In brief
- Stocky is gone. Shopify gives read-only access to export your data for at least 90 days after 31 August 2026. Suppliers cannot be exported, and past purchase orders cannot be imported into Shopify.1
- Purchase orders, receiving, suppliers, transfers, stock counts, adjustments, low-stock alerts and inventory reports are all in the Shopify admin now.1
- Three jobs are not: emailing a PO, filling a PO from a forecast, and average or landed cost on receiving. Shopify sends you to apps or to Sidekick for those.1
- On 10 October 2026 one free app, Stockroom by MyWorks, listed all three. It is three months old. The cheapest app with over 100 reviews that fills POs from a forecast was Assisty, from $39 a month.1419
What happened to Stocky
Stocky was Shopify's own inventory app, launched in 2015 and included with a POS Pro subscription.4 It raised purchase orders from six kinds of forecast, ran stocktakes, and reported low stock, ABC grades and stock on hand.23 Shopify wound it down in 2026:
- 2 February 2026 Stocky was delisted from the Shopify App Store. It could no longer be installed or reinstalled.1
- Mid-August 2026 Shopify told merchants to stop creating new purchase orders in Stocky about 14 days before the end, and to finish open ones.1
- 31 August 2026 Stocky stopped working as an app, and the Stocky APIs stopped too, so every integration built on them went quiet.1
- 29 November 2026 at the earliest The end of the read-only window. Shopify promises "at least 90 days" after 31 August and has not given a closing date.1
Shopify's advice is to move the work into the Shopify admin and Shopify POS, export what you want to keep, close open purchase orders, test the new workflows, remove the Stocky Transfers tile from the POS smart grid, and check your integrations.1 For forecasting it points to Sidekick, the assistant in the admin, which it says can suggest what to reorder and draft the purchase order.1
Two apps that older "Stocky alternative" lists still recommend are gone as well. Genie shut down on 31 August 2025,31 and Cogsy has been discontinued, though its App Store page is still up.32
Every Stocky job, and where it lives now
One row per job. The second column is the Shopify admin, the third what our free app and guides add, and the last the cheapest app for the three jobs the admin does not do. Shopify's pages give no plan requirement for these admin features, except where the row says so.
| Stocky job | In the Shopify admin now | Free from Mufatech | Paid app, from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase orders to suppliers | Purchase orders in the admin. Products, quantities, costs, payment terms and supplier on one order, saved as a draft or marked Ordered.15 A CSV upload only fills a new draft. No turning a customer order into a PO, no merging POs, and past Stocky POs cannot be imported. | Nothing extra | Not needed |
| Emailing POs to suppliers | Not in the admin. You download the purchase order as a PDF and send it yourself.1 | Nothing extra | Stockroom, free plan14 100+ reviews: Stockie Pro Plus, $59.99 a month17 |
| Receiving stock against a PO | A transfer from the PO, received in the admin or POS. Mark the PO Ordered, create a transfer from it, then receive all or part of it in the admin or in Shopify POS.156 | Nothing extra | Not needed |
| A supplier list | Suppliers in the admin. Suppliers with contact details, payment terms and currency, picked on each purchase order.1 One Vendor field per product; case packs and second suppliers only as metafields, for reference. Stocky cannot export suppliers, so they are copied by hand. | Nothing extra | Not needed |
| Transfers between locations | Inventory transfers, admin and POS. Create a transfer in the admin; ship and receive it there or in Shopify POS, in full or in part.16 | Nothing extra | Not needed |
| Stocktakes and cycle counts | Inventory stock counts in the admin. Plan a count, scan or type the quantities, and a manager approves before stock levels change.178 Counting inside the POS app needs POS Pro on that location. Quick count in POS checks up to 1,000 items a session. | Nothing extra | Not needed |
| Stock adjustments with reasons | Inventory page, bulk editor or CSV. Adjust quantities one by one, in bulk or by CSV, with a reason, and see them in the adjustment history.1 | Nothing extra | Not needed |
| Low stock reports and alerts | Shopify Flow alerts and the Inventory remaining report. Low-stock alerts built in Shopify Flow, a free app on Basic and up, and the Inventory remaining per product report for days of stock left.1910 Neither knows how long your supplier takes to deliver. | Store Diagnosis: Best-sellers that will run out before a 21-day reorder lands, with the sales at risk in money. Reorder point guide. | Not needed |
| Knowing what to reorder and how many | Sidekick: ask "What should I reorder?". Sidekick, the assistant in the admin, recommends items from your sales and drafts the PO or transfer for you to check.1 It is an assistant's answer. You cannot rerun it on a fixed basis the way Stocky's forecasts worked. | Store Diagnosis: A reorder quantity for each best-seller running low: 21 days of lead time plus 45 days of selling, less stock on hand and on order. It does not create the PO. Reorder point guide. | Not needed |
| POs filled from a forecast | Not in the admin. Stocky filled a PO from one of six forecasts: last X days, a date range, same period last year, fill shelves, fill shelves if below minimum, or a target stock level.13 | Nothing extra | Stockroom, free plan14 100+ reviews: Assisty Replenishment, $39 a month19 |
| ABC analysis | ABC product analysis report. Variants graded A, B or C on their share of revenue. Shopify says Basic and Lite stores may need an app for it.1011 The report looks at the last 28 days, and the window cannot be changed. | Store Diagnosis: A, B and C over the whole period it reads, with how much of the money in stock sits in the long tail. ABC analysis guide. | Not needed |
| Stock on hand value | Month-end inventory value report. Month-end inventory value and snapshot reports, plus an on-hand export from the Inventory page.1210 Month-end figures only. Stocky could show any date in a range. | Store Diagnosis: Money in stock at cost, split into dead, stale, slow and selling. Dead stock guide. | Not needed |
| Best sellers and profit by product | Sales and gross profit reports. Sales by product, and gross profit by product and by variant: net sales less cost.12 Profit counts only sales that had a cost recorded when they sold. | Store Diagnosis: Each product's net sales, discounts, refunds, cost, payment fees and what it keeps. Profit by product guide. | Not needed |
| Average or landed cost on receiving | Not in the admin. The cost per item stays fixed when you receive a PO or transfer.1 | Nothing extra | Stockroom, free plan14 100+ reviews: Stockie Pro Plus, $59.99 a month17 |
| Barcode labels for new stock | Retail Barcode Labels, a free Shopify app. Shopify's own label app prints barcode labels. It does not print from the PO screen.130 | Nothing extra | Not needed |
The pattern is plain. Everything that records stock moving in, out and between places came across. The thinking Stocky did for you did not: which forecast to trust, what that means in units, and what a received unit really cost once freight is in.
Where Store Diagnosis fits, and where it does not
Store Diagnosis is our free Shopify app. It reads your products, stock and orders, and it cannot change anything in your store.33 Against Stocky's list, it covers the reports, with the arithmetic shown:
- Low stock: best-sellers that will run out before a reorder lands, the sales at risk in money, and how many to order to cover a 21-day lead time and 45 days of selling after it.
- ABC: A, B and C over the whole period it reads, where Shopify's own report looks at 28 days.
- Stock value: the money in stock at cost, split into dead, stale, slow and selling.
- Profit by product: net sales, discounts, refunds, cost and payment fees per product.
It is not a purchasing tool. It does not create purchase orders, receive stock, move it between locations or count it. It does not forecast either. Its reorder quantity comes from the selling pace of the last 30 and 90 days and one 21-day lead time for every product, and it reads 60 days of orders until Shopify approves access to older ones.33 If you need a PO filled from last year's season, that is an app's job.
Store Diagnosis, free and read-only.
- Best-sellers about to run out, with a reorder quantity
- Dead and slow stock valued at cost
- ABC classes and profit by product
- Discounts and refunds that cost margin
Stock that stopped selling while you were busy with the migration is the other half of the problem. Mufatech Clearance marks it down as it ages and never under a margin floor you set. It is coming to the Shopify App Store and cannot be installed yet.
Paid apps compared
These are the apps merchants are moving to, read from their App Store listings on 10 October 2026, cheapest first for the three jobs the admin does not do. "Covers" means the listing describes the feature; we have not tested each app. "Low reviews" sums up each app's 1 and 2 star reviews. Prices are US dollars a month. A dashed card has fewer than 10 reviews, and the planner leaves it out.
Stockroom
MyWorks · listed Jul 2026
4.9 ★ · 56 reviews- Free unlimited POs; accounting sync is paid
- Covers
- emailing POs, POs from a forecast and landed cost
- Stocky
- Yes, with a Stocky import
- Low reviews
- No 1 or 2 star reviews yet. Launched July 2026.14
Replenio
Veltrio Labs · listed Jul 2026
5.0 ★ · 1 review- Free 100 PO emails a month
- Pro $14.99/mo unlimited supplier emails
- Covers
- emailing POs and landed cost
- Stocky
- Yes, rebuilds suppliers from a Stocky PO export
- Low reviews
- One review so far. Launched July 2026.16
Stockful
Stockful · listed Mar 2026
5.0 ★ · 17 reviews- Starter $19.99/mo 2,000 SKUs, 1 location
- Covers
- POs from a forecast and landed cost
- Stocky
- Lists "Stocky Alternative" under Works with
- Low reviews
- No 1 or 2 star reviews yet. Launched March 2026.18
Assisty
Assisty · listed Jun 2021
4.8 ★ · 359 reviews- Basic Free low stock report, 6 months of history
- Replenishment $39/mo from $39, up to $199 by Shopify plan
- Covers
- POs from a forecast
- Stocky
- Yes, with a migration of suppliers and POs
- Low reviews
- Too complex and slow for some ex-Stocky users (Aug and Sep 2026); bugs; features moved to a dearer plan in 2025.19
StockTrim
Stocktrim · listed Jul 2017
5.0 ★ · 1 review- Ecommerce Starter $39/mo 500 SKUs, up to $1M sales
- Covers
- POs from a forecast
- Stocky
- No
- Low reviews
- One review.28
Auto Purchase Orders
Magic Bits
4.9 ★ · 45 reviews- Advanced $39.99/mo 100 POs a month
- Covers
- emailing POs
- Stocky
- Calls itself a Stocky alternative
- Low reviews
- No 1 or 2 star reviews.20
Prediko
Prediko · listed Aug 2023
4.9 ★ · 257 reviews- Starter $49/mo stores up to $100k revenue
- Covers
- POs from a forecast
- Stocky
- Yes, suppliers and POs migrate automatically
- Low reviews
- Could not forecast bundles (2026); daily onboarding emails; slow setup of raw materials.21
Stockie
Plutonian · listed Jul 2021
4.9 ★ · 163 reviews- Pro $29.99/mo forecasting and reorder dates, no POs
- Pro Plus $59.99/mo POs, receiving, counts, landed cost
- Covers
- emailing POs, POs from a forecast and landed cost
- Stocky
- Reviewers call it a Stocky replacement
- Low reviews
- One 1 star review (July 2026): its POs, counts and transfers feel like a restyled version of Shopify's own.17
Zoho Inventory
Zoho
1.6 ★ · 9 reviews- Standard $79/mo 1,500 orders a month
- Covers
- none of the three
- Stocky
- No
- Low reviews
- Most reviews say the Shopify connection does not work.29
EasyScan
506 · listed Jan 2020
5.0 ★ · 373 reviews- Advanced $79.99/mo POs, forecasting, 6 users
- Covers
- POs from a forecast
- Stocky
- Yes, "the complete Stocky replacement", with a supplier import
- Low reviews
- No 1 or 2 star reviews. A 3 star review (Sep 2026) says it costs far more than similar apps.22
Fabrikatör
Fabrikator · listed Sept 2020
4.8 ★ · 112 reviews- Seed $99/mo stores up to $500k revenue, plus $0.75 a backorder after 50
- Covers
- POs from a forecast
- Stocky
- Mentions replacing Stocky
- Low reviews
- Backorder fees pushed one bill to $300 to $400 a month; slow support.23
Sumtracker
Sumtracker · listed Jul 2020
4.8 ★ · 127 reviews- Replenish $119/mo up to 2,500 orders a year
- Covers
- emailing POs, POs from a forecast and landed cost
- Stocky
- Yes, "a powerful Stocky alternative"
- Low reviews
- Overwrote stock levels, including POS adjustments (2025 and 2026); support hours.24
SKUSavvy
SKUSavvy
4.9 ★ · 8 reviews- Standard $179/mo plus a fee per order after 250
- Covers
- POs from a forecast
- Stocky
- On its own site; says there is no direct Stocky import
- Low reviews
- No 1 or 2 star reviews.25
Katana
Katana Cloud Inventory
4.2 ★ · 134 reviews- Free 30 SKUs
- Advantage $299/mo from $299, priced on request
- Covers
- POs from a forecast
- Stocky
- No
- Low reviews
- Sharp price rises and paid add-ons; billing disputes; support by chatbot.26
Inventory Planner
Sage · listed Jan 2013
4.3 ★ · 155 reviews- On request priced on request
- Covers
- POs from a forecast
- Stocky
- On its own blog: "the best Stocky replacement"
- Low reviews
- Yearly contracts paid up front, price rises with revenue (Sep 2026); broken syncs; small stores turned away.27
Three things to weigh beyond the price:
- Age. Stockroom, Replenio and Stockful all launched in 2026. Few reviews means few people have found the rough edges yet.
- How the price grows. Prediko and Fabrikatör cap plans by your revenue, Sumtracker by orders a year, Assisty by your Shopify plan, Stockful by SKUs and locations. Inventory Planner quotes on request, and its low reviews describe yearly contracts paid up front.212324191827
- Where your POs live. MyWorks says apps still cannot work with purchase orders made in the Shopify admin.15 If an app runs your purchasing, keep all of it there.
Before you switch: a checklist
Do the first group while Stocky is still readable. Your ticks are kept in this browser only.
Frequently asked questions
Is Stocky still available?
No. Shopify removed Stocky from the Shopify App Store on 2 February 2026 and says it is no longer available as of 31 August 2026, when its APIs also stopped working. Shopify gives read-only access to export Stocky data for at least 90 days after that date, which runs to 29 November 2026 at the earliest.
Can I still export my Stocky data?
For now, yes. Shopify promises read-only access for at least 90 days after 31 August 2026. Export completed purchase order reports as CSV, your stocktake history and your historical cost data from Stocky's reports. Suppliers cannot be exported, so copy them by hand, and past purchase orders cannot be imported into Shopify.
What is the best free Stocky alternative?
For most jobs, the Shopify admin itself: purchase orders, receiving, suppliers, transfers between locations, stock counts, adjustments, low-stock alerts in Shopify Flow and inventory reports. Three Stocky jobs have no home in the admin: emailing POs, POs filled from a forecast, and average or landed cost on receiving. As of 10 October 2026, Stockroom by MyWorks covers all three on a free plan; it launched in July 2026 and had 56 reviews.
Do I still need POS Pro after Stocky?
Only for what POS Pro itself does. Stocky came with POS Pro. Its replacements in the Shopify admin do not need it, but counting stock inside the Shopify POS app does: Shopify says running stock counts in POS requires POS Pro and POS version 11.16 or later. POS Pro is $89 a month per location, billed yearly.
Is Store Diagnosis a Stocky replacement?
Only for the reporting part. Store Diagnosis is a free, read-only Shopify app from Mufatech that finds best-sellers about to run out with a reorder quantity, dead stock valued at cost, ABC classes and profit by product. It does not create purchase orders, transfers or stock counts, and it does not forecast beyond the recent selling pace.
Does Shopify have purchase orders without Stocky?
Yes. Purchase orders are in the Shopify admin: products, quantities, costs, payment terms and supplier, saved as a draft or marked Ordered, then received through a transfer in the admin or in Shopify POS. You cannot email a PO from the admin, convert a customer order into a PO or merge POs, and a CSV upload only adds line items to a new draft.
Sources
- Shopify Help Center. Transitioning from Stocky: delisted on 2 February 2026; no longer available and APIs stopped as of 31 August 2026; read-only export access for at least 90 days; stop new POs about 14 days before; what to export; suppliers cannot be exported; historical POs cannot be imported; no emailing, converting or merging POs; CSV upload fills a new draft; stock counts with manager approval and counting in POS at POS Pro locations; Quick count up to 1,000 items a session; adjustments and history; Flow low-stock alerts; Sidekick reorder suggestions; cost per item fixed on receiving, weighted-average or landed cost through an app; Retail Barcode Labels; Stocky Transfers tile. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Help Center. Stocky report types: ABC analysis over 8 weeks, low stock by vendor, product and variant, current and historical stock on hand, with the note that Stocky is not available after 31 August 2026. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Help Center. Demand forecasting for purchase orders: Stocky's six forecast types, and shelf limits and minimum levels for the fill-shelves forecasts. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Stocky by Shopify: launched 12 March 2015, included with a Shopify POS Pro subscription. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Help Center. Purchase orders: products, quantities, costs, payment terms and supplier; draft or Ordered; a transfer to receive. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Help Center. Inventory transfers: moving stock between locations or to and from suppliers, full or partial receiving, fulfilling and receiving in Shopify POS. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Help Center. Inventory stock counts: counting by scanner or by hand, manager review and approval, adjustment history. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Changelog. Run inventory counts in POS, 28 September 2026: requires POS Pro and Shopify POS 11.16 or later. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Help Center. Shopify Flow: a free app on the Basic, Grow, Advanced and Plus plans. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Help Center. Inventory reports: month-end inventory snapshot and value, inventory remaining per product, ABC product analysis, adjustment reports. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Help Center. ABC inventory analysis: about 80%, 15% and 5% of revenue; Basic and Lite stores can use a reporting app. Our ABC guide covers the report's fixed 28-day window. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify Help Center. Profit reports: gross profit is net sales less cost, reported only for products with a cost recorded when sold. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify. Shopify POS pricing, United States: POS Pro $89 USD a month per location, billed yearly. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Stockroom: Purchase Orders by MyWorks, launched 3 July 2026: free plan, 4.9 from 56 reviews, "Migrate from Stocky", POs emailed as PDFs, forecasting, landed costs, counts, labels, dead stock report; and stockroom.app: "Stockroom is free", accounting sync is the paid part. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- MyWorks Help Center. Stocky is retiring, switch to Stockroom, 6 July 2026: "Shopify's API still does not allow apps to interact with purchase orders created natively in Shopify admin." Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Replenio: Purchase Orders, launched 13 July 2026: Free and Pro $14.99, 5.0 from 1 review. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Stockie Inventory Management: Basic $4.99 to Pro Plus $59.99, 4.9 from 163 reviews, 1 and 2 star reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Stockful: Inventory Management, launched 27 March 2026: Starter $19.99 to Scale $199.99, 5.0 from 17 reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Inventory Management: Assisty: Basic free, Professional from $19, Replenishment from $39, Enterprise $199, prices by Shopify plan; 4.8 from 359 reviews; 1 and 2 star reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Auto Purchase Orders: Advanced $39.99 to Enterprise $74.99, 4.9 from 45 reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Prediko Inventory Management: Starter $49 to Growth $199 by revenue, 4.9 from 257 reviews, 1 and 2 star reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. EasyScan Inventory & Barcode: Basic $9.99 to Pro $129.99, POs and forecasting from Advanced $79.99, 5.0 from 373 reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Fabrikatör Inventory Planner: Seed $99 to Growth $199 by revenue, $0.75 a backorder after 50, 4.8 from 112 reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Sumtracker Inventory Manager: Manage $59, Replenish $119, 2,500 orders a year, 4.8 from 127 reviews, 1 and 2 star reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. SKUSavvy Mobile WMS: Standard $179 plus a fee per order, 4.9 from 8 reviews; and SKUSavvy's Stocky page. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Katana Cloud Inventory: Free for 30 SKUs, Advantage from $299, 4.2 from 134 reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Inventory Planner by Sage: priced on request, 4.3 from 155 reviews; and its post Best Stocky alternative, 2 March 2026. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. StockTrim: Ecommerce Starter $39, 5.0 from 1 review. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Zoho Inventory: Free to Premium $199, 1.6 from 9 reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Shopify App Store. Retail Barcode Labels by Shopify: free, 2.3 from 476 reviews. Checked 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- DOSS. Genie joins DOSS: "Genie will sunset on August 31, 2025". Read 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Mayple. Cogsy: "Cogsy has been discontinued and is no longer available." Read 10 Oct 2026. vendor-published
- Mufatech Studio. Store Diagnosis: read-only permissions, the stock-out method (30 and 90 day pace, 21-day lead time, 45 days of cover), ABC over the period read, and the 60-day limit on orders until Shopify approves older ones. our own app
Shopify renames and moves features and reports from time to time, and app prices change. Everything above is as read on 10 October 2026.