How OrderDen compares

You already run the business on something: Stocksmith (formerly Craftybase), Katana, inFlow, Zoho Inventory, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Invoice Ninja, Wave, or a spreadsheet and your inbox. Here's what each one covers on its paid plan closest to OrderDen's price, taken from each vendor's own pages on October 9, 2026. Every vendor claim links to its source.

OrderDen is for one person or a few who make things on desktop and benchtop machines: 3D printing and laser shops, apparel decorators, sign and sticker makers, electronics and kit makers, and candle makers.

Areas covered, out of 13

OrderDen covers 13 areas of a business that makes and sells things, all on one set of records, so the order itself tells you whether it made money. You don't add up figures from several tools. A tool built for one area goes deeper in that area. OrderDen scores 13 of 13.

Module areas covered by each tool, out of 13
Tool	Areas covered	Areas partly covered	Areas not covered	Score, partial counting half
OrderDen	13	0	0	13 of 13
Stocksmith	6	3	4	7½ of 13
Katana	8	4	1	10 of 13
inFlow	10	3	0	11½ of 13
Zoho Inventory	11	1	1	11½ of 13
QuickBooks Online	6	7	0	9½ of 13
Xero	5	7	1	8½ of 13
Invoice Ninja	9	1	3	9½ of 13
Wave	4	3	6	5½ of 13
Spreadsheets + email	0	9	4	4½ of 13

How each area was scored

An area counts as covered when every capability in it is built in, not covered when none is, and partly covered otherwise. Partly counts as half and shows as the lighter part of the bar.

Coverage of each module area, by tool
Area	OrderDen	Stocksmith	Katana	inFlow	Zoho Inventory	QuickBooks Online	Xero	Invoice Ninja	Wave	Spreadsheets + email
Clients	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly
Catalog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly
Quotes	Yes	No	Partly	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly
Orders	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	No	No	Partly
Invoicing	Yes	Partly	Partly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	Partly
Payments	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Purchasing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	Yes	No	Partly
Inventory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	Yes	No	Partly
Production	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Yes	Partly	No	No	No	Partly
Costing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	Partly	Partly	No	Partly
Shipping	Yes	No	Partly	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	No	No	No
Client portal	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	Yes	Partly	Partly	Yes	Partly	No
API	Yes	Partly	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	No

Feature by feature

15 things a maker does in a week, checked against the plan named under each tool. Each vendor's mark links to the page it came from. Hover over a partial mark to see why it's partial.

Capabilities by tool: yes, partly, or no, each linked to the page it was read from
Capability	OrderDenUnlimited, $19/month	StocksmithPro, $24/month	KatanaAdvantage, price on request	inFlowLite, $129/month	Zoho InventoryStandard, $39/month	QuickBooks OnlineSimple Start, $38/month	XeroEarly, $27/month	Invoice NinjaEnterprise, $18/month	WavePro, $19/month	Spreadsheets + email
Client records: contacts, addresses and history in one placeClients	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly
An item catalog with prices and costsCatalog	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly
Quotes sent to a client to acceptQuotes	Yes	No	Partly	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly
Orders tracked from confirmed to fulfilledOrders	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	No	No	Partly
Invoices raised and emailed from the productInvoicing	Yes	Partly	Partly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	Partly
Deposits and part-payments against one documentInvoicing	Yes	No	Partly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly
Card payment online, on the invoice itselfPayments	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Purchase orders to suppliers, received into stockPurchasing	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	Yes	No	Partly
Stock on hand with a low-stock point per itemInventory	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	Yes	No	Partly
A recipe or bill of materials per productProduction	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Yes	Partly	No	No	No	Partly
Production runs that take materials off the shelfProduction	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Yes	No	No	No	No	Partly
Cost of goods and margin per item and orderCosting	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	Partly	Partly	No	Partly
Shipping labels bought in the productShipping	Yes	No	Partly	Yes	Yes	Partly	Partly	No	No	No
A client portal to read and pay documentsClient portal	Yes	No	Partly	Partly	Yes	Partly	Partly	Yes	Partly	No
A public REST APIAPI	Yes	Partly	Yes	Partly	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partly	No

built in, on the plan named partly, or on a higher plan (hover over a mark to see why) not offered, or not documented

Stocksmith (formerly Craftybase): Inventory, recipes, manufactures and cost of goods for makers, with orders arriving from Etsy, Shopify and the like. The same product under a new name: craftybase.com now redirects to stocksmith.io. Compared on Pro, $24/month. $20/month billed yearly. One person, one sales channel and up to 25 order lines a month; past that the account moves up a plan.

Katana: Cloud inventory and manufacturing for small manufacturers: sales and purchase orders, stock, bills of materials and production, with accounting handed to QuickBooks or Xero. Compared on Advantage, price on request. Quoted per customer on an annual contract, with unlimited SKUs, users and integrations; Katana publishes no price for it. The only other plan is free.

inFlow: Inventory management for small businesses: products, sales and purchase orders, stock across locations, and light manufacturing. Compared on Lite, $129/month. $99/month billed yearly. Two people and one location; the API, the Showroom portal and store integrations are paid add-ons, and manufacturing is a separate plan. The cheaper Stockroom app only scans stock in and out, so it is not the plan compared.

Zoho Inventory: Stock, sales orders, purchasing, invoicing and carrier shipping for small sellers, part of the Zoho suite. Compared on Standard, $39/month. $29/month billed yearly. Three people and two locations, with 500 sales orders, 500 invoices and 300 purchase orders a month.

QuickBooks Online: Small-business accounting: invoices, estimates, expenses, payroll and the books, with inventory and purchase orders on its higher plans. Compared on Simple Start, $38/month. One person, plus two accountant seats. An offer takes 50% off the first 3 months.

Xero: Small-business accounting: quotes, invoices, bills, purchase orders and the books, with basic tracked stock and an inventory add-on on its higher plans. Compared on Early, $27/month. Monthly billing, no per-user fees. Approves and sends 20 invoices and enters 5 bills a month; more wait as drafts. New US customers get 80% off the first 3 months.

Invoice Ninja: Invoicing for freelancers and small businesses: clients, quotes, invoices, online payments, expenses, purchase orders and a client portal. Also offered self-hosted. Compared on Enterprise, $18/month. For 1 or 2 people; more people cost more. Yearly billing gives 2 months free.

Wave: Invoicing and bookkeeping for very small businesses, free on its Starter plan: customers, estimates, invoices, card payments and the books, with no stock or purchase orders. Sold in the US and Canada only; outside them, invoices can no longer be sent through Wave. Compared on Pro, $19/month. Per business; $190 a year on yearly billing, and card fees are extra. The free Starter plan does not email invoices or take estimates online.

Spreadsheets + email: What most makers run on today: a workbook or two, a document template, and the inbox as the system of record. It is not a vendor and cites nothing; a mark says only whether a sheet can hold the record by hand.

Features and pricing checked as of October 9, 2026. Each vendor is compared on its paid plan closest to OrderDen's price, never a free plan. Prices are per month on monthly billing, in US dollars, and vendors change them; a vendor that quotes each customer shows price on request. Vendor names are their owners' trademarks (Stocksmith, Craftybase, Katana, inFlow, Zoho Inventory, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Invoice Ninja, Wave). OrderDen's plans are on the pricing page. Where a vendor's own pages don't document a feature, it's marked no.

Sources

Every page the marks above came from, checked on October 9, 2026. OrderDen's marks point at its user guide. If a page has changed since, the mark may be out of date: tell us and we'll check it again.

How OrderDen compares

Areas covered, out of 13

Feature by feature

Sources

OrderDen

Stocksmith

Katana

inFlow

Zoho Inventory

QuickBooks Online

Xero

Invoice Ninja

Wave

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