Loyverse vs Thrive by Shopventory (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Loyverse if

• Fits if you run a shop or cafe and want a free till with stock counts
• Works for small multi-store owners watching cost

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you need reports older than 31 days, as longer history is $5 a store a month
• Watch out: purchase orders and stock transfers need the $25 a store advanced inventory add-on
• Not for you if you hold stock without selling at a counter, because stock tracking is lighter than in dedicated tools
• Pricey if you add staff, since employee management is billed per employee

Pick Thrive by Shopventory if

• Fits if you run a Shopify or Square shop and want stock counts and alerts
• Works for shops with under 1,500 transactions a month

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you pass 1,500 transactions a month, since Starter stops there
• Pricey if you need purchase orders: they start at Standard, $129 a month
• Skip it if you want forecasting on a small plan, as it starts at Professional, $279 a month
• Watch out: prices come from the Shopify listing and bill every 30 days, and the vendor's own site returned an access-denied page
• Watch out: the product is now branded Thrive, so older names and pages may not match

Loyverse

• The free plan shows only the last 31 days of sales reports; longer history costs $5 per store a month.
• Purchase orders, stock transfers and deeper inventory insight need the $25 per store Advanced inventory add-on.
• Employee management is billed per employee, so cost grows with staff size.
• It is a point-of-sale system first; stock tracking for a business that does not sell at a counter is lighter than dedicated inventory software.

Thrive by Shopventory

• Each plan caps transactions per month, from 1,500 on Starter to 25,000 on Elite.
• Prices were read from the Shopify App Store listing, which bills every 30 days; the vendor's own site returned an access-denied page.
• Purchase orders, bundles and vendor management start at Standard, and forecasting at Professional.
• The product is now branded Thrive: its Shopify listing and help center use that name, and the help center sits on a Thrive domain.

Loyverse

Real-time stock levels

Tracks stock for items and their components, with automatic low-stock alerts, on the free plan.

Purchase orders and transfers

Sending orders to suppliers, tracking receipts and moving stock between stores need the Advanced inventory add-on.

Barcode labels

Print barcode labels, and connect a barcode scanner, receipt printer and cash drawer.

Offline selling

The POS keeps recording sales without internet and syncs to the back office afterward.

Multiple stores

Manage items, employees and customers across stores from a single account.

Reports

Revenue, average sale, profit, best sellers and sales history, exportable to spreadsheets.

Thrive by Shopventory

Stock counts and alerts

Tracks stock levels with low-stock alerts, reorder levels, cost of goods tracking and expiration dates.

Purchase orders

Automated purchase orders, vendor management and invoicing, with an AI assistant for importing purchase orders and invoices.

Barcode scanning

Uses a barcode scanner to count, order and receive products, and generates barcodes.

Forecasting

Stock forecasting arrives on Professional, and an intelligent version on Elite.

Multi-location and multi-account

Connects multiple Shopify accounts and point of sale systems, with plans capped at 2, 5 or 10 locations or integrations.

Prebuilt reports

Prebuilt reports, custom reports, performance metrics and data import and export.

Loyverse

• Free$0

  POS, 31 days of sales reports, essential inventory for items and components with low-stock alerts, loyalty and displays.

• Unlimited sales history$5

  per store / month ($50 per store billed yearly)

  Add-on: view and export sales reports beyond the last 31 days.

• Employee management$5

  per employee / month ($50 per employee billed yearly)

  Add-on: team performance, permissions and hours worked.

• Advanced inventory$25

  per store / month ($250 per store billed yearly)

  Add-on: purchase orders, stock transfers and deeper inventory insights.

Thrive by Shopventory

• Starter$59

  per month, or $589 per year

  Stock level alerts, COGS tracking, expiration dates, stock counts, barcode generation and up to 1,500 transactions a month.

• Standard$129

  per month, or $1,309 per year

  Up to 2 locations or integrations, bundles, purchase orders, vendor management, invoicing and up to 3,000 transactions a month.

• Professional$279

  per month, or $2,749 per year

  Up to 5 locations or integrations, scan-to-create, stock forecasting and up to 10,000 transactions a month.

• Elite$559

  per month, or $5,629 per year

  Up to 10 locations or integrations, intelligent stock forecasting and up to 25,000 transactions a month.

Loyverse

• Annual discount

  Save 2 months with yearly billing

  Loyverse's pricing page says paying yearly for an add-on saves the equivalent of two months.

Thrive by Shopventory

• Annual discount

  Save 15% to 18% with annual billing

  The Shopify listing shows yearly prices that save 17% on Starter, 15% on Standard, 18% on Professional and 16% on Elite.