The Best Purchase Order Apps for Shopify in 2026
August 2026 · 8 min read
Purchase orders are the least glamorous part of running a store and one of the most expensive to get wrong: stockouts on your best sellers, double-orders that eat your cash, and cost records scattered across email threads. The right tool depends almost entirely on what kind of store you are — so this guide is organized that way.
If you order occasionally: Shopify's native POs (free)
Since 2026, basic purchase orders live in the Shopify admin on every plan: create a PO, receive against it, track incoming stock. If you place a handful of orders a quarter and mostly need a record, use this and pay nobody. Its limits: no reorder points, no lead-time math, no suggestions — it records decisions but never prompts one. We wrote a five-minute test for whether free is enough for you.
If you reorder weekly and hate stockouts: Restockly ($19/mo flat)
Our app, and the reason we built it: most small retail and POS stores need real purchasing workflow — POs emailed to suppliers, partial receiving that syncs inventory at the right location, supplier lead times on record — plus the one feature that pays the bill: reorder points computed from your actual sales velocity and each supplier's lead time, with suggested quantities that subtract what's already inbound. Flat $19/month at any size, 14-day trial, and one-click import if you're coming from Stocky (migrations done personally, free). App Store listing →
If inventory planning is a core discipline: Prediko (~$49+/mo)
For scaling DTC brands where buying is somebody's actual job: AI demand forecasting, buying budgets, raw-material planning, team approval workflows. Excellent at what it does; overkill if you need eight POs a month. Price scales with catalog and features.
If you sell on multiple channels: Sumtracker (~$59/mo)
The multi-channel answer: stock synced across Shopify, Amazon, eBay, and Etsy with POs and forecasting on top. If Shopify is your only channel, you'd be paying for syncing you don't need.
If your workflow is barcode-first: EasyScan
A barcode operations tool that also touches POs — receiving and counting built around scanners. The right specialist if scanning IS your workflow; the wrong shape if purchasing brains are what you need.
If everything runs through QuickBooks: Stockroom by MyWorks (free)
Free unlimited POs with partial receiving, built as a funnel for their paid QuickBooks sync. If QB is your accounting backbone, it's a serious option. Go in knowing the model: free tools sponsored by a company with other priorities can be retired when priorities shift — which is exactly what happened to Stocky, the app whose shutdown sent you searching.
The honest summary
| You are… | Best fit | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| An occasional orderer | Native Shopify POs | Free |
| A small retail/POS store reordering weekly | Restockly | $19/mo flat |
| A scaling brand with a buyer | Prediko | ~$49+/mo |
| A multi-channel seller | Sumtracker | ~$59/mo |
| A barcode-first warehouse | EasyScan | Tiered |
| A QuickBooks-centric store | Stockroom | Free (QB sync paid) |
Coming from Stocky before the shutdown deadline? Two more resources: the data export checklist (urgent — access goes read-only after shutdown) and the full Stocky alternatives comparison.