Prediko vs ToolsGroup Demand Planning

Prediko is an inventory planning product for D2C and Shopify brands. It helps merchants forecast demand, plan supply, and create purchase orders. AI-assisted demand planning supports revenue-target planning and checks plans against supply; supply planning recommends what to buy, when, and how much, with a 12-month purchase order calendar. Other tools include purchase order management, buying alerts, inventory transfer recommendations, more than 20 reports, custom dashboards, and AI-generated inventory insights. Prediko supports connected planning for raw materials and finished goods, with Raw Materials Forecasting & BOMs listed as a $20 add-on. It lists more than 100 integrations across warehouse management, e-commerce, shipping and logistics, and marketplace tools. Shopify compatibility includes Basic, Advanced, Plus, POS, and B2B. Native Amazon integration is coming soon; Amazon is currently available through the third-party app CEDCommerce. The product has a public API and offers a full-featured 14-day free trial with help connecting a store and configuring an account. Starter is $49 a month for stores up to $100K in revenue, with unlimited users and SKUs; there is no free plan.

ToolsGroup Demand Planning combines probabilistic forecasting, AI forecast augmentation, and real-time demand sensing for organizations planning demand and inventory. Its forecasting is designed for intermittent, seasonal, long-tail, lumpy, and promotion-driven demand. Demand sensing analyzes real-time signals for changing patterns, while collaborative planning aligns sales, operations, and supply teams around a consensus forecast and workflow. Demand shaping uses pricing, promotions, and inventory-aware decisions to influence demand. ToolsGroup says its self-adaptive AI improves accuracy across a product’s lifecycle while reducing bullwhip effects. Decion is designed to integrate with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, and other operational, planning, and data platforms. The product is described for manufacturers, aftermarket organizations, wholesale distributors, and retailers. It runs on the web; the cloud service uses segregated customer environments at application and database levels. ToolsGroup says stored data is encrypted with AES-256 and data in transit is protected using TLS with certificates using at least 4096-bit RSA keys. Pricing is on request and depends on capabilities, scope, users, integrations, and implementation requirements. ToolsGroup was founded in Boston in 1993.