# Page 4 | Katana Cloud Inventory Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 4 - Is Katana Cloud Inventory the right Inventory Management solution for you? Explore 171 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/172888/Katana-MRP/reviews --- Katana Cloud Inventory 4.6 (171) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/172888/Katana-MRP/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 4 - Reviews of Katana Cloud Inventory ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 76-100 of 171 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use CC Christin C. COO Sporting Goods Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Keeps us on Track!" January 6, 2022 5.0 Pros Katana keeps us organized both in inventory and in our manufacturing process. Cons Many new features seem to be only available in the highest level of the software, which is very expensive for a small business. Review Source FS Fatou S. CEO Consumer Goods Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Not for Small Manufacturers" May 16, 2024 2.0 I tried using Katana twice for my small laboratory which manufacture skincare Pros Company of any size can use it, you can in theory intergate with lot of other tool like Quickbook and Shopify Cons It's very Expansive , even more when you want to follow the lot number. it starts at 179$ per month, if you take the annual billing, which I don't recommend unless you know it very well , the monthly paiement starts at 199$ The solution I am using now cost 39$/month on a monthly paiement basis it's a big difference Switched from [Craftybase](https://www.capterra.com/p/144117/Craftybase/) It's cheaper, Much easier to use and more adapted to small size company like mine Besides, they have a shopify App Review Source Jordan B. CEO/Engineer Consumer Electronics Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Worth every penny" March 22, 2021 5.0 I get space back in my head. I used to always be thinking about inventory and what I'm going to run out of next. My spreadsheets weren't very effective. This solves that problem without costing as much as bloated ERP systems. Pros Since it integrates with my Shopify store, I now have a closed loop system that can tell me what I need to make, and how much of each part I need to make it. Cons There could be some extra automation features, like when I create a make-order of a product with subassemblies, it should create make-orders for all of the subassemblies. And when I do that, it should also create purchase orders for all of the parts I'm missing. But I can see why a feature like that could lead to other issues. Reason for choosing Katana Cloud Inventory Price and features Review Source LS Lucille S. Co-Founder Cosmetics Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A must for any manufacturing startup" September 24, 2019 5.0 Katana has been an absolute game changer for our cosmetics manufacturing business. Prior to this, we were using an inventory management system more suited to home crafters. It was woefully inadequate for our needs, but traditional MPR software was too complicated and expensive. Katana offers the perfect balance between powerful, seamless tracking and a user-friendly interface. It saves us hours of planning time each week and has greatly reduced errors. There's no way we'd be able to scale our quickly-growing business without this software. Pros Intuitive, user-friendly interface and powerful, seamless inventory tracking. Cons We don't like the per-user pricing model. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory September 30, 2019 Thank you for showing the love! MY Marco Y. CTO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Katana is great for inventory management and manufactury planing. " March 27, 2023 5.0 Pros The UX and UI of app. Literaly everyone n our team is able to work with Katana how it is simply. Cons Not very often but sometimes app kick me out and I have to log in again. Review Source Florian P. Founder Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "MRP Software with multiple features (PO, MO, Stock Sync)" March 24, 2021 5.0 Katana was really easy to implement and support was quick and effective when needed. The product is still missing some advanced information fields but it will probably be added Pros Intuitive user experience, 1 clic e-commerce integration Cons More feature could be added to Purchasing order like Minimum Order Quantity per supplier, checkbox for invoice received and payement Review Source SC Scott C. Owner Furniture Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Brilliant System" December 16, 2020 5.0 Frees up time. Accurate stock levels. Easily see where in the manufacturing process a job is Pros Brilliant. Katana has transformed how we managed stock and control manufacturing. The best part is it is simple without unwanted extras that take as much time to maintain as a manual system. Katana is efficient and fast. Integrates well with Xero and Shopify. Highly recommended. Cons AMobile App would be brilliant but not essential Alternatives considered [MRPeasy](https://www.capterra.com/p/134177/MRPEasy/) Reason for choosing Katana Cloud Inventory Ease of use and simplicity. Nice screen layout. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory December 28, 2020 Thank you for the review and happy to be growing with you! AR Atlas R. Operations Manager Retail Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Software for Custom Production" March 22, 2021 5.0 We switched to this app to help manage our custom product orders. It is really great at helping us track our costs and meet our delivery standards. It connects natively to Shopify which is a big bonus and helps us pull for our orders more efficiently. It also allows us to manage multiple stores/locations easily and effectively. Pros The support is always helpful - they've been quick to answer and they have always been able to answer our questions. We've had this app for about 2 months now, and we are loving it. The adjustment was fairly simple and easy for staff, importing our data was easy and straight forward for setup. Cons Would be great if we could count inventory via barcode scanner instead of manually entering qty's and then importing. Alternatives considered [Odoo](https://www.capterra.com/p/135618/Odoo/)[Printavo](https://www.capterra.com/p/154421/Printavo/)[JobBOSS²](https://www.capterra.com/p/219273/JobBOSS/) Reason for choosing Katana Cloud Inventory We chose Katana because it connects natively to Shopify (no third party link/sync) and it best matched our current and future needs. Review Source AV Anastasia V. owner Consumer Goods Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best if you are still doing your POs manually" March 27, 2024 5.0 Beautiful. Support is great, too, always helpful and fast to reply Pros I'm not sure what your situation is, but I was creating my POs and tracking how much of every component to order manually in Google Sheets. Yep, it was a pain. I tried a few competitor options, but they were designed in an awkward way; I needed to guess/lookup/read up. With Katana, my first day was already productive, and everything was intuitive. I even told my friend who is a UX/UI for Meta to go look at the only software that I like using (compared to the FB ads nightmare wormhole of dashboard:)) Cons Direct integration with Amazon would be nice. The route they have rn is through another app and it's another subscription price Review Source Liz S. Finance Specialist Consumer Goods Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great software with helpful support" May 29, 2020 5.0 We like being able to track our inventory with live allocation of our raw materials, and the moving average cost calculations are an added bonus. This software helps bridge the gap between Quickbooks and raw material consumption without the need for a full-scale ERP. Pros This program is easy to implement and is very intuitive and user friendly. We ran into a few hiccups at the beginning and the support team was very responsive and helpful in helping us remedy our issues. Cons There is a limit in the number of SKUs that the software can support - we were able to find a workaround, but ideally the system will support 200,000+ SKUs in the future. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory June 8, 2020 Thank you for your review! EB Eddie B. Engineer Renewables & Environment Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Manufacturing MRP" June 21, 2021 5.0 Good support and they are constantly improving the software. Pros Cloud based and easy to use. PNs support variants which allows for great flexibility when pricing items to multiple customers. Cons Interface with Quickbooks could use more customization. Item quantities need to be able to support fractional based values. Review Source ZC Zach C. Ops Ninja Luxury Goods & Jewelry Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Smooth Operator" March 22, 2021 5.0 It has been great, highly recommend for small to medium business. Very user friendly! Pros Katana has made our day to day business so much more fluid and stress free. It was easy to build out the product lines, upload product sku's and flip the switch on going live. Game changer! Cons On the production schedule front, hoping that the software will eventually lump all the tasks together, I have multiple consumers that order the same item, each order is its own line item instead of being lumped into a group, so our production team needs to scrub the tasks before production starts as to make sure they capture each item, as to not create redunancy in work. Switched from [M1 ERP](https://www.capterra.com/p/228330/M1/) E2 has to much horsepower, not very user friendly, software should make you feel smart, E2 didn't do that. Review Source RC Romain C. COO Cosmetics Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A Must have un product management" June 28, 2021 5.0 Pros Integrated with ou woocommerce, it manage 2 stores having same references simultaneously, we can perfectly create our product based on several other products like packaging, box..etc and it tells you if everything is in stock or propose to order directly to your provider. just magic. Cons A better integration with zapier could be a plus Review Source EW Elton W. Manager Food & Beverages Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Katana has made my life easier" December 16, 2020 5.0 My inventory issues are now a thing of the past. Katana has made it so easy to now sync to Woocommerce, it is so easy to see exactly where my inventory issues are. Pros This product is so easy to us. Once it is set up, it tracks your inventory very well, and the integrations with Woocommerce and Xero are excellent add ons as well. I would recommend to anybody Cons The pricing is a bit on the expensive side. As it is invoiced in $US, I don't have a fixed price each month, as it is subject to currency fluctuations, because I do not live in the US. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory December 28, 2020 Thank you for your review! Glad to see you have solved your inventory tracking issues with Katana. Excited for your growth! DD Danielle D. Office Manager Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Helped Us Take Our Business to the Next Level" January 27, 2020 5.0 Pros Clean interface, well organized and thought out and modern in its features. Integrates well with lots of other software I use, including Quickbooks and Shopify. Customer service is absolutely top notch, and the tutorials are very helpful. Cons If you have zero experience with MRPs like I did, it may take you a little while to figure everything out. But the customer service team really goes above and beyond to answer any questions and walk you through anything you're having issues with. If there was one feature I wish was available that is not currently, it's barcode scanner integration. That would make updating my inventory and adding new knives to inventory much easier. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory January 30, 2020 Thank you for the review and support! We are surely working on enabling barcode scanning soon. MF Matt F. Director Consumer Goods Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Katana Review" May 31, 2020 5.0 Just the app I needed for my small business to mange the complexities of inventory and materials management. It is a no brainer for anyone looking to manage their direct to consumer manufacturing and will be my key managing fast growth. The sync between Xero, Shopify and Katana is exactly what I was after. Great support from the team too! Pros I was looking for software that could manage both my purchased and manufactured products with both BOM and raw material management. Katana does a great job of this with the bonus of syncing with Xero and Shopify. It is not a complex system and simple for my small business. Cons Katana is quite basic with what you can record for your products and materials. It would be great if there was more ability to add custom fields ( supplier SKUs, Drawing number references etc). Also some ability to customize purchase order and sales order format would be a good improvement. To be able to add a suppliers sku to a PO would be very valuable. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory June 8, 2020 Thank you for sharing your feedback! EJ Erik J. CEO Consumer Electronics Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "MKUltra Corporation" May 27, 2020 5.0 Invaluable to the maker+vendor. No more guessing, no more surprises when material stock runs out or inventory levels are low - Katana is the second set of eyes I didn't know I needed. Worth every minute of setup, this app has not only saved my business money and time - it has saved my business, period. Pros Integrates flawlessly with my Shopify store and makes managing materials and stock levels incredibly easy once everything is setup. The ability to prioritize jobs based on different criteria and rearrange them on the fly if necessary is critical for my business and Katana handles this with ease. Cons Setup was a chore BUT that is really more of a good thing, because there is a LOT of data that people might not take into account when initially considering software like this. If you want to use it properly, each and every little detail needs to be accounted for and when you have hundreds of SKUs like me, it can seem like a mountain. Climb it, you'll be glad you did. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory June 3, 2020 Thank you for your feedback! jB justin B. President Automotive Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Easy to use and helpful" March 22, 2021 5.0 Pros It takes some time to set up and deploy, but once it's running, its super helpful! Its very easy to generate POs, update stock levels, and track sales and make orders. All the function without the bloated junk that expensive and advanced MRP systems have. Cons I wish there was a way to have a negative stock variant (a single product that represents a product subtraction rather than having to make a full copy of a product recipe minus that one single item). I wish there was a way to group materials without having to create a separate product for them. Each product will generate a separate make order, but sometimes Its not actually something that can be made individually, it just represents all the parts that make up an assembly. There is currently no way to make a group of materials that does not become its own product that the system thinks needs to be made as its own inventory item. Reason for choosing Katana Cloud Inventory Price and user reviews. Review Source Tim W. President Apparel & Fashion Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Sell what you make" September 26, 2019 4.0 Helps us manage our complicated manufacturing and synch into Shopify to easily manage order fulfilment. Pros Good setup for small manufacturers who sell what they make on Shopify. Easy to use and they are always improving functionality. Great support. Cons Poor batch controls at first but they have addressed that mostly. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory October 1, 2019 Thank you for the feedback! Regarding the batch controls - it's coming very soon! KK Kelsey K. CEO Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Lifechanging" May 14, 2020 5.0 We make to order and we make to stock. We make standardized products and we also make private label custom products. Katana is the first platform I have found that supports what we do while also being affordable for a new business. Pros Katana delivers a lot of value. It fully covers my MRP needs while being affordable to a scaling business. Cons I would also like an option to dropship the products that I make for clients and I don't see a way to do that. Alternatives considered [QuickBooks Online](https://www.capterra.com/p/190778/QuickBooks-Online/)[Zendesk Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/164283/Zendesk/) Reason for choosing Katana Cloud Inventory Better functionality for custom made products. More affordable. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory June 2, 2020 Thank you for the feedback and support! RB Ryan B. Operations Specialist Glass, Ceramics & Concrete Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Amazing Software!" April 7, 2021 5.0 Pros I love how easy it is to keep track of our inventory, and easily order more materials. It is easy to navigate and very user-friendly. You can easily see how much material you have in stock, and Katana warns you when stock is running low. Never again will I run out of what I need! Customer service is very outstanding as well, I have asked them multiple questions and they always get back quickly with a well detailed response. Love it! Cons Honestly cannot think of any cons about this software, I have not had any problems out of it. Review Source Henri H. Non Executive Director Sports Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Overall great experience with Katana - Available features still need some work but great app overall" March 20, 2018 4.0 Supper easy Material and Production planning for our workshop Pros Very User-friendly and great customer support. The team are clearly hungry to add features and are always willing to listen to user feedback. Gives great Manufacturing planning at a fraction of the cost and complexity of large ERP's Cons Feature list still needs maturing - especially ability to draw reports, and interface the system with real-world workflows (Example - Ability to export lists, or print MO's) Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory September 9, 2019 Thanks for sharing your experience with Katana! JM Julie M. Production Manager Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to use, helps tremendously with inventory management." January 22, 2020 5.0 Inventory management, orders, sales, everything in general. Pros The dashboard is simple to understand and use. It makes purchases, sells, orders so much easier to manage. The team behind Katana is exceptional. They are quick to answer and always ready to help. Integration from shopify was easy. Cons The length of time it took to setup in the beginning because the app was lacking a unit conversion which they have since fixed. Reason for choosing Katana Cloud Inventory Easier integration and communication. Review Source Response from Katana Cloud Inventory January 23, 2020 THank you for the feedback and happy to hear Katana has made business-life so much more easier for you! PK Prosper K. Systems and Projects Coordinator Food & Beverages Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Kina Group and the Katana Experience. " October 1, 2023 4.0 Pros What i like the most about katana is Knowledge Base. it has answers to all questions and resourceful tutorial on how to manoeuvre the system. Cons I am still very new to the system and I have currently not come across anything i least like about Katana Reason for choosing Katana Cloud Inventory Katana offers a very comprehensive E-system. The possibility of ever missing an email from my suppliers is a thing of the past. We are still discussing with management to integrate other products in our next yearly subscription. Review Source JC Jonathan C. Manager Wholesale Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Katana Changed Our Business " June 29, 2021 5.0 Pros This software took our company to a new level. Our inventory and purchasing is so much more organized. It has helped our daily flow of production and keeps our team on the same page. Cons It doesn't give enough of an overview of the workflow. 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