# Antevon vs Iris Finance: connected planning software, or a two-week audit

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

## The short answer

Pick Iris Finance for sales forecasting software connected to stock and financial planning [16]. Pick Antevon for a fixed-fee, two-week forecasting project [3].

## Who each one fits

Iris Finance targets beauty and supplements brands, alongside clothing, food and drink brands [15].

Antevon is for independent beauty and skincare brands [4]. Pick it if you sell through retailers and nobody owns the sales forecast full-time [5].

## When Iris Finance is the better choice

- If purchases depend on available cash, Iris Finance links stock decisions to a 13-week cash-flow forecast [16].
- If you monitor beauty launches and creator spending, consider Iris Finance to connect those reviews with cash planning [17].

## When Antevon is the better choice

- If a retailer asks you to fund a promotion, Antevon's audit prices running it against not running it [6].
- If you do not want another paid login, Antevon's audit does not require one [5].

## How they differ

Iris Finance forecasts by product, sales channel and customer type, updating as sales data arrives [16]. Its Shopify connection pulls in sales, discounts, refunds, shipping costs and fees [20]. Check whether your quoted package includes it [20]. Iris Finance models how long each supplier takes to deliver and when payment is due for beauty brands [17].

Yurii Blazhevych, who runs Antevon's forecasts, takes your call [5]. You supply sales exports, retailer reports and an hour for questions [5]. Antevon cleans imperfect data as part of the audit [5].

The audit hands over two Excel files [5]. Its forecast covers each product, retailer and month [5]. Buy, move, hold and cut recommendations include their cash impact [3].

Antevon offers its service to UK and EU brands [4].

## 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]
- Iris Finance: Iris is a consumer-brand finance platform with inventory and demand-planning scope. [16]
- Iris Finance: Iris also markets advisory work around transactions, earnings review and investor reporting. [18]
- Iris Finance: Iris supplies a platform joining sales, inventory and financial planning. [16]
- Iris Finance: Iris publicly markets its current finance and supply-chain planning offer. [15]
- Iris Finance: The Iris End User Agreement names Panorama Financial as the company. [14]
- Iris Finance: The vendor also uses Iris and Iris Financial on its legal pages. [13]
- Iris Finance: The product is branded Iris Finance. [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]
- Iris Finance: The supply-chain page targets scaling brands at $1M to $50M+. [16]
- Iris Finance: The homepage describes a finance stack for brands from $5M to $500M+. [15]
- Iris Finance: Iris targets consumer brands, including beauty, supplements, apparel, food and beverage, and recreation. [15]
- Iris Finance: Iris markets a unified demand plan across DTC, wholesale and retail. [16]
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. UK customer eligibility and UK-specific planning coverage were not established.
- Iris Finance: Iris addresses founders and finance, marketing and operations leaders; a minimum staffing requirement was not established. [17]

### 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]
- Iris Finance: The published workflow has the brand connect its stack and Iris unify and structure the data. [15]
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. Ongoing ownership of supplier settings, MOQ, lead times and planning parameters was not established.

### 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.
- Iris Finance: Iris says its demand forecasts are by SKU, channel and customer type, with models updating as sales data arrives. [16]
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. The supported demand-forecast horizon and time buckets were not established.

### 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.
- Iris Finance: Iris claims cross-channel sell-through connected to the financial forecast, without naming UK retailer feeds or a separate sell-in model. [16]
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. Named UK retailer EDI connections, message types and read/write support were 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]
- Iris Finance: Iris says demand models factor in promotions, seasonality and historical sales velocity. [16]
- Iris Finance: Iris tracks daily launch sell-through and margin against the launch plan and maps launches against cash. [17]

### 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]
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. Who creates and sends supplier purchase orders or follows suppliers was not established.
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. Minimum-order-quantity and order-multiple handling were not established.
- Iris Finance: The beauty page says long lead times and payment terms are modelled per vendor. [17]

### 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.
- Iris Finance: Iris ties inventory decisions to margin, the P&L and a 13-week cash-flow forecast. [16]

### 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.
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. Batch, expiry and shelf-life planning were not established.

### 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.
- Iris Finance: Iris describes a direct Shopify connection pulling sales, discounts, refunds, shipping costs and fees into SKU/channel financial reporting. [20]
- Iris Finance: Iris describes automatic Amazon Seller Central data sync and daily SKU-level fee/profit analysis. [20]
- Iris Finance: Iris claims native 3PL integration for sales velocity, inventory levels and financial data, without naming the 3PLs. [16]
- Iris Finance: Iris describes a NetSuite connection unifying financial, inventory and sales data for its reporting and planning layer. [20]
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. CSV imports for operational planning and retailer files were not established.

### 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.
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. Who formally approves the forecast, cash commitment and purchases was not established.
- Iris Finance: Iris advertises automated variance alerts, but the human owner of exception resolution is not established. [19]

### 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]
- Iris Finance: Iris advertises a unified data warehouse in ten minutes after connecting its supported stack. [15]
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. Time to a reviewed, decision-ready demand forecast was not established.

### 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.
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. A staffed UK office was not established.
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. A UK legal entity or UK contracting entity was not established.
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. UK support hours, time-zone coverage and response commitments were not established.
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. Named UK customers and UK-specific retailer deployments were not established.

### 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]
- Iris Finance: Iris asks buyers for their use case and offers a tailored quote. [12]
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. A reliable minimum spend, seat commitment or contract minimum was not established.
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. A usable free-trial duration, eligibility rule and refund policy were not established.
- Iris Finance: Not confirmed. Subscription billing, minimum term, renewal and customer cancellation rules were not established.

### 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]
- Iris Finance: 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.

### Iris Finance

- Price not published. Quote on request (checked 21 Oct 2026).
- Not confirmed. No consistent current plan price and package could be verified.

### 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

If you keep Iris Finance for financial reporting, consider a separately scoped Antevon monthly desk to refresh forecasts [5]. Agree on one forecast, source exports, responsibilities and approvals, without assuming a technical integration [5].

## Questions people ask

### When will I see the Antevon audit?

The draft arrives on day 13, followed by a walkthrough on day 14 [3]. The audit starts when your data arrives, not when you pay [3].

### Can Iris Finance warn me when results miss the plan?

Iris Finance sends automatic alerts when financial results differ from the plan [19]. Its pages do not say who investigates and resolves those alerts [19].

### Is Iris Finance available to UK brands?

Iris Finance's pages do not say whether UK brands can sign up. Its UK support hours and response commitments are not published.

### How is the Antevon audit fee set?

Antevon sets the fee by your product range and retailer count, then quotes it on the first call [8]. You pay half to book and half on delivery [8].

## Sources and dates

Antevon wrote this page. Each fact about Iris Finance 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. Iris Finance Pricing | Plans for CPG Brands, https://www.irisfinance.co/pricing
13. Privacy Policy | Iris Finance, https://www.irisfinance.co/privacy-policy
14. Terms & Conditions | Iris Finance, https://www.irisfinance.co/terms-conditions
15. Your P&L Is Lying to You | Iris Finance, https://www.irisfinance.co/
16. CPG Inventory Planning & Demand Forecasting | Iris Finance, https://www.irisfinance.co/agenticsolution/supply-chain
17. Beauty Brand Finance & Margin Software | Iris Finance, https://www.irisfinance.co/industries/beauty
18. CPG Advisory on Your Data | Iris Finance, https://www.irisfinance.co/agenticsolution/advisory
19. AI FP&A for CPG Brands | Iris Finance, https://www.irisfinance.co/agenticsolution/fp-a-cfo
20. CPG Ecommerce Integrations & Data Connectors | Iris Finance, https://www.irisfinance.co/integrations
21. CPG Leaders & Finance Teams | Iris Finance, https://www.irisfinance.co/customer-stories

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