Who Uses Katana?
Scaling manufacturers using Xero or QuickBooks and selling on eCommerce (Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce).
What Is Katana?
Modern manufacturing & inventory management software for small and scaling businesses. Its visual interface and smart real-time master planning allow to automate workflows, prioritize orders, and see the availability of materials & products in real-time. The Shop Floor Control app provides insights into operations on the floor-level. By offering a wide variety of native and third-party integrations, and an open API, Katana enables manufacturers to get an overview of the entire business.
Katana Details
Katana MRP
https://katanamrp.com
Founded 2016
Katana pricing overview
See pricing plansKatana does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Katana paid version starts at USD 99.00/month.
Starting Price
USD 99.00/month See pricing details
Pricing Details
Essential plan - from $99 per month PRO plan - from $299 per month
Free Version
No
Free Trial
Yes, get a free trial
Katana deployment and support
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Mac (Desktop)
- Windows (Desktop)
Training
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
Katana Features
ERP Systems
- API
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Bank Reconciliation
- Barcode / Ticket Scanning
- Billing & Invoicing
- Bills of Material
- CRM
- Contract/License Management
- Customer Database
- Customizable Reports
- Distribution Management
- Document Management
- Enterprise Asset Management
- Expense Tracking
- Financial Analysis
- Financial Management
- Forecasting
- General Ledger
- HR Management
- Integrated Business Operations
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Invoice Processing
- Manufacturing Planning
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Order Processing
- Payroll Management
- Project Management
- Projections
- Purchase Order Management
- Quotes/Estimates
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Sales Orders
- Shipping Management
- Stock Management
- Supplier Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Task Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Warehouse Management
- Workflow Management
Inventory Control Software
- API
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- Barcode / Ticket Scanning
- Barcode Printing
- Barcode Recognition
- Barcoding/RFID
- Billing & Invoicing
- Check-in/Check-out
- Cost Tracking
- Customer Database
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Reports
- Data Import/Export
- Forecasting
- Inventory Auditing
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Optimization
- Inventory Replenishment
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Item Management
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Order Processing
- Order Tracking
- Point of Sale (POS)
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Reorder Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Retail Inventory Management
- Returns Management
- SKU/UPC Codes
- Sales Orders
- Sales Reports
- Search/Filter
- Serial Number Tracking
- Shipping Management
- Stock Management
- Supplier Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Warehouse Management
Inventory Management Software
- API
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- Barcode / Ticket Scanning
- Barcode Recognition
- Billing & Invoicing
- Cost Tracking
- Customer Database
- Customizable Reports
- Data Synchronization
- Forecasting
- Inventory Auditing
- Inventory Control
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Optimization
- Inventory Replenishment
- Inventory Tracking
- Invoice Management
- Kitting
- Manufacturing Inventory Management
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Order Tracking
- Point of Sale (POS)
- Product Identification
- Purchase Order Management
- Purchasing & Receiving
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Reorder Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Retail Inventory Management
- Returns Management
- Sales Orders
- Sales Reports
- Search/Filter
- Shipping Management
- Status Tracking
- Stock Management
- Supplier Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Vendor Managed Inventory
- Warehouse Management
- eCommerce Management
MRP Software
- API
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Automated Scheduling
- Barcode / Ticket Scanning
- Billing & Invoicing
- Bills of Material
- Collaboration Tools
- Compliance Management
- Cost Tracking
- Distribution Management
- Document Management
- Estimating
- Financial Management
- Forecasting
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Optimization
- Inventory Tracking
- Job Costing
- Maintenance Management
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Planning Tools
- Production Management
- Production Scheduling
- Production Tracking
- Project Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Quality Control
- Quality Management
- Quotes/Estimates
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Safety Management
- Sales Orders
- Shipping Management
- Status Tracking
- Supplier Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Traceability
- Warehouse Management
- Work Order Management
- Workflow Management
Manufacturing Execution Software
- API
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Automated Scheduling
- Barcode / Ticket Scanning
- Bills of Material
- Built-in Accounting
- Compliance Management
- Cost Tracking
- Customizable Reports
- Data Visualization
- Document Management
- Estimating
- Forecasting
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Job Scheduling
- Maintenance Scheduling
- Monitoring
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Performance Metrics
- Planning Tools
- Production Management
- Production Scheduling
- Production Tracking
- Project Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Quality Control
- Quality Management
- Quotes/Estimates
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- Resource Management
- Safety Management
- Scheduling
- Search/Filter
- Shipping Management
- Supplier Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Task Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Traceability
- Warehouse Management
- Work Order Management
- Workflow Management
Manufacturing Software
- API
- Accounting
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Barcode / Ticket Scanning
- Bills of Material
- Compliance Management
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Reports
- Data Import/Export
- Distribution Management
- Document Management
- ERP
- Financial Management
- Forecasting
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- MES
- Maintenance Management
- Material Requirements Planning
- Monitoring
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Management
- Planning Tools
- Production Management
- Production Scheduling
- Production Tracking
- Project Management
- Projections
- Purchase Order Management
- Quality Control
- Quality Management
- Quotes/Estimates
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Safety Management
- Sales Orders
- Shipping Management
- Supplier Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Traceability
- Warehouse Management
- Work Order Management
- Workflow Management
Multi-Channel eCommerce Software
- API
- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- Cataloguing/Categorisation
- Channel Management
- Customer Accounts
- Customisable Branding
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Data Synchronization
- Discount Management
- Electronic Payments
- Email Marketing
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Optimization
- Inventory Replenishment
- Inventory Tracking
- Marketplace Integration
- Mobile Commerce
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Order Entry
- Order Management
- Order Tracking
- Product Catalog
- Product Data Management
- Promotions Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Retail Inventory Management
- Returns Management
- SEO Management
- Sales Orders
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Shipping Labels
- Shipping Management
- Shopping Cart
- Social Commerce
- Stock Management
- Supplier Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Warehouse Management
- Website Management
- eCommerce Management
Production Scheduling Software
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- Accounting Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Approval Process Control
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- Billing & Invoicing
- Bills of Material
- Capacity Planning
- Change Management
- Collaboration Tools
- Compliance Management
- Data Visualization
- Document Management
- Drag & Drop
- Forecasting
- Gantt/Timeline View
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Job Scheduling
- Material Requirements Planning
- Monitoring
- Order Management
- Planning Tools
- Prioritization
- Production Management
- Production Tracking
- Project Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Quality Management
- Quotes/Estimates
- Real Time Data
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Resource Management
- Scheduling
- Shipping Management
- Status Tracking
- Supplier Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Task Management
- Task Scheduling
- Third Party Integrations
- Traceability
- Warehouse Management
- What-if Analysis
- Work Order Management
- Workflow Management
SPC Software
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- Activity Dashboard
- Audit Trail
- Built-In Database
- Charting
- Compliance Management
- Configurable Workflow
- Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
- Customizable Reports
- Customization
- Data Capture and Transfer
- Data Entry
- Data Import/Export
- Data Linking
- Data Management
- Data Storage Management
- Data Visualization
- Defect Tracking
- Excel Loader
- Forecasting
- Inventory Tracking
- Job Management
- Monitoring
- OPC Data Collection
- Performance Management
- Performance Metrics
- Point-of-Production Analysis
- Process Control
- Production Management
- Production Tracking
- Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Data Collection
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Regulatory Compliance
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Scheduling
- Secure Data Storage
- Status Tracking
- Summary Reports
- Third Party Integrations
- Traceability
- Trend Analysis
- Visual Analytics
- Workflow Management
eCommerce Software
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Campaign Management
- Cataloguing/Categorisation
- Channel Management
- Content Management
- Credit Card Processing
- Customer Accounts
- Customisable Branding
- Customizable Templates
- Data Security
- Data Synchronization
- Discount Management
- Drag & Drop
- Electronic Payments
- Email Marketing
- Inventory Management
- Inventory Tracking
- Kitting
- Loyalty Program
- Mobile Access
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Currency
- Multi-Location
- Multi-Store
- Order Management
- Order Processing
- Order Tracking
- Product Data Management
- Promotions Management
- Purchase Order Management
- Real Time Data
- Reporting & Statistics
- Retail Inventory Management
- Returns Management
- Reviews Management
- SEO Management
- Sales Orders
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Shipping Management
- Shopping Cart
- Social Media Integration
- Template Management
- Templates
- Third Party Integrations
- Website Management
- eCommerce Management
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Katana Reviews
Read all reviewsOverall rating
Average score
Jared H.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 25/03/2021
"The MRP system I wish I'd always had"
Comments: Katana's awesome, full stop. I've been working with manufacturing businesses for years, and for years I've lamented Xero's relatively weak inventory management system. Two years ago I tried literally every MRP app I could find to plugin to Xero; they were all pretty bad. Along comes Katana, which maybe was around earlier but was "new to me" just this year, and ... wow. Mostly, it Just Works. The Xero integration works seamlessly for bills and sales orders, which speeds AP/AR quite a bit. 90% of the tool's value is outside of Xero though, and I now have a permanently-pinned Katana tab in my browser for tracking everything in the production flow from raw materials purchasing, to production, to sale, to reconciliation of remaining materials and product stock. It's great. Is it perfect? Not quite. They need to do some performance work, as load times are often a little sluggish. Also, it would be nice to see finer-grained automation, and better contact syncing. But overall, I'm delighted.
Pros:
- It's really easy to use
- Makes it easy to track materials on hand, reorder, etc
- Calculates margin including labor cost
- Xero integration works perfectly
- Zapier integration makes it really flexible from an automation standpoint
- Really lots of other stuff ... it's truly an excellent product and an outlier in a pretty clunky space.
Cons: It can be a little slow, and the contact syncing could be more robust.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 25/03/2021
Samantha W.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 16/12/2020
"Highly Recommend!"
Comments: We love it. We use this app to help with our growing business. It has made it so easy to keep up with reordering and be able to manage inventory between two stores! The Katana team makes it so easy to use and offer a lot of help! Highly recommend!
Pros:
Ease of Use
Easy Implementation
Customer Service
Reorder Options
Cons: I wouldn't say this is a con- but we are really excited for the bar code scanning option they plan to roll out in 2021!
Vendor Response
by Katana MRP on 28/12/2020
Thank you for your review! We are excited to have you as a customer.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 16/12/2020
Verified Reviewer
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Overall Rating2 /5
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Ease of Use2 /5
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Features & Functionality2 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money2 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Source: GetApp
- Reviewed on 05/09/2019
"I dont understand all the great reviews"
Pros: The interface is intuitive. The pricing seems okay.
Cons: This software is seriously lacking features. For all those who wrote reviews saying they love the software, I want to know what industry they work in and how they use the app. It doesnt offer very basic features. You can't bulk edit, you literally need to upload an excel sheet if you want to change several products. There are no images for your products. How does it not support images? This is basic database stuff. And currently, you can only manufacture items from one location! Who's rating this software as great?!
Vendor Response
by Katana MRP on 30/09/2019
As a fast growing software, we understand the concerns you have with Katana. At our current development speed, all of the mentioned lacking features are made available by the end of this year. Hope you will give us another chance!
- Reviewer Source
- Source: GetApp
- Reviewed on 05/09/2019
Paul M.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 22/03/2021
"Very Useful"
Comments: The overall experience has been excellent so far. Katana has helped us transition away from using spreadsheets to track our manufacturing operations and really professionalise our processes. It's an integral part of our everyday operations.
Pros: Katana has multiple features which have very useful in improving our manufacturing processes. The ability to create recipes for each product has been a huge help for us as we have quite a lot of raw materials in each finished product. The Shop Floor app has been brilliant for us to track production/assembly time more accurately. This has been a great help in pinpointing an accurate cost per unit.
Cons: The only aspect that hasn't met our expectations so far has been the batch tracking feature. This is an excellent feature and one that would be so helpful for us. However, we need it to work automatically with our Shopify orders and at the moment sales orders can only be attributed to particular batches if you fulfil them on the Katana dashboard. We need this to happen automatically when our Shopify orders are fulfilled.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 22/03/2021
David A.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 18/06/2020
"Just what I needed"
Comments: 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
by Katana MRP on 21/07/2020
Thank you for the review! Indeed, both mentioned features are on our roadmap.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 18/06/2020
