EasyScan vs Stockie: Forecasting Specialist or Full Inventory Suite? (2026)

EasyScan vs Stockie: forecasting specialist or full inventory suite?

TL;DR: Stockie is a focused forecasting and reordering app — low stock alerts from $4.99/month, with purchase orders unlocked on its $59.99/month Pro Plus plan. EasyScan is the end-to-end Shopify inventory and purchase order suite: forecasting and low stock alerts plus scan-based PO receiving, bin locations, stocktakes, transfer orders, and barcode-verified pick, pack and audit. If you only need reorder maths, Stockie does it well. If you also touch the stock — receive it, count it, move it, ship it — EasyScan covers the whole loop in one app.

The one-line difference

Stockie tells you what to reorder. EasyScan tells you what to reorder, then runs the purchase order through receiving, put-away, counting and fulfilment with a barcode scanner in hand.

What Stockie does well

Stockie (4.9 stars on the Shopify App Store at the time of writing) is a clean demand forecasting and replenishment tool: stockout predictions from sales history with a configurable lookback window, supplier records with lead times and safety stock, low stock alerts by email or Slack, and purchase orders with PDF/CSV export on its top plan. Merchants consistently praise its support team, and it has courted merchants leaving Shopify's Stocky ahead of the 31 August 2026 shutdown.

Where the comparison turns

• Barcode workflows: Stockie's core app has no barcode scanning — label printing lives in a separate companion app, and there's no scan-based receiving at all. EasyScan is scanner-first: receive POs, pick, pack, audit and count with USB or Bluetooth scanners, with barcode generation and label printing built in.
• Purchase order cost: in Stockie, creating and managing POs requires Pro Plus at $59.99/month. In EasyScan, POs are a core feature — including Smart Generate, which drafts the order from your forecast and min/max rules.
• Warehouse depth: Stockie has no bin locations and no pick/pack tooling. EasyScan handles both, plus scan-driven stocktakes with adjustments synced to Shopify.
• Forecasting: both apps forecast demand. Stockie offers a tunable lookback window; EasyScan ships smart AI demand forecasting tied directly to PO generation, so the forecast becomes an order in one step.

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.

Feature comparison

Pricing

Stockie starts at $4.99/month for basic alerts, but the features most merchants actually want sit higher: forecasting at $29.99/month and purchase orders at $59.99/month (App Store listing, checked August 2026). EasyScan's plans bundle the full workflow — see current pricing on the EasyScan App Store listing.

Which should you pick?

Choose Stockie if you want lightweight reorder alerts and forecasting, and your warehouse processes live elsewhere. Choose EasyScan if you want the forecast, the purchase order and the physical workflow in one Built for Shopify app with a 5.0 rating — especially if barcode-verified receiving and fulfilment would save your team from manual errors.

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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 Stockie support barcode scanning?
Not in the core app. Label printing is a separate Stockie companion app, and there is no scan-based receiving or picking. EasyScan supports USB and Bluetooth scanners across receiving, picking, packing, audits and stocktakes.

Does EasyScan forecast demand like Stockie?
Yes. EasyScan includes smart AI demand forecasting with reorder points, min/max rules and Smart Generate purchase orders, plus low stock alerts.

Which is better for ex-Stocky merchants?
Both target the migration. Stockie replaces Stocky's forecasting; EasyScan replaces the whole workflow — forecasting, POs, receiving, stocktakes and transfers. See our Stocky migration guide.

Do Stockie's cheap plans include purchase orders?
No. PO creation and management require Stockie's Pro Plus plan at $59.99/month at the time of writing.