# inFlow Inventory — Supply Chain & Logistics inFlow Inventory by Archon Systems Inc. holds a panel rating of 2.5/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-10-28. Provenance: Rest of world; sovereignty: 2 of 4 dimensions proven. - Vendor: Archon Systems Inc. (https://www.inflowinventory.com) - Category: [Supply Chain & Logistics](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain.md) - Provenance (editorial classification): Rest of world - Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/inflow-inventory - Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/inflow-inventory/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/inflow-inventory/alternatives.md)) - Data as of: 2026-10-29 · evaluated 2026-10-28 · oldest source captured 2026-10-26 **AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology ## At a glance - Vendor: Archon Systems Inc. - Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026 - Data hosting: In the US by default [S5] - Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026 ## The panel's verdict inFlow Inventory is inventory, purchasing and order management for small businesses from Archon Systems Inc. Its strongest criterion is inventory control at 7-8: stock per product, location, sublocation and lot with expiry dates, FEFO and FIFO suggestions, per-location reorder points and stock pushed to connected storefronts. Pricing transparency and integration and automation score 6-7, with all four tiers published — Lite 79, Core 229, Pro 389 and Max 539 EUR/mo billed annually — plus a REST/JSON API and connectors for Shopify, Amazon, QuickBooks Online and Xero. Warehouse operations scores 6-7 and shipping and returns 4-5, with labels through EasyPost and ShipStation on the customer's own carrier accounts and returns handled manually on the sales order. Weakest is freight and transport at 0-2: the captured pages describe parcel labels and a freight cost field, and we found no public information on pallet or groupage booking. Sovereignty scores 3-4: an Ontario corporation, Azure hosting in North Central US (Illinois), and we found no public information on an EU hosting option. Scores cluster in narrow ranges on every criterion; no disagreements were flagged. **Speaks for it:** - End-to-end lot, serial and expiry tracking with FEFO and FIFO picking suggestions, per-lot counts and an exportable sales traceability report - All four tiers are priced publicly — Lite 79, Core 229, Pro 389, Max 539 EUR/mo billed annually — with a stated 20% annual saving and a free 14-day trial requiring no credit card - Parcel labels are billed directly by the carrier through your own FedEx, UPS, USPS or Purolator accounts via EasyPost and ShipStation - A documented REST/JSON read-and-write API with MCP documentation joins 90+ connectors including Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce, QuickBooks Online, Xero and Zapier - Fulfilled sales push updated stock levels to all connected online and offline storefronts **Held against it:** - Freight and transport scores run 0-2, with the captured pages describing only parcel labels and a freight cost field on sales orders - The API requires an add-on on select plans whose price is not published, and the support team cannot assist with API questions directly - The captured pages give different figures for currency — EUR on the pricing page, US dollars in the terms — and for refunds, where a money-back guarantee sits against non-refundable fees - Service data is hosted on Microsoft Azure's North Central US region in Illinois, and we found no public information on an EU hosting option - Export leaves manufacture orders, attachments and settings behind, and the post-termination backup takes up to 30 business days once all fees are paid **Best for:** - You sell lot- or expiry-tracked products and need recall-grade traceability, with stock levels kept in sync across your sales channels - You already hold FedEx, UPS, USPS or Purolator accounts and want parcel labels and carrier rate comparison from inside your order system - You want the price known before talking to sales, from Lite at 79 EUR/mo billed annually with unlimited products, sales, purchases and integrations on all plans - Your team fits the published member tiers of 2, 5, 10 or 20 **Avoid if:** - You ship pallets, groupage or truckload freight — the pages cover parcel labels, and we found no public information on freight booking, CMR documents or CO2 reporting - You need EU data residency or a European contracting entity: the captured pages name an Ontario corporation and Azure hosting in North Central US (Illinois) - Your returns volume needs a self-service returns portal or automatic return labels, which we found no public information on - You must compute the full annual cost before signing — ask the vendor: the public pages we read do not show it ## Scores by judge and criterion Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price, or the judge found no public information on that criterion. | Criterion | The E-Commerce Operations Lead | The Warehouse Manager | The Transport Planner | The Fulfilment Provider | The IT & Integration Lead | The Skeptic | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Inventory & stock control | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | | Warehouse operations: receiving, picking & packing | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | | Multi-carrier shipping & returns | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | | Freight & transport management | n/r | n/r | 0.5/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0.5/5 | | Integrations, automation & exit | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | | European sovereignty | 1.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 1.5/5 | 1.5/5 | | Pricing transparency | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | | **Weighted verdict** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **2.5/5** | **3/5** | **2.5/5** | **2.5/5** | ### The judges - **The E-Commerce Operations Lead** (v1.0): Ships three hundred parcels a day from a shop, two marketplaces and a wholesale channel. Wants stock that is right on every channel so nothing is oversold, labels for four carriers printed in one batch, customs papers for Switzerland without retyping, and a returns portal that stops the support inbox filling up every January. - **The Warehouse Manager** (v1.0): Runs two shifts in a four-thousand-square-metre warehouse with temps who start on Monday. Wants goods receipt against the purchase order, bin locations and scanner-guided picks a new hire gets right on day one, batch and best-before dates that are actually tracked, and pick and error rates per shift instead of a feeling. - **The Transport Planner** (v1.0): Books forty pallets and three part loads a week for a machinery wholesaler, mostly by e-mail and phone. Wants quotes from several forwarders compared in one place, the agreed rates stored so invoices can be checked against them, eCMR instead of paper, and a CO2 figure per shipment the sustainability report can cite. - **The Fulfilment Provider** (v1.0): Runs a 3PL warehouse with twenty-two client brands, each on a different shop system. Wants one WMS that keeps every client's stock and orders apart, connects to whatever shop the next client brings, ships on the client's own carrier contracts or the house rates, and turns picks, storage and packaging into a client invoice. - **The IT & Integration Lead** (v1.0): Owns the ERP, the shop and the DATEV export for a mid-sized manufacturer, and gets the call when an order does not arrive in the warehouse. Wants a documented API and webhooks, EDI for the two retail chains, connectors the vendor actually maintains, a processor list for the recipient addresses, and a full export the day the contract ends. - **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has seen a "WMS" that was a stock column in a shop plugin and a "free" shipping tool that made its money on every label. Reads "integrates with everything" as a logo wall, asks whether own carrier contracts are allowed on the cheap tier, what the per-order fee is past the allowance, and how the order history leaves with you. ## European sovereignty — proven facts Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: 2 of 4 dimensions proven. | Dimension | Finding | Points | Source | |---|---|---|---| | Legal entity | Not determined | — | — | | Ownership | Not determined | — | — | | Data residency | US by default | 0/3 | [S5] | | Subprocessors | US CLOUD Act reach | 0/2 | [S5] | ## Key facts Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources). **Compliance** - Breach notification: yes [S5] - Certifications: yes · yes · no · yes [S6] - Controller split: yes [S5] - Cookie consent tool: Osano, Inc. [S5] - Data transfer destination: United States of America [S5] - GDPR SOC 2: yes · yes [S1] - GDPR SOC 2: yes · yes [S3] - International transfer safeguards: yes · yes [S5] - No data sale: no [S5] - Policy last updated: 2023-06-30 [S5] - Privacy contact: privacy@inflowinventory.com [S5] - Sanctions processing: Canadian sanctions legislation [S5] - Security measures: yes · yes · yes · yes [S5] **Data** - Export: .csv · 30 · yes · 10 [S4] - Export excludes deactivated: Product details export excludes deactivated items [S13] - Export formats: PDF · PDF · CSV · Excel [S13] - Export not available: Manufacture orders cannot be exported [S13] - Export not available addresses: Only billing and shipping addresses exportable; other addresses cannot [S13] - Export not available attachments: Attachments cannot be exported; product images can [S13] - Export not available settings: Personal, General, and Print settings cannot be exported [S13] - Export output: Export saves a CSV file to your computer [S13] - Export selection: Export all records of a type or only selected records [S13] - Exportable records: Product details, product groups (variants), lot-tracked products (two exports), product images, reorder settings, stock levels, customers, vendors, bill of materials, operations, sales orders, purchase orders, language (Windows only) [S13] - Lot tracked export process: Lot-tracked products require two separate exports: product details then stock levels [S13] - Retention principles: no · yes [S5] **Hosting** - Azure ssl: Microsoft Azure · 256-bit SSL [S3] - Provider: North Central US (Illinois) · Microsoft Azure [S5] - US based processors: Canada · US · UK · EEA [S5] **Integrations** - API access requirements: active inFlow Inventory subscription · API add-on [S12] - API base URL: https://cloudapi.inflowinventory.com/{companyId}/ [S12] - API company id: integration page · yes [S12] - API external access: access inFlow data from apps/services not natively integrated [S12] - API key generation: Integration page, 'Add new API key', key valid until revoked [S12] - API mcp docs: yes [S12] - API pagination default: 20 [S12] - API plan restriction: yes [S12] - API read write: yes · yes [S12] - API support scope: development team · no [S12] - Count: 90+ [S6] - Easypost API key types: Test API Key (voided labels, no charge) · Production API Key (valid labels) · API key pasted into inFlow shipping settings [S10] - Easypost carrier billing: directly from carrier via carrier-specific accounts · FedEx · Purolator · UPS · USPS · USPS negotiated rates · EasyPost insurance · overage fee alerts [S10] - Easypost carrier connection via easypost: yes · yes [S10] - Easypost platforms: Web · Windows · Mobile [S10] - Easypost requires account: yes · yes [S10] - Easypost saved parcel sizes: yes [S10] - Easypost setup free: yes · monthly or yearly · 36000 [S10] - Easypost shipment confirmation email: when parcel picked up by carrier · yes · yes · yes [S10] - Easypost shipping cost recording options: Don't record (default) · Non-customer cost (recommended) · Freight · Non-customer cost [S10] - Easypost VAT tax id setting: yes · yes [S10] - Gs1 barcodes: reads GS1 Digital Link QR codes and generates GS1-compliant QR codes with lot number and expiry date [S7] - Lot import: bulk import of lot numbers, expiry dates and lot custom fields via product details and stock levels import [S7] - Named list: Amazon · Extensiv Integration Manager · Jobber · QuickBooks Online / Intuit Enterprise Suite · ShipStation · Shopify · Squarespace · WooCommerce · Xero · Zapier · Square · EasyPost [S12] - Other listed: Amazon · Extensiv Integration Manager · Jobber · QuickBooks Online / Intuit Enterprise Suite · ShipStation · Shopify · Squarespace · WooCommerce · Xero · Zapier · Square · EasyPost [S10] - Partners: Shopify · Amazon · WooCommerce · Squarespace · Square · QuickBooks Online · Xero · Jobber · ShipStation · Extensiv Integration Manager · EasyPost · StockTrim · Zapier · inFlow Pay (Worldline) [S5] - Shipping: ShipStation · EasyPost · FedEx · USPS · UPS [S6] - Use cases: Barcode software · B2B portal · Warehouse · Wholesale · Asset tracking · Field service [S1] **Legal** - Address: 260 Carlaw Avenue, Unit 207, Toronto, Ontario M4M 3L1 Canada [S5] - Company: inFlow is a trademark of Archon Systems, Inc. [S8] - Company: inFlow is a trademark of Archon Systems, Inc. [S9] - Company entity: inFlow is a trademark of Archon Systems, Inc. · Archon Systems, Inc. [S10] - Copyright: 2026 · Archon Systems Inc. [S2] - Copyright year: 2026 · Archon Systems Inc. [S10] - Entity: Trademark of Archon Systems, Inc. [S1] - Entity: inFlow · Archon Systems Inc. [S5] - Entity: inFlow is a trademark of Archon Systems, Inc. [S11] - Entity: Archon Systems, Inc. [S12] - Entity: Archon Systems, Inc. [S3] - Entity name: ARCHON SYSTEMS INC. · Ontario, Canada · 260 Carlaw Ave Unit 209, Toronto, Canada, M4M 3L1 [S4] - Jurisdiction: Canada · Ontario [S5] - Third party licenses: https://www.inflowinventory.com/support/cloud-notices [S4] - Trademark: Archon Systems, Inc. [S6] - Trademark holder: Archon Systems, Inc. [S2] **Pricing** - Annual savings: 20 [S3] - Auto renewal: yes [S4] - Currency: USD [S4] - Extra training hourly: extra training · 169 [S3] - Free trial: 14 · no [S2] - Free trial: 14 · no [S8] - Free trial: 14 · yes · no [S7] - Free trial: 14 · no [S9] - Free trial: 14 · no [S12] - Free trial: 14 · no [S3] - Free trial: 14 · no [S13] - Free trial 14day: 14 · no [S10] - Implementation package: 2299 · Implementation Package · optional [S3] - Inventory core annual eur: inFlow Inventory Core · EUR · annual · 229 [S3] - Inventory lite annual eur: inFlow Inventory Lite · EUR · annual · 79 [S3] - Inventory max annual eur: inFlow Inventory Max · EUR · annual · 539 [S3] - Inventory pro annual eur: inFlow Inventory Pro · EUR · annual · 389 [S3] - Onboarding required cost: required one-time cost onboarding package · 399 [S3] - Onboarding training package: 799 · Onboarding + Training Package · optional [S3] - Payment method: credit card or other approved payment method, billed automatically [S4] - Refund policy: no [S4] - Starts at inventory: inFlow Inventory · 79 [S3] - Starts at manufacturing: inFlow Manufacturing · 129 [S3] - Starts at stockroom: inFlow Stockroom · 49 [S3] - Trial: 14 · no [S1] - Trial: 14 · no [S11] **Product** - AI report assistant: AI Report Assistant · yes [S1] - AI reports: built-in AI for asking questions to get reports [S6] - All plans include: Unlimited products, sales, purchases, and integrations on all plans [S3] - Allocated stock on hand: Allocated products still count toward on-hand inventory [S9] - Apps: Three apps: inFlow Inventory, inFlow Manufacturing, inFlow Stockroom [S2] - Barcode label designer: yes · yes [S6] - Batch tracking: Tracks low stock, batches, and per-job profit after parts and labor [S1] - Bin aisle tracking: yes [S6] - Blank order returns: Returns can be processed on blank sales orders [S11] - Company scale: 90 · 50 [S1] - Consultation call: yes · 10 [S1] - Credit note printing: Credit notes can be printed after issuing credit; after a full refund the credit note is no longer available for printing [S11] - Credit requires full payment: Refund/Issue credit option only appears when customer has paid in full; otherwise the amount is deducted from the order balance [S11] - Current stock lot view: Current stock screen shows lots and expiry dates; supports printing lot labels [S7] - Customer count: 50K+ [S1] - Expiry email notifications: email notifications for lots near expiry, past sell-by date, or expired, with day/time scheduling [S7] - Expiry lots fefo: Lot products with expiry dates always use first-expiring, first-out (FEFO), unaffected by the FIFO setting [S8] - Expiry tracking: yes · A product’s type is permanent once saved. [S7] - Feature SSO: Single sign-on (SSO) listed in plan feature rows [S3] - Hardware portable printer: portable thermal label printer [S3] - Hardware smartphone scanner: drop-tested Android phone with built-in laser scanner [S3] - Inflow API mcp: inFlow API & MCP available; on some plans as Add-on [S3] - Inventory: inFlow Inventory: stock levels, sales/purchase tracking, reordering [S1] - Inventory description: Easily manage stock levels, track sales and purchases, and reorder ahead of time [S2] - Inventory key features: inventory and orders in one system, real-time stock across locations, pick/pack/ship from any device [S3] - Label printer: yes · yes · 5000 [S1] - Lot custom fields: lot custom fields with types text, drop-down, date, checkbox, numeric; can be scoped to product categories [S7] - Lot fefo picking: FEFO picking suggestion; earliest manufacture date fallback when no expiry dates [S7] - Lot fifo setting: Option to suggest lots based on first-in, first-out (FIFO) order [S8] - Lot manufacturing: lot tracking on both components picked and finished goods put away in manufacture orders [S7] - Lot movement history export: lot movement history filterable by lot number and exportable to CSV [S7] - Lot number adjustments: per-lot quantity adjustment and assigning new lots from the product record [S7] - Lot number format: lot number auto-generation with prefix, next number, suffix, variables and sample preview [S7] - Lot pick flexibility: A different lot than the suggested one can be selected during picking without errors [S9] - Lot receipt on po: assign lot numbers, expiry dates, auto-generate or scan lots on PO receiving; partial receive for multiple lots [S7] - Lot reports: Lot expiry report · Sales traceability report · Inventory movement summary (filterable by lot number) [S7] - Lot tracked picking: For lot-tracked products, inFlow selects a lot before choosing a sublocation [S8] **Subprocessors** - List URL: https://trust.archonsystems.com/subprocessors [S5] **Support** - Easypost article updated: Shipping with EasyPost and inFlow · 2025-07-28 · 14 [S10] - Included all plans: Toronto · Lisbon · yes [S1] - Onboarding: Guided onboarding with Customer Success Manager [S1] - Professional services: Professional services team helps import inventory data [S1] 56 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/inflow-inventory ## Questions ### Is inFlow Inventory European? No. whats-best.ai classifies inFlow Inventory as Rest of world. ### Where does inFlow Inventory store data? inFlow Inventory stores customer data in the US by default, per [the vendor’s page captured 26 Oct 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/10734). ### Does inFlow Inventory have a free plan? Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026. ### What are the best alternatives to inFlow Inventory? As of 29 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Ongoing WMS (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/ongoing-wms), [Shippingbo (3.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/shippingbo) and [Mintsoft (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/mintsoft) highest among the other 14 Supply Chain & Logistics products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Ongoing WMS](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/ongoing-wms) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [inFlow Inventory alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/inflow-inventory/alternatives). ## Head-to-head - [inFlow Inventory vs Zoho Inventory](https://whats-best.ai/compare/inflow-inventory-vs-zoho-inventory.md) - [inFlow Inventory vs Katana](https://whats-best.ai/compare/inflow-inventory-vs-katana.md) ## What this page leaves out - 34 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 33 pricing facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 20 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 9 support facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 5 data facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 4 hosting facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 3 compliance facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material. - 1 legal fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material. ## Sources - [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.inflowinventory.com/ (checked 2026-10-26) - [S2] Features page: https://www.inflowinventory.com/features/all-features (checked 2026-10-26) - [S3] Pricing page: https://www.inflowinventory.com/software-pricing-inflow (checked 2026-10-26) - [S4] Terms naming the legal entity: https://www.inflowinventory.com/cloud-terms-conditions (checked 2026-10-26) - [S5] Privacy policy: https://www.inflowinventory.com/privacy (checked 2026-10-26) - [S6] Inventory & stock control — found from sitemap: https://www.inflowinventory.com/features/inventory-control (checked 2026-10-26) - [S7] Inventory & stock control — found from sitemap: https://www.inflowinventory.com/support/cloud/lot-numbers-and-expiry-dates (checked 2026-10-26) - [S8] Warehouse operations: receiving, picking & packing — found from sitemap: https://www.inflowinventory.com/support/cloud/picking-options (checked 2026-10-26) - [S9] Warehouse operations: receiving, picking & packing — found from sitemap: https://www.inflowinventory.com/support/cloud/how-picking-allocations-work-for-inflows-sales-orders (checked 2026-10-26) - [S10] Multi-carrier shipping & returns — found from sitemap: https://www.inflowinventory.com/support/cloud/shipping-with-easypost-and-inflow (checked 2026-10-26) - [S11] Multi-carrier shipping & returns — found from sitemap: https://www.inflowinventory.com/support/cloud/how-do-i-handle-customer-returns-and-print-credit-notes (checked 2026-10-26) - [S12] Integrations, automation & exit — found from sitemap: https://www.inflowinventory.com/support/cloud/inflows-api (checked 2026-10-26) - [S13] Integrations, automation & exit — found from sitemap: https://www.inflowinventory.com/support/cloud/how-do-i-export-data-or-other-transactions-from-inflow (checked 2026-10-26) --- Cite as: whats-best.ai, "inFlow Inventory — Supply Chain & Logistics", AI panel analysis, as of 2026-10-29. https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/inflow-inventory Corrections: https://whats-best.ai/correct/1023?target=page