Restock vs. renting SaaS

Import your sales history and get reorder points, days-of-stock, and suggested order quantities per SKU.

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The subscription math

Restock — yours

$89.00

one-time · self-hosted · your data, your server

Buy once

Cogsy — rented

All in one - $199/month (after 14-day free trial) ^[1]

Break-even: 1 month of Cogsy equals the one-time price.

Assumption: Page title mentions 'Plans Start At $49/Month' but only the $199/mo all-inclusive plan is detailed on-page - the detailed plan is cited.

How their pricing grows: Cogsy charges one flat monthly fee for its all-in-one plan and directs growing brands to contact sales rather than publishing a next tier.

“As your brand grows, so do its operational challenges. Let's talk about how Cogsy can ease those growing pains.” — read 2026-08-11

What Cogsy does that we don't: Cogsy integrates natively with major ecommerce and fulfillment tools.

If you need direct POS integrations instead of CSV import/export, stay where you are - Restock does not do that.

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SaaS figures use the cited plan price above (see the sources below); per-seat plans scale by the seat count from the same cited price. This is arithmetic, not a quote.

Also in this category

Inventory Planner (by Sage) ^[2]

No public price - quote-gated (verified)
Volume-based, 'Request pricing now' only; no numbers published.

How their pricing grows: Inventory Planner prices based on the volume of inventory you manage, with unlimited users included, but exact figures are only available on request.

“Our pricing is based on the volume of inventory you manage – with no nasty surprises.”

What Inventory Planner (by Sage) does that we don't: Inventory Planner offers built-in, plug-and-play integrations with sales channels, inventory management systems, and ERPs.

If you need direct integrations with your POS, sales channels, or ERP rather than CSV import/export, stay where you are — Restock does not do that; it's CSV in, CSV out only.

Why owning beats renting here

One payment. No per-month, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
Your data stays on your server. Customer records never live in someone else's cloud.
No plan ceilings. Records, users, and usage are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset out from under you.

Fair trade-offs: you host it, you back it up, and updates are yours to apply — see the product page for honest limitations.

Sources

Cogsy — price checked 2026-08-02 — source
“$199/month”
Inventory Planner (by Sage) — price checked 2026-07-05 — source
“based on the volume of inventory you manage”

Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown.

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