StockRoom vs Zoho Inventory
If you already run your business on Zoho, Zoho Inventory is probably the right answer and this page will not talk you out of it. Read on for the honest version of when it is not.
What Zoho Inventory is
Part of the Zoho suite. Multi-channel orders, shipping integrations, and a direct line into Zoho Books for accounting.
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
| Zoho Inventory | StockRoom | |
|---|---|---|
| Adding your team | A$12 a month for each extra user, on their Australian pricing page in September 2026. Worth checking whether this has changed. | Your whole team on every plan, Free included, at no charge per person. An owner invites staff with a one-time link. |
| If you already use Zoho | A clear advantage: one login, and it talks to Zoho Books directly. | Standalone. We would be another tool alongside your accounts. |
| Setup | Reviewers report it gets complicated once several channels, warehouses and accounting links are involved. | Deliberately less to configure, because there is deliberately less. |
| Where things are | Reviewers have asked for better bin-level location detail. Worth checking whether this has changed. | Locations from the first version, with per-location figures on every item. |
| Order volume limits | Plans have historically been metered on orders per month. Check their current terms. | Metered on how many products you have, not how busy you are. Free to 50 products, then from A$9 a month regardless of volume. |
| Counting stock | Supported as part of the wider system. | A dedicated blind count mode with every difference recorded as an audited adjustment, and a reason attached. |
| Multi-channel selling | A real strength - built to sync several sales channels into one order flow. | No marketplace connections yet. Sales are recorded here or through Pick. |
| 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 Zoho Inventory is the better choice
Genuinely - if any of these describe you, they will serve you better than we will:
- You already use Zoho Books, CRM or the wider suite. The integration is worth more than anything we offer.
- You need multi-channel order management and shipping labels in one place.
- You want accounting and inventory from a single vendor.
A day in each system
A table of ticks and crosses cannot show what a shift actually feels like. Here are three moments that come up most weeks, in both.
An order comes in from a marketplace. Zoho Inventory's real strength shows here: the order can sync in automatically from a connected channel and flow straight into fulfilment. StockRoom has no marketplace connections yet, so Sell or Pick record it by hand, against the order number - slower for high order volumes, with nothing to configure to get started.
Someone needs to know what a product actually costs against what it earns. In Zoho, that figure typically lives with the accounting side, in Zoho Books. In StockRoom, Find shows cost, price and margin against every product directly, without a second system to cross-reference.
Stock needs counting. Zoho Inventory supports it as part of the wider platform. StockRoom's Count hides the expected figure while you count and records every difference as an audited adjustment with a reason attached - built specifically for reconciling a number, not just logging one.
When we are
You do not use Zoho, you want one small tool that does stock properly, and you would rather not configure a suite.
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 question to ask first is not which product is better, but which invoice you already pay. If Zoho Books already runs your accounts, staying inside the same login is worth more than anything on this page - the integration is real, and rebuilding it with a separate tool is a cost we would be asking you to take on for no reason. If accounting lives somewhere else entirely, that advantage disappears and the comparison is genuinely about scope: a full multi-channel order system against a small tool that does stock and nothing else.
What changes if you move from Zoho Inventory
Zoho Inventory's real strength is the suite it sits inside: one login for accounting, CRM and inventory, and multi-channel order sync built to match. None of that comes with you.
What does move is the stock side: products, quantities, locations and cost, out as a spreadsheet and into StockRoom in one import. If your Zoho use is mostly the order-syncing and the Books link, moving means giving that up in exchange for a smaller, cheaper tool - a trade worth making only if you were not using those features much to begin with.
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?
Adding a product to StockRoom is one field: its name. Zoho Inventory, built to connect to accounting, CRM and multiple sales channels, has more to configure before those connections are live - worthwhile if you plan to use them, overhead if you mainly need stock levels tracked accurately.
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, including whether you need the wider Zoho suite alongside it.
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 Zoho Inventory means exporting from them and importing a spreadsheet.
Will I lose the Zoho Books link if I move?
Yes. StockRoom is standalone and does not connect to Zoho Books or any other accounting package. If that link is doing real work for you - GST reporting, reconciled invoices, one login for both - that is the strongest reason on this page to stay with Zoho.
Does StockRoom sync orders across marketplaces like Zoho does?
No, not yet. No marketplace or sales channel is connected, so orders from eBay, Amazon, Etsy or a website are recorded here by hand or through Pick rather than arriving automatically. If multi-channel sync is the reason you use Zoho Inventory, that reason still applies.
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 .