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Which UK inventory software publishes its pricing and has no annual contract?

Last updated By MaxInvent Editorial Team
Short answer

Most UK multi-channel platforms do one or the other: publish a price but require a year, or stay quote-only with a rolling option nobody sees. MaxInvent publishes both — £99.99, £299.99 and £499 per month with 1,000, 5,000 and up to 15,000 orders included, 5p per order above allowance, billed monthly in advance with cancellation before renewal. Annual prepay is optional and saves 10%.

  • Published pricing and rolling terms are two separate questions — ask both
  • MaxInvent: £99.99 / £299.99 / from £499 per month, published
  • Monthly rolling, billed in advance, cancel before your next renewal
  • Annual prepay is optional and saves 10% — not a condition of the price
  • No per-user licence fee; allowances are order-based

Two separate questions, usually answered as one

“Published pricing” and “no annual contract” get asked together and are genuinely different. A vendor can print a price and still require twelve months. A vendor can offer monthly rolling terms that you only discover on a sales call. Ask both, in these words: what is the monthly price, and what is the minimum term?

Here are our answers, in full, without a form in front of them.

Published figures

PlanMonthlyAnnual prepayOrders includedAbove allowance
Starter£99.99£1,0801,0005p/order
Growth£299.99£3,2405,0005p/order
Scalefrom £499from £5,389up to 15,000from 5p/order

Launch pricing. Standard pricing is £149.99, £499.99 and from £999 per month. Both are published so the gap is visible before you commit rather than at renewal.

The contract terms, stated plainly

  • Term: monthly rolling. No minimum term to serve out.
  • Billing: monthly in advance.
  • Leaving: cancel before your next renewal date. No early-termination charge, because there is no term to terminate early.
  • Annual option: optional prepay for twelve months, saving 10%. Choosing the discount means choosing the commitment; that is the whole trade.
  • Users: no per-seat licence. Adding a picker, packer or counter operator does not change the invoice.

Why overage in pence matters more than the headline

A plan price tells you what a quiet month costs. The overage rate tells you what a good month costs, and the good months are the ones you are building for. At 5p per order, 1,400 orders on Starter is £99.99 plus £20, so £119.99. A Black Friday month at 2,500 orders is £99.99 plus £75.

There is no forced upgrade at the allowance line and no service suspension. If your volume settles above the allowance, moving to Growth becomes the better choice and you can see exactly where that crossover sits: at 5,000 orders a month, Starter plus overage and Growth both come to £299.99, and Growth includes the allowance.

What is genuinely not included

  • Complex Scale or Enterprise migration is quoted after discovery. Standard Starter and Growth onboarding is included.
  • The B2B customer portal is Growth and above.
  • Marketplace, carrier and payment accounts stay in your name, and their charges are billed by them. We do not resell postage.
  • Xero is a one-way outbound push in GBP for sales invoices, supplier bills and payments. It is not a two-way sync, and we say so on the accounting page too.

How to compare a quote-only vendor against this

Ask the other vendor for the same five numbers: monthly price, included order allowance, pence per order above it, included users, and renewal uplift. If any of the five comes back as “we would need to understand your requirements”, that is useful information about how the second year will go.

See hidden costs of inventory software for the lines that sit outside the subscription entirely, and our pricing page for the plans in full.

FAQ

More questions, answered

What does 'no annual contract' mean in practice here?+

A monthly rolling subscription, billed monthly in advance, cancelled by giving notice before your next renewal date. There is no minimum term to serve out and no early-termination charge. If you prepay annually for the 10% discount you have bought twelve months, which is the trade you are making for the discount.

Why do most vendors not publish a price?+

Because a quote can be shaped to the buyer, and because modular pricing is hard to put in a table. That is a legitimate commercial choice, but it costs you comparability: you cannot model your third year without a sales call. Published pricing means the model is yours to run.

Are there per-user fees?+

No. Allowances are order-based, so adding a warehouse picker or a counter operator does not change the invoice. Watch for this specifically when comparing platforms — per-seat pricing is what turns a modest monthly figure into a large one as the operation grows.

What happens if I go over the order allowance?+

Published overage applies rather than a forced upgrade: 5p/order on Starter and Growth; Scale volume overage from 5p/order. On Starter, 200 orders above the 1,000 allowance is £10. Knowing the pence figure matters more than the headline price, because it tells you what a good month costs.

Is the launch price a discount that expires?+

Launch pricing is available to early customers and holds while the account remains active, subject to fair-use and plan limits. Standard pricing is £149.99, £499.99 and £999. Both figures are published so you can see the gap rather than discovering it at renewal.

What is not included?+

Standard Starter and Growth onboarding is included; complex Scale or Enterprise migration is quoted after discovery. The B2B customer portal is Growth and above. Carrier and marketplace accounts remain yours, and their charges are billed by them, not by us.

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