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Antevon vs o9 Solutions: planning software or a two-week audit

Checked against o9 Solutions’s public pages. Prices, features and company facts checked 21 Oct 2026. Content updated 21 Oct 2026.

Pick o9 Solutions for forecasting within an enterprise planning platform14. Pick Antevon for a fixed-fee forecasting audit, delivered two weeks after your data arrives. The audit fits when nobody owns your forecast full-time.

Who each one fits

o9 Solutions has a beauty and personal care offer covering retail, online shops and direct sales to shoppers16.

Antevon's audit is for beauty brands selling through retailers or preparing to do so.

When o9 Solutions is the better choice

  • If you need daily forecasts by store, product and sales channel, consider o9 Solutions' short-term forecasting module19.
  • If you are launching products without sales history, o9 Solutions' new-product planning uses product attributes and comparable products24.
  • If shelf life affects stock decisions, o9 Solutions has a module that considers freshness and ageing risk26.

When Antevon is the better choice

  • If you need buy, move, hold or cut recommendations with their money impact, Antevon's audit provides them.
  • If individual promotions need their own forecast, Antevon's audit models each separately and gives each number a likely range.

How they differ

o9 Solutions can load data from business systems, including SAP and Oracle32. Connecting systems involves setup, matching data fields, rules for loading data and ongoing monitoring32.

Its planning brings sales, marketing, finance and supply teams together18. o9 Solutions also lists a London office29.

Antevon serves brands in the UK and EU. Yurii Blazhevych, who runs Antevon's forecasts, takes your call. You supply sales exports, retailer reports and an hour for questions.

Antevon hands over two Excel files for you to keep. The forecast gives a number for each product, retailer and month.

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.

Question
Antevon
O9 Solutions
What it is

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

o9 is an enterprise integrated planning platform.15

o9’s Japan services page describes implementation led by o9, a partner or the customer.27

Who it is for

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

Antevon targets indie beauty and dermocosmetics brands.4

o9 presents demand planning as software for enterprises.14

o9 publishes an industry solution for beauty and personal care.16

Who builds the forecast

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

Planners can define volumes, constraints and business logic within the planning hierarchy.18

What the forecast covers

The forecast is by product, retailer and month.5

Teams can plan at customer, market, revenue or SKU-location level and reconcile to one baseline.18

Demand Sensing supports store-item-channel forecasts at daily or intraday resolution.19

Retailers and sell-through

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

Demand Sensing can use sell-out and point-of-sale behaviour, rather than only shipment history.19

Promotions and launches

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

Promotion Management models margin, volume and cost before an event runs.22

Demand Forecasting can incorporate pricing, promotions, weather, holidays and market signals.23

Orders to suppliers

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

Purchase orders are inputs to the audit.3

Allocation & Replenishment calculates when and how much stores and distribution centres need.20

Supplier Collaboration can convert forecasts into suggested POs.21

Cash

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

Allocation & Replenishment includes service-versus-working-capital inventory trade-offs.20

Batches and shelf life

Not part of the published offer.

MEIO incorporates shelf life, freshness and ageing risk into inventory optimisation and order confirmation.26

What it connects to

Not part of the published offer.

o9 publishes an integration framework with ERP connectors and mapping templates, including SAP and Oracle.32

What your team still does

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

Collaborative Demand Planning has the customer’s cross-functional teams co-create, reconcile and commit to the plan.18

The software guides planners toward exceptions requiring attention.18

Getting started

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

o9 reported TBInternational going live six months after selection; this is one customer example, not a general forecast-delivery promise.31

Integration requires connection setup, data mapping, ingestion logic and ongoing monitoring.32

Support and UK presence

Yurii Blazhevych takes the call and runs the forecast.5

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

o9 publishes a support contact route, but a UK support SLA was not established.29

The Academy offers learning paths, workshops and certifications.30

How it is charged

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 official Japan services page says platform subscription and development fees are individually quoted.27

o9’s Japan services page refers to subscription and development fees, quoted individually.27

Anything else

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

Nothing recorded yet.

Every fact we hold for this page (135), with what we could not confirm
Question
Antevon
O9 Solutions
What it is

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

o9 is an enterprise integrated planning platform.15

o9’s Japan services page describes implementation led by o9, a partner or the customer.27

Genpact and o9 advertise a separate subscription planning-as-a-service offer.28

The core o9 offer is an enterprise software platform.14

o9 currently markets an enterprise planning platform and its planning modules.14

The legal company behind the o9 brand is o9 Solutions, Inc., a Texas corporation.12

Not confirmed. Ultimate equity ownership of o9 Solutions, Inc. was not established.

o9 is the company shorthand; Digital Brain is its platform name, not a separate supplier.13

The option is o9 Solutions.12

Who it is for

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

o9 presents demand planning as software for enterprises.14

Not confirmed. A minimum revenue, SKU count or user count for buying the platform was not established.

o9 publishes an industry solution for beauty and personal care.16

The Home & Personal Care offer addresses retail, ecommerce and D2C channels.16

o9 describes a global office network.17

The collaborative planning offer is designed around Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain teams.18

Who builds the forecast

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

Not confirmed. Who owns source extraction, mapping, cleansing and feed maintenance in a UK engagement was not established.

Planners can define volumes, constraints and business logic within the planning hierarchy.18

Not confirmed. Whether implementation, data work, training or integrations are included in a UK software quote was not established.

What the forecast covers

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.

Teams can plan at customer, market, revenue or SKU-location level and reconcile to one baseline.18

Demand Sensing supports store-item-channel forecasts at daily or intraday resolution.19

Demand Planning describes forecast terms that can be configured to the project.14

Demand Sensing focuses on near-term demand with daily and weekly recalculation cycles.19

Retailers and sell-through

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.

Demand Sensing can use sell-out and point-of-sale behaviour, rather than only shipment history.19

Not confirmed. Named UK retailer EDI feeds, sell-through coverage and EDI write-back were not established.

Promotions and launches

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

Promotion Management models margin, volume and cost before an event runs.22

Demand Forecasting can incorporate pricing, promotions, weather, holidays and market signals.23

New Product Introduction Planning forecasts new items using attributes and comparable products.24

Orders to suppliers

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

Allocation & Replenishment calculates when and how much stores and distribution centres need.20

Supplier Collaboration can convert forecasts into suggested POs.21

Allocation & Replenishment describes translating plans into executable transfer orders and POs.20

Not confirmed. Who approves, releases or sends POs and follows suppliers in the purchased engagement was not established.

Not confirmed. Explicit minimum-order-quantity or pack-multiple constraint handling was not established.

Supply Chain Planning models supplier capacity and lead times.25

Cash

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.

Allocation & Replenishment includes service-versus-working-capital inventory trade-offs.20

Not confirmed. A hard cash-available purchasing constraint was not established.

Batches and shelf life

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

MEIO incorporates shelf life, freshness and ageing risk into inventory optimisation and order confirmation.26

Not confirmed. Lot or batch traceability and batch-level expiry allocation were not established.

What it connects to

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.

Not confirmed. A documented Shopify connector, its method and its data objects were not established.

Not confirmed. A documented Amazon Seller/Vendor connector, its method and its read/write objects were not established.

Not confirmed. A named 3PL connector, transport method and read/write data scope were not established.

o9 publishes an integration framework with ERP connectors and mapping templates, including SAP and Oracle.32

Not confirmed. CSV-specific import/export workflows, templates and write behaviour were not established.

What your team still does

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.

Not confirmed. Authority to approve cash commitments and purchases was not established.

Collaborative Demand Planning has the customer’s cross-functional teams co-create, reconcile and commit to the plan.18

The software guides planners toward exceptions requiring attention.18

Getting started

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

Not confirmed. A standard time to a first reviewed, decision-ready forecast was not established.

o9 reported TBInternational going live six months after selection; this is one customer example, not a general forecast-delivery promise.31

Integration requires connection setup, data mapping, ingestion logic and ongoing monitoring.32

The Genpact implementation approach names data readiness, governance, integrated design and user adoption.28

Support and UK presence

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.

o9 publishes a support contact route, but a UK support SLA was not established.29

The Academy offers learning paths, workshops and certifications.30

o9 lists an office at 91 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0EF.29

Companies House lists O9 SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED, number 13165595, as active.33

Not confirmed. UK support hours, timezone coverage and contractual response targets were not established.

o9 announced a planning-systems programme for M&S Clothing & Home in January 2024.34

How it is charged

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

The official Japan services page says platform subscription and development fees are individually quoted.27

Not confirmed. A UK-specific platform price schedule or pricing policy was not established.

o9’s Japan services page refers to subscription and development fees, quoted individually.27

Not confirmed. Minimum platform spend or deployment commitment was not established.

Not confirmed. A public UK setup, implementation or integration fee was not established.

Not confirmed. A free trial and its terms were not established.

Not confirmed. Minimum contract duration, renewal, cancellation and payment terms for a UK platform contract were not established.

Anything else

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

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. Price your own case.

O9 Solutions

Price not published. Quote on request (checked 21 Oct 2026).

Not confirmed. A current platform plan price, currency, billing period and tax basis were not established.

Antevon

The audit is from £2,500 as a one-off fee; tax is not stated.8

The desk after the audit is from £2,500 per month; tax is not stated.9

Switching or using both

If you already use o9 Solutions, consider Antevon for a separately agreed promotion brief5. Agree work that does not duplicate existing planning, one forecast owner and authorised input files, without assuming a system connection5.

Questions people ask

Can o9 Solutions suggest orders to suppliers?

o9 Solutions can suggest orders to suppliers through its supplier collaboration module21. Its stock planning module can turn plans into instructions to move stock and orders to suppliers through connected systems20.

What sales history does Antevon need?

The audit asks for 12 to 24 months of sales and your orders to suppliers. Also send your retailer list and promotion calendar.

Can Antevon update the forecast each month?

The monthly desk refreshes forecast numbers and maintains the decision record. It has rolling 30-day notice.

Will I have to keep paying after Antevon's audit?

You can keep using the delivered files without adopting software or paying for a login. The monthly desk is optional.

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Sources and dates

Antevon wrote this page. Each fact about o9 Solutions 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.

O9 Solutions's pages

  1. 12. Terms of Use - o9 Solutions
  2. 13. o9 Digital Brain - Enterprise Decision-Making & Planning in 2026
  3. 14. Demand Planning Software Solutions Powered by AI
  4. 15. Integrated Business Planning Software Solution Powered by AI
  5. 16. Home & Personal Care AI Planning & Execution Software Solutions
  6. 17. Story Behind o9 Solutions - History & Growth in the Digital Age
  7. 18. Collaborative Demand Planning Software Solutions Powered by AI
  8. 19. Demand Sensing Software Solutions Powered by AI
  9. 20. Allocation & Inventory Replenishment Software Solution Powered by AI
  10. 21. Advanced Supplier Collaboration Software Solution Powered by AI
  11. 22. Promotion Management, Simulation & Optimization Software Solution
  12. 23. AI/ML Demand Forecasting Software Solution for Enterprises
  13. 24. New Product Introduction (NPI) Planning Software Solution Powered by AI
  14. 25. Advanced Supply Chain Planning Software Solution Powered by AI
  15. 26. Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) Software Solution Powered by AI
  16. 27. 導入プロセスとサポート | o9ソリューションズ
  17. 28. o9 Solutions | Partners | Genpact
  18. 29. Contact o9 Solutions - Office Locations & Contact InformationUS
  19. 30. o9 Academy - Elevate Your Supply Chain Knowledge in 2026
  20. 31. o9 Successfully Completes a Six-Month Deployment of Its AI-Powered Demand Forecasting and Operations Planning Solutions at TBInternational - o9 Solutions
  21. 32. Integration with the o9 Platform - SAP Integration - A Step-by-Step Guide
  22. 33. O9 SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK
  23. 34. o9 Solutions to Support Marks & Spencer With the Digital Transformation and Upgrade of Its Clothing & Home Planning Systems - o9 Solutions
  24. 35. Case Study: Master Planning & Supplier Collaboration in Cosmetics

Antevon's own pages

  1. 1. Brand kit · Antevon
  2. 2. Terms · Antevon
  3. 3. The 2-week audit · Antevon
  4. 4. llms.txt (antevon.com)
  5. 5. Antevon · Know how much you'll sell, before you make it.
  6. 6. What a November promotion has to sell to pay back · Antevon
  7. 7. Only 2 left, and the factory needs four weeks · Antevon
  8. 8. The 2-week audit · Antevon
  9. 9. llms.txt (antevon.com)
  10. 10. Antevon · Know how much you'll sell, before you make it.
  11. 11. Privacy · Antevon

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