Stocksmith Inventory & Sync

I had a number of issues setting up as Craftybase wasn't integrating properly with Shopify and picking up my historical data and therefore stock numbers accurately. After a number of attempts to resolve this, the work arounds I was given made things worse, and I ended up having to disconnect the app and have spent hours and hours stock taking to try to rectify my stock numbers doing multiple stocktakes. I had paid additional subscription fees to get the right subscription and help I needed, and have been now denied my request for a refund as a result. They were fully aware of the issues and gave me generic work arounds. Now that I have cancelled and advised them, they want to offer full help. I have moved on to Katana and won't be back. Really disappointed . UPDATE EDIT: Originally I gave this a 1 star but this is an update. I am giving them 3 stars. When the product is working it is good. Nicole the owner has personally emailed me and said she will make changes within culture and policies to ensure this doesn't happen again. And they refunded me. The fact remains that my experience was very poor and deserves 1 star, however I recognise the damage 1 star does, and they have said they are committed to fixing things. They would also have got me up and running. Trouble is, they lost my trust. I wish them well, they have a good product when it works, but the cost to me of this going wrong has been massive. I hope they make the changes they need to make.

Support is poor, app is broken as often as it’s functional. And they delete conversational / evaluation posts in their Facebook group (which was only asking customers for their input to help me evaluate) Actions of developers has REALLY put me off Update: I tried my best to use this software - but it was broken as often as it was functional. I manually updated recipes and spent a lot of time trying to add my data. But then figured out that in order to support bundles being sold (who doesn’t bundle their products these days) I would have to go back and recreate everything as a “component”. After manually adding the first recipe, I started on the second and couldn’t copy. I wasn’t going to manually imput every recipe ingredient I have. I emailed support for help. After they didn’t respond within a few days I found their Facebook group and asked for help within it. A couple other customers also started to give their (not so glowing) feedback on how it works, at which point they immediately deleted the post. Their comment below is more BS - clearly they don’t know how to look after customers. Run!

I began with Craftybase in January 2021. I wanted an updated and more efficient web-based system to track inventory and sales. I liked that it imported sales from Shopify every morning. Previously, I had to do that manually. Once I got into using it, I started seeing several issues. As a soap and cosmetic maker, I follow GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), so lot and batch tracking is imperative. In order to use lot tracking, I had to pay for the highest tier subscription only to learn that CB doesn't track quantities of each lot and doesn't use the "first in, first out" practice of using older materials first. When creating a batch of a product, I need to manually select the lot number I used. This wasn't worthy of the higher tier price. In addition to this, Craftybase's servers continually had issues with lagging and not syncing. Thinking I didn't commit changes, I would repeat the steps. Once the servers did catch up, I had to go back and undo all the repeat changes I made. Over the 2.5 years, I continued to use Craftybase, I asked for features and fixes for GMP and other simple requests, but none were ever addressed. The final straw happened in July when I received an email announcing a price increase. I was currently paying $34.99/mo, but come September 1st, it would increase to $79.00/mo!! There were no improvements or new features except adding sales channels for other customers, and they more than doubled my monthly subscription fee. I'm currently seeking out another system that works the way manufacturers work and looking forward to ending the relationship with Craftybase. I do NOT recommend this system.

This app has potential, but they haven't built out reliable infrastructure. The user interface has several "wonky" issues, like when using the reports, they don't have a drop down menu for "last week" "last year" "year to date" etc - just a cumbersome slider of calendars to use (if you want to look years ago, you need to slide through months and months and months). Another example is when you are entering raw materials used in a manufacture, the quantities will somehow automatically snap to a recent number used. This makes no sense - the whole idea is that I am recording the exact weight in a raw material. There are many more little bugs like this. There are also unplanned outages way too often. It's very hard to pay this much when a wholesaler of mine needs a shipment and my manufacturing software is down without notice. (My bill tripled this year - will they price hike again, trapping businesses during their busiest time of year?) The headaches maybe used to be worth the lower fees, but with the new pricing, do yourself a favor and look into other more reliable options. (Also - they let us know they are raising prices in order to be able to offer more functionality... in the future... and to the higher level plans. Why are current customers expected to pay for future functionality - and they've been promising functionality for years. It comes very slowly if at all for the affordable plans.) The customer service - and customer appreciation - is abysmal. I wish that weren't the case. Like I said, I want to like this app. But it's hard to stand behind a company who doesn't value its customers. ****Update: Due to this review, the founder emailed and gave me ZERO business days notice before deleting five years of my data. Luckily, I already migrated to a new system due to the above concerns, but I would hate a small business to be left without their data. (You will notice a similar pattern of vindictive behavior in the comments of poor reviews, making exaggerated claims about FB posts. I have posted concerns over loss of functionality on the FB page and they were quickly removed and no one from customer service reached out.)

I love Craftybase. It takes a bit to understand it but it really helps me in pricing out my jewelry and at the end of the year, so easy to run a PL report to provide to your tax accountant. I only wish I could speak directly to someone when I have questions. But otherwise I love this app.

I have used other inventory management apps. None are as seamless and user friendly as Craftybase.

It is exactly what I was wanting to keep track of my supplies and products! Always room for improvement, but it's reasonably priced and once you get going, very easy to work with.

If you need software to manage your materials inventory, create recipes from those materials for your products to estimate cost of products, and have the materials automatically deducted from your inventory when you sell a product on shopify, you will need the $1200 / year plan. CB have turned a basic function off to force you to upgrade if you want materials deducted automatically when a product sells. I have had to upgrade two times since joining CB to get what I see as very basic functions.

This has saved me a tremendous amount of time and stress with my production. I run a dairy farm and produce a product, so I don't have enough hours in my day. This was so easy to set up and get going on better tracking and management of the business. LOVE IT. Would highly recommend.

So far so good! Very user friendly. This is what I needed to start a new business. Having already a million things to do I did not need another headache platform and this was nothing of that. Thank you! Also Shout out to Wade Thomas from Black Tie Barn for teaming up with Crafty base for a whole walk through. This made my life so much easier to have a walk though. Special Thanks to Wade!

I cannot tell you how thrilled I am with Craftybase! I tried another option beforehand and just couldn't get behind the interface. This platform is incredibly intuitive and easy to maneuver within. I have a handbag brand and complicated product I make to order. I found it very easy to sort through everything and once I wrangled the bulk imports/uploads, it was very easy! It's amazing to see everything in this platform and not in my complicated offline spreadsheets! Can't wait for 2027 when I can look back at 2026 and the tax year and am so relieved not to have to work in crappy offline spreadsheets! I would HIGHLY recommend Craftybase to any maker or small business!

Just started using the program and so far it is incredible. This program came highly recommended, sure hope it doesn't disappoint!

The program is perfect for my small candle making business. It keeps all my stock information and informs me when I am running low on supplies. I really couldn't run my business without it.