Stockroom vs Cin7 Core for purchasing
Cin7 Core is an inventory system that replaces Shopify as the record of what you have: FIFO costing, a warehouse app, manufacturing, multiple channels, and purchasing inside all of it, from $349 a month for five users. Stockroom keeps Shopify as the record and does the purchasing job on top of it, free, inside your admin: POs, receiving, landed cost and reordering.
What it costs
Cin7 Core prices by users, order volume and connected channels, with add-ons on top. Stockroom has one price for the purchasing job.
| Feature | Cin7 Core | Stockroom |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $349 to $1,199 | Free |
| Users | 5 to 15 | Unlimited |
| Sales orders a year | 6,000 to 120,000 | No limit |
| Connected channels | 2 to 6, Shopify counts as one | Your Shopify store |
| AI assistant access over MCP | Not documented | Included |
| Forecasting | ForesightAI add-on | Included |
| Trial | 14 days | No trial needed |
Creating purchase orders
Cin7 Core covers most of the ground here. The difference is where you are standing when you create the PO.
| Feature | Cin7 Core | Stockroom |
|---|---|---|
| Runs inside your Shopify admin | A separate system with a connector | Yes |
| Start a PO from a customer order | Backorder or drop ship | From the order page, or add to an open draft |
| Start a PO from reorder suggestions | Per supplier | A buy plan grouped by supplier |
| Import a whole PO from CSV | Received-stock imports only | Yes |
| Create at POS by scanning | No | Yes |
| Create from an AI assistant | Not documented | Claude, ChatGPT and others over MCP |
| Ship one PO to several locations | Split at receipt | Yes |
| Approval before ordering | Yes | Optional |
| Your product metafields as PO columns | No | Up to 20, two on the PDF |
| Team comments and @mentions on a PO | No | Yes |
Suppliers
Both keep terms, lead times and costs per supplier. Stockroom adds the parts that shape a real order.
| Feature | Cin7 Core | Stockroom |
|---|---|---|
| Payment terms, currency and lead time per supplier | Yes | Yes |
| Several suppliers for one product | Compared in a report | Compared on the PO |
| Supplier part numbers and minimums | Yes | Yes |
| Pack sizes | Not documented | Yes |
| Price lists with quantity breaks | Not documented | Yes |
| Free-shipping threshold and minimum order value | No | Yes |
Sending the PO to the supplier
Both email a PDF. Stockroom tells you what happened to it and gives the supplier a place to reply.
| Feature | Cin7 Core | Stockroom |
|---|---|---|
| Email the PO from the app | Yes | Yes |
| PDF with your logo | Word templates | And a format per supplier |
| Know when it was opened | Marked as processed | Yes |
| Send from your own domain | No | Early access |
| Supplier confirms and adds tracking on a link | The portal is for customers | No login for them |
| PO lands in the supplier’s own Shopify store | No | Stockroom Network |
Receiving the delivery
Cin7 Core receives into its own ledger and pushes stock to Shopify. Stockroom receives straight into Shopify.
| Feature | Cin7 Core | Stockroom |
|---|---|---|
| Incoming quantity shows in Shopify | Folded into Available, if switched on | On mark ordered |
| Received stock lands in Shopify | Yes | At the receiving location |
| Receive by barcode scan | The WMS app | Admin, POS and a phone camera |
| Receive in Shopify POS | No | Yes |
| Partial deliveries | As an advanced purchase | Yes |
| Accept or reject units | Credit note, then unstock | On the receive |
| Receive more than was ordered | Yes | Yes |
| Read the invoice photo to fill in the counts | No | Stockroom AI |
| Receive from an AI assistant | No | Over MCP, with a preview first |
| Undo a receive | Until the stock moves | Yes |
| Return goods to the supplier | Yes | With a credit note |
What the goods cost you
Cin7 Core is the stronger accounting ledger. Stockroom is the one that writes the answer back to your Shopify products.
| Feature | Cin7 Core | Stockroom |
|---|---|---|
| Freight and fees allocated into unit cost | By value | By value, quantity or weight |
| Costing method | FIFO, FEFO or batch | FIFO or weighted average |
| Update Shopify’s cost per item from the PO | Not documented | You confirm each push |
| Selling prices reviewed after a cost change | Markup rules on price tiers | Price review report, pushed to Shopify |
| Payment status on the PO | Yes | Unpaid, partial, paid |
| Owed to suppliers report | Yes | Yes |
Reordering and reports
Cin7 Core reorders from points you set, and forecasts with a paid add-on. Stockroom works the points out from your sales, nightly.
| Feature | Cin7 Core | Stockroom |
|---|---|---|
| Reorder points from your sales | ForesightAI add-on | Yes |
| Low stock alerts | Low stock reorder screen | Email and Slack |
| Supplier on-time and lead-time report | No | Yes |
| Spend by supplier | Yes | Yes |
| Bills into QuickBooks | Yes | With MyWorks Sync, paid |
What Stockroom adds
What Stockroom does that Cin7 Core leaves to you, or does somewhere other than Shopify.
- It lives in your Shopify admin. Purchase orders, receiving and reports open inside Shopify, next to the products and orders they are about. There is no second system to log into or keep in sync.
- Shopify shows what is coming. Mark a PO ordered and the incoming quantity appears on the product in Shopify and POS, as incoming. Cin7 Core can only fold it into Available.
- Receiving happens where the boxes are. Scan at the desk, at the till in Shopify POS, or with a phone camera. Reject what is damaged on the receive, record the invoice, undo a wrong count.
- Shopify’s cost keeps up. After a receive, Stockroom shows the landed cost per unit, allocated by value, quantity or weight, and writes it to Shopify’s cost per item when you confirm.
- Prices keep up with costs. The price review report shows where a cost rise ate your margin and suggests a new price you can push to Shopify.
- Suppliers can answer. A confirmation link with no login, tracking added by the supplier, open tracking on the email, and a Network delivery straight into a supplier’s own Shopify store.
- Forecasting is included. Reorder points from your sales and a buy plan grouped by supplier, every night, with the cheaper supplier flagged.
- It works from your AI assistant. Connect Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant over MCP and ask it to draft a PO or receive a delivery. Stockroom shows a preview before anything moves.
- No user, order or channel limits. Cin7 Core’s $349 plan covers five users, 6,000 orders a year and two connected channels. Stockroom has none of those caps.
Where Cin7 Core is the better fit
Cin7 Core is an inventory ledger, and these are the jobs of one. Stockroom does not do them.
- One stock record across many channels. Amazon, Faire, Magento, several Shopify stores and a B2B portal, all drawing on one inventory. Stockroom works on one Shopify store and keeps Shopify as the record.
- Accounting-grade costing. Accruals for goods received but not invoiced, valuation held in its own ledger, and bills posted to Xero or QuickBooks from inside the system. Stockroom keeps FIFO cost layers and lot expiry dates, and leaves the ledger to your accounting system.
- Warehouse operations. Put-away and directed picking in a mobile WMS app, with serial numbers. Stockroom has bins, pick lists, and lot and expiry tracking, but no warehouse app of its own.
- Manufacturing with MRP. Bills of materials, assemblies and material planning on the Pro plan and up. Stockroom has bills of materials, builds raised from demand and the components they need on the buy plan, but no MRP across a production schedule.
- EDI and 3PL. Through partners on Core and natively on Cin7 Omni, for retailers and distributors who need it.
Questions we get
Is Stockroom a replacement for Cin7 Core?
For purchasing on a Shopify store, yes. For a multi-channel inventory ledger with FIFO accounting, a warehouse app and EDI, no. If Shopify is your business and you are paying $349 a month or more mainly for purchase orders, receiving and reordering, Stockroom does that part free and keeps Shopify as the record.
Where does my inventory live with Stockroom?
In Shopify. Stockroom writes incoming quantities when you mark a PO ordered and received stock at the destination location when you receive, and both show in Shopify’s inventory history. Cin7 Core holds its own stock record and pushes figures to Shopify one way.
Can Stockroom show incoming stock in Shopify?
Yes. Marking a PO ordered writes the quantity to Shopify’s incoming figure for that location, which shows on the product and in POS. Cin7 Core’s option folds incoming into the Available number it pushes, which is a different thing.
Does Stockroom do FIFO?
For cost of goods sold, yes. Every receipt is a cost layer, and the COGS and stock on hand reports can walk them FIFO or as a weighted average. What Stockroom offers Shopify’s cost per item is a weighted average or the latest cost, which you confirm. Accounting valuation stays with your accounting system, and MyWorks Sync can post each PO and bill into QuickBooks.
Can I move my Cin7 Core purchase orders into Stockroom?
Stockroom imports a whole PO from CSV and suppliers from CSV, so open orders and supplier records can come across. Most stores finish what is open in Cin7 and start the next order in Stockroom.
What does Stockroom cost?
Purchase orders and receiving are free, and they stay free. That is the core of the app. As Stockroom grows into deeper inventory management, the advanced end of that will be paid, along with hands-on onboarding and priority support. Pushing your POs and bills into QuickBooks is a paid MyWorks Sync subscription.
Try it on your next order
Install free, create one PO, email it, and receive it when it lands. Nothing in Cin7 is touched.