Inventory Planner by Sage vs Sensible Inventory Forecasting

Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 23, 2026 for Inventory Planner by Sage, Oct 14, 2026 for Sensible Inventory Forecasting.

The short answer

  • On the Shopify App Store: Inventory Planner by Sage 4.3 from 155 reviews and Sensible Inventory Forecasting 4.5 from 11 reviews.
  • Inventory Planner by Sage lists 24 features Sensible Inventory Forecasting’s listing doesn’t mention, including Analytics, Attachments, Auto-processing.

Head to head

App Store reviews

Inventory Planner by Sage: 155
Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 11
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Pitch

Create purchase orders, save time purchasing, advanced reports

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Categories
  • Staff notifications
  • Inventory optimization
  • Stock alerts
  • Inventory optimization
Languages
  • English
  • English
Launched
Jan 15, 2013
Feb 8, 2024
Built for Shopify
Not badged
Built for Shopify
Reviews per month
4 last full month
1 last full month
Detected stores
0active installs
0active installs
Most common store size
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Top countries
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Momentum

New reviews each month

Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.

0510JulDecFebAprJulSepDecJunSepInventory Planner by Sage: 1 reviews in January 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 2 reviews in February 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 10 reviews in March 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 8 reviews in April 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 1 reviews in May 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 2 reviews in July 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 2 reviews in August 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 2 reviews in September 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 3 reviews in October 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 2 reviews in December 2025Inventory Planner by Sage: 1 reviews in June 2026Inventory Planner by Sage: 4 reviews in September 2026Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 2 reviews in July 2024Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 1 reviews in August 2024Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 1 reviews in December 2024Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 1 reviews in January 2025Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 1 reviews in July 2025Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 1 reviews in September 2025Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 1 reviews in October 2025Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 1 reviews in December 2025Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 1 reviews in March 2026Sensible Inventory Forecasting: 1 reviews in August 2026
Inventory Planner by SageSensible Inventory ForecastingCompleted months only
Free options
Free planFree trial
Free planFree trial
Monthly range
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$29/month
Plans
FreeFree to install
Pricing adapts to your business needs. Contact us to get a quote.
Monthly plan$29/month
30-day free trial
  • · Adjustable settings for forecasting
  • · Export forecasting
  • · Inventory forecasting suggestions
  • · Multiple vendors per product
  • · Weekly email reports
Coverage
35 of 40 features88%
15 of 40 features38%
Unique strengths
  • Analytics
  • Attachments
  • Auto-processing
  • Barcodes
  • +20 more
  • Alert settings
  • Email
  • Inventory reports
  • Low stock
  • +1 more
Inventory optimization
100%24/24
42%10/24
Inventory management
100%13/13
23%3/13
Notifications and analytics
100%8/8
75%6/8
Order management
100%3/3
33%1/3
Staff notifications
100%11/11
0%0/11
Customization
100%4/4
0%0/4
Notification types
100%7/7
0%0/7
Stock alerts
0%0/5
100%5/5
Analytics and reporting
0%0/2
100%2/2
Customization
0%0/1
100%1/1
Notifications
0%0/2
100%2/2
25105onlybothonly
Inventory Planner by SageSensible Inventory Forecasting40 features listed across both App Store listings

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Works with also listed by another
  • Shopify POS
  • Amazon
  • Linnworks
  • QuickBooks
  • ShipBob
  • Cin 7
  • Woocommerce
  • Bundles.app
How it sells itself

Struggling with stockouts, overstock, and costly inventory mistakes? Scaling a retail business is tough—too much inventory ties up cash, while too little leads to missed sales. Inventory Planner by Sage helps you forecast demand with precision, automate replenishment, and manage multi-location stock planning seamlessly.

Easy-to-use inventory forecasting tool to avoid products running out of stock, lets you know when to reorder products and helps you decide on purchase quantity based on previous sales data and our suggestions. Adjust lead times, and other settings based on your business needs. Works with bundles.app or any other bundle app that splits bundle into individual items in orders.

Key points
  • Predict future sales trends with precision, helping you optimize stock levels
  • Automate purchase order creation based on forecasted demand
  • Optimize inventory levels across multiple locations to reduce stockouts
  • Streamline purchase order management with automated workflows, reducing errors
  • Know when products need to be reordered to prevent stockouts
  • Reordering quantity suggestions based on previous sales history
  • Add multiple suppliers for single product for more efficient purchasing
  • Get weekly inventory reports to your email of your inventory status
Screenshots
Forecast to have inventory when and where customers want it
Flexible reports provide critical inventory insightsSave time creating purchase orders
forecasting settings that can be adjusted accordingly
detailed view on product sales data and forecastingweekly email report preview of sensible forecastingtable that shows all the products that need reordering

All the numbers

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A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.

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Adoption

MeasureInventory Planner by SageSensible Inventory Forecasting
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

MeasureInventory Planner by SageSensible Inventory Forecasting
App Store rating4.3 ★4.5 ★(ahead)
App Store reviews155(ahead)11
New reviews, 28 days00
Reviewers a year or more inNot enough dataNot enough data

Pricing

MeasureInventory Planner by SageSensible Inventory Forecasting
Free planNot listedNot listed
Lowest paid monthly planNo monthly plan listed$29/month
Longest free trialNot listed30 days
Plans listed11

Listing

MeasureInventory Planner by SageSensible Inventory Forecasting
Shopify category rank#66(ahead)in Inventory optimization#111in Inventory optimization
Shopify App ChartsNot on this week’s chartsNot on this week’s charts
Built for ShopifyNoYes
LaunchedJan 15, 2013Feb 8, 2024
Languages1English1English
DeveloperInventory Planner by Sagesensible.tools

FAQ

Inventory Planner by Sage and Sensible Inventory Forecasting: common questions

Which has better reviews, Inventory Planner by Sage or Sensible Inventory Forecasting?
On the Shopify App Store: Inventory Planner by Sage 4.3 from 155 reviews and Sensible Inventory Forecasting 4.5 from 11 reviews.
What features does each app list that the other doesn’t?
Inventory Planner by Sage lists 24 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Attachments, Auto-processing, Barcodes. Sensible Inventory Forecasting lists 5 the others don’t mention, such as Alert settings, Email, Inventory reports, Low stock. 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 23, 2026 for Inventory Planner by Sage, Oct 14, 2026 for Sensible Inventory Forecasting; 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 23, 2026 for Inventory Planner by Sage, Oct 14, 2026 for Sensible Inventory Forecasting. 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.