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inFlow Inventory is delightfully easy inventory software for managing stock and orders. We help wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers and ecommerce shops in over 90 countries.
Accounting for Small Business
I run a small business with a lot of products and , in general, Inflow is fantastic and serves me very well. The customer service is great - timely and helpful.
Inflow seems to struggle when having to work out the component shortages when comparing them to a bill of materials - we find we end up doing this manually.
Great value for small cost, very user-friendly and intuitive, many useful functionalities, continued efforts to improve, very efficient and friendly customer and support service.
This information was completely wrong and although multiple people looked to make this login work, the instructions appear to be wrong.
Now that we have it working and implemented, it is so much more fun to work with. There is an overview for al you can think of all reports you want, but also clear and up to date data.
With no API access and limited integrations, it is very limited to grow with our business.
Inflow is the simplest, user friendly and efficient inventory system I have encountered. I am seriously impressed with bang for buck - an affordable system that does everything I need.
Only one item photo can be uploaded/viewed on windows app, while multiple pics can be uploaded/seen on mobile app. Online storefront a bit confusing because of not having an "Add to cart" button.
I love Xero - Xero is a multifuctional site/app that has many features and abilities that are useful for individuals and small business which is what I use it for.
Unable to run a payment history by vendor for some reporting I needed to complete. Possible user error but, I was told functionality not available.
Features such as bank connections and invoice creation are great, while the dashboard offers very useful and great information.
Back to the bank feed -- Xero is unable to connect with a number of banks. In addition, the bank feed sometimes drops out transactions with no notice to the file owner or bookkeeper.
Xero is a good choice for businesses looking for comprehensive accounting software with a range of features and good customer support.
Lack of integration with Shopify for invoice/inventory management.
I love, love, love the app and cloud versions. I like that I can snap pictures of my receipts and chart them immediately so that my reconciliations go smoother.
1099 reports are too limited. Tracking categories are too limited.
Speaker 1: Hi, my name is Mina. I am Inventory Control Manager in Seven Star Wholesale. I rate inFlow four out of five, so actually we use inFlow for inventory management and sales order management as well. The most thing I like about inFlow is it's very easy to use, very easy to learn, and very easy to implement to our day to day operations. I think it needs some features that may help us to make, like count our product, and also something regard invoicing.
Nigel: My name is Nigel. I'm the Managing Director of my own company, D13 Solutions. We are a consultant company using Xero, which I'm rating five out of five. Xero was recommended to us by our accountants. They had options for products like Sage and some other products as well. They showed us two or three of those products, and we chose Xero from that list. We chose Xero because Xero was the most usable of the products. So the interface was very simple, but it also suited the way we work. So inability to do what we needed to do in the shortest possible time, in the easiest way. Xero gave us the best options out of all of the things we looked at. So we switched to Xero from our previous package. That was really straightforward. But for everything we use it for, which is invoicing, quotes, purchase orders, it's all really good. It's really straightforward and simple to use. We use it in multiple currencies as well, and it supports that very well indeed. But we've integrated things like the company credit cards, so everybody's credit card is integrated into the system, so it really works nice and simple. So things like my month end when I'm doing all my reconciliations, those take a matter of a couple of hours, not a couple of days. Xero has been a game changer for us. It's made my life more simple. It's kept my costs down. This means I haven't got to go and find someone external to my bookkeeping because it's all simple and easy to use within the app. I would recommend anybody to try Xero. It may not be for everyone, but it's certainly worth trying. And with a free trial available, why would you not?
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