frePPLe vs RELEX Demand Planning

frePPLe is supply-chain planning software for forecasting, inventory, production and replenishment. Its production plans account for limited material supply and resource capacity, and planners can adjust jobs in an interactive Gantt chart. Forecasting uses statistical and AI techniques, with method selection and team review and editing. Inventory planning calculates safety stocks and reorder quantities, creates replenishment orders, and supports item segmentation and tailored rules. The multilingual Community edition is a browser-based application. Integrations include REST API, CSV, Excel and direct database access; Community also includes two-way Odoo integration. Community and Enterprise provide Ubuntu Linux binaries and Docker images, while Enterprise can be installed on customer hardware. Platforms listed are API, Linux, self-hosted and web. Community users rely on DIY support through a user group; Cloud and Enterprise list professional support. The product offers a 15-day trial and a free scheme for academic use by contacting the company. Subscription pricing is based on active item-location pairs, and Cloud lists a maximum of six scenarios.

RELEX Demand Planning forecasts demand for planning across merchandising, supply chains, and operations. Its manufacturer-focused Demand Planning & Sensing supports SKU/day forecasts, aggregated up to a 24-month horizon, along with demand sensing and product lifecycle forecasting. Models can account for promotions, point-of-sale signals, weather, seasonality, cannibalization, and halo effects. For new products, a Product Attribute AI agent matches them with reference products to create day-one forecasts. Configurable dashboards let planners review, adjust, aggregate, and share forecasts, handle exceptions, investigate anomalies, and see how demand factors affect results. Users can compare what-if scenarios before choosing a plan to execute. Connections are available through files and APIs, with named systems including SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Visma, IFS, AS400, Databricks, and Snowflake. The SAP Connector supports S/4HANA on-premises, S/4HANA private cloud (RISE), and ECC 6.0 EHP8, but not S/4 public cloud (GROW) or earlier ECC versions. RELEX lists web as its platform. Pricing is on request; prospective customers can request a demo.