Best inventory management software for wholesale

For wholesale businesses, my top overall pick is Cin7 Core. It is particularly strong if you need inventory, purchasing, sales orders, multiple warehouses, accounting integrations, and B2B/wholesale sales in one system. Cin7 specifically supports wholesale and distribution workflows. www.cin7.com

My shortlist

Why I'd choose Cin7 Core

For a typical wholesaler, the important things aren't just "how many units do I have?" You usually need:

• Multi-location inventory
• Purchase orders and supplier management
• Sales-order management
• Wholesale/B2B ordering
• Barcode scanning and warehouse workflows
• Reorder points and demand forecasting
• Shopify/Amazon/e-commerce integrations
• QuickBooks/Xero integration
• COGS and margin reporting
• Ability to scale without immediately moving to a huge ERP

Cin7 covers these areas and currently advertises 700+ integrations, real-time inventory visibility, automated replenishment/forecasting, warehouse management, and B2B functionality. www.cin7.com

Its current Core plans also scale from roughly 6,000 annual sales orders on Standard to 120,000 on Advanced, with unlimited inventory locations. www.cin7.com

When I wouldn't choose Cin7

If you're doing $50M+ in revenue, have highly sophisticated financial requirements, complex subsidiaries, or need a true company-wide ERP, I'd look seriously at NetSuite instead.

If you're primarily a manufacturer that also wholesales, I'd put Katana higher on the list.

If your operation is primarily a warehouse/distribution operation, I'd compare Cin7 vs. Fishbowl very closely.

If you tell me (1) annual revenue, (2) number of SKUs, (3) number of warehouses, (4) whether you manufacture anything, and (5) what you're using for accounting/e-commerce now, I can narrow this down to the best 2–3 options for your specific wholesale business, including approximate pricing and which one I'd personally pick.