# Linnworks — Supply Chain & Logistics

Linnworks by Linn Systems Ltd holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 3/5), as of 2026-10-28. Provenance: UK / wider Europe; sovereignty: 1 of 4 dimensions proven.

- Vendor: Linn Systems Ltd (https://www.linnworks.com)
- Category: [Supply Chain & Logistics](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): UK / wider Europe
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/linnworks
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/linnworks/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/linnworks/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: Linn Systems Ltd
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

Linnworks (Linn Systems Ltd, Chichester, company no. 06784391) is strongest at inventory control and integration and automation, where scores cluster at 6-7: stock is recorded per location and pushed to 100+ channels every few minutes, and 100+ two-way connectors meet an open API with a developer portal and named QuickBooks and NetSuite sync partners. Warehouse operations scores a flat 6, scan-guided picking documented, no public information on packing verification or per-shift error rates. Shipping and returns sits at 6-7, returns the soft side: return labels work for five named vendors and Royal Mail needs a workaround. Freight and transport is weakest at 0-2 — five judges found no public information at all, and the lone 2 notes everything documented is parcel-shaped. Sovereignty spans 4-5: the single 5 credits the compliance machinery in the terms, while lower scores point to AWS hosting with no region stated, subprocessors listed by category only, and a group including SkuVault, Inc of Kentucky. Other differences stay within a point, turning on the stock-history gaps. Pricing is quote-only, scored 1-2; persona-weighted totals span 4.7 to 6.4.

**Speaks for it:**
- Stock recorded per location with a stock item history, purchase orders, lot and expiry tracking, kits and low-stock alerts, pushed to 100+ linked channels every few minutes
- Two-way connectors to 100+ channels plus an open API with a developer portal and partner sync to QuickBooks and NetSuite with error monitoring and automatic retries
- 70+ carriers on your own accounts and negotiated rates, with automatic carrier-selection rules, unlimited label printing and per-item customs data such as HS tariff codes
- Documented scan-guided warehouse flow — goods-in against purchase orders, bins, picking routes, and directional pickwaves with tote and tray scanning
- Compliance terms include EU standard contractual clauses, consent before processing outside the EEA, breach notification without undue delay, customer audit rights and a stated ISO 27001 certification

**Held against it:**
- We found no public information on pallet, groupage, truckload, sea or air freight booking, transport documents such as CMR, freight cost audit or CO2 per shipment — the captured pages document parcel carriers only
- Return labels are documented for five named vendors only, Royal Mail needs a workaround, and we found no public information on a self-service returns portal
- The stock item history has gaps the help pages state themselves — untracked items and orders processed at zero stock leave no record, and composite parents appear only on manual adjustments
- Hosting is named as AWS with no region stated, subprocessors appear by category rather than by name with locations, and data may be shared within a group including SkuVault, Inc of Kentucky
- We found no public information on packing verification, putaway suggestions, per-shift pick and error rates, EDI, webhooks, API rate limits, or end-of-contract export of order, stock and shipment history

**Best for:**
- You sell across many marketplaces — Amazon, eBay, Shopify and 100+ more — and need stock levels pushed to every channel every few minutes
- You ship parcels on your own carrier accounts and want automatic carrier-selection rules and per-item customs data for international services
- You want orders routed automatically across your own warehouse, a 3PL or dropship, with accounting and ERP sync to QuickBooks or NetSuite
- You are a UK or EU seller who values a UK contracting entity with GDPR terms and consent required before processing outside the EEA

**Avoid if:**
- You book pallet, groupage, full or part truckload, sea or air freight — the captured pages document parcel carriers and label workflows only
- Returns are central to your operation — return labels work for five named vendors and Royal Mail requires a workaround
- You need prices before talking to sales — pricing is quote-only with no public tier prices
- Your compliance sign-off needs named subprocessors with locations and a stated hosting region — the published pages list subprocessors by category and name AWS as host without a region

## 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 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 |
| Warehouse operations: receiving, picking & packing | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Multi-carrier shipping & returns | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 |
| Freight & transport management | n/r | n/r | 1/5 | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| Integrations, automation & exit | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3/5 | 3.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **2.5/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** |

### 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: 1 of 4 dimensions proven.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | US CLOUD Act reach | 0/2 | [S4] |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Audit rights: yes · yes [S5]
- Breach notification: without undue delay [S5]
- Complaint bodies: Estonian Data Protection Inspectorate · Information Commissioner's Office [S6]
- Controller processor: Controller · Processor [S5]
- Data protection legislation: GDPR, UK Data Protection Act 2018, PECR [S5]
- Eea transfer: yes [S5]
- Ico registration: ZA015143 [S6]
- ISO 27001: yes [S4]
- Liability cap: 10000 · 6 [S5]
- No data sale: no [S6]
- Sccs: EU standard contractual clauses [S5]
- Standard contract clauses: yes · yes [S6]
- Transfer safeguards: yes [S6]
- Upcoming state laws: Texas · Florida · Oregon · Montana · Tennessee · Indiana [S6]
- US appeal process: Group Data Protection Officer · yes [S6]
- US state rights: California · Colorado · Connecticut · Iowa · Utah · Virginia [S6]
- Warranty disclaimer: yes [S5]

**Data**
- Anonymization: yes [S6]
- Anonymous use: yes [S5]
- Backup restoration: yes [S5]
- Deletion or return: yes [S5]
- Marketing unsubscribe: marketing@linnworks.com · yes [S6]
- Opt out list: yes [S6]
- Retention: certain data, after contract end, for audit/accountancy/tax · 6 [S6]
- Subprocessors: yes [S5]

**Hosting**
- Group entities: SkuVault, Inc · Linn Systems Limited · Linn Systems OU (Estonia) [S6]

**Integrations**
- Accounting: accounting integrations incl. QuickBooks [S3]
- Channels: 100+ channel integrations [S3]
- Cookie policy link: yes [S6]
- Custom field mapping: yes [S14]
- Customer sync: Customer data sync to CRM/ERP/accounting [S14]
- Dbsync category: Data & Analytics [S14]
- Dbsync customers: Trusted by startups to Fortune 500 companies [S14]
- Dbsync overview: California · 2009 · integration and automation solutions [S14]
- Dbsync product suite: data replication · change data capture (CDC) · workflow automation · quality management [S14]
- Documentation available: yes · yes [S14]
- Inventory updates: Real-time inventory level sync to prevent overselling [S14]
- Linnworks products: Linnworks · SkuVault [S14]
- Logistics: logistics integrations [S3]
- Multichannel consolidation: Aggregate data from multiple marketplaces (Amazon, eBay, Shopify) into centralized accounting/ERP/reporting [S14]
- Named marketplaces: Amazon · eBay · Walmart · Shopify · TikTok Shop · Wayfair · Temu · Argos · B&Q [S1]
- Open API: Open API with developer portal [S3]
- Order sync: Order synchronization to accounting/ERP (QuickBooks, NetSuite) [S14]
- Payment sync: Payment records synced into accounting systems [S14]
- Product sync: Product/item sync (SKU, description, pricing) [S14]
- Shipment tracking: Shipment status and tracking sync to financial systems or CRM [S14]
- Third party apps: Linnworks app store · yes · no [S5]

**Legal**
- Data protection laws: EU · UK · USA [S6]
- Entities: SkuVault, Inc (Louisville, Kentucky, USA) · Linn Systems Limited (UK), company no. 06784391 [S6]
- Entity: Linn Systems Ltd · 1st Floor, 1 Old Market Avenue, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1SP, United Kingdom · England and Wales · 06784391 [S5]
- Geography row: This is the ROW (rest of world) agreement; separate terms for North America/APAC [S5]
- Jurisdiction business days: England [S5]
- Policy version: 1 October 2023 · 2.0 · 10th May 2018 [S6]
- Terms effective: 2022-04-04 [S5]
- Terms last updated: Last Updated 12 October 2026 [S5]

**Pricing**
- Add ons: Most capabilities included; a few are paid add-ons [S2]
- Addons: yes [S3]
- Auto renewal: yes [S5]
- Basis: User Count · Order Volume · SKU Count · Customizations · Support Services [S5]
- Invoice payment: upon receipt of invoice [S5]
- Late payment suspension: 10 · 10 [S5]
- Model: order volume · no [S3]
- Onboarding fee: one-off fee, variable · yes [S3]
- Pickwave plan dependent: yes [S10]
- Quote only: quote-based pricing [S3]
- Refunds: no [S5]
- Renewal notice: 30 [S5]
- Termination notice: 30 [S5]
- VAT exclusive: yes · yes [S5]

**Product**
- Additional customs description: Additional Customs Description optional, sent if set as Item Extended Property [S12]
- AI spotlight: Spotlight AI recommends automation priorities [S2]
- AI spotlight: Spotlight AI flags repetitive tasks and suggests automation [S1]
- Automated decisions: 2100000 [S1]
- Automation rules: Order automation rules: routing, carrier assignment, tagging, sorting [S2]
- Bulk data usage: Supplier may use Customer Content to create new products and share in aggregate [S5]
- Bulk listing revisions: bulk listing revisions [S3]
- Carrier rules: automatic shipping service allocation rules [S3]
- Channel count: 100+ marketplaces and channels [S1]
- Channel integrations: two-way · 100+ [S2]
- Composite parent manual adjustment: Composite parent items appear in Stock Item History only for manual adjustments or stock level imports [S8]
- Composite sales report: Composite parent sales can be tracked via the 'Composite Parent Sales History' report under Dashboards - Query Data [S8]
- Conjura addon: Advanced retail analytics by Conjura (add-on) [S3]
- Country of origin config: Country of Origin via Item Extended Property or service-level default [S12]
- Custom order views: customizable order views [S3]
- Customers: 4000+ [S2]
- Customers count: 4000 [S1]
- Customizations ip: Supplier [S5]
- Dashboards: financial, inventory and order dashboards [S3]
- Definition: Software/Platform is an online order and inventory management system [S5]
- Duties paid type export reason: Duties Paid Type and Export Reason must be configured for international services [S12]
- Fulfillment routing: automatic routing to own warehouse, 3PL, or dropship [S1]
- Gmv annual: 18000000000 [S2]
- Goods description mandatory: yes [S12]
- Goods description per item: Goods Description can be assigned per item via Item Extended Properties [S12]
- Highlands islands service: UK Highland and Islands orders require Parcel Neighbour 48Hrs [S12]
- Hours saved: 52 [S1]
- Hs tariff code config: HS Tariff Code via Item Extended Property or service-level default [S12]
- Hs tariff truncation: HS Tariff Code auto-truncated to 8 digits for DHL eCommerce UK shipments [S12]
- Integration auto retries: automatic retries on configurable schedule with alerts/notifications [S13]
- Integration categories: ecommerce · ERP · field service management · PIM · POS · WMS · CRM · marketing [S13]
- Integration data flow: pull products and variants from disparate systems into one platform [S13]
- Integration data scope: order · inventory · customer · financial [S13]
- Integration error monitoring: advanced error monitoring tools [S13]
- Integration hub spoke: hub & spoke, single integration enables multi-system data flow [S13]
- Integration ipaas com partner: integration hub · iPaaS.com [S13]
- Integration low code: low-code configuration via user portal [S13]
- Integration mach API first: MACH-based, cloud-native, API-first, autoscaling [S13]
- Integration misps: network of certified MiSP partners for implementation and management [S13]
- Integration order sync: order data sync between sales channels and Linnworks [S13]
- Integration templates: pre-built customizable data mapping templates [S13]
- Integration tracking sync: two-way tracking info sent to sales channels on fulfillment [S13]
- Inventory sync: 100 [S3]
- Inventory sync: real-time inventory updates across 100+ channels [S1]
- Inventory sync frequency: inventory updated every few minutes [S1]
- Ioss service restriction: DHL Parcel Connect limited to IOSS orders and Republic of Ireland [S12]
- Ip ownership: Supplier [S5]
- Kits bundles: kits and bundles [S3]
- Listings management: Listings management [S2]
- Lot management: lot management [S3]
- Marketing use of customer name: yes [S5]
- Mobile app: mobile app supporting scanning [S3]
- Multichannel listings: multichannel listing management with bulk listing [S3]
- Multichannel platform: Single core platform for automation, integrations and analytics [S2]
- Negative stock behavior: Linnworks does not allow negative stock levels; orders processed at 0 stock leave no Stock Item History record [S8]
- Onboarding: Dedicated specialist, plan, data-migration support [S2]
- Onboarding included: yes [S3]
- Orders annual: 250M+ [S2]
- Picking packing: digital picking & packing [S3]
- Product catalog: product catalog [S3]
- Product substitution: product substitution [S3]
- Purchase orders: purchase orders [S3]
- Quality control: quality control [S3]
- Replenishment alerts: automatic replenishment calculations with low-stock alerts [S3]
- Reporting: Custom reports per channel and SKU, exportable [S2]
- Reporting: reporting at channel and SKU level [S1]
- Return labels supported vendors: DHL Express · DHL eCommerce UK · DPD France · EVRi Corporate · FedEx Legacy [S11]
- Return labels vendor list update: Vendor list to be updated as courier APIs add return label functionality [S11]
- Royal mail return labels: Royal Mail Tracked Returns and Return Emails and bookings · no [S11]
- Rules engine: Rules Engine with unlimited routing rules [S3]
- Serialization: serialization [S3]
- Shipping carriers: 70+ · yes [S2]
- Shipping integrations: 70+ shipping providers including Amazon Shipping, FedEx, Royal Mail, ShipStation [S3]
- Sku reporting: sales and financial reporting by SKU and source [S3]
- Source code access: no [S5]
- Spotlight AI: AI-powered workflow optimization via Spotlight AI [S3]
- Stock change workflow: stock level changes must be made in Linnworks; direct listing edits are overwritten [S7]

**Subprocessors**
- Categories: CRM platform provider · website support and hosting provider · Chatbot provider · cloud hosting, support ticketing, email providers · professional advisers (USA, UK, Estonia) · marketing and PR providers [S6]
- Lead sources: ZoomInfo · LinkedIn [S6]

**Support**
- Beta services: yes [S5]
- Channels: book a demo; chat with us [S3]
- Channels: support@linnworks.com · 02033227375 · (347)391-2804 [S10]
- Emergency monitoring: yes [S5]
- Feature requests: yes [S7]
- Support services: normal Business Hours · telephone · chat · email [S5]
- System status: yes [S7]
- Ticket submission: yes [S7]

18 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/linnworks

## Questions

### Is Linnworks European?

Yes, though not from the EU. whats-best.ai classifies Linnworks as UK / wider Europe.

### Where does Linnworks store data?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026.

### Does Linnworks have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 26 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to Linnworks?

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: [Linnworks alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/linnworks/alternatives).

## Head-to-head

- [Linnworks vs Billbee](https://whats-best.ai/compare/billbee-vs-linnworks.md)

## What this page leaves out

- 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.
- 3 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.
- 2 legal 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 hosting 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.
- 1 integrations 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.
- 1 sovereignty dimension could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and is shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.linnworks.com/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S2] Features page: https://www.linnworks.com/features/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S3] Pricing page: https://www.linnworks.com/pricing/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S4] Security / trust page: https://www.linnworks.com/security/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S5] Terms naming the legal entity: https://www.linnworks.com/row-saas-agreement/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S6] Privacy policy: https://www.linnworks.com/website-privacy-notice/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S7] Inventory & stock control — found from sitemap: https://help.linnworks.com/support/solutions/articles/7000027516-inventory-updates-logic (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S8] Inventory & stock control — found from sitemap: https://help.linnworks.com/support/solutions/articles/7000034390-stock-item-history-did-not-record-sale (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S9] Warehouse operations: receiving, picking & packing — found from sitemap: https://help.linnworks.com/support/solutions/articles/7000057037-stock-in-from-a-purchase-order-wms- (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S10] Warehouse operations: receiving, picking & packing — found from sitemap: https://help.linnworks.com/support/solutions/articles/7000059635-pickwaves-tray-picking (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S11] Multi-carrier shipping & returns — found from sitemap: https://help.linnworks.com/support/solutions/articles/7000085576-shipping-list-of-couriers-that-support-return-labels-feature (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S12] Multi-carrier shipping & returns — found from sitemap: https://help.linnworks.com/support/solutions/articles/7000085173-shipping-dhl-ecommerce-uk-customs-information (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S13] Integrations, automation & exit — found from sitemap: https://www.linnworks.com/integrations/ipaas/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S14] Integrations, automation & exit — found from sitemap: https://www.linnworks.com/integrations/dbsync/ (checked 2026-10-26)

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