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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Katana Cloud Inventory? Manufacturers, retailers, and others looking to utilize the best software on the market for manufacturing, sales, and accounting and run it all from one user-friendly cloud inventory platform. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 171 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Katana Cloud Inventory - **Location**: Tallinn, Estonia - **Founded**: 2016 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Start with our Free Plan to explore Katana on a smaller setup, or choose the Core Plan for day-to-day ops management you can customize for your workflow. Visit our website for a full pricing overview. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500 - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Albania, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria and 99 more ## Features - Accounting Software - Activity Dashboard - Alerts/Notifications - BOM Creation - Barcode Recognition - Barcode/Label Management - Barcoding/RFID - Bill of Materials - Bills of Material - CRM Software - Change Management Software - Channel Management Software - Cost Management - Cost Tracking - Customizable Reports - Customization - Data Catalog - Data Entry Software - Data Import/Export - Data Linking - Data Management Software - Delivery Management Software - Document Management Software - EDI Software - ERP integration - Expiration Date Management - Financial Management Software - Food Costing Software - For Manufacturers - Forecasting - Integrated Business Operations - Inventory Control Software - Inventory Management Software - Inventory Tracking - Item Management - Job Costing Software - Job Management - Multi-Channel Marketing - Order Management Software - Production Scheduling Software - Production Tracking - Purchase Order Management - Quality Control - Reporting/Analytics - Returns Management - Shop Floor Management - Supplier Management - Supply Chain Management Software - Task Management Software - Work Order Management ... and 43 more features ## Integrations (33 total) - 2Ship - Amazon Seller Tool - BigCommerce - Easy Insight - Ecwid - Extensiv Integration Manager - HubSpot CRM - JIKKO - Make - Online Auction System - Pipe17 - Pipedrive - PrestaShop - Prospect CRM - QuickBooks Online ... and 18 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Inventory Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30006/inventory-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Chemical Manufacturing Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/32735/chemical-manufacturing/software) - [Food Manufacturing Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/32569/food-%26-beverage-manufacturing-erp/software) - [Production Scheduling Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30030/production-scheduling/software) - [Inventory Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30006/inventory-management/software) - [Warehouse Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30005/warehouse-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[QuickBooks Enterprise](https://www.capterra.ca/software/46497/quickbooks-enterprise) — 4.5/5 (20663 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Our Experience with Katana MRP – Why We Left After 6 Years" — 1.0/5 > **Andrew** | *February 5, 2026* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: Decent user interface and basic manufacturing features, with adequate inventory tracking and production planning for small teams. > > **Cons**: The company has become increasingly difficult to work with, shows little understanding of small manufacturers’ realities, enforces punitive order-based pricing, changes terms mid-contract, and prioritizes larger customers over long-time users. > > We were early adopters of Katana MRP, using it as our primary manufacturing resource planning system for over six years. In the beginning, Katana delivered exactly what we needed - solid functionality, reasonable pricing, and an easy-to-use interface that worked well for a small manufacturer like us with modest sales order volume. Initially, the pricing was fair and manageable. But once Katana began taking on outside investment and aggressively scaling, things started to change. Over time, they revamped their pricing model multiple times. At first it was tied to relatively simple metrics like number of users, but later it shifted to limits based on sales order line items, then to sales orders and gross merchandise value (GMV). What sounded sophisticated in their marketing quickly became a huge headache for us: as a small shop selling mostly items around $10 each, our high order count, not our actual revenue, automatically bumped us into higher pricing tiers. So we ended up paying almost the same as companies doing $50 million+ in annual sales, despite using a fraction of the features and resources. We’ve also experienced price changes mid-subscription period without meaningful notice, and being forced into annual negotiations simply to keep our plan. Year after year, it became clear that the company didn’t care about smaller customers anymore: their strategy seems squarely aimed at upmarket customers with big order volume and deep pockets - which pits small manufacturers like us at a disadvantage. Frankly, the model feels punitive, not proportional. If your business sells a lot of small-ticket orders, you get punished with pricing far beyond the value you actually consume - and that’s simply not sustainable for a real small manufacturer. In the end, after dealing with repeated increasing costs and painfully going around in circles with account reps who didn't take the time to understand our business, we pulled the plug and took the time and effort to migrate to a different MRP that met all our requirements. It is faster, easier to use, and roughly ¼ of the cost of Katana’s current pricing. That switch has been night and day for our team - not only financially but also operationally. On the plus side, Katana made it easy for us to export our data and we performed the data migration and cut-over to the new system entirely in-house. Bottom line: Katana may still work for some companies, especially larger, growing SMBs with high-priced items and few orders, but for small manufacturers with many sales orders and modest item prices, their current pricing strategy simply doesn’t make sense anymore. ----- ### "Good offering" — 3.0/5 > **Erik** | *April 11, 2026* | Machinery | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Fairly easy to use and navigate. The UI is well designed and easy to use with good features and UI. Support is good. > > **Cons**: The pricing is expensive and the cancellation policy is terrible. Essentially it is 60 days to cancel. > > Overall good experience. There is a learning curve though the UI is good and layed out well. Generally, performs well ----- ### "The goldilocks inventory software" — 5.0/5 > **Tim** | *December 24, 2024* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Katana provided the right level of specificity for us. It wasn't too much where it overwhelming to get setup, but it was enough to track everything thing we needed. > > **Cons**: Honestly the hardest part of Katana for us was getting correct daily counts from employees. > > Katana was the goldilocks inventory solution for our manufacturing company. It wasn't too much and it wasn't too little, it was just right. I was able to create our product recipes and input all of our sku's relatively easily and get us onboarded quickly. It allowed us to see shortages earlier and remedy them before they became issues. Saved us time and money. ----- ### "Met our needs at beginning, as needs grew Katana team listened and added features" — 4.0/5 > **Lisa** | *February 6, 2020* | Retail | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ability to use Resources as a way to assign a specific person to each task so I can see who is working on what step of the manufacturing process and the allotted time they are provided for the task. This year we went from contract labor/paid-per-piece to employees/hourly-wage and Katana has made this a much smoother transition then it could have been. Having both "cost-per-piece" for assembly of items as well as "cost-per-minute" has given us the ability to compare former payment procedures with what to expect per hour from employees. > > **Cons**: There are a variety of tasks that were unable to be done when we began using Katana in January 2019 but I am thrilled to say that most of them have been developed. The developers listen and are very attentive to requests, bug reports, and ideas and so despite the fact that some of the features were not available (exporting reports, importing recipes, bulk print MOs/pick lists, etc.) they have added these and the software continues to grow. The next feature I'd love to see is the ability to have a product photo attached to each product that prints out an image with the MO. Also, we have some items "on hold" (not sent to distribution center yet) and we use Resources to specify ONHOLD-BIN221 etc. to know the status of any particular SKU completed. We'd prefer not to use different locations, but rather have the ability to add a couple more "status" options. Either a misc or a custom. For now, everything on hold gets marked BLOCKED status and then the Resource is used to say it's on hold in whatever bin. > > We maintain about 1500-2000 SKUS and all assemblers work at home. Some do different steps, returning work weekly and then having it distributed to the next person. Giving every MO an actual number has kept every bag of parts and supplies organized. We can track who has it, where it's at in the manufacturing process, etc. Even though we have used Katana since January, it's the last 3 months that it's really proven it's value to us. We do not use it for order fulfillment, just in-house manufacturing. But it's allowed us to prep for holiday season from July forward and stay completely organized and efficient. No more "where-did-it-go" or "how-many-have-we-prepped" frantic moments. We began the year knowing we needed a software that "fit" our company's size and our needs. Katana has proven invaluable for our company this year. We are currently doing our first complete inventory and we hope to add these numbers to Katana in 2020 and continue to improve our efficiency. ----- ### "First Impression KATANA - perfect fit for smaller companies which do not need a complex ERP-system" — 4.0/5 > **Klaus** | *August 21, 2020* | Machinery | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Handling of inventory, items, products, ingredients, sales orders - all this is handled in a very efficient, clear and easy to use way. Makes the difference compared to many alternative MRP-/ERP-systems. Connector to QuickBooks with automatic trigger for invoices in QB once the products are marked as shipped in KATANA. Connector to Shopify for on-line sale of spare parts. 100% helpful and open minded customer service - very helpful in helping to understand all features and finding the best workflow for specific situations. > > **Cons**: There are some functions/features which need improvement, e.g. the customization of documents such as Quotations so every company can generate a set of individual template to serve different areas (machines, spare parts, service,..). 3-5 custom fields for Quotes/Sales Orders/Products would be helpful. Althoug KATANA is intended to be a MRP-system it would be helpful to integrate SERVICE-articles (not only MAKE or BUY articles). This would allow to add a possible service portion to a spare parts quote. Dedicated Delivery Notes (with partial shipments) would be a great feature. > > For our requirements, set-up and company size the best we could find and test\! We will manage inventory/warehouse with 5000+ items, handle products with ingredients \& operations, edit quotes, generate sales orders and mark received orders as shipped for automated invoice generation in Quickbooks. The cloud-based concept and the reduced complexity combined with an intuitivbe operatzion makes this SW easy to install and to work with if you have a team in different geographic locatioopns (as we have). Set-up of KATANA is absolutely simple, mostl yself-explanatory and can be done by any "power-user" without need of (expensive) external ERP-consultants. ----- Page: 1 / 8\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/172888/katana-mrp?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/172888/katana-mrp) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | | tr | | ----- ## Structured Data