Software profile Inventory
Katana Cloud Inventory
Katana is an Estonian inventory system built around making things, with real bills of materials, work orders and shop floor control, and a free tier capped at 30 products. Its paid Advantage plan no longer carries a public price, so the entry cost for anyone above 30 products is price on request.
- From
- Price on request
- Free plan
- Yes
- Trial
- No
Best for
A small manufacturer or maker brand that needs bills of materials and work orders, not just stock counts
Strengths / Weaknesses
Strengths
- Genuine manufacturing: bills of materials, work orders and production scheduling, which most tools in this list simply do not have
- The privacy policy states the service is hosted in the EU and that personal data is stored in centralised databases located in the EU
- Multi-currency purchasing and multi-location stock are in the product
- The free tier is unusually generous on structure, unlimited users, integrations and locations, with only the 30 SKU cap
- Xero and QuickBooks Online accounting connectors, plus Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon and eBay
Weaknesses
- No public price for the paid tier at all, the previous Starter and Professional ladder has been removed from the pricing page
- Advantage is an annual contract only, so there is no monthly way in
- The 30 SKU free cap is reached by almost any real product business, and the free tier has no human support
- No European carrier is named anywhere in the integrations directory, shipping goes through ShipStation, Shippo or 2Ship
- No Sage, Exact or Datev connector
- The EU hosting claim names no country and no region, and there is no selectable data region
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Unit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Price on request | flat | up to 30 SKUs, unlimited users, integrations and locations, API access, AI assistant support only. Unlimited SKUs can be tested for 15 days |
| Advantage | Price on request | custom annual contract | price on request. Unlimited SKUs, dedicated customer success manager, 24/7 live support |
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Verdict
Katana is the right answer for a small manufacturer and the wrong answer for almost everyone else. If you assemble, cut, brew or build, the bills of materials and work orders are worth more than any amount of stock reporting, and an Estonian vendor stating in writing that the service is hosted in the EU is a real advantage over the American field. The problem is the price. Removing every published figure from the pricing page means you cannot budget before a sales call, and the free tier stops at 30 products, so the decision is effectively made in a negotiation rather than on the evidence. That costs it a place in our ranking.
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Where we write about it
Where these numbers come from
- [1] Katana pricing, Free and Advantage tiers, no published price for the paid tier accessed 2026-11-11
- [2] Katana privacy policy, the service is hosted in the EU accessed 2026-11-11
- [3] Katana security, AWS infrastructure, GDPR and SOC 2 Type II accessed 2026-11-11
- [4] Katana integrations directory, accounting and shipping connectors accessed 2026-11-11
- [5] Katana about us, Tallinn headquarters accessed 2026-11-11