Materials Inventory vs Tallyvera Maker Inventory
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 22, 2026 for Materials Inventory, Nov 8, 2026 for Tallyvera Maker Inventory.
The short answer
- Paid plans start at $39/month for Materials Inventory and $19/month for Tallyvera Maker Inventory.
- Materials Inventory lists 9 features Tallyvera Maker Inventory’s listing doesn’t mention, including Email notifications, Inventory planning, Low stock alerts.
Head to head
Materials & Products Inventory - For makers and manufacturers
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Hobby
- · 500 Orders (/month)
- · 500 Raw Materials
- · Product Bundles
- · Update of Shopify Inventory
Business
- · 1500 Raw Materials
- · 2000 Orders (/month)
- · All Hobby Features
- · Components
- · Custom Products
- · Dynamic Inventory Alerts
Business Pro
- · 2500 Raw Materials
- · 5000 Orders(/month)
- · 6 Inventory Locations
- · All Business Features
Tallyvera
- · Automatic hourly sync with Shopify
- · Automatic product cost calculation
- · Builds with auto stock deduction
- · Inventory counts & reorder report
- · Sync inventory & costs to Shopify
- · Sync products & orders from Shopify
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureEasily manage raw materials & products inventory. Let the app set your products' inventory based on your raw materials' inventory. Keep them in sync at all times and in real-time. Track your raw materials costs and your products profitability. Create purchase orders & order the right amount of materials at the right time. Stop overselling and stop being out of stock.
Built for makers and small-batch manufacturers, Tallyvera tracks inventory and cost of goods sold from the raw materials you buy and use. Price products from actual material costs and margins, not guesswork. Your stock changes with every build, sale, return and exchange. Tallyvera shows what's below target and what to reorder, so you can restock before you run short.
- Stop overselling: The app updates your Shopify inventory in real-time
- Plan ahead: Know your real-time inventory of bundles, products & raw materials
- Easy to use: Intuitive & easy to use so you can focus on your business
- Informative: Costs & profits per product. Full history of inventory movements
- Track the true cost of every product you build, resell or bundle
- Measure your true profit and margin on every order
- Create product formulas and update inventory automatically as you build and sell
- Run built-in reports on inventory value, margin, costs, and production
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 |  Materials Inventory | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Materials Inventory | |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 54 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | 0 | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Materials Inventory | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $39/month | $19/month(ahead) |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Plans listed | 3 | 1 |
Listing
| Measure | Materials Inventory | |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #23 | Not enough data |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Jan 19, 2021 | Jul 15, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Materials Inventory | Tallyvera LLC |
FAQ
Materials Inventory and Tallyvera Maker Inventory: common questions
- Is Materials Inventory or Tallyvera Maker Inventory cheaper?
- Paid plans start at $39/month for Materials Inventory and $19/month for Tallyvera Maker Inventory. 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?
- Materials Inventory lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Email notifications, Inventory planning, Low stock alerts, Multi-location. Tallyvera Maker Inventory lists 9 the others don’t mention, such as Analytics, Cost management, Import and export, Order sync. 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 22, 2026 for Materials Inventory, Nov 8, 2026 for Tallyvera Maker Inventory; 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 22, 2026 for Materials Inventory, Nov 8, 2026 for Tallyvera Maker Inventory. 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.