acquired by Shopify around 2018-2019). Shopify folded basic inventory features into the Admin over time, and Stocky became an orphan. No dedicated team. No roadmap. Feature removals started quietly, then the delisting made it official.

Shopify's stated replacement is the built-in Admin inventory management. I have to be honest: it handles stock counts and location transfers. That is about it. No demand forecasting. No reorder suggestions. No purchase order workflows. If your entire Stocky usage was "check how many units I have," the Admin works fine. If you were using Stocky for reorder planning, the Admin is not a replacement. It is a downgrade.

Your Actual Options

I am going to rank these by how well they replace what Stocky actually did for most sellers: basic demand signals, reorder suggestions, and purchase order creation.

Option 1: Spreadsheets

Cost: Free (plus your time).

I know this is where a lot of sellers end up after losing a tool. A Google Sheet with your SKUs, current stock, average daily sales, and a simple reorder point formula. It works. I used spreadsheets for longer than I want to admit.

The problem is maintenance. At 30 SKUs, updating a spreadsheet weekly takes 20 minutes. At 200 SKUs, it takes two hours. At 500, you stop doing it consistently and start flying blind on the SKUs you did not get to this week. The spreadsheet does not pull your sales data automatically. It does not adjust when lead times shift. It does not warn you that SKU #347 has six days of stock left.

If you have under 30 SKUs and one supplier, a spreadsheet is fine. Past that, the time cost exceeds what you would spend on software.

Option 2: Shopify Admin (Do Nothing)

Cost: Free (included with Shopify).

Shopify's built-in inventory tracks quantities across locations and handles basic transfers. That is the floor, not the ceiling. There is no forecasting, no reorder point calculation, no purchase order generation.

This works if inventory planning is not really your problem. Maybe you sell 10 SKUs. Maybe you order once a month from one supplier and eyeball it. For that workflow, Shopify Admin is fine and always has been.

For anyone who was actively using Stocky's reorder suggestions, this is not a substitute.

Option 3: ReplenishRadar

Cost: $99-$499/month depending on SKUs and stores. 14-day free trial.

This is our tool, so take that into account. We built ReplenishRadar specifically for Shopify and Amazon sellers who need demand forecasting, reorder recommendations, and purchase order workflows. The exact things Stocky used to do, but with actual statistical forecasting instead of simple recent-velocity math.

Where it goes further than Stocky ever did: demand forecasting with trend and seasonality detection, safety stock calculations that factor in lead time variability, FBA restocking for sellers who also sell on Amazon, and supplier management with lead time tracking.

If you sell on both Shopify and Amazon, Stocky was never going to work for you anyway (it was Shopify-only). ReplenishRadar handles both channels from one place.

Migration from Stocky: connect your Shopify store via OAuth, your catalog and sales history sync automatically. Takes about five minutes.

Option 4: Inventory Planner

Cost: Starts around $99/month, scales with SKU count.

Inventory Planner is a well-established Shopify app with detailed forecasting and replenishment features. It handles large catalogs and gives you granular control over forecasting parameters per product. If you have 500+ SKUs on Shopify and want to tune every knob, Inventory Planner has the depth for it.

The learning curve is steeper than simpler tools. I hear from sellers who installed it and felt overwhelmed by the configuration options. If you want something you can set up in an afternoon and have working by dinner, this is not that. If you want maximum control and are willing to invest the setup time, it is a strong option.

Option 5: Cin7 (formerly Dear Systems)

Cost: $349/month and up.

Cin7 is an ERP-adjacent tool. If you do manufacturing, wholesale, and DTC, and you need accounting integrations, warehouse management, and B2B order processing alongside inventory planning, it might be the right move.

For most Stocky users, this is overkill. Stocky was a simple tool for simple needs. Jumping to an ERP because your simple tool got shut down is like replacing a Honda Civic with a semi truck because the Civic got recalled. Unless you were already outgrowing Stocky's scope, a focused inventory tool will serve you better and cost less.

Option 6: Katana

Cost: Starts around $99/month.

Katana is built for manufacturers who sell DTC. If you make your own products on Shopify, Katana handles raw material planning, production scheduling, and finished goods inventory in one system. For makers and manufacturers, it fills a different niche than Stocky did.

If you do not manufacture, Katana is not the right fit.

The Comparison Table

Tool	Forecasting	Purchase Orders	Amazon Support	Starting Price	Best For
Shopify Admin	No	No	No	Free	Under 10 SKUs, one channel
Spreadsheets	Manual	Manual	Manual	Free	Under 30 SKUs, one supplier
ReplenishRadar	Statistical	Yes	Native	$99/mo	Shopify + Amazon sellers, 50-50K SKUs
Inventory Planner	Yes	Yes	Yes	~$99/mo	High-SKU Shopify stores
Cin7	Yes	Yes	Yes	$349/mo	Wholesale + manufacturing + DTC
Katana	Production	Yes	Limited	~$99/mo	Shopify manufacturers

Migration Checklist

Do this before August 31, 2026. Do not wait until August.

From Stocky, export:

1. Your supplier list (names, lead times, contact info)
2. Any open purchase orders
3. Product cost data if you entered it in Stocky

From Shopify (your new tool will pull this automatically):

• Product catalog and variants
• Current inventory levels by location
• Sales history (most tools pull 12-24 months)

What you will lose regardless:

• Stocky-specific reports and views
• Any custom configurations in Stocky's interface

The good news: your actual inventory data lives in Shopify, not in Stocky. Stocky was a layer on top. When it disappears, your products, stock levels, and order history remain in Shopify Admin. You are migrating the planning logic, not the data.

What I Would Do

If I were a Stocky user right now with 100+ SKUs on Shopify, I would not wait until July to figure this out. I would pick a tool this week, run it alongside whatever remains of Stocky for a month, and cut over.

The sellers I talk to who handle migrations well are the ones who overlap their tools. Run the new system in parallel. Verify the reorder suggestions make sense. Then switch.

The ones who wait until the shutdown date are the ones who make panic decisions and either overspend on a tool they do not need or underspend on one that does not actually replace what they lost.

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