Easyship vs inFlow Inventory

Easyship is a shipping platform specialized in cross-border e-commerce. Founded in Hong Kong and now operating with teams across Asia, Europe and North America, it lets online stores compare rates from more than 250 courier services, print labels and, most importantly, show international buyers the full landed cost, including duties and import taxes, before they pay.

The platform connects to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Amazon, eBay, Etsy and other channels, imports orders automatically and suggests the cheapest or fastest courier for each shipment based on rules you define. It generates commercial invoices and customs paperwork, offers discounted pre-negotiated rates, shipping insurance and branded tracking pages with email notifications. A tax and duty calculator can be embedded in checkout so that buyers are not surprised by charges on delivery, and Easyship also provides fulfillment services in some regions and is widely used by crowdfunding campaigns shipping rewards to backers worldwide. A free plan covers a limited number of shipments per month; paid plans (Plus, Premier and Scale) raise volume and add automation, team accounts and analytics.

Easyship is a strong choice for small and mid-sized brands that sell abroad and want to reduce abandoned carts and refused deliveries caused by unexpected duties. Merchants who ship mostly domestically may get more from local tools: ShipStation and Pirate Ship cover US domestic shipping well, while Sendcloud is deeper for European carriers and returns.

inFlow Inventory is inventory management software made by Archon Systems, a company based in Toronto, Canada. It started as Windows desktop software and is now a cloud product with web, Windows and mobile apps, aimed at small and mid-size wholesalers, distributors, retailers and light manufacturers that have outgrown spreadsheets.

Core features cover stock across multiple locations, purchase orders, sales orders and invoices, barcode generation and scanning with the mobile app, serial and lot tracking, bills of materials for assembling products, and a B2B Showroom portal where wholesale customers browse a catalog and place orders. Reports cover inventory value, sales and reorder points. It integrates with accounting and commerce tools such as QuickBooks, Xero, Shopify, WooCommerce and Amazon. Plans are priced per month and differ mainly by included team members and locations, with unlimited orders and integrations on every plan; there is no free plan, but a free trial is available.

inFlow fits businesses that want straightforward inventory control with good barcoding and a simple wholesale ordering portal. It is less suited to complex manufacturing with routing and capacity planning, and costs rise with additional users. Cin7 and Zoho Inventory are common alternatives, Sortly is simpler for small stock and asset tracking, and Katana is stronger for manufacturers.