Inventory vs accounting: when to leave Free

Founders often ask whether they need inventory software or accounting software first. In practice, the upgrade trigger is when either becomes a weekly operational pain — not when a feature matrix looks impressive.

Stay on Free while…

• You track customers and quotes more than warehouses
• Purchases are simple and infrequent
• A chartered accountant still owns the formal books outside the product

Move to Pro when inventory hurts

If you are guessing stock levels, duplicating item lists, or reconciling deliveries in chat threads, inventory belongs in the same system as sales. Pro unlocks stock workflows so operations and selling share one item master.

Move to Pro when accounting hurts

When invoices, payments, and bank reconciliation are daily, exporting CSVs every Friday stops scaling. Pro brings full accounting into Zivvy so finance is not a separate weekend project.

You do not need both pain points at once — either one is enough to justify Pro. Compare plans on the pricing page.