repleno and inFlow compared
inFlow comes from Toronto and covers sales, purchasing, and manufacturing for almost every use case, used in over 90 countries. repleno is the young alternative from Bielefeld, for businesses that mainly want automatic replenishment, without the price rising with every extra team member.
Choose repleno if your team is growing and billing should still stay predictable, with no surcharge per team member.
Choose inFlow if you need manufacturing, multiple sales channels, or a B2B showroom alongside inventory, and battle-tested software matters more to you than a German provider.
Bottom line
Both track stock, scan by smartphone, and reorder. repleno is built for the automatic replenishment of consumables, inFlow for retail, manufacturing, and sales in one system.
What matters when choosing between repleno and inFlow?
Focus
Why it matters: Consumables focus instead of a business suite for retail and manufacturing.
Inventory software built for replenishment
Inventory, order, and manufacturing software
Reaction at the reorder point
Why it matters: repleno can trigger with no click, with inFlow you still send the order yourself.
Automation per item: warn, approve, or auto-order
Reorder point with order suggestion, approval configurable
Barcode and QR scanning
Why it matters: inFlow also offers its own scanner hardware, both scan on mobile.
Yes, via smartphone
Yes, via smartphone or inFlow's own smart scanner
Reports and records
Why it matters: inFlow covers more report types, repleno delivers tax records and metrics automatically per item.
GoBD history (8 years) + auto analysis per item
Broad report library, dashboards, custom reports
Data location
Why it matters: Both claim GDPR compliance, server location still differs.
Germany (GDPR)
Canada, GDPR claim per inFlow (Azure)
Support language
Why it matters: Decides how fast and in what language help arrives.
German and English
English, fixed UTC time windows
Onboarding
Why it matters: inFlow charges a mandatory fee from its second plan, repleno's is optional.
Self-service included, personal help bookable
Mandatory from the Small Business plan, 499 USD one-time
Pricing model
Why it matters: Item-based stays predictable, with inFlow the price grows with every team member.
By item count, all users included
From 129 USD/month, every extra team member costs more
Offline mode
Why it matters: Both currently need an internet connection.
Planned
Not in inFlow Cloud, only in the sunset On-Premise product
Maturity
Why it matters: inFlow is clearly more battle-tested and bigger, repleno more specialized and closer.
Young startup from Bielefeld
Established since 2007, over 1 million installs
Why does a provider from Germany pay off over one from Canada?
repleno is developed and run in Bielefeld, data sits GDPR-compliant on servers in Germany, and billing is in euros. Support answers questions in German, often directly from the founder instead of through a ticket system. inFlow comes from Toronto, hosts on Microsoft Azure, and states it is GDPR-compliant and SOC 2 audited, but doesn't name a specific EU data center location. The interface is available in English, Spanish, French, and Chinese, but not German, and support runs in English only, with fixed time windows in UTC. If you want more than self-service, inFlow charges a mandatory 499 USD onboarding fee from its Small Business plan. With repleno, self-service is included for free, and you only add personal guidance if you want it.
How do repleno and inFlow react at the reorder point?
inFlow lets you set a reorder point and reorder quantity per item and location. Once stock is low, you get a reminder and can turn it into an order, a stock transfer, or a manufacture order, optionally with approval from designated approvers. In the end, you still send the order to the supplier yourself. repleno takes that last step further: per item, you define what happens at the reorder point, from a plain warning to an automatic order with no further action needed. That pays off for consumables that run down constantly and where the last ordering click otherwise gets left undone. inFlow even splits this ability between its own products: the simpler inFlow Stockroom explicitly can't reorder or sell by its own FAQ, and inFlow itself points you to inFlow Inventory or Manufacturing for that. repleno offers replenishment automation in its core product instead, with no need to switch to a bigger, pricier module.
Define what happens when the reorder point is reached.
How do repleno and inFlow differ on reporting and integrations?
inFlow brings a broad report library, a customizable dashboard, and over 95 connections to Shopify, Amazon, QuickBooks Online, Xero, and other tools, plus its own manufacturing line with bills of materials. If you run multiple sales channels or manufacturing, you get more depth here than with repleno. repleno takes a different approach to records: every stock movement stays GoBD-compliant and traceable for 8 years, and repleno automatically flags movers and non-movers per item, deriving suggested minimum and reorder points from that, with no report-building required. That pays off when you want stock decisions right at the item level instead of piecing data together in a dashboard first.
What does repleno cost compared to inFlow?
inFlow starts at 129 US dollars a month (billed annually) for 2 team members. Every additional team member costs an extra 39 to 59 US dollars a month depending on the plan, and from the Small Business plan a mandatory 499 USD onboarding fee is added. As your team grows, the bill grows twice over: more team members, a pricier plan. repleno bills by item count in euros, with all users included and no separate per-user fee. Check the current prices directly with the respective provider.
Frequently asked questions about the inFlow alternative
Sources and further reading
Sources
- inFlow pricing by plan incl. surcharges per team member (in USD), retrieved July 10, 2026
- inFlow purchase order software (reorder point, approval, manual sending), retrieved July 10, 2026
- inFlow Cloud security (Microsoft Azure), retrieved July 10, 2026
- inFlow support language and support hours (UTC), retrieved July 10, 2026
- inFlow On-Premise sunset plan (offline mode only in the sunset On-Premise product), retrieved July 10, 2026
- Archon Systems company history (founded 2007, Toronto), retrieved July 10, 2026
- inFlow Stockroom FAQ (no replenishment/sales per its own claim; GDPR/SOC 2 claim), retrieved July 10, 2026
