“Product business with simpler requirements: Consider Xero Inventory Plus before committing to a separate specialist platform.”
“Multiple inventory locations.”
“Purchase and sales orders.”
“Stock management and returns.”
“Ecommerce integrations.”
“Best if you want to stay within the Xero ecosystem.”
“Product business: Xero combined with Cin7 Core or Unleashed is a stronger option for complex inventory.”
“More comprehensive inventory and order management.”
“Multiple warehouses.”
“Sales channel integrations.”
“Purchasing and fulfilment.”
“Stock control and inventory reporting.”
“Worth considering for growing product businesses.”
“Product business: Xero combined with Cin7 Core or Unleashed is a stronger option for complex inventory.”
“Multi-warehouse stock control.”
“Purchasing and supplier management.”
“Inventory costing.”
“Xero accounting integration.”
“Worth considering for wholesale, distribution and manufacturing.”
“Product business: Xero combined with Cin7 Core or Unleashed is a stronger option for complex inventory.”
“Basic stock tracking | Limited | Yes”
“Convert estimates to invoices | Yes | Yes”
“Xero's standard inventory functionality is relatively basic.”
“However, standard Xero inventory isn't designed to provide comprehensive multi-warehouse and multi-channel stock management.”
“Built-in time tracking | Yes | Limited”
“Multiple warehouses | No | No”
“Verdict: FreeAgent is particularly good for service businesses, consultants, freelancers and contractors who bill customers for their time.”
“FreeAgent has built-in time tracking, so you don't necessarily need a separate timesheet application.”
“Time tracking that feeds directly into invoices: Yes.”
“FreeAgent lets you convert an estimate into an invoice with one click.”
“FreeAgent is particularly good for service businesses, consultants, freelancers and contractors who bill customers for their time.”
“Basic stock tracking | Limited | Yes”
“Multiple warehouses | No | No”