Benchtop Inventory & Materials vs Boxbook

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 14, 2026 for Benchtop Inventory & Materials, Oct 13, 2026 for Boxbook.

The short answer

  • Only Benchtop Inventory & Materials lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $20/month for Benchtop Inventory & Materials and $10/month for Boxbook.
  • Benchtop Inventory & Materials lists 4 features Boxbook’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics, Insights, Inventory sync.

Head to head

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Pitch
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Categories
  • Inventory optimization
  • Workflow automation
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Jul 23, 2026
May 11, 2026
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Not badged
Reviews per month
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Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
From $0 to $20/month
$10/month
Plans
freeFree
  • · Automatic Shopify stock sync
  • · Import material from a photo or file
  • · Low-stock alerts
  • · Make to stock or make to order
  • · See what you can make
  • · True cost and margins
pro$20/month
  • · Cost of goods report
  • · Everything in Free
  • · Inventory valuation report
  • · Unlimited materials
  • · Unlimited recipes
Boxbook Starter$10/month
7-day free trial
  • · 24/7 customer support
  • · Drag-and-drop fulfillment editor
  • · Material inventory exports and reports
  • · Unlimited material tracking
  • · Unlimited order splitting
  • · Unlimited order tagging
Coverage
7 of 10 features70%
6 of 10 features60%
Unique strengths
  • Analytics
  • Insights
  • Inventory sync
  • Threshold alerts
  • Out of stock notifications
  • Replenishment reminders
  • Stock replenishment
Inventory optimization
70%7/10
60%6/10
Inventory management
75%3/4
75%3/4
Notifications and analytics
67%4/6
50%3/6
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Benchtop Inventory & MaterialsBoxbook10 features listed across both App Store listings

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How it sells itself

You buy raw materials and make your products from them. Set up fast: snap a photo of a supplier invoice, receipt, or spreadsheet and Benchtop reads your materials and costs in. It tracks what you have, warns you before you run low, and shows how many you can make right now.

Boxbook automates order tagging, order splitting, and live tracking of shipping materials. Split order items into fulfillments by SKU, weight, tag, or other property. Start with a template or build your own, plus use a drag-and-drop canvas for easy edits. Track every box, mailer, packing slip and other materials as orders ship, and get low-stock alerts and a per-warehouse audit trail for every item.

Key points
  • Log production once to update materials and your store stock.
  • See your true margin on every product you make.
  • Build a recipe for each product so you know exactly what goes into it.
  • Track raw materials, what you paid, and stock levels, with low-stock alerts.
  • Track shipping supplies across all locations
  • Automatically deduct stock when orders ship
  • Low-stock alerts before you run out
Screenshots
Benchtop overview: inventory value, materials, and stock.
Benchtop margins view showing each product's profit marginBenchtop production screen for logging a batchBenchtop materials list with quantities, price, and status
Boxbook Dashboard - Materials, Inventory and Events
Boxbook - Smart Material TrackingBoxbook Materials - Box inserts, Packing Paper, Tape and moreBoxbook Rules - Smart Tracking of Material Inventory

All the numbers

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Adoption

MeasureBenchtop Inventory & MaterialsBoxbook
Detected storesNot publishedNot published
Net store change, 28 days0estimated0estimated
Stores added, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Big-brand shareNot enough dataNot enough data
Top store categoriesNot publishedNot published
Top store countriesNot publishedNot published

Reviews

MeasureBenchtop Inventory & MaterialsBoxbook
App Store ratingNot publishedNot published
App Store reviewsNot publishedNot published
New reviews, 28 daysNot enough dataNot enough data
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureBenchtop Inventory & MaterialsBoxbook
Free planYesNot listed
Lowest paid monthly plan$20/month$10/month(ahead)
Longest free trialNot listed7 days
Plans listed21

Listing

MeasureBenchtop Inventory & MaterialsBoxbook
Shopify category rank#261in Inventory optimization#522in Workflow automation
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoNo
LaunchedJul 23, 2026May 11, 2026
Languages1English1English
DeveloperOriKone LLCBoxbook

FAQ

Benchtop Inventory & Materials and Boxbook: common questions

Is Benchtop Inventory & Materials or Boxbook cheaper?
Only Benchtop Inventory & Materials lists a free plan. Paid plans start at $20/month for Benchtop Inventory & Materials and $10/month for Boxbook. 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?
Benchtop Inventory & Materials lists 4 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Insights, Inventory sync, Threshold alerts. Boxbook lists 3 the others don’t mention, such as Out of stock notifications, Replenishment reminders, Stock replenishment. 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 14, 2026 for Benchtop Inventory & Materials, Oct 13, 2026 for Boxbook; 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 14, 2026 for Benchtop Inventory & Materials, Oct 13, 2026 for Boxbook. 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.