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Best Retail Assortment Planning Software in 2026

Retail assortment planning software helps teams shape product ranges across selling channels, locations and seasons. Compare channel planning, location planning and open-to-buy planning, along with the planning horizon each option covers.

  1. 01 Flowlity

    Flowlity Lite suits small businesses that need demand forecasting, supply planning, and order management for up to 5,000 SKUs.

    From €249/mo Free trial Web · API
    8.7 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Anaplan
    Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.2 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Assortment.AI

    It is aimed at category management teams, space planning specialists, and commercial directors evaluating store-level assortment and merchandising scenarios.

    Web · API
    8.2 Visit Specs
  4. 04 Centric Planning & Pricing

    It suits global brands, retailers and manufacturers coordinating assortment, pricing and inventory, particularly in fashion, footwear, outdoor and sports.

    Web
    8.0 Visit Specs
  5. 05 SAP Retail

    SAP Retail suits retailers managing merchandising, store operations, and complex supply chains.

    Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.0 Visit Specs
  6. 06 NIQ

    NIQ is suited to manufacturers, retailers, media companies, and financial institutions that need market intelligence or research capabilities.

    Web · Windows · iOS · Android
    7.7 Visit Specs
  7. 07 Increff Merchandising Software

    It suits retail, D2C, marketplace and omnichannel teams that need store-level forecasting and merchandising tools.

    Free trial Web
    7.5 Visit Specs
  8. 08 TCS BaNCS for Treasury

    It suits banks and corporations needing consolidated treasury operations across entities, currencies, and languages.

    Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.5 Visit Specs
  9. 09 AssortSmart

    AssortSmart suits retailers and merchandising teams planning apparel, accessories, footwear, electronics, or appliances across stores and channels.

    7.2 Visit Specs
  10. 10 LEAFIO AI Assortment Performance

    It suits grocery, supermarket, drugstore, health and beauty, convenience, liquor, toy, and pet retailers.

    Web · API
    7.1 Visit Specs
  11. 11 SymphonyAI Assortment Optimization

    It suits retailers seeking localized assortments and automated planograms, plus CPG suppliers collaborating on distribution and item decisions.

    Web
    7.1 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Toolio

    Toolio is aimed at merchants, planners, and finance teams in growing brands, retailers, and global enterprises.

    Web
    6.8 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Vusion Assortment

    It suits retail teams planning assortments across national, regional, cluster, and store levels.

    6.8 Visit Specs
  14. 14 Style Arcade

    It suits fashion brands, retailers, multi-brand businesses, and omnichannel retailers needing analytics, forecasting, and assortment planning.

    Web
    6.7 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Circana Assortment Analytics
    5.8 Visit Specs
  16. 16 RELEX Assortment Planning
    Web
    5.7 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Retalon Store Planning
    Web
    5.6 Visit Specs
  18. 18 SAS Merchandise Planning
    5.4 Visit Specs
How this list is ordered. Specifiction scores each tool on how fully its maker documents it, whether its prices are published, where the research puts it, the platforms it runs on and whether it can be tried for free (how we rank). Makers can also buy a numbered place (how Specifiction is paid for).

Size and color planning and scenario planning can help distinguish the kinds of assortment decisions represented, while seasonal planning adds another point of comparison. NIQ, Flowlity and Increff Merchandising Software are among the named options; Centric Planning & Pricing and RELEX Demand Planning are also included. Check free-plan availability and paid-from pricing alongside the planning capabilities, then focus on which listed criteria match the decisions your team needs to make.

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