Antevon vs Brightpearl by Sage: connected planning software or a forecasting audit

Antevon describes itself as a managed demand desk for indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.⁴

The audit is a fixed-fee two-week forecasting project.³

The optional monthly desk refreshes the forecast and maintains the decision ledger.⁵

Antevon publicly offers a bookable two-week demand audit.³

Antevon Ltd operates the public offer and website.²

Not in the published offer. No additional trading aliases were established from the public pages read.

The public trading name is Antevon.¹

Brightpearl centralises inventory, orders, purchasing and fulfilment as a retail operating system.¹⁶

Brightpearl sells software with implementation, onboarding and ongoing support services.¹⁵

Brightpearl has a current public offer for a tailored retail operating system setup.¹⁵

Brightpearl is part of The Sage Group plc.¹⁴

The vendor also uses the name Brightpearl.¹³

Brightpearl by Sage is the retail operating system researched here.¹²

The public audience is roughly £0.5M to £25M in revenue.⁴

Antevon targets indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.⁴

The audit is for beauty brands selling through retailers or about to do so.³

The stated service audience is in the UK and EU.⁴

The audit is positioned for a founder or commercial team without a full-time owner of the forecast.⁵

Not confirmed. A current numeric revenue, order-volume or SKU eligibility range is not established from the public sources read.

Brightpearl targets retailers and wholesalers.¹³

Its published beauty case spans DTC, own stores and third-party retailers.¹⁷

Brightpearl publishes UK and US contact locations.¹⁸

Brightpearl fits a team that wants to operate a configured inventory and order platform with training and support.¹⁹

The brand brings its sales export and retailer reports and makes an hour available for questions.⁵

Antevon cleans the imperfect data as part of the work.⁵

Not in the published offer. Responsibility for supplier lead-time, MOQ, safety-stock and connected-system parameter maintenance is not specified publicly.

On the optional desk, Antevon refreshes each forecast number monthly and maintains the ledger.⁵

Not in the published offer. Native system installation, production integration builds and full-stack migration scope are not established for the general audit.

The client can keep using the delivered files without adopting software or maintaining a paid login.⁵

Cleaning imperfect data is included in the audit rather than charged as a surcharge.⁵

The audit leaves the client with two Excel files to keep.⁵

Brightpearl says its implementation team migrates, reviews and structures business data.¹⁹

Core low-stock minimums and reorder quantities can be maintained individually, in bulk or by import.²²

The pricing page includes expert-led implementation and bespoke onboarding in its services description.¹⁵

Implementation and consulting services are subject to a Statement of Work or separate written agreement.¹⁴

The forecast is by product, retailer and month.⁵

Not in the published offer. A standard service forecast horizon is not established from the public offer.

Connected Inventory Planner supports SKU-level replenishment and planning across channels and locations.¹⁶

Inventory Planner supports forecasting and purchasing across stores, warehouses and sales channels.¹⁶

Not confirmed. The maximum forecast horizon and time-bucket options are not established from the public sources read.

Not in the published offer. Retailer-by-retailer sell-in versus sell-through input coverage and data-feed availability are not specified.

The stated forecast target is what each retailer will sell, with buy decisions following from it.⁷

Not in the published offer. retailer EDI support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

The documented SPS connection handles retailer orders and fulfilment documents, not an evidenced retailer POS sell-through feed.²⁵

A partner-built SPS Commerce integration exchanges retailer orders, acknowledgements, ASNs and invoices.²⁵

The audit models each promotion separately and gives each forecast number a likely range.³

The audit prices a retailer promotion against not running it, in pounds.⁶

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.

Launch events are marked when the audit cleans sales history.³

The vendor describes adapting forecast methods for promotions.²⁰

The vendor describes adapting forecast methods for new launches.²⁰

The audit supplies buy, move, hold and cut recommendations with their money impact.³

Not in the published offer. Creating, sending and executing purchase orders are not established parts of the public offer.

Purchase orders are inputs to the audit.³

Not in the published offer. The public service description does not assign every PO creation, sending or supplier-follow-up step.⁴

Not in the published offer. An audit feature for minimum-order quantities or case-pack optimisation is not established publicly.

The audit puts a date and a price in pounds on each buy that follows the retailer forecast.⁷

Inventory Planner supplies replenishment targets and buying recommendations linked to Brightpearl.¹⁶

Approved buying decisions can be pushed from Inventory Planner into Brightpearl as purchase orders.¹⁶

Purchase-order transfer can be automated after buying approval; supplier follow-up ownership is not established.¹⁶

The low inventory report uses a product reorder quantity for items bought in minimum batches.²²

Brightpearl advertises inventory planning inputs that include product lead times.²³

Production sizing, cash planning and promotion calls are priced from the same forecast.⁵

Not in the published offer. An automatic hard-budget constraint or cash-constrained optimiser is not established publicly.

The Shopify feature list advertises an Open-to-Buy report.²¹

Not confirmed. A hard cash-budget constraint in the buying optimiser is not established from the public sources read.

Not in the published offer. Batch tracking, expiry handling and shelf-life constraints are not established in the public offer.

The inventory detail report groups inventory into receipt batches.²⁴

Not confirmed. Shelf-life, expiry-date and FEFO planning in the selected package are not established from the public sources read.

Not in the published offer. Shopify support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. Amazon support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. 3PL support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. ERP support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

Not in the published offer. CSV file intake support is not evidenced as a documented integration in the public pages read.

The native Shopify integration imports orders and payments and writes inventory, prices and shipment information back.²¹

Brightpearl connects Amazon seller accounts for orders, stock, shipping and payments, including FBA order handling.²⁶

The partner Seko connector exchanges fulfilment and inventory information with Brightpearl.²⁷

Not confirmed. An external ERP connector for a named system such as NetSuite or Business Central was not established.

Inventory quantities can be updated from CSV after product records exist.²⁸

Not in the published offer. A formal approval matrix for forecast sign-off and cash commitments is not published.

The brand signs its retailer promotions after the desk’s profit read.⁵

Not in the published offer. Responsibility for ongoing operational exceptions and their response times is not fully specified publicly.

The connected buying workflow retains approval before purchase orders are pushed into Brightpearl.¹⁶

Inventory Planner surfaces priority risks so planners can act on them.¹⁶

The audit takes two weeks from when the data lands, not from payment.³

The audit draft arrives on day 13 and the walkthrough call is on day 14.³

The audit asks for 12 to 24 months of sales, purchase orders, a stockist list and a promotion calendar.³

The client supplies a sales export, retailer reports and an hour for questions.⁵

Brightpearl advertises average system go-live in 90 to 120 days.¹⁵

Not confirmed. Time to a first reviewed, decision-ready forecast is not established from the public sources read.

Implementation is scoped around the brand’s workflows, data and operating requirements.¹⁹

Yurii Blazhevych takes the call and runs the forecast.⁵

The audit includes a working session through the first decisions on day 14.⁵

The monthly desk refreshes the numbers, maintains the ledger and reads retailer promotions before the client signs.⁵

Antevon lists a registered office at Manorfield, Church Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN14 6EA.²

Not in the published offer. A staffed UK operating office is not established from the public registered-address statement.

Antevon Ltd states that it is registered in England and Wales under company number 17404379.²

Not in the published offer. UK support hours, time-zone coverage and response-time commitments are not specified publicly.

Not in the published offer. Named or independently verified UK clients are not established from the allowed public pages.

The pricing page advertises 24/7 unlimited support and a dedicated Customer Success Manager.¹⁵

Brightpearl lists a UK contact address in Newcastle upon Tyne.²⁹

Companies House lists Brightpearl Limited, company 06260621, as active with a Newcastle registered office.³⁰

Brightpearl advertises 24/7 support; technical support is subject to the chosen Order.¹⁵

Brightpearl publishes a case study for Passenger, described as a UK outdoor clothing brand.¹²

Antevon publishes from-prices for both the audit and the monthly desk; the final fee is scoped on a call.⁸

Neither the audit nor the monthly desk is billed by the hour.¹⁰

The audit fee depends on product and retailer count, is quoted on the first call, and is fixed once agreed.⁸

Half the audit fee books the slot and half is paid on delivery.⁸

Data cleaning is part of the audit work, not a surcharge.¹⁰

The optional monthly desk is scoped to the catalogue and retailer count.¹⁰

Not in the published offer. A separate minimum purchase or initial commitment beyond the published from-prices is unknown.

Not in the published offer. Whether a separate setup or onboarding fee applies is unknown.

There is no surcharge for cleaning imperfect audit data.⁵

Not in the published offer. Trial availability and trial terms are unknown from the public pages checked.

The full terms for working together are in each signed engagement letter, not the website terms.²

The monthly desk is optional after the audit.¹⁰

The audit files keep working without an ongoing software login or subscription.¹⁰

The monthly desk has rolling 30-day notice.⁸

Brightpearl requires a tailored pricing plan; no numerical price was established.¹⁵

Fees, currency and any volume limits are defined in the Order.¹⁴

The standard terms say fees and other charges exclude taxes, levies and duties.¹⁴

Unlimited users are advertised at no extra cost within the tailored setup.¹⁵

Not confirmed. The minimum subscription amount or eligibility threshold is not established from the public sources read.

Not confirmed. The numeric implementation or setup fee is not established from the public sources read.

Not confirmed. A self-serve trial entitlement or trial duration was not established from the public sources read.

The initial subscription period is set in the initial Order.¹⁴

Subscriptions renew for one year by default unless either party gives at least 30 days notice or the renewal Order specifies a different renewal term.¹⁴

Audit exports and reports are used only to build the client’s files, not shared outside Antevon and deleted on request.¹¹

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