Choose Shopify if
Selling online is the heart of the business, and the stock you track is the stock your store sells.
Centilio StockHeld for tomorrow
CENTILIO STOCK / MONEY
Shopify inventory management, and when a business needs more than the store.
Shopify tracks inventory for the products it sells, by variant and by location, and it ships today. Stock is designed for the whole stockroom — purchases, suppliers, batches and valuation — sharing one record with Bill, Ledger and Centilio Shop. Stock has not shipped, and every table on this page says so.
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.
Side by side
Centilio Stock and Shopify, side by side.
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 Check each vendor’s page for today’s detail, and tell us if anything here is out of date.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 | Shopify | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Inventory management inside a business suite | A commerce platform for online stores and shops, with inventory built in |
| Built for | Businesses that buy, hold and sell physical stock | Businesses selling online and in person |
| What moves the levels | Invoices, supplier bills, orders and transfers, as they happen (designed) | Orders and stock adjustments in Shopify |
| Inventory tracked by | Item, variant, batch and location (designed) | Product variant and location |
| Pricing model | Per business (proposed): Free, then $19 a month | Monthly plans per store, in tiers |
| Availability | Not shipped — in design, wave 4 | Shipped and mature |
Choose
Which one to choose.
Choose Stock if
Stock moves through invoices to trade customers, deliveries from suppliers and transfers between locations as well as online orders, you want one record for all of it, and you can wait for wave 4.
The difference
The store and the stockroom are different jobs.
A store needs to know what it can sell. A business needs to know what it holds, what it owes suppliers and what it is all worth.
Inventory in Shopify is built around the products in the store. Stock is designed around everything a business holds, including raw materials, trade orders invoiced in Bill and deliveries matched to supplier bills in Spend.
In Centilio the store is Shop, planned for the same wave as Stock; online orders there are designed to reserve stock the moment they are placed. A business happy with its current store can keep it, and outside stores will be named here only once a connection exists.
If you switch, later
What moving from Shopify would take.
- 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 switching.
Does Shopify track inventory?
Yes. Shopify tracks inventory by product variant and location as part of its plans, as of research in 2026. Check Shopify’s page for today’s detail.
Does Stock replace my online store?
No. Stock is inventory software. The Centilio store builder is Shop, planned for the same wave, and Stock is designed to reserve and ship stock for its orders.
Can Stock sync with a Shopify store?
Not at launch, as far as anyone can promise today. Tell us where you sell; outside stores will be listed only once a connection exists.
Why would a store need more than its built-in inventory?
Many do not. A business that also invoices trade customers, buys from several suppliers, tracks batches or values stock for its accountant needs inventory beyond the store, which is what Stock is designed for.
Is Stock available now?
No. Stock is in the fourth wave of Centilio tools and has no launch date yet. Join the waitlist to be told first.
Which should I pick today?
If your store is your business and you need inventory today, Shopify ships and Stock does not. If you also invoice trade customers and buy from several suppliers, join the waitlist and judge Stock when it opens.
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.