Is Stocksmith the same as Craftybase?

Yes. Craftybase became Stocksmith on 1 July 2026 — the same team, the same software, the same plans. craftybase.com now goes to stocksmith.io. It is a bootstrapped company in Australia that has built maker inventory software since 2013 and says it serves over 10,000 product businesses.

How do the two work out what a product costs?

Stocksmith values materials and finished goods at weighted average cost, which it says is one of the methods permitted under IAS 2: when a new purchase of wax comes in dearer, the average moves. Intakes prices each production run from what it actually consumed, so the candles poured from the dear bag cost more and the ones from the cheap bag cost less, and the labor and overhead you add to a run are spread over what it actually produced. Both are legitimate; they answer slightly different questions, and Intakes’ answer is per batch.

Which one connects to more shops?

Stocksmith, clearly. It imports orders from Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce, Etsy, Square, Faire, Wix and Squarespace and pushes stock levels back to several of them, with QuickBooks on its top plan. Intakes connects eBay and Etsy, reads them within a minute, writes nothing back yet, and has Shopify and Square next. If you sell across several of those shops and need stock kept in step today, that is the deciding difference.

What about materials bought in bulk and still being used?

In Intakes a purchase stays open while you use it: buy 100 yards of fleece with freight, start cutting, and close the purchase when it is fully counted; anything made before then is marked provisional and settles the moment the purchase closes, with nothing guessed in between. Stocksmith tracks purchase orders from creation to receipt and updates its averages when purchase prices change.

I also resell things I did not make — which handles that?

Intakes was built for both: bought goods and made goods go through the same purchases, the same stock and the same sales, so a shop that sells its own sweaters beside vintage finds keeps one set of books. Stocksmith is built around materials, recipes and finished goods; reselling finished goods you bought is not something its site describes.

Intakes vs Stocksmith (formerly Craftybase)

Stocksmith — Craftybase until July 2026 — is the established maker tool, with years behind it, more sales channels than anyone in this category, and stock pushed back to several of them. Intakes takes a different line on the number itself: each batch is priced from what it actually consumed rather than a rolling average, a bulk purchase stays open while you use it, bought goods and made goods live in one system, and unlimited people are included. If you sell on several shops and need their stock synced today, pick Stocksmith. If the per-batch cost and the resale side matter more, pick Intakes.

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

Side by side

	Intakes	Stocksmith
Built for	Businesses that buy, make and sell — makers, resellers and shops that do both.	Makers and small manufacturers: materials, recipes, batches and the COGS figure.
Costing method	✓ Actual cost per batch: each run is priced from the materials it consumed at what those materials cost, plus the labor and overhead you add, spread over what the run produced.	✓ Weighted average cost for materials and finished goods, updated when purchase prices change, with labor and overhead allocated per product.
Materials, recipes, batches	✓ Recipes with yields, several per product; a whole family of variants on one recipe grid; work orders that reserve materials, record output as it comes, and can finish short; a schedule board for the week.	✓ Recipes and bills of materials to unlimited depth, batch records with a material audit trail, actual versus expected output, production scheduling on Business and above.
A purchase still being used up	✓ Stays open while you draw from it; everything made from it is provisional until it closes, then settles to the real figure.	◐ Purchase orders tracked from creation to receipt; costs update when prices change.
Sales channels	◐ eBay and Etsy, orders within a minute with fees and tracking; nothing written back yet. Shopify and Square next.	✓ Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce, Etsy, Square, Faire, Wix and Squarespace import orders; stock pushed back to Shopify, WooCommerce, Etsy and Faire; QuickBooks sync on Growth.
Reselling bought goods	✓ The same purchases, stock and sales as made goods, with lot costing for a mixed buy.	— Not described on its site.
Expenses and mileage	✓ Expenses with receipts, refunds, trips at the IRS rate.	— Not described on its site.
Tax time	✓ Year-end packet with inventory both ends and cost of goods worked two ways, placed on Schedule C for a US business; PDF and CSV.	✓ A year-end COGS report, inventory valuation at cost, and reports described as ready for tax time.
People	✓ Unlimited, with roles, permissions and a full history, on the one plan.	✓ Unlimited users with roles and an audit trail on Indie and above.
Limits	1,000 items and 300 completed sales a month included, then a flat price per extra.	Priced by order lines a month: 1,000 on Indie, 5,000 on Business, more on Growth; one sales channel on Pro.
Currency	✓ Any currency per workspace.	Not described on the pages read.

The honest split

Where Stocksmith is the better choice

You sell on Shopify, Amazon, Faire, WooCommerce, Wix or Squarespace and want orders in and stock levels pushed back today.
You want QuickBooks to receive your COGS and inventory figures automatically.
Deep bills of materials — sub-assemblies inside assemblies — are how your products are built.
You want a tool with a long track record in exactly this category and a large maker community around it.

Where Intakes is the better choice

You want each batch costed from what it actually used, not an average that moves with the next purchase.
You buy materials in bulk and use them over weeks, and want nothing guessed in the meantime.
You resell as well as make, and want one set of books.
You want expenses, mileage and a Schedule C-ready year-end beside your production figures.
You sell on eBay as well as Etsy, or you want orders within a minute rather than daily or hourly.
You want every feature and unlimited people on one plan.

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.

Stocksmith

Pro $20 a month, one sales channel.
Studio $49 a month, multi-user inventory and recipes.
Indie $99 a month ($83 billed yearly): 1,000 order lines a month, unlimited users and channels, daily imports, manual stock sync.
Business $199 ($166 yearly): 5,000 order lines, hourly imports, automatic stock sync, Amazon, scheduling.
Growth $349 ($291 yearly): more order lines, QuickBooks inventory sync, priority support.
14-day free trial on any plan, no card needed.

Prices from stocksmith.io/pricing in US dollars. Its page showed Studio as $41 struck through to $49, so the current figure may differ.

Questions people ask

Is Stocksmith the same as Craftybase?: Yes. Craftybase became Stocksmith on 1 July 2026 — the same team, the same software, the same plans. craftybase.com now goes to stocksmith.io. It is a bootstrapped company in Australia that has built maker inventory software since 2013 and says it serves over 10,000 product businesses.
How do the two work out what a product costs?: Stocksmith values materials and finished goods at weighted average cost, which it says is one of the methods permitted under IAS 2: when a new purchase of wax comes in dearer, the average moves. Intakes prices each production run from what it actually consumed, so the candles poured from the dear bag cost more and the ones from the cheap bag cost less, and the labor and overhead you add to a run are spread over what it actually produced. Both are legitimate; they answer slightly different questions, and Intakes’ answer is per batch.
Which one connects to more shops?: Stocksmith, clearly. It imports orders from Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce, Etsy, Square, Faire, Wix and Squarespace and pushes stock levels back to several of them, with QuickBooks on its top plan. Intakes connects eBay and Etsy, reads them within a minute, writes nothing back yet, and has Shopify and Square next. If you sell across several of those shops and need stock kept in step today, that is the deciding difference.
What about materials bought in bulk and still being used?: In Intakes a purchase stays open while you use it: buy 100 yards of fleece with freight, start cutting, and close the purchase when it is fully counted; anything made before then is marked provisional and settles the moment the purchase closes, with nothing guessed in between. Stocksmith tracks purchase orders from creation to receipt and updates its averages when purchase prices change.
I also resell things I did not make — which handles that?: Intakes was built for both: bought goods and made goods go through the same purchases, the same stock and the same sales, so a shop that sells its own sweaters beside vintage finds keeps one set of books. Stocksmith is built around materials, recipes and finished goods; reselling finished goods you bought is not something its site describes.