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Katana Cloud Manufacturing
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Cloud manufacturing platform to make business easier.

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Katana Cloud Manufacturing Pricing, Features, Reviews and Alternatives

Katana Cloud Manufacturing product overview

Price starts from

99

/user

Per month

What is Katana Cloud Manufacturing?

Katana offers a cloud manufacturing platform that makes daily life easier for you and your business. Bring your manufacturing operations into a single platform with integrations for sales, accounting, and shipping, get total visibility of everything you’re working on, and data to help you predict trends and make more informed business decisions.

Key benefits of using Katana Cloud Manufacturing

  • Get a simplified but complete overview of the status of all your manufacturing operations – easily manage your resources, set tasks for team members, and monitor the progress of projects

  • Automatically track stock movement across your production cycle and multiple warehouses, allowing you to maintain optimal inventory levels at all locations

  • Automate tasks from your master production schedule using Katana’s real-time master planner to streamline your manufacturing process

  • Track inventory in real-time and automatically allocate available materials and finished products to fulfill orders

  • Automate your workflows via seamless integrations with popular e-commerce and accounting platforms, like Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Xero, QuickBooks Online, and more

  • Take advantage of other integrations via Zapier, and build your own custom workflows with Katana's open API

  • Build BOMs and track material availability for make-to-order workflows or fulfill orders from available product stock

  • As soon as orders are generated, you’ll get automatic inventory adjustments, calculated operational costs, and assigned raw inventory

  • Use barcode scanning to quickly identify products and materials and keep track of items and batch numbers when receiving, consuming, or counting goods

  • Sync sales orders from multiple channels into a single platform to plan and prioritize production

  • Batch or lot tracking allows you to quickly track and easily trace all your materials and products, and batch and expiry date tracking give you end-to-end traceability to stay industry compliant

  • Take your floor-level operations to the next level with Katana's Shop Floor App – easily create, set up, and remove shop floor operators, track time spent on tasks, and track real versus actual materials used
  • Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    FAQs/Forum
    24/7 (Live rep)
    Chat
    Email/Help Desk
    Knowledge Base

    Training options

    Documentation
    Webinars
    Live Online
    Videos

    Katana Cloud Manufacturing pricing information

    Value for money

    4.6

    /5

    149

    Starting from

    99

    /user

    Per month

    Pricing options

    Free plan
    Subscription
    Free trial
    Pricing range

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    Katana Cloud Manufacturing features

    Functionality

    4.3

    /5

    149

    Total features

    135

    14 categories

    Most valued features by users

    Reporting & Statistics
    Activity Dashboard
    Third Party Integrations
    Inventory Management
    API
    Data Import/Export
    Customizable Reports
    Billing & Invoicing

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    Katana Cloud Manufacturing users reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.7

    /5

    149

    Positive reviews

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.95/10
    Rating distribution

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    2

    Pros
    It is really great at helping us track our costs and meet our delivery standards. It connects natively to Shopify which is a big bonus and helps us pull for our orders more efficiently.
    It's great to be able to log in on any computer without having to install software, and it's done an amazing job of keeping our inventory tidy and up-to-date.
    We ran into a few hiccups at the beginning and the support team was very responsive and helpful in helping us remedy our issues.
    Cons
    It's still relatively young product and there are few features missing here and there.
    A drawback is the inability to track shipping supplies, leaving those to be manually tracked for replenishment.
    I've been working with manufacturing businesses for years, and for years I've lamented Xero's relatively weak inventory management system.

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    Jeff H.

    Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees

    Used daily for 6-12 months

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    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    Katana has made a huge improvement to our business process!

    Reviewed 2 years ago

    I was extremely happy to find this app after months of struggling to keep track (using a spreadsheet) of current quantity for 1.) In stock blank shirts (various colors and sizes) 2.) Ordered blanks (various colors, sizes, and suppliers) 3.) Sales of finish products (various styles, colors, sizes, and designs.) Making a Purchase Order list took way to long to complete each day. With Katana, tracking what we have and what we needed got so much easier and I was able to focus on more important business decisions. Before Katana I was over and under ordering ingredients. I would recommend this app to anyone who uses Shopify and wants to make managing inventory of raw materials, ingredients, and sales orders easier.

    Pros

    Improved our ability to track shared ingredients for the products we sell. Easy to know what quantity of ingredients to buy and who to buy it from. Connects to Shopify and updates automatically. Amazing customer support.

    Cons

    It took some time to learn the software and create ingredients for each product - but is worth while.

    Vendor response

    Thank you!

    JB
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    Jocelyn B.

    Cosmetics, 1-10 employees

    Used daily for less than 6 months

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    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    The best app ever!

    Reviewed a year ago
    Pros

    I love the simplicity of Katana and the ease of inventory management. This software has saved us so much time and offers way more than other products we looked into. For a small business with lots of moving parts and inventory to manage, Katana makes everything a breeze.

    Cons

    N/a, Katana meets and exceeds all our needs!

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    Bill H.

    Chemicals, 51-200 employees

    Used daily for less than 6 months

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    • Likelihood to recommend1/10

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    Overpriced and insecure

    Reviewed a year ago

    Too expensive, cheaper to purchase some of the Tier One options out there. Insecure as your users have wide open access to all features - including the dreaded "delete all" function.

    Pros

    The software has the **potential** to be good.

    Cons

    There are only 2 user levels "Superusers" with access to all levels of creative and destructive features, and warehouse operators, with access to make to BOM instructions. The lack of "sales team" and other intemediate levels of access is a killer.

    Vendor response

    Hi Bill, We're aware our user permissions could be improved, and just around the corner in Q3 '22 we're launching a new and improved version with much more flexibility. We're currently building this out as we've received similar feedback in the past, thanks for your feedback on the topic too! I'd also like to clear up how user permissions are working currently too, we have 3 levels of users;...

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    Kelsey K.

    Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

    Used daily for less than 6 months

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    • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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    Lifechanging

    Reviewed 3 years ago

    We make to order and we make to stock. We make standardized products and we also make private label custom products. Katana is the first platform I have found that supports what we do while also being affordable for a new business.

    Pros

    Katana delivers a lot of value. It fully covers my MRP needs while being affordable to a scaling business.

    Cons

    I would also like an option to dropship the products that I make for clients and I don't see a way to do that.

    Vendor response

    Thank you for the feedback and support!

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    David A.

    Retail, 1-10 employees

    Used daily for less than 6 months

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    • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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    Just what I needed

    Reviewed 3 years ago

    Overall I have been very pleased. I know have a solid grasp of my inventory and am informed when I need to reorder materials. This has been a real game changer for my business and has allowed us to scale our manufacturing.

    Pros

    Katana integrates with my Shopify Site very easily and makes bundling products on my Shopify so much easier to track. We also make candles and kits in house. Katana makes tracking inventory so much easier allowing me to know without guess or counting my materials how much of any particular object I can produce at any given time.

    Cons

    It would be nice if there were barcodes, but I hear feature is coming soon. It would also be nice if I sell out of an object that is apart of a bundle that it would then make the bundle unavailable on my shopify site. I believe this is also in the works.

    Vendor response

    Thank you for the review! Indeed, both mentioned features are on our roadmap.

    Katana Cloud Manufacturing FAQs

    Q. What type of pricing plans does Katana Cloud Manufacturing offer?

    Katana Cloud Manufacturing has the following pricing plans:
    Starting from: $99.00/month
    Pricing model: Subscription
    Free Trial: Available | (No Credit Card required)


    Q. Who are the typical users of Katana Cloud Manufacturing?

    Katana Cloud Manufacturing has the following typical customers:
    Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business

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    Q. What languages does Katana Cloud Manufacturing support?

    Katana Cloud Manufacturing supports the following languages:
    English

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    Q. Does Katana Cloud Manufacturing support mobile devices?

    Katana Cloud Manufacturing supports the following devices:
    Android, iPad, iPhone

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    Q. Does Katana Cloud Manufacturing offer an API?

    Yes, Katana Cloud Manufacturing has an API available for use.

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    Q. What other apps does Katana Cloud Manufacturing integrate with?

    Katana Cloud Manufacturing integrates with the following applications:
    Wix, Shopify Plus, Make, WooCommerce, Zapier, QuickBooks Online Advanced, 2Ship, Pipedrive, Shift4Shop, Squarespace, Ecwid, Extensiv Integration Manager, Quickbooks Online, Pipe17, Easy Insight, Salesforce Platform, Xero, Prospect CRM, HubSpot CRM, BigCommerce, Shopify

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    Q. What level of support does Katana Cloud Manufacturing offer?

    Katana Cloud Manufacturing offers the following support options:
    FAQs/Forum, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base

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