Choose QuickBooks if
Your accountant works in QuickBooks, your stock is simple, and you want the books and the levels in one product today.
Centilio StockHeld for tomorrow
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Inventory management software alternatives, side by side and fairly.
Stock is not built, so every comparison here ends on a row the others win: they ship today and Stock does not. Above that row are the facts that stay true — what each tool is, what moves its levels and how it is priced — checked as of research in 2026.
not shipped · wave 4facts as of research in 2026no competitor prices quotedcorrections welcome
Product design preview · Stock has not shipped. All features, screens and prices are proposals.
Stock has not shipped yet.
Stock has not shipped. The console, the features, the plans and the prices on these pages are the design, set out in full so you can judge it long before it exists. Stock is in the fourth wave of Centilio tools — later than most — with no app, no beta and no date yet. Join the waitlist and you will be told first.
Comparisons
Pick the one you use, or are weighing, today.
Three tools small businesses use to keep track of stock, each compared on its own page.
Side by side
Four tools, on the facts that do not drift.
Facts as of research in 2026: what each tool is, what moves its levels and how it is priced — not list prices, which change. Check each vendor’s page for today’s detail, and tell us if anything here is out of date.
| Centilio Stock | QuickBooks Online | Shopify | Microsoft Excel | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Inventory management inside a business suite | Accounting software from Intuit, with inventory tracking on some plans | A commerce platform for online stores and shops, with inventory built in | A spreadsheet, part of Microsoft 365 |
| Built for | Businesses that buy, hold and sell physical stock | Small businesses keeping their books, with stock alongside | Businesses selling online and in person | Any list or calculation, inventory included |
| What moves the levels | Invoices, supplier bills, orders and transfers, as they happen (designed) | Sales and purchase transactions recorded in QuickBooks | Orders and stock adjustments in Shopify | Whoever types the new number |
| Pricing model | Per business (proposed): Free, then $19 a month | Per company, plans in tiers with user limits; inventory on Plus and Advanced | Monthly plans per store, in tiers | Free web version with a Microsoft account; Microsoft 365 plans per user |
| Availability | Not shipped — in design, wave 4 | Shipped and mature | Shipped and mature | Shipped and mature |
Choose
Where each one fits.
Choose Shopify if
Selling online is the heart of the business, and the stock you track is the stock your store sells.
Choose Excel if
You hold a few dozen items, one person keeps the list, and free matters most.
Choose Stock if
You buy, hold and sell physical stock across locations, want the levels moved by your invoices and orders, one price for everyone who handles stock, and can wait for wave 4.
If you switch
Switching, later, without a big move.
- Start from today’s levels. Import items and quantities from a spreadsheet or an export, and count only what you doubt.
- Run both for a month. Keep the old tool while Stock records the same sales and deliveries, and compare the levels each week.
- Set the reorder points last. Once the levels agree, add reorder points and let Celia draft the first purchase orders.
- Keep the old records. Export the history from the old tool and file it, rather than moving every past movement.
Questions
About comparing and switching.
Is Stock better than these tools?
Not today, because it does not exist and they do. For a business that buys, holds and sells stock across locations and wants the levels moved by its own invoices, we think the design is the better fit; for many simpler cases, one of these is enough.
Why are there no competitor prices?
Prices change more often than this page does, and a wrong price is worse than none. We compare the pricing model as of research in 2026; check each vendor’s page for today’s figures.
Can I import what I have today?
Yes, by design. Stock imports items, variants, levels and locations from a spreadsheet, and most tools can export one.
Does Stock replace accounting software or an online store?
No. Stock is inventory software. In Centilio the books are kept in Ledger and the store is Shop, and Stock is designed to share one record with both.
Can I keep my current tool for a while?
Yes. Run both for a month and compare the levels each week; nothing has to be switched off on the first day.
Something here is wrong. Who do I tell?
Us, through the contact page. Corrections are published as soon as they are checked.
Hear first when Stock opens.
Stock is in the fourth wave, after Bill, Ledger and Spend, whose invoices, books and supplier bills it is designed to read. Join the waitlist and you will be told before the announcement; in the meantime Account, Sign and Drive are live.