Niyu Smart Stock vs Inventory Planner by Sage
Inventory Planner is a capable, ecommerce-first forecasting tool. If your operation runs on Odoo, Smart Stock forecasts with a model chosen per product, plans transfers across every warehouse before it buys, and is flat-priced from $0.
Here is a straight, sourced comparison, including where Inventory Planner is the stronger choice.
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Inside OdooThe difference in one paragraph
If you want the answer before the detail, here it is.
Inventory Planner by Sage is a mature, ecommerce-first forecasting and open-to-buy tool, built first for storefronts like Shopify. If you run on Odoo, it reaches your data through third-party middleware rather than a native connector, forecasts with one general approach, and handles stock transfers through the platform it is synced with. Niyu Smart Stock takes the opposite path. It is a module inside Odoo, so there is nothing to bridge. It picks a forecast model per product with guardrails and a confidence score, recommends a transfer across your warehouses before it buys, splits one need into a move and a smaller purchase, and drafts the real Odoo orders for your team to approve. Its pricing is flat and published, from a permanent free tier upward, rather than quoted against your revenue.
Forecasting that adapts per product
A model chosen for each product, with guardrails and a confidence score, instead of one general method.
Every warehouse, transfer before buy
Plans inter-warehouse transfers with multi-donor allocation, then buys only the gap that is left.
Flat pricing, more value
Published $0, $79, and $249 per month, by catalog and warehouses, not a quote that climbs with revenue.
The same job, from two very different places
The clearest difference is not on a feature list, it is where the planning happens and how your data gets there.
Your planning data leaves Odoo, runs in a separate app, and is synced back through a connector you set up and maintain.
Smart StockNative Your OdooPlanning happens where your stock, purchase orders, and transfers already live. There is no middleware to buy, and no inbound access to your database.
Side by side, on the points that decide it
Where Inventory Planner is genuinely strong, we say so. These rows are about fit for an Odoo operation, not a scorecard.
1 Inventory Planner pricing is quote-based and tied to revenue. The figures above are publicly reported, not official list prices, and were correct at the time of writing. Confirm current pricing with the vendor. Sources: Inventory Planner Odoo integration, APIWorx Odoo middleware, RevenueGeeks pricing report, TrustRadius pricing.
What changes when the planner lives inside Odoo
The differences that matter most to teams moving from an ecommerce-first tool to an Odoo-native one.
A model chosen for each product, not one method for all
Inventory Planner forecasts well for the steady, high-volume sellers an ecommerce catalog is full of. Real Odoo catalogs are messier: slow movers, spare parts, seasonal lines, and brand new products with almost no history. Smart Stock routes a model per product. It uses Croston-style methods for intermittent demand, historical-average methods where history is thin, and a zero model where there is no demand yet, each with guardrails and a confidence score on every line. You see which model was used and why, so a few large orders never inflate a forecast and a quiet new product is not handed a made-up number.
Intermittent
Croston-style for spiky, irregular movers
Limited history
Historical-average when data is thin
No history
A zero model instead of inventing a number
Inside OdooTransfer across every warehouse, then buy only the gap
When one warehouse is short and another holds spare units, the cheapest fix is a transfer, not a purchase order. Inventory Planner is built around buying, and cross-warehouse handling leans on the platform it is synced with, which fits a couple of locations more than a network of them. Smart Stock plans the move first. It looks across every warehouse, suggests an internal transfer for stock you already own, and buys only the remaining gap. When several warehouses can donate, the Transfer Plan shows where each unit comes from and keeps every donor's own safety buffer intact.
Inside OdooIt drafts the Odoo documents you approve
A recommendation is only useful if it turns into work. Because Inventory Planner lives outside your ERP, its output is forecasts and suggested orders that sync back through the connector. From a Smart Stock action line you create a real Odoo RFQ or internal transfer directly, tagged with its source and linked back to the line. It stays a draft until your team confirms it through your normal approval flow. Nothing is sent to a vendor automatically, and nothing leaves Odoo to be reconciled later.
Inside OdooSee the demand behind every number
Forecasts earn trust when you can check them. Open any product and Smart Stock shows the demand history it learned from: monthly demand by source, the days the product was actually out of stock, the in-stock rate, the model it chose, the reason, and a confidence score. When a quiet month was really a hidden stockout, it flags that, so you do not cut a reorder for the wrong reason. Every figure can be reconciled against the same Odoo records your team already trusts.
Inside OdooThe same scope, for much less, with no quote
Inventory Planner's entry pricing covers roughly a thousand orders and SKUs and a couple of warehouses, and climbs with your annual revenue. Niyu Smart Stock covers more, at a flat price you can read before you talk to anyone.
~$245 to $299/mo1
Publicly reported entry pricing for roughly 1,000 orders and SKUs. Revenue-based and quote-gated, so the figure rises as you sell more, and you request a quote to learn your number.
- Price grows with your revenue
- Built around a small number of warehouses
- No permanent free tier
Smart StockFree
Up to 50 products, 2 warehouses
$0/mo
Pro
Up to 2,000 products, 3 warehouses
$79/mo
Business
Up to 5,000 products, 4 warehouses
$249/mo
Flat and published. You pay for catalog size, warehouses, and forecast horizon, never for selling more. The free tier never expires.
See plans and start freeWhich one is the right fit for you
No tool is best for everyone. The right choice comes down to where your data lives and how many warehouses you run.
Inventory Planner is the better fit
- Your catalog lives in Shopify or another storefront, not Odoo
- You run one or a couple of warehouses
- You want open-to-buy and merchandising reports for an ecommerce brand
Strong when your data sits outside Odoo and your network is small.
Smart StockNiyu Smart Stock is the better fit
- Odoo is your source of truth for stock, purchases, and transfers
- You run several warehouses and move stock between them
- You want a model per product, transfer-before-buy control, and flat pricing
Built for Odoo operations that span warehouses and want more control for less.
Built with people who have used the others
Niyu Smart Stock was shaped with inventory teams and planners who had run other tools, Inventory Planner among them, and knew exactly which parts they relied on and which parts fought their Odoo workflow. We kept what worked, the forecasting discipline and the open-to-buy thinking, and built it where their stock already lived. That is why the model-per-product forecasting, the transfer-before-buy logic, and the per-line evidence are front and centre. They were asked for.
Switching from Inventory Planner is low risk
You do not have to take it on faith. Prove Smart Stock on your own Odoo data, next to your current tool, before you move a thing.
Prove it on your own data
Install the module and run Smart Stock next to your current tool on the permanent free tier. Compare the recommendations on products you already know well.
Nothing to migrate or rebuild
Smart Stock reads sales history, stock, and incoming supply straight from Odoo. There is no data export, no rebuild, and no middleware to stand up first.
Keep full control
Set service levels, safety stock, lead-time mode, MOQ, and order multiples per product or across the catalog. Every buy and transfer stays a draft until you approve it.
Switch when it is clearly better
Move over only when the plan beats what you have. Paid plans come with on-call setup and a money-back guarantee, so the decision stays low risk.
Paid clients get on-call setup. We connect on a call to install the module, paste your API key, run the first sync, and set your planning rules so the first recommendations are useful from day one.
Questions teams ask before switching
Is there an Inventory Planner alternative for Odoo?+
Yes. Niyu Smart Stock is an Odoo-native alternative to Inventory Planner by Sage. It forecasts demand per product per warehouse with a model chosen per product, recommends what to buy and what to transfer, and drafts the matching Odoo purchase orders and internal transfers, all inside Odoo rather than in a separate app.
How is the forecasting different?+
Inventory Planner uses one general forecasting approach across products. Smart Stock routes a model per product: Croston-style methods for intermittent demand, historical-average methods where history is thin, and a zero model where there is no demand yet. Each line carries guardrails and a confidence score, and shows the model and the reason, so you can see why a number is what it is.
Does Inventory Planner work with Odoo?+
Inventory Planner is an ecommerce-first product built first for platforms like Shopify. It can reach Odoo, but publicly its Odoo connection runs through third-party middleware such as Cogent2 or APIWorx rather than a native connector. Niyu Smart Stock is a module that runs inside Odoo with no middleware in between.
How many warehouses can it handle, and can it transfer between them?+
Smart Stock plans across every warehouse in your Odoo database. When one is short and others have spare stock, it suggests an internal transfer first, then buys only the remaining gap. When several warehouses can donate, the Transfer Plan shows where each unit comes from and keeps every donor's safety buffer protected.
Can it split one need into a transfer and a purchase?+
Yes. A short of 80 units with 30 spare in another warehouse becomes transfer 30 and buy 50, in one recommendation. You can also split a large buy into planned batches with their own receipt dates.
How does the pricing compare?+
Niyu Smart Stock has flat, published pricing: Free at $0, Pro at $79 per month, and Business at $249 per month, with a permanent free tier. Inventory Planner uses revenue-based, quote-gated pricing that is publicly reported to start around $245 to $299 per month for roughly a thousand orders and SKUs and a couple of warehouses, and to rise with annual revenue. The same scope costs much less on a flat Niyu tier. Always confirm current pricing with each vendor.
Do I have to leave Odoo to use it?+
No. Smart Stock is a module under the Odoo Inventory app. You plan, review the evidence, and create the purchase orders and transfers without leaving Odoo. Your Odoo instance only needs to make outbound HTTPS requests to the forecasting service. No inbound access to your database is required.
Can I try it before switching?+
Yes. The free tier is permanent, not a time-limited trial, and includes every feature for up to 50 products and 2 warehouses with no card required. Run it alongside your current tool, compare the recommendations, and switch when you are ready. Paid plans carry a money-back guarantee.
Which Odoo versions are supported?+
Niyu Smart Stock works with Odoo 17, 18, and 19, on both Community and Enterprise, on Odoo.sh and on-premise.
See it plan your Odoo stock, on the free tier
Install the module, run it next to your current tool, and compare the recommendations on your own data before you commit. No card required.
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Inventory Planner and Sage are trademarks of The Sage Group plc and its licensors. Odoo is a trademark of Odoo S.A. Niyu Labs is an independent software company and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Sage or Odoo. Brand names and logos are used only to identify the products being compared. This comparison reflects publicly available information as of June 2026 and our own product, and is provided for evaluation. Confirm current features and pricing with each vendor before deciding.