# Antevon vs OrderWise: stock forecasting software or a two-week audit

Canonical: https://www.antevon.com/compare/orderwise

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

## The short answer

OrderWise lets you choose how to forecast each product at each stock location [20]. Pick it when your team is ready to run the software [12, 19]. Pick Antevon for a two-week, fixed-fee forecasting project built for you [3, 5].

## Who each one fits

OrderWise targets mid-market wholesalers, distributors and trade-focused retailers [16]. It also offers a business system for growing small businesses with stock to manage [17].

Antevon's audit is for beauty brands in the UK and EU selling through retailers or preparing to [3, 4]. It fits founders and commercial teams without a full-time forecast owner [5].

## When OrderWise is the better choice

- Choose OrderWise if you need software to generate orders to suppliers automatically from forecast demand [22].
- Choose OrderWise if you need to track batches, expiry dates and recalls [18].
- Choose OrderWise if you need supplier minimum orders recorded and shown in purchase planning [20].

## When Antevon is the better choice

- Choose Antevon if you need buy, move, hold and cut recommendations with their money impact [3].
- Choose Antevon if you need to compare a retailer promotion with not running it, in pounds [6].

## How they differ

OrderWise configures the system, trains your team and tests it with you during implementation [24]. For Antevon's audit, you supply sales exports, retailer reports and an hour for questions [5]. Antevon cleans imperfect data as part of the work [5].

Antevon delivers two Excel files to keep [5]. The forecast gives a number for each product, retailer and month [5].

OrderWise connects to warehouse companies [29]. Its software support and maintenance team is UK-based [25].

## 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]
- OrderWise: Orderwise is a stock-focused ERP and warehouse/inventory software suite. [15]
- OrderWise: Orderwise supplies implementation as a collaborative project with configuration, training and testing. [24]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. An ongoing provider-operated demand-planning or PO-execution service was not established.
- OrderWise: Orderwise Cloud is software delivered as a service, with support and licensing in the monthly payment. [12]
- OrderWise: Orderwise has an active public software offer, including Orderwise Cloud. [12]
- OrderWise: Orderwise is part of Forterro. [14]
- OrderWise: OrderWise is an alternative capitalisation used in the vendor’s own copy. [13]
- OrderWise: Orderwise is the current product name. [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]
- OrderWise: Orderwise targets mid-market wholesalers, distributors and trade-focused retailers. [16]
- OrderWise: Orderwise also markets its ERP to growing small businesses with stock-centric operations. [17]
- OrderWise: Orderwise serves wholesale, trade retail and stock-sensitive sectors including healthcare and nutritional products. [14]
- OrderWise: Orderwise addresses businesses selling through ecommerce, trade accounts, stores and bulk repeat orders. [18]
- OrderWise: Orderwise explicitly serves UK stock-centric businesses. [15]
- OrderWise: Orderwise fits a team ready to operate software and take part in implementation and training. [19]

### 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]
- OrderWise: Data setup is collaborative, and users can define and test mappings for CSV and Excel sales-order imports. [27]
- OrderWise: Orderwise users can choose forecasting methods and maintain stock and history-adjustment parameters. [20]
- OrderWise: Orderwise includes implementation resources in the proposal; a full project team is described as standard. [13]
- OrderWise: Initial training is part of the overall package, while further training can be purchased. [19]

### 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.
- OrderWise: Orderwise lets users select a forecasting method for each variant at each stock location. [20]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. A numeric forward forecast horizon and forecast 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.
- OrderWise: Orderwise purchase planning uses the business’s sales and sales-order data across its channels. [22]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. Named beauty-retailer consumer sell-through feeds and forecasts from those feeds were not established.
- OrderWise: Orderwise advertises EDI transactions connected to the stock system. [18]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. Specific Boots, Sephora UK, Space NK and other beauty-retailer EDI message support 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]
- OrderWise: Orderwise advertises planning around promotions and seasonality with forecasting and stock profiles. [21]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. A specific new-product launch forecasting workflow was not established.

### 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]
- OrderWise: Orderwise offers rule-based replenishment and can automatically trigger purchase orders. [21]
- OrderWise: Orderwise advertises automated purchase-order generation aligned with forecast demand. [22]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. The party responsible for approving, sending and following up each purchase order was not established.
- OrderWise: Orderwise records supplier minimum order quantities and shows them in purchase planning. [20]
- OrderWise: Orderwise purchasing takes supplier lead times into account. [23]

### 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.
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. Hard cash-budget-constrained purchase optimisation was not established. [22]

### 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.
- OrderWise: Orderwise supports batch, expiry-date and recall tracking. [18]

### 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.
- OrderWise: Orderwise advertises Shopify integration. [18]
- OrderWise: The Orderwise connection matrix lists inbound net sales orders for Shopify. [28]
- OrderWise: The Orderwise connection matrix lists despatch tracking URL export for Shopify. [28]
- OrderWise: The Orderwise connection matrix marks Shopify as handling stock locations. [28]
- OrderWise: Orderwise advertises Amazon marketplace integration for stock control and order processing. [29]
- OrderWise: Orderwise advertises connections to third-party logistics partners. [29]
- OrderWise: Orderwise lists integration with the Access Dimensions accounting system. [29]
- OrderWise: Orderwise documents automated sales-order imports from CSV and Excel using custom mappings. [27]

### 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.
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. Contractual ownership of forecast sign-off and cash or purchase approval was not established.
- OrderWise: Import validation flags errors so they can be corrected before an ecommerce import session is set up. [27]

### 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]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. A numeric time to a first reviewed, decision-ready forecast was not established. [24]
- OrderWise: Orderwise implementation requires scope alignment, process mapping, data preparation, configuration and staff training. [24]

### 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.
- OrderWise: Orderwise provides UK-based software support and maintenance. [25]
- OrderWise: Optional Flex-Services provides consultancy, customisation and configuration through an annual service-points subscription. [26]
- OrderWise: Orderwise publishes a UK office/contact address in Saxilby, Lincoln. [14]
- OrderWise: Companies House lists Forterro UK Orderwise Limited, company 04633298, as active. [30]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. Specific staffed UK support hours and weekend or bank-holiday coverage were not established.
- OrderWise: Orderwise says it serves more than 1,000 UK companies. [15]

### 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]
- OrderWise: Orderwise pricing requires a tailored proposal based on the services needed. [13]
- OrderWise: Orderwise Cloud describes monthly payments for a software-and-services annual subscription. [12]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. Minimum subscription spend, users and other commercial minimums were not established.
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. A numeric setup, migration, training or implementation fee was not established. [13]
- OrderWise: Not confirmed. A self-service free-trial duration and trial terms were not established.
- OrderWise: Orderwise Cloud is described as an annual subscription; detailed renewal and cancellation terms were not established. [12]

### 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]
- OrderWise: 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.

### OrderWise

- Price not published. Quote on request (checked 21 Oct 2026).
- Not confirmed. The Evolve Cloud service tier is named publicly, but its price and charging unit were not established. [12]
- Not confirmed. The Go Cloud service tier is named publicly, but its price and charging unit were not established. [12]
- Not confirmed. The Growth Cloud service tier is named publicly, but its price and charging unit were not established. [12]

### 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 OrderWise, Antevon's audit could build retailer forecasts from agreed manual exports, without a native connection [5, 7].

## Questions people ask

### Does OrderWise connect to Shopify?

OrderWise supports Shopify integration [18]. It can send dispatch tracking links back to Shopify [28].

### What do I need to send for the audit?

Antevon's audit asks for 12 to 24 months of sales history [3]. Send your orders to suppliers, retailer list and promotion calendar too [3].

### When do the two weeks start?

Antevon's audit starts when your data arrives, not when you pay [3]. The draft arrives on day 13, with a walkthrough on day 14 [3].

### Do I need an ongoing subscription?

Antevon's delivered files keep working without a paid login or further engagement [5]. The optional monthly desk refreshes the forecast and maintains the decision record [5].

## Sources and dates

Antevon wrote this page. Each fact about OrderWise 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. Orderwise Cloud | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/orderwisecloud
13. Pricing | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/pricing-ow
14. Cutting-edge ERP, WMS and Stock Control Software | Orderwise | Forterro, https://orderwise.co.uk/en
15. Why Orderwise? | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/why-orderwise
16. UK's #1 Powerful ERP Software - Orderwise | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/solutions/erp-system
17. ERP for small businesses | UK's leading ERP software | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/solutions/erp-for-small-business
18. Retail Software | Retail Management Software | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/industries/retail-software
19. Software Solutions Training | Orderwise | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/services/training
20. Getting stock levels right | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/blog/getting-stock-levels-right
21. Stock Control System | Software For Stock Management | | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/solutions/stock-control-system
22. How better forecasting can fix your cash flow | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/blog/how-to-improve-forecasting
23. Purchase Order System | PO System | Purchasing Software | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/solutions/purchase-order-system
24. What does an Orderwise project look like? | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/services/implementation
25. Support & Maintenance | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/services/support-upgrades
26. Flex-Services | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/services/flex-services
27. Fully Automate Your CSV & Excel Sales Order Imports | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/blog/fully-automate-your-csv-excel-sales-order-imports
28. Ready? Set? Connect! | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/blog/ready-set-connect
29. Software Integrations | Orderwise | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/solutions/integrations
30. FORTERRO UK ORDERWISE LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04633298
31. BLISS | Orderwise, https://orderwise.co.uk/en/resource/bliss

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