Stocky vs. Vendee Pro at a glance
Both tools help Shopify retailers manage inventory and write purchase orders. The difference is scope. Stocky focuses on inventory counts, forecasting, and POs inside Shopify. Vendee Pro is a complete buying platform with an AI assistant, open-to-buy budgeting, and market-floor capture layered on top of a two-way Shopify sync.
| Capability | Stocky (by Shopify) | Vendee Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Two-way Shopify sync | Yes | Yes |
| Purchase orders & receiving | Yes | Yes, multi-location with per-line landed cost |
| Demand forecasting | Yes | Yes, 30-day moving average + reorder automation |
| Stocktakes & transfers | Yes | Yes, scan-to-count + transfer recommendations |
| AI assistant (chat & voice) | — | Yes, Ava with 100+ tools |
| Open-to-buy budget planning | — | Yes, live OTB tracking |
| AI vendor-PO import (Faire, NuOrder, Joor, Elastic) | — | Yes, from PDF / image / CSV / XLSX |
| Market & trade-show capture (photo + voice) | — | Yes |
| Works beyond Shopify | Shopify only | More POS on the roadmap |
Comparison reflects publicly available information about Stocky at the time of writing and is provided in good faith. Stocky is a product of Shopify; verify current Stocky features in the Shopify Help Center.
Why retailers switch from Stocky to Vendee Pro
An AI assistant that does the busywork
Ava, the Vendee Pro AI assistant, answers questions across your POs, inventory, vendors, and OTB, and can draft a purchase order or propose product edits in plain English. Every write action waits for your one-click confirmation.
Open-to-buy you can actually plan against
Set monthly budgets by category and location and watch on-order and remaining OTB move in real time as POs flow through. Stocky does not plan budgets; Vendee Pro is built around them.
Turn a line sheet into a PO in seconds
Drop a Faire, NuOrder, Joor, or Elastic Suite order (PDF, image, CSV, or XLSX) and Vendee Pro reads every line into a draft purchase order, matching variants and prices for you.
Buy from the market floor
At a trade show, snap a photo, speak the order, and Vendee Pro drafts the PO and the product on the spot. Publish to Shopify with one click when you are back.
Moving from Stocky is painless
You do not start from scratch. Vendee Pro connects to your Shopify store and mirrors your catalog, variants, locations, and live on-hand inventory, so your real numbers are there on day one. You can also import data exported from Stocky to carry over your buying history. Mapping locations takes a few minutes, and from there the two-way sync keeps everything in step.
Keep Stocky if all you need is free inventory counts inside Shopify. Choose Vendee Pro when buying is a job, not an afterthought, and you want AI, open-to-buy, and market capture working alongside you.
Frequently asked questions
Is Vendee Pro a good alternative to Stocky?
Vendee Pro is an AI-native alternative for Shopify retailers who want more than inventory counts: an AI assistant, open-to-buy planning, AI-powered vendor-PO import, and voice and photo capture for buying on the market floor. Stocky is a capable free inventory app included with Shopify POS Pro; Vendee Pro is a paid buying platform built around an AI workflow.
Can I import my data from Stocky?
Yes. Vendee Pro can import data exported from Stocky, and it syncs your live catalog, variants, locations, and inventory directly from Shopify, so you start from your real on-hand counts rather than a blank slate.
Does Vendee Pro work with Shopify POS?
Yes. Vendee Pro connects to Shopify and syncs products, variants, locations, inventory, and orders in both directions. Received purchase orders push on-hand deltas back to the correct Shopify location.
What does Vendee Pro do that Stocky does not?
Vendee Pro adds an AI assistant (chat and voice), AI vendor-PO import from Faire, NuOrder, Joor, and Elastic Suite, live open-to-buy budget planning, market and trade-show capture by photo and voice, and a roadmap for non-Shopify POS systems.
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