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Customer reviews: Katana Inventory Management

Reviews (161)

Overall rating
4.1

What Merchants Think

Overall, "Katana Inventory Management" garners mixed reviews from merchants. While some users praise its intuitive interface and supportive customer service during the initial setup, others express dissatisfaction due to pricing changes and technical glitches. The app seems to offer effective inventory management features that have made a notable impact on some businesses, but issues with cost and functionality have led some merchants to seek alternative solutions.

Key Strengths

  • Intuitive platform that saves automatically, allowing seamless task transitions.
  • Strong customer support during onboarding and usage.
  • Useful forecasting, material tracing, and planning features.
  • Effective remote inventory management capabilities.
  • Easy integration with platforms like Shopify and Xero.

Common Concerns

  • Significant price increases and removal of features.
  • Glitches and the need for manual workarounds.
  • Lengthy onboarding process for some users.
  • Concerns about customer service and billing practices.
  • Issues with scalability and feature maturity at higher price points.

Final Thoughts

"Katana Inventory Management" presents a powerful tool for businesses focused on inventory management, with a range of appreciated features and integrations. However, its appeal is hindered by pricing volatility, technical issues, and customer service challenges. While it suits some businesses well, others may find themselves exploring alternatives for better cost efficiency and reliability.

Elm Dirt

Feb 12, 2025  on Shopify

Katana has been fantastic since we began using it 4 months ago. My sales rep worked with me to get pricing that matched our budget and use needs for our very seasonal business. My onboarding rep was always accessible. It was very easy to set up meetings with him and he was very responsive via email and personalized step-by-step videos for managing support in between. The platform is intuitive and saves automatically so it is easy to move from one task to the next. Favorite features include the forecasting, material tracing, and material planning. We had used Cin7 previously and that seems prehistoric in comparison to Katana's functionality. Strongly recommend Katana for both the platform itself as well as the support provided to ensure success.

SolBrush

Feb 04, 2025  on Shopify

We've been very happy with Katana. It makes it easy to remotely manage inventory and see everything going on. We were able to bypass some of the long onboarding because we knew what we were doing. Overall very happy and keeps us very organized!

Blu Technology LLC

Jan 10, 2025  on Shopify

Horrible. Foreign company! Overcharged us and agree they owe us 8K yet refuse to refund! Sudden and unexplained major increases in cost. Not robust. Glitchy. Other like softwares are far better and far less in cost with better CS! Not impressed. Worst CS and staff. We are reporting the theft and fraud to the authorities.

Boris Dental

Dec 18, 2024  on Shopify

We have been using this system for about 2 months and we are very satisfied. We have tried many inventory systems and finally found what we were looking for. I would especially like to thank Fred for all his help.

Race German

Dec 16, 2024  on Shopify

Onboarind takes a while, but there is a lot to take in with the software. Once up and running its great. Brendan was very helpful and responsive. A very powerful tool when used correctly.

The Six Bells

Dec 16, 2024  on Shopify

Our onboarding manager, Steve, was incredibly helpful during the transition to Katana. So far, we’ve had a great experience using the platform.

LINNÉ

Aug 20, 2024  on Shopify

It took us several months to onboard Katana. The system is glitchy. When things dont work as expected, we are always told our issue "will be taken to the developers" or they are "working on that". There are all these manual work-arounds that, rather than decreasing our workload by leveraging AI, required us to do extra work just to have basic functions and accurate data. After a couple months of onboarding and a couple months using it, we are switching to a different platform that's more intuitive and allows more customization. I agree with the comments with the tripling price - we were initially told we could get all the services we needed at $99/mo, but by the time we finished onboarding, it was up to $400/mo. The platform we are using now is around that price and I wish we had gone with them from the get-go.

Gourmet Brownie

Jul 04, 2024  on Shopify

Katana was great until they increased the price by 60% and took away features at the same time. Had been offered a discount which never came. Won't ever deal with this company ever again.

Rev Dynamics

Apr 12, 2024  on Shopify

Nice features overall but a lot are behind expensive add-ons and pricing can change all of a sudden substantially. We got blindsided at the beginning of this year and are looking for other solutions. We started using Katana just over two years ago and have been happy with the software. There are some bugs and some features that can be improved but overall it has been a big help. We had the starter subscription at $99 with the Shop floor add-on at $199 per month. In February Katana ramped up the subscription fees and forced us into the higher subscription to be able to continue using the Shop floor add-on. We went from $349/month to now $598/month. If you want to mark the location of a pallet with a bin number that is now another $199/month on top the other cost. We have a lot of products invested a huge amount of time getting it setup so I really don't want to move. We are in the busy time of year so I don't have the time to invest in switching apps but I am definitely keeping my eye out for another options.

Popov Leather®

Mar 29, 2024  on Shopify

We were a customer for 2 years then they blindsided us with a 4x price increase to our yearly subscription in January. When I questioned them about this sudden increase, Katana told us it was to bring their pricing in line with other MRPs. It certainly wasn't because the platform got 4x better. It's not as feature rich as other MRPs at the same price point. And this little stunt allowed us to reevaluate our situation. We've since moved to another MRP -I refuse to support a business that doesn't respect its customers.

Common Rail Cowboys

Mar 24, 2024  on Shopify

Katana is overpriced, glitchy, and lacking features. The price I originally signed up to was quickly tripled or quadrupled and I was unsubscribed to the plan I had signed up to - by katana. There are companies charging the same price as katana is now charging that have much more functionality for the same price. CIN7 and some others. You should be completely disgraced by unsubscribing your existing customers and forcing them on to your new plan at an exorbitant amount extra. 10 / 10 I would not recommend katana to an enemy.

DirtBound Offroad

Feb 10, 2024  on Shopify

Was great when starting, but now with the new price a $600 monthly price jump to keep the API access we had to jump ship and write our own system. Katana was simple and had great support, but it is not mature enough of a product to demand $1000 a month. Especially when you are not getting any new features with the price jump, the 30 requests per minute on the api was also very limiting when adding onto the platform. Shopify direct API has about a 1000 requests for the same time frame. I was hoping to keep my company on katana but we cant afford the new pricing models. Maybe they can add some more features to make it more of a seasoned product but its not ready yet.

Zero Refill

Jan 16, 2024  on Shopify

I installed the app which didn't work for me, as it over complicated things. I uninstalled within the 14 day window and they still charged me $US129. It resulted in my shop being frozen for 2 days because the charge wasn't paid and I lost sales. Now I have to chase them to try to get my money back as I had to pay the charge to get my shop reopen. Not impressed.

Really Cool Living

Jan 09, 2024  on Shopify

Every time I install they jumble up all of my inventory, in some cases add 20+ items to 300 different skus! what a headache.

Backland Expedition Gear

Jul 14, 2023  on Shopify

Katana is the right blend of simplicity and automation for our organization and we think it can take us to 10x the revenue we have now. The implementation was straightforward and the integration to Shopify and Xero was the deciding factor. The variants we create in Shopify come directly to Katana for simplified setup. There are a few gaps that we have been able to work around, but with the regular cadence of releases, we are confident they will be filled.

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