Antevon vs inFlow Inventory: stock software, or a two-week forecast 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

inFlow Inventory is inventory and order-management software, rather than a managed demand-planning desk.¹²

inFlow is subscription software operated by the customer, with onboarding and professional services available.¹⁴

inFlow Inventory has a current product offer, public pricing and a free-trial offer.¹²

inFlow is provided by Archon Systems Inc., an Ontario corporation.¹⁴

The vendor also uses the short name inFlow.¹³

The product is called inFlow Inventory.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

inFlow targets small and mid-sized businesses, including solo operators and teams of 50.¹³

inFlow Inventory is marketed to wholesale, ecommerce and field-service businesses.¹²

Its lot-tracking documentation explicitly covers cosmetics and personal care.¹⁵

inFlow supports inventory and sales workflows spanning B2B and connected online and offline sales.¹²

inFlow serves multiple countries and explicitly markets its inventory software to UK businesses.¹⁶

UK users can operate stock and sales records in GBP and metric units and show VAT on invoices.¹⁶

It fits a business with people who can maintain stock records, review reorder suggestions and process orders.¹⁷

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

The customer prepares and maps CSV data; paid inFlow data-import and cleanup help is available.²³

Professional Services can transfer customers, vendors, products or orders into inFlow for a published hourly fee.²⁴

The operator sets replenishment parameters and adjusts reorder points using business judgment.¹⁸

Standard onboarding guides the customer; done-for-you setup is a separate implementation package.²¹

An optional USD 2,999 implementation package offers setup with the customer’s data.²¹

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.

The native report estimates product demand from history to recommend a reorder point.¹⁸

inFlow advertises a separate StockTrim connection for demand forecasting and forecast groups.¹⁹

Not confirmed. A native forward demand-forecast horizon was not established.

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.

Not confirmed. A UK retailer sell-through feed and separate sell-in versus sell-through demand model were not established.

The integration directory lists SPS Commerce, CommerceHub and Integral Group through Extensiv Integration Manager.²⁹

The Extensiv connection requires a separate paid Single Merchant or EDI Merchant account.²⁶

Not confirmed. Specific UK retailer EDI coverage and retailer sell-through data were not established.

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

inFlow tells the operator to adjust recommended reorder points for promotions and seasonality.¹⁸

The native reorder-point recommendation can be blank or low for a new product without enough sales history.¹⁸

The separate StockTrim integration page advertises forecasting for new products without sales history.¹⁹

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

inFlow suggests restocking by product and location and can generate purchase orders or transfers.¹⁷

Reordering takes open sales and purchases into account through current anticipated quantity.¹⁷

The operator reviews reorder suggestions and selects Reorder to generate orders.¹⁷

The brand reviews the reorder list and triggers order generation; software-assisted generation is not outsourced purchasing.¹⁷

The reorder quantity can be set to a case multiple; dedicated supplier-MOQ optimisation was not established.¹⁷

Lead times can be stored in days at vendor level and separately for each vendor-product.²⁰

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.

Not confirmed. Native cash-budget-constrained buying optimisation was not established.

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

Lot tracking includes batch traceability, shelf life, near-expiry warnings and sell-by dates on eligible plans or add-ons.¹⁵

When picking a sales order, inFlow suggests the lot closest to expiry.¹⁵

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 connector pulls orders into inFlow and sends fulfillment and selected product or stock updates back.²⁷

Shopify’s initial order pull is limited to open or unfulfilled orders from the last 365 days.²⁷

The native Amazon connection pulls new orders, pushes FBM stock and can pull FBA inventory into a designated inFlow location.²⁸

A product sold through both Amazon FBA and FBM requires separate products in inFlow for the different SKUs.²⁸

The Amazon connection can import FBA quantity available into a separate inFlow location.²⁸

Not confirmed. A general named non-Amazon 3PL connector and warehouse-stock or fulfillment write-back were not established.

Not confirmed. A direct named ERP connector was not established.

inFlow accepts CSV imports with field mapping for supported data types.²³

inFlow exports stock, sales and purchase data as CSV and can export reports to CSV or Excel.³⁰

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 brand assigns purchase-order approvers and optional spending limits on eligible plans.²⁵

Not confirmed. A provider-owned demand-forecast sign-off process was not established.

With Extensiv, existing order changes and refunds require manual adjustments.²⁶

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

The getting-started guide says basic setup should take about one workday, especially with data already in spreadsheets.²²

Not confirmed. Time to a reviewed, decision-ready future demand forecast was not established.

Setup requires structured data, mapping and inventory settings; stock levels are imported separately from product details.²³

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.

All subscriptions include in-house technical support from Toronto and Lisbon by email and live chat during business hours.²¹

Not confirmed. A staffed UK office was not established.

Not confirmed. A UK contracting entity was not established.

Not confirmed. A stable UK-local support timetable was not verified.³¹

inFlow says it has UK customers and attributes a UK-page testimonial to The Cardio Shop.¹⁶

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

inFlow publishes scoped subscription prices rather than requiring a quote for every plan.²¹

Inventory plans scale by included users, locations and features, with optional paid additions.²¹

The SaaS terms state fees are payable in USD and exclude applicable taxes and duties.¹⁴

Not confirmed. The precise UK billing currency and UK VAT treatment were not reconciled.

The public data gives USD 1,188 billed once per year for Inventory Lite before taxes and optional extras.²¹

The Inventory table lists a USD 499 onboarding fee required on Core, Pro and Max, and optional on Lite.²¹

The optional Implementation Package is displayed at USD 2,999.²¹

The optional Onboarding + Training Package is displayed at USD 999.²¹

inFlow offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.¹²

The pricing FAQ separately advertises a full refund if cancellation is within the first 30 days.²¹

The SaaS terms describe one-month monthly plans and twelve-month annual plans with automatic renewal.¹⁴

The SaaS terms require 30 days’ advance notice for cancellation and say there is no unused-term refund.¹⁴

Not confirmed. Cancellation channel and refund entitlement remain unresolved across the public pages.

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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