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Monthly report · October 2026

Inventory for small shops, October 2026: 1 open gap — 0 closed, 3 opened.

As the catalog read it in October 2026 · written Nov 1, 2026. This report does not change after it is written. September 2026 →

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Forge’s own counts and the quoted claims with their sources are CC BY 4.0 — cite as Ambera Forge, Inventory for small shops, October 2026. Carried market-size figures are their publishers’ and are not in the file.

What was read

7 companies placed; 2 read during October 2026.

Gaps closed and opened

6 themes were raised about two or more of 7 read companies; 1 shares no word with anything a company declares. Against the previous month: 3 gaps opened and 0 closed (0 now share a word with a declared capability, 0 no longer raised about two companies). Themes are compared by their words, so a theme the reading reworded counts as one closed and one opened.

Opened · 3
Billing, fees and cancellation, Complexity, setup and learning curve, Usage limits and caps
Now answered in the declared names · 0
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No longer raised about two companies · 0
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  • ● Price levelraised about 5 of 7
  • ◌ Billing, fees and cancellationraised about 4 of 7 · no declared match
  • ◌ Complexity, setup and learning curveraised about 3 of 7 · no declared match
  • ● Free tier, trial and paywalled featuresraised about 3 of 7
  • ◌ Usage limits and capsraised about 2 of 7 · no declared match
  • ● Analytics and reportingraised about 2 of 7

Who entered

0 companies placed; 1 product sighted by a search and not yet read (Nventory.io).

  • Nventory.io — sighted Oct 5, 2026 · source

Pricing moves

7 of 7 read companies have a pricing entry on record; 1 pricing change recorded across 1 company this month.

  • Cin7 [FACT] Oct 26, 2026 · 1 change this monthPreviously, Cin7's pricing page listed an Omni plan (quote-based, with 8 users, 5 integrations, flexible order volume, and fully customizable) for enterprises. Now, the Omni plan has been removed and replaced with a 'Custom Fit' option, where businesses requiring tailored solutions can request a custom build. The Core plan tiers remain unchanged. source
  • inFlow [FACT] Sep 30, 2026inFlow's three flat-rate cloud plans are priced at $186/mo (Entrepreneur, 2 team members, 100 sales orders/mo, 1 integration, 1 location), $436/mo (Small Business, 5 team members, 1,000 sales orders/mo, 2 integrations, unlimited locations), and $999/mo (Mid-Size, 10 team members, 5,000 sales orders/mo, 3 integrations), with about 20% off for annual billing. source
  • Stock out of sync across channels [FACT] Sep 30, 2026One market analysis states that most inventory management software 'cost $200-500/month, charge per user, and require a 30-day onboarding process,' contrasted against budget entrants like InventoryQuick at $19/month flat with no per-user fees. source
  • One-location shops and makers [FACT] Sep 30, 2026inFlow Inventory, positioned as best for small retail businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets, is priced from $129/month (billed annually) with a 14-day free trial. source
  • Sortly [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Sortly's help center confirms a four/five-tier plan structure — Free, Advanced, Ultra, Premium, Enterprise — with monthly or annual billing and a 20% annual discount versus monthly; no custom plans or à la carte features are offered. source
  • Katana [FACT] Sep 30, 2026Katana's own pricing page confirms a free plan exists alongside a paid Core plan starting at $299/month. source
  • Zoho Invoice [COMPANY CLAIM] Sep 30, 2026Zoho Invoice is offered as a single Free plan at $0/month, described by Zoho as a completely free online invoicing solution, with no paid subscription tiers on the product itself. source

What users raised

20 themes raised by users; the most raised: Price level (5 of 7), Billing, fees and cancellation (4 of 7), Complexity, setup and learning curve (3 of 7).

  • Price level 5/7
  • Billing, fees and cancellation 4/7
  • Complexity, setup and learning curve 3/7
  • Free tier, trial and paywalled features 3/7
  • Analytics and reporting 2/7
  • Usage limits and caps 2/7
  • Currency restrictions per contact 1/7
  • Customer support 1/7
  • Customization and branding 1/7
  • essential plan lacks batch tracking and shop floor operators 1/7
  • feature-gating basics behind expensive tiers 1/7
  • Inflexible licensing/reorder planning 1/7
  • Integrations and API 1/7
  • Item-type change difficulty 1/7
  • lacking compliance features for regulated industries 1/7
  • Limited layout control / bulk upload for invoices 1/7
  • Manual work and automation 1/7
  • no RFID/enterprise asset tracking 1/7
  • products not syncing correctly 1/7
  • Sync and offline 1/7

Funding by quarter

0 rounds recorded across 2 read quarters; sums are floors per currency and per tag, never combined.

  • 2025-Q1not read
  • 2025-Q2not read
  • 2025-Q3not read
  • 2025-Q4not read
  • 2026-Q1not read
  • 2026-Q2not read
  • 2026-Q30 rounds
  • 2026-Q40 rounds

The ledger this month

2 observed claims recorded this month.

  • PRICING · 1
  • PRODUCT · 1

How big this market is, as its publishers state it

No market-size figure has been recorded for this level yet. Not read is not zero.

Research-house estimates for this sector, carried side by side under each house’s own name. Estimates of one market can differ several-fold; none is averaged, and none is Forge’s.

No publisher is named for this level yet, so there is nothing to read from. Publishers are authored in the taxonomy and arrive with a deploy.

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