Every feature. Every channel. One transparent price.
No per-SKU fees. No per-user fees. No per-order fees. Connect the channels you sell on — everything else is included.
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Starting at $99/mo. Never more than $187/mo.
All features included at every level.
All features included
Every plan includes every feature.
How we compare
Carpe Inventory IQ next to Finale Inventory, Cin7 Core, Katana — every competitor claim below is checked against their own published material.
Oversell protection
Carpe Inventory IQ: Real-time sync backed by Inventory Reserve and Dynamic Cloak™
Finale Inventory: Stock sync only; no reserve buffer
Cin7 Core: Via channel sync
Katana: Not stated by vendor
Inventory Reserve & Dynamic Cloak™
Carpe Inventory IQ: Both — reserve buffers per channel, cloak recalculated with every transaction
Finale Inventory: Static cloak number only — not dynamic; no reserve buffers
Cin7 Core: Not verified
Katana: Not verified
Nested BOMs
Carpe Inventory IQ: BOMs nest inside BOMs — subassemblies resolve automatically
Finale Inventory: One level only — no nesting
Cin7 Core: Multi-level assemblies — nested BOMs supported
Katana: Subassemblies up to 10 levels — via Manufacturing add-on
Barcode scanning
Carpe Inventory IQ: Phone-camera scanning — no hardware, included in every plan
Finale Inventory: Requires scanner hardware purchased from Finale
Cin7 Core: All Core plans
Katana: Receiving, picking, packing, stocktaking
Walmart Marketplace
Carpe Inventory IQ: Included
Finale Inventory: WFS not tracked
Cin7 Core: Native integration
Katana: Via third-party connector (Extensiv)
Bills of materials & raw materials
Carpe Inventory IQ: Dynamic & static BOMs, raw materials, kits
Finale Inventory: Manufacturing & dynamic BOMs, kitting
Cin7 Core: BOMs, kits & bundles; MRP gated to Pro/Advanced
Katana: Via Manufacturing add-on ($199/mo)
Lot & expiry tracking
Carpe Inventory IQ: Lots & expiry dates with automatic FEFO — sales consume the earliest-expiring lot first
Finale Inventory: Lot IDs, serials, expiry dates, FEFO picking
Cin7 Core: Batch & expiry tracking
Katana: Via Traceability add-on ($249/mo)
COGS & inventory valuation
Carpe Inventory IQ: COGS, inventory valuation, and per-channel COGS reports
Finale Inventory: Weighted average cost, plus landed cost tracking
Cin7 Core: Actual-cost COGS via FIFO/FEFO
Katana: Moving Average Cost only — no FIFO/LIFO
Accounting sync (QuickBooks Online, Xero)
Carpe Inventory IQ: Bills, journal entries, and daily COGS post to your books, tagged by channel
Finale Inventory: QBO & Xero — posts income and COGS journal entries
Cin7 Core: Native QBO & Xero — invoices plus consolidated COGS journals
Katana: QBO posts invoices, bills, and COGS; Xero COGS is manual
Migration Wizard from Finale Inventory
Only in Carpe Inventory IQCarpe Inventory IQ: Built in — reads the files Finale already exports
Finale Inventory: —
Cin7 Core: None published
Katana: None published
Purchase orders & reorder suggestions
Carpe Inventory IQ: POs with reorder suggestions built in
Finale Inventory: POs and reorder management
Cin7 Core: POs and automated reorder points
Katana: POs with calculated reorder quantities
Pricing model
Carpe Inventory IQ: Flat plans by channel count — no per-SKU, per-user, or per-order fees
Finale Inventory: Scales with users, integrations, order volume, and add-ons
Cin7 Core: Scales by users, order volume, integrations, and SKUs
Katana: Usage-based — scales with sales orders and locations, plus paid add-on modules
No tax on your success.
Our price is set by how many channels you connect, and it stops at three. It never changes based on your orders, your SKUs, or how many people use it. No per-order fees. No revenue-based tiers.
Finale Inventory: From $499/mo. Cin7 Core: From $349/mo (Core Standard). Katana: Free plan; paid from $299/mo (usage-based). Carpe Inventory IQ: From $99/mo, capped at $187/mo for 3+ channels · 14-day free trial.
Verified July 2026. Where we could not verify something we say so, rather than guess.
Is Carpe Inventory IQ right for you?
Built for
- Brands selling across Shopify or BigCommerce, plus Amazon, Walmart, and eBay
- Brands that assemble, kit, or manufacture — even if Shopify or BigCommerce is your only sales channel
- Brands switching from spreadsheets, Finale, Cin7, Katana, SKU.io, or Inventory Planner
- Brands with 1–3 warehouses plus FBA or WFS
- Teams of 1–10 who need one system without per-user or per-SKU fees
- Brands that need accounting-ready reports for QuickBooks or Xero
Not built for
- Businesses that need to route their own orders across multiple warehouses or 3PLs
- B2B or wholesale-only businesses
- Manufacturers who need shop-floor scheduling or MES
- Brands selling primarily on marketplaces we don’t yet support natively (Etsy, Faire*, TikTok Shop*)
* Faire and TikTok Shop sales are picked up indirectly when the merchant routes them to Shopify via the marketplace’s official Shopify app — Carpe Inventory IQ sees them as Shopify orders. We do not connect to Faire or TikTok Shop directly.
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All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners and are used for identification purposes only. Carpe Inventory IQ is not affiliated with any company mentioned on this page. Feature and pricing information comes from each vendor’s own public website, documentation, and pricing pages — plus, in a few cases, firsthand use of the product — and reflects our understanding at the time of writing. Always confirm details with each vendor directly.