# GAINS Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 GAINS Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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GAINS

## What is GAINS?

GAINS combines an innovative approach and comprehensive supply chain optimization software -- delivering amazing results with very little risk. Our holistic approach considers comprehensive error and variability across supply, demand & operations producing inventory optimization that dynamically addresses every SKU by location across the enterprise. GAINS offers Demand Planning & Forecasting, Inventory Optimization, Replenishment/Production Optimization, and S&OP.

## What is GAINS used for?

[Supply Chain Management](https://www.capterra.com/supply-chain-management-software/)

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Overall rating

Based on 18 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

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Starting price

$50000

Per Feature, Per Year

Free trial  
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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### GAINS

4.0 (18)

VS.

[4.4 (3,269)](https://www.capterra.com/p/120109/Xero/reviews/)

Starting Price

$50000

Per Feature, Per Year

Starting Price

$25

Flat Rate, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

3.8 (18)

Ease Of Use

4.4 (85)

Value For Money

4.1 (17)

Value For Money

4.2 (71)

Customer Service

3.9 (18)

Customer Service

4.0 (74)

## GAINS alternatives

[4.7 (49)](https://www.capterra.com/p/161551/Propago/reviews/)

Starting price

$499.00

Per User, Per Month

[4.2 (1,291)](https://www.capterra.com/p/135618/Odoo/reviews/)

Starting price

$31.10

Per User, Per Month

Highest Rated

[4.7 (218)](https://www.capterra.com/p/149851/Finale-Inventory/reviews/)

Starting price

$99.00

Per User, Per Month

[SAP Ariba](https://www.capterra.com/p/227334/SAP-Ariba/)

[3.8 (87)](https://www.capterra.com/p/227334/SAP-Ariba/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Demand Forecasting

4.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Forecast customer demand using historical insights and simulations

Inventory Management

3.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply

Sales & Operations Planning

5.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Oversee various functions of the organization while balancing and optimizing supply and demand

Supplier Management

3.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage all supplier data and operations

Warehouse Management

3.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage and track operations and inventory within warehouses

Activity Dashboard

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

GAINS 22 features

Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Material list of manufacturing parts and associated costs

Alter the layout and content of reports

Graphical representation of data

Forecast customer demand using historical insights and simulations

Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply

Maintain and control the stock level of inventory

Captures invoice data and maintains comprehensive records for auditing and reporting purposes

Manage inventory, communication, marketing, orders & more across warehouses, stores and online channels

Manage and support multiple locations

Organize and manage all processes/procedures involved in purchasing goods and/or services

Create, send, and track purchase orders and their statuses

Workflows that help acquire inventory, issue purchase orders and receive and store items in required quantity

Receive data and information in real time

Active monitoring of systems, applications, or networks

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Oversee various functions of the organization while balancing and optimizing supply and demand

Manage all supplier data and operations

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Manage and track operations and inventory within warehouses

Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks

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Features

3.9 (18)

3.9

Based on 18 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.1 (17)

Basic

$50,000

Per Feature,Per Year

Value for money

4.1 (17)

4.1

Based on 17 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

3.9 (18)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

3.9 (18)

3.9

Based on 18 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.0

Based on 18 reviews

Filter by rating

5(6)

4(7)

3(4)

2(1)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

CH

Christian H.

BDR

Human Resources

### "Worked smoothly and easily."

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

July 16, 2021

My experience was very pleasant. Worked with great executives to transition to this product.

Pros

I love the ease of this software to integrate to our company. After a demonstration I could see how much easier this would make our day to day.

Cons

We didn’t utilize every aspect of the software because we had sub 25 employees, but what we did use it for it was a must.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Oracle Applications Developer

Warehousing

### "Gains Forecastign System"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

5/10

June 4, 2019

It's a good Forecasting. It does it's job for our company

Pros

Good Customer Service. Questions are answered. They have employees all over the world and still able to provide good customer service.

Cons

I haven't used it on a regular basis to know all the difficulties with this software.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Digital Marketing Strategist

Marketing and Advertising

### "GAIN Streamlines Internal and External Approvals with Ease"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 17, 2018

We were using a Google Sheet to build our social media calendars, then downloading them and sending it to clients. With all of the approvals and revisions required it was easy to lose the most up-to-date document. GAIN has solved all of that and saved everyone time when it comes to reviewing work and planning calendars.

Pros

The platform is extremely user friendly. Without much training you can jump right in.

Cons

There are no analytics for social, and there are some hiccups when it comes to shared Facebook posts or event links.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

KD

Kevin D.

SC Project Manager

Chemicals

### "Gains"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

October 8, 2018

Good software implementation team.

Pros

Easy to use tool, canned screens Implementation team easy to work with.

Cons

Custom reporting to fit our Business needs

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

JC

Judith C.

Sr. Planning and Replenishment Manager

Sporting Goods

### "Gains"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

October 1, 2018

Pros

Being able to upload forecast for customers, channel forecasting.

Cons

Not balance buying every sku when looking at orders.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

SR

Sebastien R.

Inventory Analyst

Plastics

### "Gains for Spare Parts business"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

October 1, 2018

Gains helped us to really improve the way we manage our inventory The only issues we are facing are linked to files transfers between Gains and our ERP (Server connectivity issues, partial data transfer)

Pros

\- Service level management per product class - It really improved the way we work between our different Spare Parts Centers (USA, Europe, Asia...)

Cons

\- BOM demand - Forecast made on sporadic items (items with really low demand) - files transfers between Gains and our ERP

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

BK

Bilal K.

supply planner

Medical Devices

### "System on a journey"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

2.0

2.0

Likelihood to Recommend

4/10

September 28, 2018

Pros

Has nice graph functionality Ability to make customized multi tier reports

Cons

Not very user friendly has limited functionality tends to hang or crash quite often or when trying to run big reports limited reference material and no help function

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Supply Chain Planning Manager

Biotechnology

### "Useful overall"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

September 28, 2018

Its shortened our forecast review cycle a fair amount, but the functionality is not well understood or trusted outside of the demand planning teams.

Pros

I like that the software does a huge amount of "heavy lifting" from a statistical analysis POV and the logic used is really well thought out.

Cons

The version we are on is dated and it can be unwieldy to use. We've also done too much customizing in some with the features and tables, so troubleshooting data issues can be difficult.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

CR

Chris R.

MRP and Replenishment Manager

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

### "Gains Service"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

2.0

2.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

September 28, 2018

The KPI's are helpful but do not match up with our systems calculations.

Pros

The forecast models and MAD determination the ease of building out orders

Cons

I like the software it is not very intuitive or user friendly the instruction manuals are not helpful.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

DG

Dawn G.

Supply Chain Analysist

### "Product is good but it doesn't fit manufacturing needs as well as it could. "

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

2.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

4/10

May 3, 2018

Pros

Our Rep is very responsive to our needs/wants. Rep Detail screen provides a lot of detail on a single screen. Like ability to drill down into PIPE. Ease of creating and running queries and MTRs. Ease of approving AROs. ERO Management is convenient. we are anxious to get started on Production Optimization.

Cons

GAINS format is not the best fit for manufactures requirements or conform to Planning & Procurement standards (APICS). Data integrity is questionable due to it's unpredictability - one day it works and next it doesn't which causes a lack of trust from Users. Need to have separate file for archive as AROs remain in PIPE after approval causing confusion when analyzing. Failure by GAINS to communicate system updates to their clients. System noise caused by daily changes to calculated safety stock, ORQs and forecast within lead time.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

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