BoxHero vs Katana

Two inventory tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	BoxHeroBoxHero	KatanaKatana Technologies
In one line	Simple stock counts across locations, free for 100 items	Manufacturing inventory, free for up to 30 SKUs
Starting price	Free	Free
Six-person team	$39/mo	$0/mo
Plans	Personal free (1 member, 100 items, 1 location; no add-ons); Business $24/mo billed yearly, $30 monthly (3 members, 1,000 items, 3 locations); extra members $5/mo each, 1,000 more items $10/mo, and 10 more locations $10/mo, on Business only	Free (up to 30 SKUs, unlimited users and locations; unlimited SKUs for the first 15 days; Shopify is the only store integration on Free); Advantage by quote on a yearly contract
Pricing model	Free tier	Free tier
Free trial	30 days	—
Users	1 on free; 3 on Business	Unlimited
Integrations	Open API, webhooks, Excel import and export	Shopify, QuickBooks Online, Xero
Team size	Just me · 2–10 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	None listed	None listed
Live chat	Plans not stated	None listed
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	0 incidents posted on BoxHero's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026. Status page	We found no public status page for Katana Technologies.
Capterra score	4.8 / 5 from 19 reviews (few reviews)	See reviews on Capterra
Trustpilot score	Not listed	2.0 / 5 from 13 reviews (few reviews)
Fit: Retail shop	72	45
Fit: Restaurant or café	50	20
Fit: Service business	45	10
Fit: Agency or studio	15	5
Fit: Trades or contractor	60	40
Fit: Online store	55	80
Why people pick it	Usable free plan Flat team price, not per seat	Free tier for very small catalogs Built for production planning
Where it falls short	No built-in Shopify, Amazon, or QuickBooks sync Free plan keeps 30 days of history	Paid plan price not published 30-SKU cap on free
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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