EasyScan vs Fabrikatör: Inventory Planning Alone, or Planning Plus the Warehouse

EasyScan vs Fabrikatör: inventory planning alone, or planning plus the warehouse

TL;DR: Fabrikatör Inventory Planner is a well-regarded planning tool — AI demand forecasting, purchase orders, backorders and bundle planning, from $99/month plus $0.75 per backorder. EasyScan covers the same planning ground — forecasting, reorder points, Smart Generate purchase orders — and then keeps going where Fabrikatör stops: barcode scanning, scan-based PO receiving, bin locations, stocktakes and barcode-verified pick, pack and audit, on a $79.99/month Advanced plan. If your stock lives in a spreadsheet, either works; if it lives on shelves, you need the warehouse half too.

What Fabrikatör does well

Fabrikatör has earned its 4.8-star rating (105 reviews) as a planning specialist. It forecasts demand at SKU level from your sales history, turns those forecasts into purchase orders, plans bundles at component level and handles backorders and pre-orders so you can keep selling through a stockout. It also integrates with Klaviyo, QuickBooks, Xero, ShipHero and Katana. For merchants whose main pain is deciding what to order and when, it is a credible option.

Where the warehouse gap shows

Planning is only half the inventory problem. A purchase order is a promise; someone still has to receive the delivery, count it, shelve it and pick it accurately when orders come in. Fabrikatör has no barcode scanning at all — no scan-based receiving, no stocktakes, no bin locations, no pick and pack verification. EasyScan is built around the scanner: receive a PO by scanning cartons as they arrive, count stock by scan, store bin locations against every SKU and verify every order at packing so the wrong item never ships. It is also Built for Shopify, rated 5.0 across 357 reviews.

What's new in EasyScan in 2026

EasyScan has shipped more in the past year than most apps on this list have in their lifetime. Everything below is live today and included in the plan price, not a roadmap item:

• AI demand forecasting — per-SKU, per-location sales velocity predicts the run-out date and the reorder quantity, with the maths shown on screen (Advanced+).
• Suggested Orders — a daily replenishment inbox: every morning EasyScan reviews velocity, lead time and stock on hand and lists which SKUs need a purchase order or a transfer between locations, each with a confidence score. Approve a line and the order is created (Pro).
• Slack integration — low stock alerts and the weekly Suggested Orders digest posted to your team's channel. No other app on this list does this (Pro).
• Low stock alerts — unlimited rules by collection or location, instant or daily digest, with the suggested reorder quantity and a one-click Create PO link in the email (Advanced+).
• Stocktakes — barcode or manual counting sessions, discrepancy reports, one-click Shopify adjustment (Standard+).
• Bin locations — a location on every SKU, printed on picklists and bin labels, bulk-importable (Standard+).
• Transfer orders — raise, send and scan-receive stock between locations, or let Suggested Orders raise them for you (Advanced+).
• Shopify Flow triggers — PO created, ordered, received and closed events with line-item detail, so purchase orders can drive your own automations (Advanced+).
• Inventory reports — stockout risk, dead stock, overstock, ABC analysis, sell-through, inventory valuation and replenishment by supplier, filterable by location (Advanced+).
• Order batches, barcode aliases and Shopify POS cart scanning — for teams shipping at volume and stores selling in person (Pro / all plans for POS).

Put next to the competition: no other app here combines planning and the warehouse floor. The forecasting specialists stop at the purchase order; the sync tools stop at the stock count. EasyScan is the only one that forecasts, buys, receives by scan, counts, locates, transfers, alerts and verifies every outbound order, with a Built for Shopify badge and a 5.0 rating across 357 reviews.

How the two compare, feature by feature

Pricing compared

Fabrikatör prices by store revenue: SEED at $99/month up to $500k annual revenue, SCALE-UP at $149/month up to $1.5M, GROWTH at $199/month up to $2.5M, plus $0.75 per backorder after the first 50. EasyScan's Advanced plan is $79.99/month regardless of revenue, with purchase orders, forecasting and every warehouse feature included and no per-use fees. A store on Fabrikatör's middle tier pays nearly double EasyScan's price for the planning half alone.

Which should you pick?

Choose Fabrikatör if backorders and pre-orders drive your business model — selling through stockouts is genuinely its strength and EasyScan does not do it. Choose EasyScan if you hold and move your own stock: you get the same forecasting and purchase order planning, plus the scanning, receiving, stocktakes and pick/pack accuracy that planning tools leave to someone else — at a lower price.

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Looking for the best purchase order app for Shopify? EasyScan combines purchase orders, barcode receiving, AI forecasting, Suggested Orders and Slack alerts in one Shopify inventory management app. Install EasyScan from the Shopify App Store or read the best purchase order and inventory apps for Shopify compared.

FAQ

Does Fabrikatör support barcode scanning?
No. Fabrikatör is a planning tool — forecasting, purchase orders and backorders. It has no scan-based receiving, stocktakes, bin locations or pick and pack verification.

Does EasyScan forecast demand like Fabrikatör?
Yes — AI demand forecasting with reorder points, min/max rules and Smart Generate purchase orders is included on the Advanced plan at $79.99/month.

Can I use both apps together?
You could, but for most stores it is redundant: EasyScan already covers forecasting and purchase orders, so you would be paying twice for planning to add only backorder support.

Is EasyScan Built for Shopify?
Yes — EasyScan carries the Built for Shopify badge and is rated 5.0 across 357 reviews. It works on any Shopify store with any USB or Bluetooth barcode scanner.