StockRoom vs inFlow Inventory
inFlow is a capable, established system with far more features than we have. That is exactly the trade-off.
StockRoom is free for up to 50 products and A$9 a month for up to 400; prices change, so check their own site for today's; where this site quotes another app's price it gives the day it was read.
What inFlow Inventory is
A full inventory and order management system: purchasing, sales orders, B2B portal, barcode hardware, integrations. Aimed at businesses with a warehouse and staff.
Prices change. Where this site quotes another app's price it says the day it was read (the six-way comparison on the stock control software page gives the page and the day for each), so check their own site for what it costs today.
Where we differ
| inFlow Inventory | StockRoom | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Broad: purchasing, sales orders, manufacturing, a B2B showroom, reporting. | Narrow on purpose: what you have, what to reorder, what it is worth. If you need sales orders and a B2B portal, we are the wrong tool. |
| Getting started | More to set up, because there is more of it. | One required field to add a product: its name. Everything else can wait until you have it. |
| Web and mobile | Reviewers note some tasks need the desktop or web app rather than the phone. | One interface. Everything works everywhere, including counting from a phone. |
| Counting stock | Cycle counting is supported as part of the wider system. | A dedicated blind count mode: expected figures hidden by default, every difference recorded as an audited adjustment with a reason. |
| Manufacturing and assembly | Bills of materials and light manufacturing are supported. | Not supported. If you assemble finished products from parts, inFlow is the better fit. |
| Marketplace and channel integrations | Connects to several marketplaces and sales channels directly. | No marketplace connections yet. Sales are recorded here or through Pick. |
| Price | Materially more, and priced for a bigger operation. Check their site for current figures. | From A$9 a month, published on our pricing page, free up to 50 products. |
| If you ever stop paying | Check their current terms. | Everything you put in stays readable and exportable in full, and nothing is deleted. Changing it stops; getting it out never does. |
When inFlow Inventory is the better choice
Genuinely - if any of these describe you, they will serve you better than we will:
- You need purchase orders, sales orders and fulfilment as one connected system.
- You have staff, a warehouse and barcode hardware, and need roles and permissions.
- You are doing light manufacturing or assembly and need bills of materials.
A day in each system
A comparison table shows what each system has. It does not show what using it actually feels like on a Tuesday, so here is that instead.
A delivery arrives. In inFlow it goes through a receiving workflow that can be tied to a purchase order, with roles deciding who is allowed to receive stock at all. In StockRoom, Receive asks where the delivery is going and what actually turned up, against a delivery note number, and takes it in - no separate receiving permission to configure first.
A customer rings asking if something is in stock. In inFlow, checking involves whichever screen the person on the phone has access to. In StockRoom, Find lists every product and where it is kept, searchable from the top of every screen in the app, so the answer is a few seconds away for anyone signed in.
Stock needs counting. inFlow supports cycle counting as part of its wider stock control. StockRoom's Count hides the expected figure while you count - deliberately, because a number in front of you gets confirmed rather than checked - and records every difference as an adjustment with a reason, never a silent overwrite.
Something has stopped selling. inFlow's reporting can surface this with the right report built or configured. Optimise lists it directly: what has not moved, how much money is in it, and how many days of stock is left at the current rate - worked out from movements already recorded, nothing new to set up.
When we are
You are one to ten people, your stock is a spreadsheet today, and you want something correct and quick rather than something comprehensive.
And the thing that matters once stock is real money: every change is recorded with who made it, when and why, nothing is ever silently overwritten, and any mistake can be undone without losing the history of it.
The honest test is what happens on day one. Somebody moving from a spreadsheet into inFlow is setting up a system built for warehouses with staff and roles; somebody moving into StockRoom is typing a product name and pressing save. Neither is wrong - they are built for different days on different businesses' calendars.
Try it without deciding anything
Start free with no card, or run the free stock count first with no account at all.
Start StockRoom free Free stock countStockRoom is free up to 50 products, then A$9 a month. You can subscribe from inside the app, and cancel whenever you like from your billing page.
Questions
How long does it take to get started with each?
StockRoom needs one field to add a product: its name. Everything else - cost, price, barcode, minimum - can wait until you actually have it. inFlow, built for a bigger operation, has more to configure before the first count means anything: locations, roles, and typically a purchasing workflow, which is time well spent if you need those things and overhead if you do not yet.
Which one is cheaper for a very small business?
We publish our price on this page: free to 50 products, A$9 a month after that. Prices change, so any price of theirs we quote on this site carries the day it was read; check their site for what it costs today, and compare it against what you would actually use.
Is this comparison fair?
We have tried hard to make it so. Where we quote their prices we give the day they were read, we say where they are better, and we describe their product as they describe it. If you think anything here is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will correct it - an unfair comparison page costs more than it earns.
Can I move my data between them?
From us, yes: one click, complete, and re-importable - including after you cancel. Moving in from inFlow Inventory means exporting from them and importing a spreadsheet.
Will I lose anything moving from inFlow to StockRoom?
If you rely on sales orders, a B2B portal, manufacturing or bills of materials, yes - StockRoom does not have them, and that is the trade described above rather than a gap we plan to close quietly. If your use of inFlow is closer to stock levels, locations and reordering, the move is a spreadsheet export and import, not a rebuild.
Does StockRoom do manufacturing or bills of materials?
No. If you build finished products from component parts and need to track what an assembly consumes, inFlow's manufacturing tools are built for that and StockRoom is not - we track stock you buy and sell, not stock you combine into something else.
Does StockRoom connect to marketplaces the way inFlow does?
Not yet. inFlow's channel integrations sync orders in from wherever you sell; StockRoom has no marketplace connections, so sales are recorded here or through Pick by hand. If automatic order sync across channels is why you use inFlow, that reason still stands.
StockRoom plans at a glance
StockRoom is free for up to 50 products, then A$9 a month for 400, A$44 for 2,000 and A$89 for unlimited, from the plan list in the app, checked 8 October 2026.
| Plan | Products | Locations | Price a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Up to 50 | 1 | A$0 |
| Basic | Up to 400 | 1 | A$9 |
| Solo | Up to 2,000 | 5 | A$44 |
| Pro | Unlimited | Unlimited | A$89 |
Your whole team is included on every plan. Prices in Australian dollars. Source: the plan list in the StockRoom app, checked on .