Stocky is shutting down.
Alfred is the Stocky alternative built to replace it.
Looking for a Stocky replacement before August 31, 2026? Alfred is inventory planning embedded right inside Shopify admin — demand forecasting, purchase planning, purchase orders, receiving, and supplier management. Nothing to sync, and no POS Pro required. Switch in minutes, not weeks.
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Export your Stocky data before it's gone
Shopify won't move your Stocky history into Admin — but you don't have to start from scratch.
Bring your purchase orders with you
Export your POs from Stocky and import them straight into Alfred by CSV. Alfred matches line items to your Shopify catalog by SKU — no manual re-entry.
Export CSV from Stocky → upload to Alfred → mapped automatically
Export in minutes
Our step-by-step Stocky data guide shows exactly what to pull and where to find it — before the lights go off on August 31.
Read the export guideSuppliers & big catalogs? We'll help.
Shopify doesn't offer a supplier export from Stocky, and heavy PO history is a lot to move by hand. Alfred imports suppliers by CSV — talk to us and we'll help you get yours across.
Talk to usWhy is Stocky shutting down? The timeline
Jul 2025
Shopify removes key Stocky features (transfers, min/max forecasting)
Feb 2026
Stocky delisted from the Shopify App Store — no new installs
Aug 31, 2026
Stocky shuts down completely. Historical data inaccessible.
What happens when Stocky shuts down?
Waiting until the deadline means scrambling. Here's what's at stake — and how Alfred fixes it.
Your data disappears
After August 31, Stocky's historical purchase orders, supplier details, and stocktake records are gone for good.
→ Alfred: Connect Stocky to Alfred and import your suppliers, purchase orders, and supplied products directly over its API — minutes, not a weekend of CSV exports. Do it before August 31: after that the API stops responding and CSV exports you took earlier are the only route left.
No forecasting fallback
Shopify Admin tracks stock — but it won't tell you what to reorder or when, and it has no demand forecasting or supplier management.
→ Alfred: Velocity-based demand forecasting out of the box, the day you install.
Spreadsheets don't scale
Manual sheets introduce errors, break on seasonality, and become unmanageable as your catalog grows.
→ Alfred: Purchase plans that auto-calculate reorder quantities with MOQ and pack-size rounding.
Stocky vs. Alfred Purchase Orders
Alfred isn't a generic alternative — it's a purpose-built replacement with capabilities Stocky never had.
| Feature | Stocky (sunsetting) | Alfred Purchase Orders |
|---|---|---|
| Demand forecasting | Trailing averages only | Sales-velocity-based projections (7–90 days) |
| Purchase order generation | ||
| Migrate your data off Stocky | One-click import over Stocky's API — suppliers, POs, and supplied products. CSV too. | |
| Supplier management | Basic vendor list | Full supplier profiles, MOQ, pack sizes, lead times |
| Migrate supplier catalogs & cost prices | No supplier export — report only | Pulled directly from Stocky, or upload its SKU/Variant report as-is |
| Multi-location support | ||
| ABC-XYZ analysis | ||
| Inventory alerts | Custom low-stock and inventory snapshot alerts | |
| Receiving & stocktakes | Basic | Barcode scanning, CSV upload, variance tracking |
| Stock transfers between locations | Basic | Full lifecycle (Draft → Ready to Ship → In Transit → Received), multi-shipment, tracking |
| Balance stock across locations | Recommendation engine using per-location min/max thresholds | |
| Landed cost & gross margin | Unit cost only | Freight, duty and fees allocated across the PO — with per-unit landed cost and margin on every line |
| Vendor credit memos | Log short shipments, damages and returns against the PO that caused them | |
| Sales performance analytics | Limited | By vendor, type, location, channel, tag |
| Saved views & purchase plans | Unlimited saved forecasts, plans, and analyses | |
| Requires POS Pro | Yes — inventory gated behind POS Pro | No — works on any Shopify plan |
| Works after Aug 2026 |
Your core Stocky workflows — plus the planning it lacked
Alfred covers the inventory operations you relied on Stocky for — purchasing, receiving, stocktakes, and suppliers — and adds the demand forecasting and planning intelligence it never had.
Demand Forecasting
Multi-window velocity analysis (7-90 days) with stockout projections and confidence intervals.
Purchase Plans
Reusable plans that calculate optimal reorder quantities by supplier, with MOQ and pack-size rounding.
Supplier Management
Full supplier profiles with lead times, MOQs, pack sizes, currency, and product catalogs.
Receiving & Stocktakes
Barcode scanning, CSV upload, variance tracking, and automatic inventory adjustments.
Performance Analytics
ABC-XYZ analysis, sell-through rates, growth indexing — broken down by vendor, type, location, and tag.
Inventory Alerts
Automated email alerts for stockouts, low stock, overstock, and velocity changes.
Landed Cost & Margin
Allocate freight, duty, and fees across a PO to get true per-unit landed cost — and gross margin per line, before you commit to the order.
Built for Shopify-first brands — not warehouses or factories
Stocky served this same kind of store — Alfred is purpose-built for it. It's inventory planning intelligence that lives inside Shopify. It's the right fit if:
- Shopify is your primary sales channel — your catalog, orders, and inventory already live in Shopify Admin.
- You buy and resell finished goods — you order stock from suppliers rather than manufacturing or assembling it yourself.
- You've outgrown spreadsheets (or Stocky) for reorder decisions, but you don't want the weight and cost of an ERP or WMS.
- You need the core inventory-ops loop in one place: demand forecasting, purchase planning, PO creation & management, receiving & stocktakes, and low-stock/overstock alerts.
- You want it embedded in Shopify — no separate login, no data-sync headaches, no consultants.
Probably not the right fit if you manufacture or assemble products and need bill-of-materials / MRP, you run a large multi-channel operation that needs a full WMS across Amazon / eBay / retail / 3PL warehouses, or you need deep accounting / ERP financials. Alfred stays focused on Shopify inventory planning and does that one job exceptionally well.
Comparing Stocky alternatives? Here's where Alfred fits.
Most merchants weigh a few Stocky replacements before switching. Alfred wins on three axes.
Read our full comparison of every Stocky alternative — including the ones that beat us
Price & no lock-in
30 days free on every plan, $29/month after, and no POS Pro requirement. Billing runs through your existing Shopify invoice — there's no credit card to enter. Pricing scales on your store's size, not on which features you're allowed to use: small brands get the same product the largest ones do, with no feature gating and no per-user fees.
Set-up speed
Forecasts the same day you install. No consultant, no onboarding project, no data-sync integration to stand up first.
Purpose-built for the Stocky workflow
Focused on the Shopify buy-and-resell loop — forecasting, purchase planning, receiving, transfers — rather than a heavier enterprise suite you'd grow into.
How much does a Stocky alternative cost?
Every plan starts with 30 days free, then $29/month. Every feature is on every plan — pricing scales on your store's size, never on which features you're allowed to use. And unlike Stocky, nothing is gated behind a POS Pro subscription.
| Plan | Real monthly cost | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Stocky (until Aug 31, 2026) | $0/mo | Free — but only reachable with Shopify POS Pro (~$89/mo per location), so it was never an option for stores without it. |
| Alfred — Build | $29/mo | Up to $500K annualized sales and 2,000 product variants. |
| Alfred — Grow | $49/mo | Up to $1.5M annualized sales and 5,000 product variants. |
| Alfred — Scale | $69/mo | Up to $3M annualized sales and 10,000 product variants. |
| Alfred — Thrive | $99/mo | Unlimited annualized sales, catalogs up to 20,000 product variants. |
Keep your POS Pro subscription. If you run physical stores, POS Pro isn't an inventory cost — it runs your registers, staff permissions, and exchanges, and you'll need it long after Stocky is gone. Alfred replaces the planning layer Stocky provided, not your point of sale. What changes is that inventory planning is no longer gated behind POS Pro at about $89/month per location — so if you subscribed to POS Pro purely to reach Stocky, that's now a cost you can review. See all four plans.
Comparing options? Compare alternatives — every Stocky replacement we could find, with pricing taken from each vendor's own page rather than copied between roundups. Several of the figures doing the rounds elsewhere are out of date.
How to switch from Stocky in 4 steps
No consultants. No credit card. Run Stocky and Alfred side-by-side until you're confident.
Install Alfred
One click from the Shopify App Store. Alfred syncs your product catalog, inventory levels, and sales history automatically.
Forecasts in minutes
Alfred analyzes your sales velocity and generates demand forecasts immediately — no configuration required.
Bring your POs, suppliers, and supplier pricing — in one click
Connect Stocky with your store name and API key, and Alfred pulls your suppliers, purchase orders, and supplied products across directly. No exports, no spreadsheets, no reformatting — preview what's coming before anything is written. CSV upload is still there for anything you'd rather move by hand. Then add the lead times, MOQs, and pack sizes Stocky never tracked.
Run both in parallel
Keep Stocky running alongside Alfred until you're confident. Switch fully any time before Aug 31 — zero downtime, zero data risk.
Stocky shutdown & alternatives: FAQ
Is Stocky shutting down?
Yes. Shopify is shutting Stocky down completely on August 31, 2026. It was already delisted from the Shopify App Store on February 2, 2026 (no new installs), and key features — inventory transfers and min/max forecasting — were removed back in July 2025. After the shutdown date, Stocky's data and APIs stop working.
What should I use instead of Stocky?
You need a replacement that covers the job Stocky actually did: demand forecasting, purchase order generation, supplier management, receiving, and stocktakes. Shopify Admin does not cover that — it tracks inventory quantities but has no forecasting, reorder logic, or supplier records. Alfred is a Shopify-embedded app built for exactly that loop, and unlike Stocky it does not require POS Pro.
What is the best Stocky alternative for Shopify?
It depends on what you used Stocky for. If you need a full ERP, warehouse management across marketplaces, or bill-of-materials manufacturing, look at a heavier suite. If you want the Stocky workflow itself — forecast demand, plan a purchase, raise the PO, receive it, count stock — done natively inside Shopify without a POS Pro subscription or an onboarding project, that is precisely what Alfred is built for. Install it free and run it alongside Stocky before you decide.
Does Shopify have a built-in replacement for Stocky?
No. Shopify has moved some basic inventory operations into Admin, but there is no built-in demand forecasting, reorder-quantity calculation, purchase planning, or supplier management. That gap is exactly what merchants leaving Stocky have to fill with an app.
Can I import my Stocky purchase orders into Alfred?
Yes — via CSV. Export your purchase orders from Stocky and import them into Alfred. Line items are matched to your Shopify catalog by SKU, so your purchase history comes across without manual re-entry. Alfred also supports CSV import for suppliers.
What about my suppliers?
Two different things, with two different answers. The supplier RECORDS (names, contacts, payment terms) can't be exported from Stocky — there's no supplier CSV — so those get re-created in Alfred, by CSV import or inline from any product table, with lead times, MOQs, and pack sizes Stocky never tracked. But the far bigger job — the list of products each supplier provides and what you pay for them — you CAN bring across: run Stocky's SKU/Variant report filtered to a supplier, then upload it straight into that supplier's Supplied Products in Alfred. No column renaming, and euro comma decimals like 47,91 are read correctly. If you have a large supplier list you need moved across, get in touch — we'll help.
How do I export my data from Stocky?
While Stocky is still live, export your purchase orders and stocktakes from within the Stocky app (you'll need POS Pro access). Also run one SKU/Variant report per supplier, filtered to that supplier — that's how you get each supplier's product list and cost prices out, and it's the piece that saves the most re-keying. There's no export for the supplier records themselves. Do it now — after August 31, 2026, Stocky shuts down and its APIs stop working. We've written a step-by-step Stocky export guide that walks through exactly what to pull and where to find it.
Will I lose my Stocky data?
Only if you don't export it. Shopify has confirmed historical data in Stocky (purchase orders, stocktakes, supplier info) will not transfer to Shopify Admin after the shutdown. Export what you can before August 31, 2026 — and bring your purchase orders into Alfred by CSV.
How much does Alfred cost?
Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial. After that, plans run from $29/month (Build) to $99/month (Thrive). You pick a plan when you install so the trial can start, but nothing is charged for 30 days and there is no credit card to enter — Shopify bills it on your existing invoice, and you can change plan or cancel at any point during the trial. Every feature is included on every plan; pricing scales on your store's annualized net sales and product variant count, never on feature access. Unlike Stocky, Alfred does not require Shopify POS Pro — though if you run physical stores you'll be keeping POS Pro for your registers either way, so treat Alfred's price as the cost of the planning tool rather than as a swap.
What is the cheapest Stocky alternative?
Alfred starts at $29/month, at or below the entry price of most Stocky alternatives, with every feature included on every plan and a 30-day free trial. One honest caveat on the cost comparison: Stocky itself was free, so replacing it does add a line to your bill. It was only reachable with POS Pro at about $89/month per location, but if you run physical stores you're keeping that subscription for your registers regardless — so the fair comparison is Alfred against the other Stocky alternatives, not against zero.
Is there a Stocky alternative for small brands?
Yes. Alfred's entry plan is $29/month and covers stores up to $500K in annualized revenue and 2,000 product variants — and it includes every feature, so a small brand gets the same forecasting, purchase planning, receiving, and supplier management as the largest one. There is no feature gating by tier, no per-user fee, no onboarding project, and no consultant. Most small brands are running forecasts within 30 minutes of installing.
Is there a Stocky alternative that doesn't require POS Pro?
Yes — Alfred works on any Shopify plan, with no POS Pro subscription. This matters most if you never had POS Pro: Stocky was gated behind it at roughly $89/month per location, so for online-only merchants and stores on lower plans, Shopify's inventory planning tool was simply out of reach. If you do run physical retail you'll keep POS Pro regardless — it runs your registers — and Alfred sits alongside it rather than replacing it.
How long does migration take?
Alfred syncs your product catalog and sales history automatically on install. Most merchants are up and running with forecasts and purchase plans within 30 minutes, and importing your purchase orders is a CSV upload. No consultant required.
Do I need POS Pro?
No — Alfred works on any Shopify plan. To be clear about what that does and doesn't mean: if you run physical stores, you should keep POS Pro. It runs your registers, staff permissions, custom roles, and exchanges, and none of that goes away when Stocky does. Alfred replaces the planning layer Stocky provided, not your point of sale. What changes is that inventory planning is no longer gated behind a POS Pro subscription — which matters most if you're online-only or on a plan without POS Pro, because Stocky was simply unavailable to you before.
Can I run Stocky and Alfred side by side?
Absolutely. Install Alfred now and run both tools in parallel. This gives you time to verify everything works before the August deadline, with zero risk. Switch over fully whenever you're ready.
Is Alfred a good Stocky alternative for multi-location or high-SKU stores?
Yes — and this is where most Stocky refugees land, because Stocky shipped with POS Pro and its users skew toward large multi-location retail. Alfred supports multi-location inventory with per-location min/max thresholds, stock transfers, and a balance-stock recommendation engine. Forecasting, purchase plans, and analytics all break down by location. On catalog size specifically: Alfred is built for up to 20,000 product variants, so if you're near or above that, get in touch before you install and we'll tell you honestly whether you'll be comfortable.
My catalog is bigger than 20,000 variants — can Alfred handle it?
Talk to us first. Alfred is built and tested for catalogs up to 20,000 product variants, and that's the honest ceiling rather than a billing gate — above it, syncing your catalog can pause, which means the numbers you'd be planning against stop updating. Two things usually help: Catalog Exclusions, which leave products you never reorder out of Alfred entirely so they stop counting toward the total (discontinued lines, samples, packaging, gift cards — sales history is kept, so it's reversible), and simply telling us your variant count before you install so we can say whether you'll be comfortable. We'd rather turn a store away than take one we can't keep current.
How does Alfred compare to other Stocky alternatives?
Most Stocky alternatives cover the same core planning workflow. Where Alfred stands apart is price transparency (30 days free, $29/month after, no POS Pro, no feature gating), same-day setup with no onboarding project or data-sync integration to stand up, landed cost and gross margin on every purchase order line, and a Shopify-native focus on the buy-and-resell loop rather than a heavier enterprise suite you'd grow into.
Do I have to migrate before August 31?
Yes — Stocky shuts down completely on August 31, 2026, after which its data is inaccessible. Doing it now is zero-risk: install Alfred, import your purchase orders, and run both tools in parallel until you're confident, then switch fully before the deadline.
How is Alfred different from Shopify's built-in tools?
Shopify Admin handles inventory operations (tracking quantities, transfers). Alfred handles inventory planning — demand forecasting, automated reorder calculations, purchase order generation, supplier management, and performance analytics. They're complementary.
See current plans and pricing on the pricing page.
Don't wait for the deadline
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