BOMIST
by BOMIST
An offline-first desktop application for electronics inventory, BOM revisions and procurement, with distributor price lookups and production planning that flags shortages before you start a build.
Why it is classified this way
We call this a BOM & inventory product. Tracks product structure, parts, costs, and purchasing without a complete plan-and-execute production loop.
It is not labeled Full MRP because we have not verified that it accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule; explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials; uses lead times or required dates; and produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations. That is a statement about the evidence we found, not a claim that the product is weak, see the capability table and the sources below.
The six Full MRP tests, and how BOMIST does on each (2 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: bomist.com(opens in a new tab)
- PartialIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- YesIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Evidence: bomist.com(opens in a new tab); docs.bomist.com › Inventory(opens in a new tab)
- UnknownIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- UnknownIt uses lead times or required dates.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- UnknownIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Not established. No evidence found yet.
These rules are applied identically to every product and enforced at build time, a record cannot be published as Full MRP unless all six pass with a source attached. Read the methodology.
Best for
- Hardware teams who want their parts database on their own machine rather than someone else's server
- Shops working somewhere with unreliable internet. It is offline-first by design
- Small teams benefiting from flat pricing instead of per-seat billing
Not a fit when
- Anyone needing time-phased planning or lead-time-driven ordering
- Batch and recipe producers
- Teams wanting sub-assemblies on the cheapest paid tier
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Free plan
Free version limited to 100 parts and 3 products. That is enough to evaluate it properly and not enough to run a business on.
Free plan
$0/month
Advertised from
$15/month
Useful entry price
$50/month
Billing basis
Flat rate
Why the useful price is higher
Maker at $15 is a real plan, but sub-assemblies (which is what turns a parts list into a product structure) are listed as a PRO feature at $50 a month.
Free trial: 14 days.
What moves the real bill
- Annual billing assumed. The advertised rate requires paying for a year up front. Monthly billing costs more.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Add-ons and setup |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | — |
| "Without a subscription, a single user can use the app for FREE, being limited to 100 parts and 3 products." | ||
| MAKERBilled yearly, shown per month | $15/mo · single user | — |
| Single user, up to 1,000 parts. MAKER prices include VAT; the other plans exclude it. | ||
| MAKERBilled monthly | $18/mo · single user | — |
| Single user, up to 1,000 parts. MAKER prices include VAT; the other plans exclude it. | ||
| PROBilled yearly, shown per month | $50/mo · single user | — |
| Single user, no part limit. Sub-assemblies, lot control and production planning are PRO lines. Treating sub-assemblies as where manufacturing starts is our reading. | ||
| PROBilled monthly | $60/mo · single user | — |
| Single user, no part limit. Sub-assemblies, lot control and production planning are PRO lines. Treating sub-assemblies as where manufacturing starts is our reading. | ||
| TEAMBilled yearly, shown per month | $175/mo | — |
| Unlimited users on one Team Workspace; 5 GB document storage. | ||
| TEAMBilled monthly | $225/mo | — |
| Unlimited users on one Team Workspace; 5 GB document storage. | ||
| ENTERPRISEBilled yearly, shown per month | from $350/mo | — |
| "Starting at $350 per month, billed yearly"; adds on-premises hosting and an offline license. | ||
Cheapest paid plan that manufactures, by paid users
- 1 user: PRO, $50 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year $600.
- 5 users: TEAM, $175 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year $2,100.
- 10 users: TEAM, $175 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year $2,100.
Pricing detail
MAKER $15/month, PRO $50/month, TEAM $175/month, ENTERPRISE $350/month, all quoted on annual billing. Billed monthly, MAKER is $18, PRO $60 and TEAM $225; ENTERPRISE is yearly only. These monthly figures were re-checked on 2026-09-18 in the pricing page's own script, which holds the amounts in cents. MAKER prices include VAT and the others exclude it. Flat-rate rather than per-seat, which is unusual and helpful at the TEAM tier. The PRO card reads "Everything in the MAKER plan, plus:" and lists no limits (MAKER caps you at 1,000 parts), sub-assemblies, internal part numbers, custom fields, attrition rate, lot control, the inventory value report, production plans with automatic procurement, and sales orders and customers. TEAM adds several users on one shared Team Workspace, role-based permissions, a managed cloud database with real-time sync, 5GB of document storage and the read-only cloud API. ENTERPRISE adds on-premises hosting, an offline license, priority support and more than one Team Workspace.
Price history
- Maker $15, Pro $50 and Team $175 a month billed yearly, and Enterprise starting at $275 a month billed yearly. Archived page, January 20, 2024(opens in a new tab)
- Enterprise starting price rose to $300 a month billed yearly; Maker, Pro and Team stayed at $15, $50 and $175. Archived page, February 23, 2024(opens in a new tab)
- Monthly-billing prices appeared next to the yearly ones: Maker $18, Pro $60 and Team $225 a month billed monthly (VAT included). Archived page, August 5, 2025(opens in a new tab)
- Enterprise starting price rose to $350 a month billed yearly; Maker, Pro and Team stayed at $15, $50 and $175. Archived page, October 30, 2025(opens in a new tab)
From copies of the vendor's pricing page kept by the Internet Archive.
Checked on October 9, 2026. Source: bomist.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
12 of 25 fields resolved. "Unknown" means we have not found first-party evidence. It is not a No.
Planning
Working out what to buy or make, and when.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Accepts dated demandYou can tell it what is due and when, sales orders with dates, a forecast, or a production schedule. | Partial | You can enter dated demand through production plans: "A production plan defines, for a single product revision, a quantity that has to be produced and when." What is missing is time-phasing, because nothing in the docs uses that date when netting, and sales orders carry no documented due date. Production plans are a PRO-and-above feature.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: docs.bomist.com › Production(opens in a new tab); bomist.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Yes | Procurement is generated automatically when production requires more inventory than is on hand, netting a build's requirements against stock.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: bomist.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Counts incoming ordersIt knows about purchase orders and production orders already placed, so it does not tell you to order twice. | Yes | Incoming stock counts when shortages are worked out, as long as procurement uses the Stock Balance source, which the docs recommend. The inventory reference defines it as "Stock = Stock Available + Planned + On-order + In-production", so open purchase orders and builds in progress are netted. If you pick Stock Available instead, incoming stock is ignored.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: docs.bomist.com › Inventory(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Uses lead timesIt works backwards from when you need something to when you must order or start it, using supplier and production lead times. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing lead time fields that shift a suggested order or start date.Know the answer? |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation or a screenshot of replenishment or planning suggestions carrying dates.Know the answer? |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of work-center or resource capacity being compared against load.Know the answer? |
Production
Recipes, bills of materials, and running the work.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Bill of materialsA list of the parts and quantities needed to make one of something. | Yes | BOM management with multiple revisions, revision comparison and cost estimation.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: bomist.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Multi-level BOMSub-assemblies inside assemblies, a part that is itself made from other parts, nested as deep as you need. | Yes | Sub-assemblies are supported, listed among the PRO plan features rather than the $15 Maker tier.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: bomist.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Recipes & formulasBatch-style production by weight, volume, or percentage, including scaling a batch up or down. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of recipe or formula records, ideally with batch scaling.Know the answer? |
| Work / manufacturing ordersA record authorising and tracking the making of a specific quantity. | Yes | Production planning with kit lists, and inventory "automatically adjusted" when production completes.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: bomist.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of operation sequences or routings attached to production.Know the answer? |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a shop-floor, operator, or terminal interface for reporting production.Know the answer? |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of quality inspections, checks, or non-conformance handling.Know the answer? |
Inventory & traceability
Knowing what you hold and being able to trace it.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Batch & lot traceabilityWhich incoming material lots went into which finished batch, and where those finished goods went. | Yes | The vendor states: "Lot codes along with inventory ID codes will show up in the production build once inventory has been reserved or used for assembly." The lots reference also covers received lots, lots of finished builds, and mapping customer-facing lots across several builds. Checked 2026-09-14. Lot control is a PRO feature: the pricing page's comparison table marks the "Lot control" row as not included on MAKER and included on PRO, TEAM and ENTERPRISE.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: docs.bomist.com › Lots(opens in a new tab); bomist.com › Pricing(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of expiry, best-before, or shelf-life date fields.Know the answer? |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of serial number tracking on individual units.Know the answer? |
Commerce & accounting
Costs, purchasing, storefronts, and the books.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Product costing & COGSWhat it costs you to make one, and the cost of the goods you sold. | Yes | BOM cost estimation against live distributor pricing from Octopart, DigiKey, Mouser and TME.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: bomist.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | Automated procurement generation with real-time distributor pricing and availability.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: bomist.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a named accounting integration or a built-in ledger.Know the answer? |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a named storefront or marketplace integration.Know the answer? |
Openness & your data
Getting data in, out, and away if you leave.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| APIA documented programming interface so other software can read and write your data. | Yes | A REST API for workspace access and custom scripting.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: bomist.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of outbound webhooks or event subscriptions.Know the answer? |
| MCP supportA Model Context Protocol server, letting an AI assistant read or act on this data. Useful, but it has nothing to do with whether the product plans materials. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: a first-party mcp server, or documentation of one.Know the answer? |
| CSV exportYou can get your lists out as spreadsheet files. | Yes | CSV, JSON, HTML and PDF export are all supported.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: bomist.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Yes | A backup or workspace export is a single .bomist_dump zip of the whole workspace. The backups page says: "Inside you'll find an allDocs.json file containing all your data in JSON format." CSV, JSON, HTML and PDF exports are there for individual lists as well.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: docs.bomist.com › Backups(opens in a new tab); bomist.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- Desktop app, Cloud (hosted for you)
- Licensing
- Proprietary on-premise
- Team sizes
- Just me, 2–5 people, 6–20 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Countable assembled products, Kits & bundles
Integrations
- Octopart
- DigiKey
- Mouser
- TME
Jobs this product qualifies for
Derived from the capability table above, not hand-assigned.
Editorial notes and cautions
Things we would want a friend to know before buying.
- Offline-first with cloud sync is a genuinely different ownership model from pure SaaS, and worth weighing if vendor dependence is one of your concerns.
- The free tier's 100-part cap makes it an evaluation tool rather than a permanent plan for a working shop.
- Sub-assembly support at PRO rather than Maker is the pricing detail most likely to catch someone out.
Alternatives to BOMIST
An alternative is always an alternative for a reason. There is no universal replacement.
Compared on PartsBox's page, where we wrote: "BOMIST publishes prices from $15 a month and runs as an offline-first desktop app, which suits teams that would rather not depend on a hosted service."
Evidence and verification
Pricing, tier gating, deployment model and the procurement calculation are all sourced from the vendor's own site and docs. The monthly rates were first read from the pricing page's script bundle; that hashed file is gone after a redeploy (404 on 2026-10-09), and the same rates now render on the pricing page itself ($15/$18 single user, $50/$60, $175/$225 unlimited users, $350), which is what the record cites.
Sources we checked (6)
What we still want to confirm
We publish our gaps rather than hiding them. If you can point us at a first-party page for any of these, we will update the record and credit the correction.
- Find first-party evidence for the fields still marked unknown: uses lead times, produces dated buy/make suggestions, capacity planning, recipes & formulas, routings & operations, shop-floor tracking, quality controls, expiry & shelf life, serial numbers, accounting connection, ecommerce connection, webhooks and mcp support.
Still unknown: uses lead times, produces dated buy/make suggestions, capacity planning, recipes & formulas, routings & operations, shop-floor tracking, quality controls, expiry & shelf life, serial numbers, accounting connection, ecommerce connection, webhooks, mcp support.