# Antevon vs AGR: planning software or a two-week forecast audit

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Checked against AGR’s public pages. Prices, features and company facts checked 21 Oct 2026. Content updated 21 Oct 2026.

## The short answer

AGR provides online forecasting software, while Antevon delivers a fixed-fee, two-week forecasting audit [3, 12, 14]. Choose AGR when your team owns ongoing stock decisions and can connect its business system [26]. Choose Antevon if nobody owns your retailer forecast full-time [5].

## Who each one fits

AGR markets its ordering software for businesses with 500 to 50,000 products [16]. It also publishes a case about skincare and spa brand Templespa [17].

Antevon serves UK and EU beauty brands selling through retailers or preparing to do so [3, 4].

## When AGR is the better choice

- If confirmed orders need to reach your business system, AGR can transfer them through a configured integration [21].
- When expiry affects buying, AGR's Inventory IQ can use expiry information mapped from your business system [22].
- When suppliers set minimum orders, AGR models them through basic Inventory IQ rules or comprehensive Order Pro rules [16].

## When Antevon is the better choice

- Choose Antevon when you need buy, move, hold and cut recommendations with their cash impact [3].
- If a retailer promotion needs a decision, Antevon's audit prices running it against not running it [6].

## How they differ

In AGR's order-approval process, your team reviews and confirms proposed orders [16]. AGR includes tailored setup help, training and connection to your business system [14].

Antevon cleans imperfect data as part of the work [5]. The audit leaves you two Excel files to keep, including forecasts by product, retailer and month [5]. A working session on day 14 takes you through the first decisions [5].

AGR lists a UK office in Warrington [27]. It assigns a dedicated support agent for implementation and ongoing use [23]. Yurii Blazhevych, who runs Antevon's forecasts, takes your call [5].

## Side by side

Rows are the questions UK beauty brands ask us. Each line is a fact from the company’s own public pages. Check this comparison: sources and dates below.

### What it is

- Antevon: Antevon describes itself as a managed demand desk for indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands. [4]
- Antevon: The audit is a fixed-fee two-week forecasting project. [3]
- Antevon: The optional monthly desk refreshes the forecast and maintains the decision ledger. [5]
- Antevon: Antevon publicly offers a bookable two-week demand audit. [3]
- Antevon: Antevon Ltd operates the public offer and website. [2]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. No additional trading aliases were established from the public pages read.
- Antevon: The public trading name is Antevon. [1]
- AGR: AGR provides SaaS inventory management and supply-chain planning. [12]
- AGR: AGR is a fully cloud-delivered SaaS platform, rather than a verified outsourced planning desk. [12]
- AGR: AGR has a current SaaS offer with named packages and public documentation. [14]
- AGR: The published software terms name AGR Dynamics ehf. as seller and owner of the software. [13]
- AGR: Not confirmed. Current ultimate shareholders or a controlling parent of AGR Dynamics ehf. were not established.
- AGR: AGR Inventory is also used in the official website title. [13]
- AGR: AGR is the inventory and supply-chain planning software brand. [12]

### Who it is for

- Antevon: The public audience is roughly £0.5M to £25M in revenue. [4]
- Antevon: Antevon targets indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands. [4]
- Antevon: The audit is for beauty brands selling through retailers or about to do so. [3]
- Antevon: The stated service audience is in the UK and EU. [4]
- Antevon: The audit is positioned for a founder or commercial team without a full-time owner of the forecast. [5]
- AGR: AGR targets small to medium businesses; no qualifying revenue band was established. [15]
- AGR: AGR also markets its ordering software for operations with 500 to 50,000 SKUs. [16]
- AGR: AGR targets retailers, wholesalers, distributors and manufacturers. [12]
- AGR: AGR publishes beauty-sector customer cases, including skincare and spa brand Templespa. [17]
- AGR: The Templespa case covers ecommerce and several wholesale and partner channels. [17]
- AGR: AGR reports an international operation including the UK. [15]
- AGR: AGR automates calculations while planners retain control of policies, parameters and exceptions. [12]

### Who builds the forecast

- Antevon: The brand brings its sales export and retailer reports and makes an hour available for questions. [5]
- Antevon: Antevon cleans the imperfect data as part of the work. [5]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Responsibility for supplier lead-time, MOQ, safety-stock and connected-system parameter maintenance is not specified publicly.
- Antevon: On the optional desk, Antevon refreshes each forecast number monthly and maintains the ledger. [5]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Native system installation, production integration builds and full-stack migration scope are not established for the general audit.
- Antevon: The client can keep using the delivered files without adopting software or maintaining a paid login. [5]
- Antevon: Cleaning imperfect data is included in the audit rather than charged as a surcharge. [5]
- Antevon: The audit leaves the client with two Excel files to keep. [5]
- AGR: AGR supports onboarding and validation, while a custom data-interface mapping is done by customer IT or a third-party integrator. [24]
- AGR: The technical data source must be refreshed before AGR’s daily sync. [25]
- AGR: The team sets policies and parameters and reviews recommendations. [12]
- AGR: AGR lists tailored onboarding, training and full ERP integration as always included. [14]

### What the forecast covers

- Antevon: The forecast is by product, retailer and month. [5]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. A standard service forecast horizon is not established from the public offer.
- AGR: Inventory IQ includes monthly demand forecasts per item. [14]
- AGR: AGR supports item/location forecasts and separate channel forecasts; weekly and customer-group planning are add-on features. [18]
- AGR: The Plan Pro add-on lists weekly demand forecasts per item and customer-group planning. [14]
- AGR: Public documentation sets a fixed maximum of 12 months for the Purchase Plan view. [19]
- AGR: The feature overview documents a 14-month automatic forecast for every item/location combination. [20]

### Retailers and sell-through

- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Retailer-by-retailer sell-in versus sell-through input coverage and data-feed availability are not specified.
- Antevon: The stated forecast target is what each retailer will sell, with buy decisions following from it. [7]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. retailer EDI support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.
- AGR: AGR forecasts from mapped ERP sales data; named external retailer sell-through feeds were not established. [19]
- AGR: Not confirmed. A named retailer POS sell-through feed and its planning scope were not established.
- AGR: Not confirmed. A documented direct integration with retailer EDI was not established.

### Promotions and launches

- Antevon: The audit models each promotion separately and gives each forecast number a likely range. [3]
- Antevon: The audit prices a retailer promotion against not running it, in pounds. [6]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. The standard method and data requirements for a product with no sales history are not specified in the public offer.
- Antevon: Launch events are marked when the audit cleans sales history. [3]
- AGR: AGR can add planned promotional demand to order proposals. [18]
- AGR: AGR advertises similar-item sales histories to support forecasts for new products. [18]

### Orders to suppliers

- Antevon: The audit supplies buy, move, hold and cut recommendations with their money impact. [3]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Creating, sending and executing purchase orders are not established parts of the public offer.
- Antevon: Purchase orders are inputs to the audit. [3]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. The public service description does not assign every PO creation, sending or supplier-follow-up step. [4]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. An audit feature for minimum-order quantities or case-pack optimisation is not established publicly.
- Antevon: The audit puts a date and a price in pounds on each buy that follows the retailer forecast. [7]
- AGR: AGR generates order proposals from stock, lead times, safety stock and supplier constraints. [16]
- AGR: AGR can transfer confirmed orders to an ERP, with the method depending on the integration. [21]
- AGR: Inventory IQ lists purchase and transfer orders; ERP execution follows the configured order-transfer workflow. [14]
- AGR: AGR can send confirmed orders to an ERP, but some routes leave final transfer to the brand’s IT or ERP partner. [21]
- AGR: AGR models supplier MOQs and other ordering constraints. [16]
- AGR: Replenishment calculations account for lead times and supplier constraints. [16]

### Cash

- Antevon: Production sizing, cash planning and promotion calls are priced from the same forecast. [5]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. An automatic hard-budget constraint or cash-constrained optimiser is not established publicly.
- AGR: Not confirmed. A hard cash-budget-constrained buying optimiser was not established.

### Batches and shelf life

- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Batch tracking, expiry handling and shelf-life constraints are not established in the public offer.
- AGR: AGR can use ERP batch best-before dates for replenishment and expiry-risk reporting. [22]

### What it connects to

- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Shopify support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Amazon support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. 3PL support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. ERP support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. CSV file intake support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.
- AGR: Not confirmed. A documented direct integration with Shopify was not established.
- AGR: Not confirmed. A documented direct integration with Amazon was not established.
- AGR: Not confirmed. A documented direct integration with a named 3PL was not established.
- AGR: AGR documents dedicated Microsoft Dynamics connectors that read planning data and write approved orders back. [26]
- AGR: Other ERP systems connect through AGR’s mapped data interface rather than an assumed native connector. [26]
- AGR: AGR supports CSV files over SFTP as a configured technical integration, not a self-serve manual data-import screen. [25]
- AGR: Confirmed orders can also be exported manually as CSV or Excel and imported into the ERP. [21]

### What your team still does

- Antevon: Not in the published offer. A formal approval matrix for forecast sign-off and cash commitments is not published.
- Antevon: The brand signs its retailer promotions after the desk’s profit read. [5]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Responsibility for ongoing operational exceptions and their response times is not fully specified publicly.
- AGR: The user reviews and confirms an order proposal before the approval-based ERP workflow executes it. [16]
- AGR: Planners focus on exceptions, suppliers, promotions and other judgement-based decisions. [12]

### Getting started

- Antevon: The audit takes two weeks from when the data lands, not from payment. [3]
- Antevon: The audit draft arrives on day 13 and the walkthrough call is on day 14. [3]
- Antevon: The audit asks for 12 to 24 months of sales, purchase orders, a stockist list and a promotion calendar. [3]
- Antevon: The client supplies a sales export, retailer reports and an hour for questions. [5]
- AGR: A separate AGR product FAQ says most customers are up and running within four to eight weeks. [23]
- AGR: Not confirmed. Time to a reviewed, decision-ready forecast from an agreed starting event was not established.
- AGR: Implementation depends on the source system, data readiness and supply-chain complexity. [12]

### Support and UK presence

- Antevon: Yurii Blazhevych takes the call and runs the forecast. [5]
- Antevon: The audit includes a working session through the first decisions on day 14. [5]
- Antevon: The monthly desk refreshes the numbers, maintains the ledger and reads retailer promotions before the client signs. [5]
- Antevon: Antevon lists a registered office at Manorfield, Church Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6EA. [2]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. A staffed UK operating office is not established from the public registered-address statement.
- Antevon: Antevon Ltd states that it is registered in England and Wales under company number 17404379. [2]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. UK support hours, time-zone coverage and response-time commitments are not specified publicly.
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Named or independently verified UK clients are not established from the allowed public pages.
- AGR: AGR advertises a dedicated support agent through implementation and ongoing use. [23]
- AGR: AGR lists a UK office at Webster Court in Warrington. [27]
- AGR: Not confirmed. UK human-support working hours and response times were not established.
- AGR: AGR publishes a case about British beauty retailer Space NK’s use of AGR. [28]

### How it is charged

- Antevon: Antevon publishes from-prices for both the audit and the monthly desk; the final fee is scoped on a call. [8]
- Antevon: Neither the audit nor the monthly desk is billed by the hour. [10]
- Antevon: The audit fee depends on product and retailer count, is quoted on the first call, and is fixed once agreed. [8]
- Antevon: Half the audit fee books the slot and half is paid on delivery. [8]
- Antevon: Data cleaning is part of the audit work, not a surcharge. [10]
- Antevon: The optional monthly desk is scoped to the catalogue and retailer count. [10]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. A separate minimum purchase or initial commitment beyond the published from-prices is unknown.
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Whether a separate setup or onboarding fee applies is unknown.
- Antevon: There is no surcharge for cleaning imperfect audit data. [5]
- Antevon: Not in the published offer. Trial availability and trial terms are unknown from the public pages checked.
- Antevon: The full terms for working together are in each signed engagement letter, not the website terms. [2]
- Antevon: The monthly desk is optional after the audit. [10]
- Antevon: The audit files keep working without an ongoing software login or subscription. [10]
- Antevon: The monthly desk has rolling 30-day notice. [8]
- AGR: AGR directs buyers to contact it for a price list; no public amounts were established. [14]
- AGR: AGR says pricing is aligned with the value of inventory managed in AGR. [14]
- AGR: Not confirmed. The minimum subscription fee or minimum billable inventory value was not established.
- AGR: Not confirmed. A separate setup or implementation fee amount was not established.
- AGR: Not confirmed. A public trial duration and its terms were not established.
- AGR: Not confirmed. The initial commitment and recurring billing interval were not established.
- AGR: Published terms require at least one month’s notice before a subscription period ends and do not provide a partial refund for voluntary cancellation. [13]

### Anything else

- Antevon: Audit exports and reports are used only to build the client’s files, not shared outside Antevon and deleted on request. [11]
- AGR: Nothing recorded yet.

Words used in the table:

- SKU: one product in one size or shade
- MOQ: the smallest order a supplier accepts
- PO: a purchase order, your order to a supplier
- Lead time: how long a supplier takes to deliver
- Sell-through: what shoppers bought at the retailer
- EDI: the data link large retailers use for orders and sales
- GMV: total sales through your online store
- BOM: the list of parts that go into a product
- 3PL: a warehouse company that stores and ships for you
- ERP: a business system for stock, orders and accounts

## Published prices

Each price is the company’s own list price, as its page shows it, with the date we checked it. We do not estimate a price a company does not publish.

### AGR

- Price not published. Quote on request (checked 21 Oct 2026).
- Insights Pro has a published feature scope but requires a price quote. [14] Checked 21 Oct 2026.
- Inventory IQ has a published feature scope but requires a price quote. [14] Checked 21 Oct 2026.
- Order Pro has a published feature scope but requires a price quote. [14] Checked 21 Oct 2026.
- Plan Pro has a published feature scope but requires a price quote. [14] Checked 21 Oct 2026.

### Antevon

- The audit is from £2,500 as a one-off fee; tax is not stated. [8] Checked 21 Oct 2026.
- The desk after the audit is from £2,500 per month; tax is not stated. [9] Checked 21 Oct 2026.

## Switching or using both

Consider adding an Antevon audit alongside AGR only with usable exports, permissions and scope agreed first [5, 29].

## Questions people ask

### Can AGR plan by week?

AGR's Plan Pro add-on includes weekly product forecasts and planning by customer group [14]. Inventory IQ's product forecasts are monthly [14].

### What do I send for an Antevon audit?

Send 12 to 24 months of sales, orders to suppliers, your retailer list and promotion calendar [3]. Work starts when your data arrives, not when you pay [3].

### Will Antevon keep the forecast up to date?

An optional monthly desk refreshes the forecast and keeps the decision record current [5]. It is scoped to your catalogue and retailer count, rather than billed by the hour [10].

### How do I get AGR's price?

AGR asks you to contact it for a price list rather than publishing amounts [14]. AGR links pricing to the value of stock managed in its software [14].

## Sources and dates

Antevon wrote this page. Each fact about AGR comes from a public page, read on the date shown. Antevon's own column follows the same rule.

We read these pages on 21 Oct 2026.

1. Brand kit · Antevon, https://www.antevon.com/brand
2. Terms · Antevon, https://www.antevon.com/terms
3. The 2-week audit · Antevon, https://www.antevon.com/audit
4. llms.txt (antevon.com), https://www.antevon.com/llms.txt
5. Antevon · Know how much you'll sell, before you make it., https://www.antevon.com/
6. What a November promotion has to sell to pay back · Antevon, https://www.antevon.com/notes/november-promotion-payback
7. Only 2 left, and the factory needs four weeks · Antevon, https://www.antevon.com/notes/low-stock-alert-supplier-order-date
8. The 2-week audit · Antevon, https://www.antevon.com/audit
9. llms.txt (antevon.com), https://www.antevon.com/llms.txt
10. Antevon · Know how much you'll sell, before you make it., https://www.antevon.com/
11. Privacy · Antevon, https://www.antevon.com/privacy
12. AGR Inventory FAQs: Support & Information Guide, https://www.agrinventory.com/faqs/
13. AGR Software Services Terms And Conditions | AGR Inventory, https://www.agrinventory.com/agr-software-services-terms-and-conditions/
14. Affordable Inventory Optimisation Pricing With AGR Solution, https://www.agrinventory.com/pricing/
15. About Us – Decades Of Supply Chain Expertise | AGR, https://www.agrinventory.com/about-us/
16. Automated Ordering Software For Smarter Replenishment, https://www.agrinventory.com/products/automated-ordering/
17. Templespa: Balancing Service And Cash Across A Complex, Multi-Channel Supply Chain, https://www.agrinventory.com/cases/templespa/
18. Demand Planning & Forecasting | AGR Inventory, https://www.agrinventory.com/products/demand-planning-forecasting/
19. Statistical Forecast overview | AGR Knowledge Base, https://docs.agrinventory.help/en/articles/8420943-statistical-forecast-overview
20. 📦 AGR Feature overview | AGR Knowledge Base, https://docs.agrinventory.help/en/articles/14108609-agr-feature-overview
21. How to Export Orders from AGR | AGR Knowledge Base, https://docs.agrinventory.help/en/articles/8679908-how-to-export-orders-from-agr
22. Stock Expiry with best before dates | AGR Knowledge Base, https://docs.agrinventory.help/en/articles/10391861-stock-expiry-with-best-before-dates
23. Inventory Optimisation & Order Management Software, https://www.agrinventory.com/products/inventory-optimisation-and-order-management/
24. How to map and own your Integration into AGR | AGR Knowledge Base, https://docs.agrinventory.help/en/articles/9864256-how-to-map-and-own-your-integration-into-agr
25. AGR Supported Integration Methods | AGR Knowledge Base, https://docs.agrinventory.help/en/articles/8862415-agr-supported-integration-methods
26. Seamless ERP Integrations For Optimised Inventory Management, https://www.agrinventory.com/integrations/
27. Contact Us For Expert Supply Chain Solutions, https://www.agrinventory.com/contact-us/
28. Space NK Enhances Availability While Reducing Inventory, https://www.agrinventory.com/cases/space-nk/
29. Welcome to AGR! | AGR Knowledge Base, https://docs.agrinventory.help/en/articles/6995868-welcome-to-agr
30. How Sæther Streamlined Planning With AGR Inventory, https://www.agrinventory.com/cases/saether-ineventory-transformation/

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