# Mintsoft — Supply Chain & Logistics

Mintsoft by Access UK 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: not determined.

- Vendor: Access UK Ltd (https://www.mintsoft.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/mintsoft
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/mintsoft/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/mintsoft/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: Access UK 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

Mintsoft, cloud-based warehouse, order and shipping software for 3PLs and ecommerce brands, comes from Access UK Ltd, part of The Access Group. Inventory control and warehouse operations are strongest, scores clustering at 8: batch, serial and best-before tracking with FIFO allocation, multi-warehouse transfers, goods-in against purchase orders and ASNs, several scan-verified picking strategies, and Honeywell, Newland and Zebra scanners. Shipping and returns scores run 7-8 on rules-based courier selection, commercial invoices for most non-EU destinations and auto-created exchange orders. Freight and transport is the weakest area and the genuine split, scores ranging 1 to 4: the transport planner, at 4, credits parcel-level courier choice and SSCC pallet handling, while the remaining scores, at 1-2, read the pallet features as warehouse handling rather than transport. Integration and automation scores cluster at 5-6 on native connectors, the captured pages giving different figures for the count, and sovereignty at 4 — contracting entity and EEA storage stated, no public information on subprocessors or security certification. Prices start at "From £159 /month" and "From £375 /month".

**Speaks for it:**
- Stock tracked by batch, serial number and best-before date, with automatic FIFO allocation, cycle counts, multi-warehouse transfers and a full audit trail of stock movements.
- Goods-in receipted against purchase orders and ASNs, with one- and two-stage putaway and multiple scan-verified picking strategies on Honeywell, Newland and Zebra scanners.
- Shipping rules select courier and service by weight, order value and destination, with commercial invoices produced for most non-EU destinations and tracking written back to connected channels.
- Returns record reason and condition, update stock automatically and can auto-create the exchange order, with named third-party returns partners ReturnGo, Loop and At Last.
- Couriers, marketplaces, shopping carts and accounting systems connect through integrations the vendor states are native and maintained by The Access Group, plus a courier API connector for custom links.

**Held against it:**
- We found no public information on booking pallet, groupage or truckload freight, comparing forwarder quotes or tenders, CMR documents, or CO2 per shipment.
- We found no public information on a documented general API, webhooks, EDI, or a complete export of orders, stock and shipment history when the contract ends.
- The captured pages give different figures for the integration count — 131 standard integrations, 150+, 175+ in a customer quote, and "hundreds".
- We found no public information on a subprocessor list, a data processing agreement, the carriers' role in processing recipient data, or a security certification.
- We found no public information on pick, pack and error rates per user and shift, or on whether shipments run on own carrier contracts or vendor rates.

**Best for:**
- You run a 3PL or multi-client warehouse and need client billing on carton and pallet rates, a client portal and multi-warehouse stock.
- You track batches, serial numbers or best-before dates and want FIFO allocation, cycle counts and a full audit trail across locations.
- You fulfil parcel orders across many sales channels and want rule-based courier selection with tracking written back automatically.

**Avoid if:**
- You book pallet, groupage or full-truckload transport with forwarders — the transport features documented are courier parcel shipping and warehouse pallet handling.
- Your systems need a documented general API, webhooks or EDI — the public integration story is native connectors plus a courier API connector for custom courier links.
- Your teams use iOS handhelds — the mobile app is published via the Google Play Store for Android devices with Android 11 or above.

## 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 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| Warehouse operations: receiving, picking & packing | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| Multi-carrier shipping & returns | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Freight & transport management | 0.5/5 | 1/5 | 2/5 | 1/5 | 1/5 | 0.5/5 |
| Integrations, automation & exit | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 2.5/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **3.5/5** | **3.5/5** | **3/5** | **3.5/5** | **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: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

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

**Compliance**
- Marketing sharing consent: yes [S5]

**Data**
- Access right: yes [S5]
- Cookie collection: yes [S5]
- Correction right: yes [S5]
- Marketing opt out: yes [S5]
- Right to be forgotten: yes [S5]

**Hosting**
- App platform: Android · Android 11 · Google Play Store [S9]
- Cloud based: yes [S10]
- Legal entity: The Access Group [S3]
- Provider: cloud · The Access Group [S4]
- Secure servers: yes [S5]
- Storage region: EEA · yes [S5]

**Integrations**
- Automatic import: yes [S14]
- Barcode software: Integrates with mobile barcode scanning software and inventory warehouse software [S6]
- Brochure available: yes [S1]
- Count: 150 [S10]
- Count: 175+ integrations · customer testimonial [S14]
- Count claim: 150 [S11]
- Count positioning: hundreds of integrations, courier and online shopping platform integrations [S2]
- Courier API connector: yes · yes [S14]
- Existing channels: Mintsoft FAQ addresses integration with existing sales channels and systems [S6]
- Native maintenance: yes · The Access Group [S4]
- No extra cost claim: customer testimonial · yes [S14]
- No third party reliance: no [S4]
- Order centralisation: yes [S14]
- Shipping automation: yes [S14]
- Standard count: 131 [S3]
- Third party returns software: ReturnGo · Loop · At Last [S11]
- Warehouse integrations: hundreds · couriers · online shopping platforms [S15]

**Legal**
- Company: 2026 · The Access Group [S14]
- Copyright: 2026 · The Access Group [S4]
- Copyright: 2026 · The Access Group [S5]
- Copyright: © 2026 The Access Group [S8]
- Copyright: Mintsoft is owned by The Access Group [S6]
- Copyright: 2026 · The Access Group [S15]
- Copyright holder: 2026 · The Access Group [S1]
- Copyright holder: The Access Group [S10]
- Data controller role: data_controller [S5]
- Entity: Access UK Ltd · England and Wales · 02343760 · The Old School, School Lane, Stratford St Mary, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6LZ [S5]
- No children data: no [S5]
- Owner: The Access Group [S11]
- Owner: The Access Group [S9]
- Owner: 2026 · The Access Group [S12]
- Owner: Mintsoft is owned by The Access Group [S13]
- Ownership: The Access Group [S7]
- Policy updated: 2022-04-06 [S5]

**Pricing**
- Brand plan features: unlimited browser users · warehouse management · order management · inventory management · shipping management · reporting & analytics · mobile app (user licenses required) · 131 [S3]
- Brand plan price: eCommerce Brands & Wholesalers · GBP · 159 [S3]
- Optional modules: order rules · batch scheduling · white-labelling · advanced analytics dashboards [S3]
- Packages standard features: All WMS packages include standard features [S2]
- Plan determinants: number of users · monthly order volume [S3]
- Threepl plan price: 3PL · GBP · 375 [S3]

**Product**
- Advanced modules: optional · optional [S3]
- Advanced task automation: yes [S2]
- AI assistant: AI assistant (Access Evo) with digital AI assistant and Feed notifications [S1]
- AI data sharing: no [S4]
- AI modules: AI features Copilot and Feed available in Mintsoft [S4]
- AI notifications feed: Low stock · Expiring stock · yes [S2]
- Audit trail: yes · yes [S2]
- Audit trail: yes [S11]
- Audit trail: yes · yes [S15]
- Auto exchange orders: yes [S11]
- Auto selection criteria: fastest · safest · cheapest · greenest [S10]
- Autogenerated pallet ids: Assemble loose stock onto new pallets during picking with autogenerated IDs [S13]
- Barcode picking: yes [S2]
- Barcode scanning: yes [S1]
- Barcode scanning: yes [S6]
- Barcode scanning: yes · yes [S15]
- Barcode scanning dup: yes [S1]
- Barcode scanning returns: yes [S11]
- Barcode sscc generation: yes · yes [S12]
- Batch lot tracking: yes [S2]
- Batch scheduling: yes [S8]
- Batch scheduling module: templates for orders to be automatically batched and sent for picking · yes [S15]
- Benefits: reduced manual admin [S15]
- Best before dates: yes [S2]
- Bulk id upload: yes [S12]
- Bulk setup: Set up carton & pallet types, goods-in locations, and bulk upload IDs [S13]
- Cartons pallets module: Cartons & Pallets module for storing, moving, receiving, picking, and billing inventory [S12]
- Cartons pallets module: Mintsoft offers a Cartons & Pallets module for storing, moving, receiving, picking and billing against inventory [S13]
- Channel auto updates: yes [S10]
- Client portal: yes [S8]
- Client portal: 3PL client portal [S15]
- Cloud based: yes [S2]
- Commercial invoices: yes [S10]
- Courier integrations unlimited: unlimited courier integrations [S10]
- Custom courier API: Courier API Connector · yes [S10]
- Custom packing instructions: yes [S8]
- Custom shipping zones: yes · yes [S10]
- Customisable location types: yes [S2]
- Customisable returns: yes [S11]
- Cycle counts: Regular cycle counts are recommended as a best practice [S6]
- Demo booking: yes [S6]
- Dispatch prioritisation: speed up time to dispatch, urgent deliveries prioritised [S15]
- Encryption at rest: data at rest in cloud environments · yes [S4]
- Equipment requirements: scanners · printers · no [S2]
- Error reduction: reduced costly errors [S15]
- Forced replen: yes [S2]
- Fulfilment automation: Mintsoft automates almost the entire fulfilment process from receiving orders to arranging carriers [S15]
- Full pallet picking: Pick full pallets using the carton & pallet pick type in the mobile app [S13]
- Goods in asn: ASN-based inbound receipts · yes [S9]
- Goods in processing: yes [S2]
- Goods out bay scan: yes [S10]
- Guided picking: Mintsoft app guides pickers on the most efficient route based on SKU locations [S6]
- Https transfers: all data transfers · HTTPS [S4]
- Instant stock updates: yes [S11]
- Integration breadth: hundreds of integrations across couriers, marketplaces, shopping carts, accounting systems and more [S1]
- International shipping: yes [S10]
- Inventory attributes: best before dates · batch/lot numbers · serial number tracking [S9]
- Inventory training videos: Transfer Inventory · ASNs · Book Inventory · Goods In Out Upload Spreadsheets · Purchase Orders · Warehouse to Warehouse · Replen - Reactive · Replen - Proactive · Cartons & Pallets · yes [S7]
- Key features: Goods In · Order Picking · Inventory Management · Stock Transfers · Pallet ID Management · Shipping · Accessibility · Inbound Receipts [S9]
- Label automation: Automatic label printing on scan [S2]
- Label printing: yes [S10]
- Location capacity view: yes [S2]
- Location labelling: yes [S2]
- Location management: yes [S1]
- Location management: Automated advanced location management [S2]
- Location stock adjustments: yes [S2]
- Location type priority override: yes [S2]
- Mobile app android: Android · Android 11 [S4]
- Mobile app licensing: yes [S3]
- Mobile app returns: yes [S11]
- Mobile barcode scanning: yes [S6]
- Mobile first b2b: Mobile-first tools for B2B and bulk workflows [S13]
- Mobile label printing: yes [S10]
- Mobile pallet picking: yes [S12]
- Mobile receiving: pc · mobile · yes [S12]
- Mobile receiving: Receive stock on PC or mobile, including mixed-item or full-pallet flows [S13]
- Mobile scanning app: Google Play store · yes [S2]
- Modules: Order Picking · Order Processing · Shipping · Barcode Scanning · Mobile App [S15]
- Multi location visibility: multi-location visibility · automated picking and packing workflows · pallet and carton functionality · stock counts [S1]
- Multiple stock locations: yes [S2]
- Optimised pick routes: yes [S8]
- Order accuracy claim: Claims order accuracy increase to 100% [S1]
- Order carton add: Add full cartons/pallets directly to manual orders and batch them for picking [S13]
- Order pallet addition: yes · yes [S12]
- Pallet autosplit: Auto-splits products evenly across pallets and builds new pallets on the fly [S13]
- Pallet carton gs1: GS2 coding · yes [S2]
- Pallet carton stock counts multiwarehouse: yes · yes · yes [S2]
- Pallet splitting: yes · yes [S12]
- Pallet transfer: Manage pallet contents, adjust quantities, transfer full pallets between locations [S13]
- Pallet transfers: yes · yes · yes [S12]
- Paperless trade: yes [S10]
- Par levels: PAR levels set minimum stock thresholds per SKU to automate reordering [S6]
- Pausable picking: yes [S8]
- Pick assembly autogenerated ids: yes [S12]
- Pick assignment: Picks assigned to specific users or left in an open pool [S8]
- Pick barcode verification: yes [S8]
- Pick sequence ids: yes [S2]
- Picking methods: Single Order Picking, Multi-Tote Batch Picking, Bulk Batch Picking [S8]
- Picking methods: Single Order Picking (wholesale/B2B) · Multi-Tote Batch Picking (multi-item orders) · Bulk Batch Picking (high volume e-commerce) [S15]
- Pre scheduled batches: Pre-scheduled batches, automated workflows, priority locations, multiple picking methods [S8]
- Product override rules: yes [S10]
- Putaway: one-stage putaway · two-stage putaway [S9]
- Quality control: yes [S2]
- Real time stock allocation: yes [S8]
- Realtime reporting: Real-time reporting on orders, inventory, and shipments [S2]
- Rebin picking: yes [S8]
- Rebin picking: yes · pick multi-item orders by zone, sort into individual orders, then packing · yes [S15]
- Replenishment report: yes [S2]
- Return order search: order number · customer name · postcode [S11]
- Return processing steps: find order · log return · update inventory · process exchange [S11]
- Return reason tracking: yes [S11]
- Returns processing: Process returned products back into stock or for exchange [S11]
- Rule parameters: parcel weight · order value · destination [S10]
- Scan verification: Scan verification at goods-in, locations and pack stations is offered in Mintsoft inventory management [S6]

**Support**
- AI assistant: 24/7 · yes [S2]
- Demo availability: free · yes [S3]
- Onboarding: yes [S2]
- Onboarding flightpaths: yes · flightpath implementations · yes [S3]
- Success plan inclusions: multiple levels · technical support · feature updates · webinars · e-learning content [S3]
- Training resources: yes [S2]

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

## Questions

### Is Mintsoft European?

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

### Where does Mintsoft store data?

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

### Does Mintsoft have a free plan?

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

### What are the best alternatives to Mintsoft?

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 [Linnworks (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/linnworks) 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: [Mintsoft alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/supply-chain/mintsoft/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 37 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.
- 7 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.
- 3 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.
- 1 compliance 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.
- 3 sovereignty dimensions could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and are shown as unknown.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://www.mintsoft.com/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S2] Features page (warehouse management): https://www.mintsoft.com/warehouse-management/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S3] Pricing page: https://www.mintsoft.com/pricing/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S4] Security / trust page: https://www.mintsoft.com/security/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S5] Privacy policy naming the legal entity: https://www.mintsoft.com/privacy-policy/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S6] Inventory & stock control — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/warehouse-management/stock-control/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S7] Inventory & stock control — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/training/inventory/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S8] Warehouse operations: receiving, picking & packing — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/features/pick-and-pack/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S9] Warehouse operations: receiving, picking & packing — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/mobile-barcode-inventory/mobile-app/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S10] Multi-carrier shipping & returns — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/shipping-management/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S11] Multi-carrier shipping & returns — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/features/returns-management/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S12] Freight & transport management — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/training/inventory/cartons-pallets/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S13] Freight & transport management — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/training/additional-modules/cartons-pallets/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S14] Integrations, automation & exit — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/integrations/ (checked 2026-10-26)
- [S15] Integrations, automation & exit — found from sitemap: https://www.mintsoft.com/features/fulfilment-automation/ (checked 2026-10-26)

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