How does each one cost a finished product?

Inventora costs materials first-in-first-out from your supply orders, with shipping, taxes and discounts folded in, and calculates the COGS of sales synced from your shops; it says it does not track labor cost. Intakes prices each production run from the materials it actually consumed, plus whatever labor and overhead you add to that run, spread over what the run produced — so a finished candle carries materials, your time and overhead.

Which connects to more shops?

Inventora: Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, Square, Wix and Squarespace, with stock levels kept in sync across them. Intakes connects eBay and Etsy, reads them within a minute of an order, and does not write stock back yet; Shopify and Square are next. If you sell on several of those shops and need their stock in step today, Inventora does that and Intakes does not.

Does Inventora do expenses and taxes?

Its help centre shows how to pull inventory and purchase totals from its Reports page for your tax return, and says to value closing inventory at cost. Expenses, mileage and a tax report are not described. Intakes records expenses with receipts and mileage at the IRS rate, and produces a year-end packet with cost of goods worked two ways and placed on Schedule C.

Inventora starts at $23 a month with limits on materials, product variants and team members (two on Starter, extra members $9 to $15 each). Intakes is $49 a month with 1,000 items and 300 sales included and unlimited people. For one person with a few hundred products Inventora costs less; for a team, or a catalog past its limits, the gap closes.

Intakes vs Inventora

Inventora is a lighter, cheaper maker tool with six shop integrations and stock kept in sync across them. Intakes costs each run from what it actually used, counts your labor and overhead, keeps a bulk purchase open while you use it, records expenses and mileage, produces a year-end packet, and includes unlimited people — and it handles resale beside production. If you mainly need stock synced across your shops at a low price, Inventora fits. If you need the full cost of what you make and the books around it, Intakes does.

Everything said here about Inventora was read from inventora.com on October 29, 2026. If something has changed since, tell us and we will fix it.

Side by side

	Intakes	Inventora
Built for	Businesses that buy, make and sell; the true cost of each piece.	Makers and small manufacturers: materials, products, production and shop stock sync.
Costing	✓ Actual cost per run from the materials consumed, plus labor and overhead added to the run.	◐ Materials FIFO from supply orders with shipping, taxes and discounts; COGS on synced sales; no labor cost.
Recipes and production	✓ Recipes with yields, a grid for a family of variants, work orders that reserve materials and record output as it comes, a schedule board.	✓ Products made from materials, reusable formulas, batches and variants, a production board, full batch traceability.
Purchases	✓ A purchase stays open while you use it; what is made meanwhile is provisional until it closes.	✓ Supply orders with lead times, purchase orders emailed to suppliers, invoices imported by photo or PDF, partially received orders.
Sales channels	◐ eBay and Etsy, orders within a minute with fees; nothing written back yet.	✓ Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, Square, Wix and Squarespace, with stock levels synced across them.
Reselling bought goods	✓ Same purchases, stock and sales as made goods; lot costing for mixed buys.	◐ Products can be purchased as well as made; lot costing is not described.
Expenses, mileage, tax	✓ Expenses with receipts, mileage, a year-end packet placed on Schedule C.	◐ Inventory and purchase totals on a reports page for your return; no expense or mileage tracking described.
People	✓ Unlimited people, roles and permissions, one plan.	◐ 2, 5 or 10 team members by plan; extra members $9–$15 a month each.
Limits	1,000 items and 300 sales a month included, then a flat price per extra.	500, 2,000 or 10,000 materials and product variants by plan; 2–5 integrations; unlimited sales.

The honest split

Where Inventora is the better choice

You sell on Shopify, WooCommerce, Square, Wix or Squarespace and want stock synced across them today.
You are one person, or two, and the lowest monthly price matters.
You want purchase orders emailed to suppliers and invoices read from a photo.
Materials cost is enough; you do not need your time in the number.

Where Intakes is the better choice

You want labor and overhead in the cost of what you make, per run.
You buy materials in bulk and use them over weeks, with nothing guessed meanwhile.
You resell as well as make.
You want expenses, mileage and a Schedule C-ready year-end beside production.
Several people work in the business and you want them all in, with roles.
You sell on eBay, or want orders within a minute of being paid.

Pricing, as of the date above

Intakes

$49 / month

One plan, every feature, unlimited people.
1,000 items and 300 completed sales a month included; beyond that $0.02 per item and $0.10 per sale.
90-day free trial, no card needed.

Inventora

Starter $23 a month: 500 materials, 500 variants, 2 team members, 2 integrations.
Business $48: 2,000 materials and variants, 5 members, 3 integrations.
Growth $120: 10,000 materials and variants, 10 members, 5 integrations, 3 production locations.
7-day free trial; yearly billing saves 18%; no refunds.

Prices from inventora.com/pricing-plans, monthly billing.

Questions people ask

How does each one cost a finished product?: Inventora costs materials first-in-first-out from your supply orders, with shipping, taxes and discounts folded in, and calculates the COGS of sales synced from your shops; it says it does not track labor cost. Intakes prices each production run from the materials it actually consumed, plus whatever labor and overhead you add to that run, spread over what the run produced — so a finished candle carries materials, your time and overhead.
Which connects to more shops?: Inventora: Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, Square, Wix and Squarespace, with stock levels kept in sync across them. Intakes connects eBay and Etsy, reads them within a minute of an order, and does not write stock back yet; Shopify and Square are next. If you sell on several of those shops and need their stock in step today, Inventora does that and Intakes does not.
Does Inventora do expenses and taxes?: Its help centre shows how to pull inventory and purchase totals from its Reports page for your tax return, and says to value closing inventory at cost. Expenses, mileage and a tax report are not described. Intakes records expenses with receipts and mileage at the IRS rate, and produces a year-end packet with cost of goods worked two ways and placed on Schedule C.
Which is cheaper?: Inventora starts at $23 a month with limits on materials, product variants and team members (two on Starter, extra members $9 to $15 each). Intakes is $49 a month with 1,000 items and 300 sales included and unlimited people. For one person with a few hundred products Inventora costs less; for a team, or a catalog past its limits, the gap closes.