Free Shopify Stocky replacement: how Parwise covers what Stocky did (August 31, 2026 deadline)

Short answer: Stocky shuts down on August 31, 2026. Every "Stocky alternative 2026" roundup leads with apps that start at $39 to $245+ per month. Parwise is not in any of those roundups, which is either a gap in their research or a reason to read this page. Reorder points on Parwise are free. Purchase orders cost $39 per month flat, never scaled by revenue or order volume. Below is a feature-by-feature map of what Stocky did, what Parwise covers, and honest guidance on the two cases where you'd be better served by a paid demand planner.

The deadline: August 31, 2026

Three things have already happened or are pending:

• July 7, 2025: Stocky dropped support for inter-location inventory transfers and min/max forecasting.
• February 2, 2026: Stocky was removed from the Shopify App Store. No new installs, no reinstalls.
• August 31, 2026: the app and its APIs shut down completely. If anything in your workflow touches Stocky on that date, it breaks.

The number of merchants affected is unpublished by Shopify, but Stocky has been bundled free with Shopify POS Pro for years, so the affected base is substantial. Set a calendar reminder. Do not assume Shopify will extend the date again.

What Stocky did: the honest feature list

Stocky was never a sophisticated demand planner. Merchants who used it daily usually relied on four things:

1. Low-stock alerts across the catalog: a view that told you what was about to run out before it did.
2. Demand-informed PO suggestions: a sense of how much to order per SKU based on recent sales velocity, lead times, and safety-stock buffers. Stocky's forecasting was widely regarded as rough, not precise, but it was something.
3. Supplier management: vendor names, lead times, and MOQ stored somewhere besides a spreadsheet.
4. Purchase order creation and receiving: raise a PO to a supplier, receive stock against it, track what is still pending.

Stocky also generated weekly inventory reports. That is the full scope. It was not a multi-channel planner, not an ML forecast engine, and not a WMS. Most merchants who replace it do not need to pay for something that does more than Stocky ever did.

Feature-by-feature map: Stocky → Parwise

One gap worth naming: Stocky's reorder suggestions were loosely demand-informed (incorporating sales history, seasonal adjustments in some cases). Parwise's formula is average daily sales (trailing 30 days) × lead time + safety stock, calculated and shown per SKU. It is not seasonal, not ML. For most POS Pro stores replacing a tool that was "rough but useful," that math is adequate and the transparency is an improvement. For stores where seasonal demand swings drive meaningful stockout or overstock events, a demand-planning platform is the honest recommendation. That guidance is at the bottom of this page.

The one thing you must do before August 31

Export your Stocky data now. Historical records (purchase orders, stocktakes, inventory counts) do not migrate automatically to Shopify or to any replacement app. Pull them while Stocky still runs.

The specific thing most merchants miss: Stocky cannot export your supplier list. Vendor names, lead times, and costs exist only inside Stocky's interface. They must be re-entered by hand in whatever you move to. On Parwise Pro, you can add suppliers manually through the supplier management screen, or import your whole list at once via bulk CSV. Both are on Pro, the first paid tier. Either way, budget 30 to 60 minutes for the re-entry on a typical store. The sooner you start, the less this feels like a fire drill.

Why Parwise doesn't appear in the paid roundups

Every published "Stocky alternative" roundup as of mid-2026 leads with:

• Inventory Planner by Sage: contact sales / volume-based pricing (merchants report significant price increases following Sage's acquisition of Brightpearl). Sophisticated demand forecasting for multi-channel brands.
• Prediko: starts at $49 per month for stores up to $100K in revenue, scaling by GMV to $349 per month at the top tier. Strong ML demand forecasting.
• Forstock: revenue-banded $39 to $159 per month, no permanent free plan. AI forecasting and a clean PO workflow.
• Assisty: free reporting tier, but velocity-based reorder is locked behind the Advanced plan at $59 per month. Purchase orders require the Shopify Plus tier at $239 per month.

None of these are bad apps. They earn their placement in roundups. The gap is that every paid roundup leads with paid apps, and "Parwise covers the Stocky basics free" is a harder story to fit into an affiliate-style comparison article.

The honest comparison: for a store that used Stocky for low-stock alerts, reorder guidance, and basic purchase orders, Parwise covers all three. The reorder intelligence is free. POs are $39 flat. The price does not change because you crossed a revenue threshold or processed more orders this quarter.

Where Parwise fits vs where you'd want a planner

Said plainly, because the wrong recommendation costs you real money:

Parwise is the right call if:

• You want the Stocky workflow back, not an upgrade to a demand-planning platform.
• Your reorder decisions are primarily about velocity: what is selling, how fast, and how long your supplier takes to ship.
• You want flat pricing. The $0 and $39 tiers are the same price for a $200K store and a $2M store.
• You run Shopify-only (no Amazon, no eBay, no additional sales channels that need demand reconciled).

A paid demand planner (Prediko, Inventory Planner, Cogsy) is the right call if:

• Seasonal demand is a real operating variable, not just occasional spikes. You need the forecast to model Q4 versus Q2 distinctly, not trail the last 30 days.
• You operate across multiple sales channels and need to reconcile demand signal across all of them.
• Your buyers or finance team need a formal demand plan for budgeting purposes.

At the price points those planners charge ($49 to $245+ per month), they owe you more than Stocky ever gave. The question is whether your operation needs that level of sophistication or whether you are buying a helicopter to replace a bicycle.

Pricing at a glance

No revenue band. No SKU cap. No order-count cap. The $39 you pay the first month is the $39 you pay after your best quarter.

How to migrate from Stocky to Parwise

1. Export from Stocky first (before August 31): purchase orders, inventory counts, any reports. Stocky cannot export suppliers, so note vendor names and lead times separately.
2. Install Parwise from the Shopify App Store. The free plan activates immediately; Shopify order history and on-hand levels sync on first load.
3. Re-add your suppliers on the Pro plan (manual entry via the supplier screen, or bulk CSV import; both on Pro). Lead times feed directly into the reorder-point calculation.
4. Review the suggested reorder points. They calculate from your actual trailing 30-day velocity. Adjust any where you know a seasonal spike or campaign is coming.
5. Raise your first PO. If you had open or recent POs in Stocky, you will need to recreate them. Keep the exported Stocky PO history as a reference.

The migration for a typical single-location store takes less than two hours. The supplier re-entry is the longest step.

FAQ

Is there a free Stocky replacement on Shopify? Parwise's free plan covers low-stock alerts, an on-hand dashboard, and velocity-based reorder points with no SKU or order cap. Across the main Stocky-alternative apps (Prediko, Forstock, Assisty, Inventory Planner), as of mid-2026 it is the only one with actual reorder intelligence, not just reporting, on a permanent free tier; the others keep reorder suggestions behind a paid plan.

What is the Shopify Stocky shutdown date? August 31, 2026. The app and its APIs stop working on that date. Stocky was removed from the App Store on February 2, 2026 (no new or re-installs), and its inter-location transfer and min/max forecasting features were discontinued on July 7, 2025.

Does Parwise replace all of Stocky's features? It covers the everyday Stocky workflow: low-stock alerts, velocity-based reorder points with editable safety stock and lead times, supplier management, and purchase orders with a receiving lifecycle. It does not cover multi-channel demand planning, ML-style seasonal forecasting, or inventory transfers between locations (those go through Shopify's native admin). If your Stocky use centered on demand forecasting for a multi-channel or highly seasonal operation, a dedicated demand-planning platform is a better fit.

Why is Parwise free when every other Stocky replacement charges $39+? The reorder decision is the baseline, not the premium. We charge for the purchase-order lifecycle (Pro, $39) and for automation at scale (Scale, $79). The math that tells you when to reorder and how much is free because that is the minimum useful thing an inventory app should do.

Can Parwise import data from Stocky? Products and on-hand inventory sync automatically from Shopify (no manual import needed). Historical purchase orders, stocktakes, and supplier records do not transfer. Stocky cannot export your supplier list, so those must be re-entered manually. Keep a manual export of your Stocky PO history for reference; Parwise does not need it to function.

Does Parwise work for POS Pro merchants? Yes. Parwise reads your Shopify order history, which includes POS sales. If a POS transaction updates on-hand in Shopify, Parwise picks it up and factors it into the velocity calculation.

What does Parwise cost compared to Inventory Planner? Parwise's free plan is $0; Pro is $39 flat per month. Inventory Planner by Sage uses volume-based pricing (contact sales; public pricing is not listed). Merchants have reported significant price increases following Sage's acquisition of Brightpearl. If your primary need is accurate demand forecasting at scale across multiple channels, Inventory Planner's sophistication justifies the price. If you want the Stocky basics back without volume pricing, Parwise is the alternative.

App Store links use https://apps.shopify.com/ as a placeholder. Replace with the real listing slug once the app is published. Competitor prices verified June 2026; re-check before relying on them.