inFlow Inventory Reviews

Pros

I like that it is simpler than our last ERP. Last year we downgraded our CRM from salesforce and saved so much time and money. This appears to be the same. We will save a lot because of the overhead managing a mid market ERP system. I is also so fast compared to our old system. Working in the browser in the cloud is great! We have been very happy with the QBO integration

Cons

I wish there was a shipstation integration and an active campaign integration. I wish the zapier integration included customer record transfer. I wish the woocommerce integration was a little deeper. Primarily I wish the description synced. We may use a third party PIM database.

Alternatives Considered

Fishbowl and Fishbowl

Reasons for Choosing inFlow Inventory

GSS was too big for us. We are a smaller company and needed something that was simpler with less overhead.

Switched From

Global Shop Solutions

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

Cost and functionality were the primary drivers

Pros

I found the program to be user friendly. I have multiple ways of tracking my inventory. I like that it is cloud based and I am not stuck to one computer to use the program. And the customer support has been quick to assist me when I have had questions.

Cons

I did not like that the one feature I do not have access to has an additional charge. I want to be able to search based on serial number but I do not want additional charges to my account.

Alternatives Considered

QuickBooks Online, Katana Cloud Inventory and Zoho Inventory

Reasons for Choosing inFlow Inventory

I switched from Quickbooks to Inflow as i found quick books to be very limiting in its functionality. It was getting increasingly harder to get the system to work in the manner I wanted/ needed it to work.

Switched From

QuickBooks Enterprise and QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

The customer service received during the free trial made it an easy decision.

Pros

It works well, I had some issues with my data being synchronized across devices however.

Cons

It works well no major complaints, it can feel bloated at times however.

Pros

order processing See updates, issues, and shipping information all in one place.

Cons

production and delivery constant traceability

Pros

I really like that it is all in one. I dont need different programs to keep track of inventory, customers, and invoices.

Cons

I wish I could click on a part in a sales order and bring up info about the part. If I want to look at a parts info I have to look it up separately.

Alternatives Considered

NetSuite

Reasons for Choosing inFlow Inventory

Limble couldn't do what we need it to. It also is for maintenance more then inventory.

Switched From

Limble CMMS

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

Better suited our needs. It was also a way better price.

Pros

Hands down, my favorite part of inFlow has been the customer service from their team. From onboarding all the way to small questions later down the road, they have been nothing short of exemplary. My business has a fairly complex special case use for inventory management and they helped me find creative solutions.

Cons

To be fair, this is a typical issue when it comes to any third party integrations or API, but the crosstalk between inFlow and QBO could be better. The linking to charts of accounts, etc could be improved.

Alternatives Considered

Cin7 Core, Fishbowl, Sortly, Zoho Desk, Oracle Cloud CX, monday.com, Katana Cloud Inventory and Unleashed

Reasons for Choosing inFlow Inventory

As my company expanded, needs changed for our inventory management and tracking. Current RMS was not fitting our needs and inFlow became our choice going forward.

Switched From

Current RMS

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

Features, scalability, ease of integration vs cost

Pros

Pictorial easy to use cloud interface, app which allows scanning inventory in and out.
Easy to manufacture items and sub components of items

Cons

Still working a few bugs out of the system, but what software isn't. There is some rather crucial information missing on stock adjustments (like who did them), which makes following up a pain for me at the moment - I hope they are going to add this data field in the future. I would also like to be able to make explanations for stock movement mandatory

Alternatives Considered

Fishbowl, Odoo, Trello, NetSuite, Sage 100, Katana Cloud Inventory and Zoho Inventory

Reasons for Choosing inFlow Inventory

MRPeasy was too difficult for my users to understand, and was not user friendly or easy. Sortly was pretty and cheaper, however it doesn't have manufacturing or real inventory control processes

Switched From

MRPeasy and Sortly

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

We manufacture items and make products with sub components, inflow was by far the easiest and most user friendly package for this. I was also impressed by their ability to support a young business. We had Inflow fully up and running in one with with 3 locations and thousands of lines of stock. People can start using it with confidence with very little training thanks to its easy and logical interface.

Pros

Everything! this is a system that takes way all unnecessary embellishing things and is clear, and organized and to the point.

Cons

the only thing I would like to see is that it syncs to my crm. but to be honest, i have learned how to work around that.

Alternatives Considered

Cin7 Omni, Fishbowl, Lightspeed, NetSuite, Katana Cloud Inventory and Zoho Inventory

Reasons for Choosing inFlow Inventory

It was way too expensive and too complicate for no reason.

Switched From

NetSuite

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

after a careful consideration of all other softwares, we believed that Inflow was the best option and we were not wrong. I has been super smooth since we implemented it and we love it.

Pros

Its super easy to use, set up to work with other programs and the inventory system is GREAT

Cons

I wish there was an easier way to link Sales Orders and Purchase Orders within those screens

Alternatives Considered

Sage 300cloud, NetSuite and Lightspeed Retail

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

We had used the non cloud version and during covid lock down I had looked at other options. But for ease of use, price point and customer service we stayed with inflow.

Pros

The ability to have many types of inventory and pricing in CAD & other currencies.
The pre baked different ways an order can be printed, invoice, confirmation, pick list, box label

Cons

I cannot figure out how to make an inventory report that excludes items with zero inventory on hand.
The software is missing the ability to easily print out a list of available products that i can hand to a customer.
In order to have such a list, I must export to excel and manually remove any items with zero or negative inventory. Its a huge time sink

Alternatives Considered

Odoo

Reasons for Choosing inFlow Inventory

Because i needed something accessible remotely to begin with. once i switched i learned how flexible the software is for inventory management.

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

Odoo seemed like an octopus, always offering more modules and too many features.

Pros

ease of use, intuitive setup, cloud-based (so no server to worry about). mobile capability.

Cons

the two versions both need to be used (web and app) to get full functionality - I can't do dropships, I can't filter my searches as well, and I can't filter my reporting as well on the web as I can in the app. I still can't get some of the reports that I need and have to run multiple + combine them manually. mobile search and filter doesn't allow to filter to just in stock. Please, PLEASE develop a financial aspect so we don't need a second software for accounting!!

Alternatives Considered

NCR Voyix POS and QuickBooks Enterprise

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

pricing, inventory management and reporting, and recommendation from a colleague

Pros

Very easy to use! Love it and highly recommended!!

Cons

The only thing I would recommend is to offer a 365 day no sales report

Pros

Value - Inventory, Order Processing, and Purchasing. All 3 provide bang for the buck.

Import and export features for all modules.

Cons

To me, the custom reporting features are limited.
By exporting csv files and merging information using vlookup, we have been able to satisfy our needs.

Pros

It's very easy to use! When I first started at the company I work at, no one really knew how to use it. A few months after I started and watching a lot of the helpful YouTube videos, I had inFlow up and running and created a Showroom for employees to use to request items they need at their site.

Cons

I wish we could change an item from stocked to non-stocked without having to create a whole new part.

Pros

Simplicity to use. Great customer support. Very comprehensive capabilities.

Cons

That it is not completely cloud based, i.e. it takes a few seconds to load up or update

Pros

I like the simplicity of it. It's fairly easy to pick up on how to navigate through it.

Cons

There is no easy way to see what hasn't been picked for a manufacturer order. When you use the auto fill button, you can't revert back without leaving the screen. Also, when you use the auto fill button to see what is remaining to pick, you risk saving by accident.

Pros

The program is very user-friendly and the web version has a lovely, clean, sleek look to it.

Cons

Trying to enter the currency into purchase orders from different provinces than where I am from and from the USA.

Pros

I really liked the overall layout and looks of inFlow. The design is clean and makes it fairly easy to find what you're looking for. Although it took me a little bit to figure out, I did like the way that parts were able to be "canned" into a finished good. This made overall organization of the inventory easy. I also liked the variety and customization of the labels generated with inFlow. It could fit anyone's needs in that arena. I also appreciated the helpfulness of the person who demo'd the product to me. I can only imagine how helpful the other support members are.

Cons

My bosses really prefer a very very detailed invoice, and they had a difficult time making that happen. They felt like it wasn't easy to make the estimates as similar to our old system as they would've liked which is ultimately the reason we are continuing our software search in another direction.

Alternatives Considered

InventoryCloud, Fishbowl, Sortly, Fullbay and Flowtrac

Reasons for Choosing inFlow Inventory

the inventory system is not efficient for our growing company

Reasons for Switching to inFlow Inventory

Cost effective for what's offered

Pros

Organization of inventory for tracking and job costing

Cons

A little slow to get to know how to use the program

Pros

Easy to use and understand and work through

Cons

I would like to see a few little features

Pros

inflow cloud, more convenience, faster, no need to thru main computer

Cons

not using frequently so not known, just admin

Pros

easy to use, easy to find the info when you need to develop things

Cons

the application version is not the best .. printing from the app is a nightmare sometimes

Pros

The programm covers almost everything in 1 program.
from buying, receiving, selling through the web-site build in or external, to delivering and invoicing.
There are a lot of other programs, but only a few with all these functionalyties in 1 programm

Cons

in the beginning we had problems, by picking the goods they forgot to also ship the goods.... in my inventory reports the goods only left after i shipped the orders.
I would love it if there would be a link in the programm to a tutorial page.... if you have questions or doubts...that you can look it up easely.
I think there are to low limits on orders per month and users...the programm will be expensive for us! ( we are not selling, the orders are to deliver what the doctors are in need of..... so no revenue will come out)

Pros

It's a great way to keep track of stock from purchase to sales. And with the Woocommerce integration it has increased its usefulness.

Cons

There is some discrepancy between theoretical purchases and real world, practical situations with suppliers. But this cannot be helped. I would like to see an option where purchases that are in transit with an ETA (Estimated Time of Arrival) could be included in stock levels. That way clients visiting the online showroom could see when their required products would be available for delivery from our warehouse.

Pros

Easy data import via CSV
UOM conversions
Multiple Location/Sub-Locations - track specific quantities by specific buildings/shelves
Material pricing tiers
Easily track orders
Mobile App!
Now we know what needs to be ordered for upcoming projects before the project starts depleting our inventory!
Online Storefront!

Cons

The windows app works fine but is a bit sluggish. You don't get that polished/refined feel when using it.
Fragmentation between mobile apps and windows app. Only one item photo can be uploaded/viewed on windows app, while multiple pics can be uploaded/seen on mobile app.
Online storefront a bit confusing because of not having an "Add to cart" button. Simple selecting a quantity puts that quantity in your cart.
Only integrates with Dymo label printers.