Is Katana a manufacturing system?

Yes. Katana describes multi-level bills of materials, make to order and make to stock workflows, outsourced and contract manufacturing, and a Shop Floor App for production tasks.

Does Invechar handle manufacturing?

Partly. Invechar supports bundles and assembly builds that turn components into finished stock from a bill of materials, with the cost rolled into a FIFO layer. It has no production scheduling or shop floor app, so makers with real production should look at Katana.

Which channels does Katana connect to?

Katana describes a native two-way Shopify integration and a WooCommerce integration, with Amazon FBA stock pulled in as a location; its support guides route some marketplaces through a partner. Invechar connects Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and more directly.

Does Invechar track lots and serials like Katana?

Yes. Invechar records lot codes with expiry dates and serial numbers when stock is received, and follows serials through shipment and return. Katana also lists batch, lot and serial tracking.

Invechar vs Katana

Katana Cloud Inventory, formerly Katana MRP, is inventory and manufacturing software for product businesses. It covers multi-level bills of materials, make to order and make to stock production, a Shop Floor App and a warehouse app, with Shopify, WooCommerce, QuickBooks Online and Xero integrations. Invechar is built for multichannel sellers, with an AI Brain that prepares the daily work.

Who Each Is For

Katana: Makers and brands that manufacture what they sell, in-house or with contract manufacturers, and need bills of materials, production, traceability and a shop floor app, with Shopify and accounting connected.
Invechar: Sellers whose products are bought in or simply assembled, and whose daily work is marketplaces: stock across channels, repricing, claims, purchasing and cash, prepared by a Brain.

Katana vs Invechar, Area by Area

Area	Katana	Invechar
Approach	Cloud inventory and manufacturing for product businesses	An AI Brain finds the work every hour and does it when you approve a Daily Task
Manufacturing	Yes. Multi-level BOMs, make to order or stock, outsourced and contract manufacturing, Shop Floor App	Partial. Assembly builds from a bill of materials with cost rolled in. No production scheduling or shop floor tools
Traceability	Yes. Batch, lot and serial tracking with barcode workflows	Yes. Lot codes with expiry and serial numbers recorded at receiving and followed through shipment
Warehouse	Yes. A warehouse app for picking, packing and receiving	Yes. Bins, putaway, pick waves by carrier cutoff, cycle counts and a scan-to-verify Pack Station, from a phone
Channels	Partial. Two-way Shopify and WooCommerce. Amazon FBA stock as a location; some marketplaces through a partner	Yes. Amazon, eBay, Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, Square, PrestaShop, Google Shopping, Mirakl marketplaces, bol.com, Kaufland, Allegro and Mercado Libre. Walmart in beta
Accounting	Yes. QuickBooks Online and Xero integrations	Partial. A monthly journal posted to QuickBooks or Xero, or exported as CSV. No built-in ledger accounts
Repricing and Buy Box	Not Stated. Not stated on the public pages we checked	Yes. A rule per SKU (Brain, Match Buy Box or Match Lowest) with a profit floor from your real cost and the SKU's actual fees
Money Owed by Amazon	Not Stated. Not stated on the public pages we checked	Yes. Money Finder prepares reimbursement claims and a fee audit, ready to submit in Seller Central

Not Stated means we could not find it on their public pages, which is not the same as missing.

Where Katana Is Stronger

Multi-level bills of materials with subassemblies
Make to order and make to stock, plus outsourced and contract manufacturing
A Shop Floor App for production tasks
Batch, lot and serial tracking with barcode workflows
A warehouse app for picking, packing and receiving
QuickBooks Online and Xero integrations

Where Invechar Differs

Direct connections to Amazon, eBay, Etsy and European marketplaces
Buy Box repricing with a floor from your real cost
Amazon reimbursement claims and listing alerts
Restock proposals with learned supplier lead times
Pick waves and a Pack Station for shipping orders
Daily Tasks for restocks, price moves and listing fixes, prepared by an AI Brain

Move Selling Operations to Invechar

Export Products and Stock: Export products, materials, stock by location and suppliers as CSV.
Import Finished Goods First: Import the products you sell, with bundles for kits. Keep raw materials in Katana if you still manufacture there.
Connect Your Channels: Connect your marketplaces and stores, then review drifts before any stock push.
Decide Who Owns Sellable Stock: One system should push quantities to each channel.

If production stays in Katana, record finished goods arriving in Invechar as stock receipts.

Sources

Every fact about Katana on this page comes from these public pages, checked October 2026. Plans and features change, so confirm current details with Katana.

Questions

Is Katana a manufacturing system?: Yes. Katana describes multi-level bills of materials, make to order and make to stock workflows, outsourced and contract manufacturing, and a Shop Floor App for production tasks.
Does Invechar handle manufacturing?: Partly. Invechar supports bundles and assembly builds that turn components into finished stock from a bill of materials, with the cost rolled into a FIFO layer. It has no production scheduling or shop floor app, so makers with real production should look at Katana.
Which channels does Katana connect to?: Katana describes a native two-way Shopify integration and a WooCommerce integration, with Amazon FBA stock pulled in as a location; its support guides route some marketplaces through a partner. Invechar connects Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and more directly.
Does Invechar track lots and serials like Katana?: Yes. Invechar records lot codes with expiry dates and serial numbers when stock is received, and follows serials through shipment and return. Katana also lists batch, lot and serial tracking.