Stocky alternatives · 2026
The best Stocky alternatives for Shopify, honestly compared.
Shopify shuts Stocky down on August 31, 2026. Several tools can replace it, and the right one depends on your store. Here's the honest landscape — pricing, forecasting, and who each is actually for — with no pretending one app wins for everyone.
Full disclosure: we make dbStock. We'll tell you exactly where it fits — and where it doesn't.
Five real replacements, and who each one fits.
Not a ranking — a map. Match the tool to your store, not to a leaderboard.
dbStock
The decision-first pick. Corrects for the demand your stockouts hid and hands you the exact reorder — quantity per SKU, not a dashboard to interpret. One-click supplier POs. Free, done-for-you Stocky migration, including the suppliers Stocky won't export.
Best for Stores that want the reorder decided, at a price that doesn't climb with GMV.
Prediko
The deepest forecasting engine — trained on tens of millions of SKUs. Rich dashboards and alerts. Pricing rises as your GMV grows, and setup leans on a call.
Best for Growing catalogs that want the most data behind the forecast and don't mind scaling cost.
Inventory Planner (Sage)
Enterprise-grade, multi-channel forecasting with white-glove support. Powerful and priced for scale; more tool than a small store needs.
Best for $500K+ multi-channel operations that need sophisticated planning and support.
Assisty
The budget option. AI forecasting, replenishment reports and multi-store support, with a genuine free tier. More report-first than decision-first.
Best for The tightest budgets, or stores that want to start free and read reports themselves.
Shopify's built-in
After Stocky, Shopify absorbed basic stock tracking into the admin — but not demand forecasting, reorder points or purchase-order workflows. It counts stock; it won't tell you what to reorder.
Best for Very small stores that only need on-hand counts, not reordering.
The comparison, in one table.
Pricing as published in 2026; vendors change it, so confirm current rates before you buy.
| dbStock | Prediko | Inv. Planner | Assisty | Shopify | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From price | $49 flat, forever | $49 → scales | ~$120+ | Free / $19 | Included |
| Forecasting | Censored-demand | AI, huge dataset | Advanced | AI | None |
| Tells you what to reorder | The exact number | Dashboard + alerts | Dashboard | Reports | No |
| Corrects stockout-hidden demand | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| One-click supplier POs | Yes | Yes | Yes | Limited | No |
| Free Stocky migration | Done for you | Comparison help | Import | — | n/a |
| Value in under 10 min | Yes, self-serve | Needs a call | Demo-gated | Yes | n/a |
A 30-second decision.
Doing $500K+ across multiple channels? Inventory Planner is built for that scale and support.
Want the largest forecasting dataset and don't mind paying more as you grow? Prediko.
On the tightest budget, happy to read reports yourself? Assisty's free tier.
Want the reorder decided for you — the exact number, corrected for demand your stockouts hid — at a price that never climbs with GMV, and your Stocky data moved for free? That's the store we built dbStock for.
Choosing a Stocky replacement, answered.
Is there a free Stocky alternative?
Assisty offers a genuine free tier; most dedicated forecasting tools are paid. dbStock is free until you're fully off Stocky, then a flat $49/month — with no credit card to start.
What's the closest replacement to Stocky?
For Stocky's purchase-order and receiving workflow, several tools mirror it closely. dbStock goes a step further than Stocky did: instead of leaving you to decide quantities, it tells you exactly what to reorder and how much, corrected for demand your stockouts hid.
Which Stocky alternative is cheapest?
Assisty is cheapest on paper (free / from $19). But tools like Prediko and Inventory Planner scale their price with your revenue, so dbStock's flat $49 forever is often cheaper over time as you grow.
Which is best for demand forecasting?
Prediko has the largest training dataset. dbStock's edge is different: it corrects for censored demand — the sales you lose when a product is out of stock — which the others don't, so your reorder quantities aren't quietly under-sized.
Does Shopify replace Stocky on its own?
Only partly. Shopify moved basic stock tracking into the admin, but not forecasting, reorder points or purchase-order workflows — which is exactly the gap these alternatives fill.
If you want the decision, not a dashboard — that's us.
Flat $49, forever. Free until you're off Stocky, no credit card, and we migrate your data for you. Reserve your founding rate.