Katana
Cloud inventory platform for connecting stock, sales orders, purchasing, production, and warehouse workflows across channels and locations.
Last reviewed: 2026-07-17
Overview
Cloud inventory platform for connecting stock, sales orders, purchasing, production, and warehouse workflows across channels and locations.
Best for
Product businesses that manufacture, assemble, or sell across channels and need materials, finished goods, purchasing, production, and live inventory in one operating system.
Not ideal for
Very small catalogs that only need basic stock counts, or merchants that want advanced manufacturing, warehouse, traceability, and forecasting capabilities without paid add-ons or implementation work.
Key features
Integrations
Confirm current integration depth with the vendor before buying. Listed integrations are a starting point for research, not a complete implementation guarantee.
Pricing summary
Katana publishes a limited free plan and a usage-based Core plan. Paid cost changes with delivered sales orders, additional locations, onboarding, and optional manufacturing, warehouse, traceability, forecasting, and shop-floor capabilities; confirm current configuration pricing.
Free trial
Yes
Free plan
Yes
Pros and cons
Pros
- Connects inventory, purchasing, sales, and production
- Supports multichannel and manufacturing operations
- Free plan offers a low-risk way to model a small catalog
Cons
- Free plan is limited by SKU count and ecommerce connector availability
- Advanced manufacturing and warehouse workflows can require add-ons
- Implementation and data mapping grow with operational complexity