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

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

Pick Zoho Inventory if

• Fits if you sell on Amazon, eBay, Etsy or Shopify and want stock kept in sync
• Works for businesses already on Zoho Books or Zoho CRM

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you need barcodes or stock counts, which start on Premium at $79 a month
• Not for you if you make products from raw materials, as there are composite items but no production planning
• Skip it if you run several Shopify stores and want Standard's price, as it connects just one
• Tight if you stay free, as it stops at 50 orders a month, 1 user and 1 location
• Pricey if you grow past a plan, as each extra user or 500 orders is $7.50 a month and each location $10

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.

Zoho Inventory

• Each plan caps orders a month, users and locations; more users or 500 extra orders cost $7.50 a month each billed annually ($9 monthly).
• Extra locations cost $10 a month billed annually ($12 monthly), and advanced warehousing is $124.17 a month billed annually.
• Barcodes, stock counts and serial and batch tracking start on Premium; Standard has none of them.
• The Free and Standard plans connect only one Shopify store; Premium and higher allow up to five.

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.

Zoho Inventory

Marketplace and store sync

Syncs orders and stock with Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Etsy, Shopify and WooCommerce, with Shopify stores capped per plan.

Multiple warehouses

Stock across locations with transfer orders and bins, plus an advanced warehousing add-on for larger operations.

Sales and purchase orders

Sales orders, invoices, purchase orders, backorders and dropshipments, with customer and vendor portals.

Shipping

Pick, pack and ship from one place, generate shipping labels and connect carriers such as UPS, USPS, FedEx and Easyship.

Barcodes, serials and batches

Barcode generation, stock counts and serial and batch tracking from the Premium plan up.

Zoho apps and accounting

Works with Zoho Books, Zoho CRM and Zoho Analytics, and also connects to QuickBooks Online and Xero.

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.

Zoho Inventory

• Free$0

  50 orders a month, 1 user and 1 location, with composite items, dropshipments and backorders.

• Standard$29

  per organization / month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)

  500 orders a month, 3 users and 2 locations, with a customer portal and 1 Shopify store.

• Premium$79

  per organization / month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)

  3,000 orders a month, 5 users and 4 locations, adding barcodes, stock counts, serial and batch tracking, and up to 5 Shopify stores.

• Plus$129

  per organization / month, billed annually ($159 billed monthly)

  7,500 orders a month, 10 users and 6 locations, adding an online store builder, WhatsApp selling and abandoned cart recovery.

• Enterprise$249

  per organization / month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)

  15,000 orders a month, 10 users and 10 locations, adding Zoho Analytics and multi-currency transactions per contact.

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.

Zoho Inventory

• Annual discount

  Save up to 26% with yearly billing

  Yearly billing cuts Standard from $39 to $29 a month, Premium from $99 to $79, Plus from $159 to $129 and Enterprise from $299 to $249.

• Nonprofit

  15% off for nonprofits

  Zoho offers nonprofits a 15% discount on Zoho Inventory, arranged by writing to its presales team.