Updated October 2026. Katana facts come from katanamrp.com/pricing, read on 4 October 2026.

Why small shops look at Katana

Katana is manufacturing software for growing brands. It keeps materials, recipes, production and sales in one place. It is well made, and many makers try it first.

The question for a small shop is not "is Katana good?" It is "do I need what Katana charges for?" This page answers that with Katana's own prices.

What Katana costs today

On 4 October 2026, Katana's pricing page listed:

  • Free: up to 30 SKUs (unlimited for the first 15 days), unlimited users and locations, every feature and add-on.
  • Core: starts at $299 a month. Unlimited SKUs and users, one inventory location. You also pay for each sales order delivered and for each extra location.
  • Add-ons: Manufacturing Management (routings and manufacturing insights) $199/mo, Traceability (batch and serial numbers) $249/mo, Warehouse Management $149/mo, and a Shop Floor app.
  • Onboarding: $2,000, optional.

So a soap or candle maker who needs lot numbers pays at least $548 a month on Katana: Core plus Traceability, before sales order fees.

What Stockria costs

  • Free: $0, 250 items, 1 user, 1 location.
  • Pro: $19 a month, unlimited items, 2 users, 2 locations.
  • Business: $39 a month, 8 users, 5 locations.
  • Growth: $89 a month, 25 users, unlimited locations.

Every plan has every feature: recipes, work orders, lots and expiry dates, machine and labour time, purchase orders and stock sync. The price does not change with how many orders you ship.

Where Katana is better

Be honest with yourself about these:

  • Users. Every Katana plan has unlimited users. Stockria plans stop at 1, 2, 8 or 25.
  • Routings. Katana's add-on runs production steps in order or side by side across your floor.
  • Planning. Forecasting and AI purchase suggestions are part of Katana Core.

If you run a team that plans production all day, Katana is built for you.

Where Stockria is the better fit

A price a small shop can carry. $19 a month, flat, instead of $299 plus usage.

Lots without an add-on. Every batch you make gets a lot number, and an expiry date if it has a shelf life.

Real cost per unit. A recipe adds up materials in the units you use, plus machine and labour time. Buy by the kg, use by the gram or the mm.

Batches that wait. Soap that cures or parts that wait for coating sit on the In Production board until they are ready.

Set up for you. Send us a spreadsheet or an export. We build your materials and recipes, free.

Try the numbers first with the job quote calculator or the recipe cost calculator. See how Stockria works for job shops and for batch makers.

The bottom line

Katana is a strong tool for a growing manufacturer with a big team. For a shop of one to ten people, most of what you pay for is scale you do not have yet. Stockria gives you recipes, lots, work orders and true cost per unit from $0, and we set it up for you.