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About skubase

Independent. Founder-led. Shopify-first.

Eight of the 25 inventory tools we benchmark against have been acquired by a parent that raised prices, slowed the roadmap, or broke support. skubase is structurally outside that pattern.

Our commitments to you

  • No PE squeeze. We are founder-owned and not raising venture capital on terms that force renewal hikes.
  • No surprise price changes. Your rate at sign-up is your rate for as long as you stay subscribed. That is in the terms of service.
  • No quote-only pricing. Every tier is published on the pricing page.
  • No consultant-required onboarding. Most merchants see their first ranked action in under ten minutes.
  • A public changelog. Every release lands on the changelog page.

What we believe

Five ideas that shape the product.

Inventory is a decision problem, not a reporting problem.

Most inventory tools are dashboards — they tell you what happened and leave you to act. skubase ranks the decisions: what to reorder, what is overstocked, what is dead, what to do first.

Math should be visible.

Every recommended quantity explains itself. Trailing demand, seasonality factor, service level, stockout probability — all on the card, all clickable.

Suppliers are measurable.

23 of 25 tools we studied treat vendors as contact records. We treat them as performers. On-time delivery, fill rate, lead-time stability, tiering. Facts, not feelings.

Dead stock is a cash recovery problem.

24 of 25 tools flag aged inventory and stop. We propose the specific plan — markdown, bundle, wholesale, or write-off — with the dollar impact attached.

Pricing should be published and locked.

7 of 25 tools are quote-only. 6 of 25 have public complaints about renewal-time price hikes. We publish our prices and commit in writing not to raise them.

Why independence matters

The tools you evaluated and what happened to them.

Documented patterns from public reviews. We cite them because the pattern is real and our independence is a concrete difference, not a slogan.

Inventory Planner

Sage (2021)

Users reported ~3× price hikes and support regression after the acquisition.

Linnworks

Marlin Equity (PE)

Trustpilot reviews cite a 681% renewal price hike and support collapse.

Veeqo

Amazon (2021)

Non-Amazon merchants raised data concerns; roadmap visibly slowed.

Skubana

Extensiv

Forced platform migration created documented churn and billing confusion.

Cin7 Core (DEAR)

Cin7

Post-rebrand price restructuring moved legacy DEAR contracts up tiers.

Sellbrite

GoDaddy (2019)

Users describe the roadmap as frozen for two-plus years.

Brightpearl

Sage (2022)

Quote-only pricing, 6-month implementations, post-acquisition support slips.

SKUVault

Linnworks (2022)

Same PE owner as Linnworks; buyers now wary.

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