Anvil vs Plenisher Inventory Management
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 13, 2026 for Anvil, Oct 16, 2026 for Plenisher Inventory Management.
The short answer
- Only Plenisher Inventory Management lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $39/month for Anvil and $19/month for Plenisher Inventory Management.
- Anvil lists 7 features Plenisher Inventory Management’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics, Import and export, Inventory planning.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Starter
- · Core reports (low/out of stock, value)
- · Multi-location inventory
- · Purchase orders, suppliers & receiving
- · Stock & cost sync to Shopify
- · Supplier management
- · Up to 500 orders/month
Growth
- · All reports & sales velocity
- · CSV export
- · Everything in Starter
- · Reorder suggestions
- · Up to 3,000 orders/month
Scale
- · Everything in Growth
- · Higher volume? Contact us
- · Priority support
- · Up to 10,000 orders/month
Free
- · All Stocky Features included
- · Stocky Migration Included
- · Unlimited suppliers and purchase orders
- · Upto 10,000 Products
Basic
- · 10,000+ Products
- · Accepting feature requests
- · All Stocky Features included
- · Stocky Migration Included
- · Unlimited suppliers and purchase orders
Pro
- · 20,000+ Products
- · Accepting feature requests
- · All Stocky Features included
- · Priority access to beta features
- · Stocky Migration Included
- · Unlimited suppliers and purchase orders
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureAnvil helps growing merchants manage inventory and purchasing in one place. Create and send purchase orders to your suppliers, receive stock against them, and track quantities and costs across all your locations. Anvil watches your sales and tells you what is running low and what to reorder, with reorder points based on each product's sales history. Inventory counts and costs sync back to Shopify automatically.
Plenisher is the inventory and purchase order home for Shopify brands with real stock complexity: multi-location retailers and resellers. Create and email POs, receive them in parts, and keep per-supplier costs Shopify's single cost field can't hold. Set min/max levels per location and turn everything below min into draft POs in one click. Migrating from Stocky?
- Purchase orders: create, send to suppliers, and receive stock against them
- Reorder suggestions based on your real sales
- Multi-location inventory with quantities and costs tracked per location
- Stock counts and costs sync back to Shopify automatically
- One-click reorder: everything below min becomes draft POs, grouped by supplier
- Full PO lifecycle: email branded POs, track partial receipts, audit every change
- Per-supplier costs & supplier catalogs Shopify's single cost field can't hold
- Multi-location inventory mirrored live from Shopify, always in sync
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Anvil |  Plenisher Inventory Management |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Anvil | Plenisher Inventory Management |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | Not published | 5.0 ★ |
| App Store reviews | Not published | 8 |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Anvil | Plenisher Inventory Management |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Yes |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $39/month | $19/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 3 |
Listing
| Measure | Anvil | Plenisher Inventory Management |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #694 | #69(ahead) |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jun 9, 2026 | Jun 18, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Plucore | 9X9 Digital |
FAQ
Anvil and Plenisher Inventory Management: common questions
- Is Anvil or Plenisher Inventory Management cheaper?
- Only Plenisher Inventory Management lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $39/month for Anvil and $19/month for Plenisher Inventory Management. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
- Anvil lists 7 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Import and export, Inventory planning, Real-time updates. Plenisher Inventory Management lists 1 the others don’t mention, such as Purchase orders. A feature missing from a listing may still be supported; this compares what each App Store listing says.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 13, 2026 for Anvil, Oct 16, 2026 for Plenisher Inventory Management; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 13, 2026 for Anvil, Oct 16, 2026 for Plenisher Inventory Management. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.