Orderkraft
by Codeture
A Shopify app for made-to-order brands: each made-to-order line on a Shopify order becomes a manufacturing order with its bill of materials, a ship-by date and plan steps, and stocked items ship separately. $29 a month plus a graduated fee per completed manufacturing order. Material stock and costing are not documented.
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; nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming; 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 Orderkraft does on each (1 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: orderkraft.com › Made to order(opens in a new tab); orderkraft.com › Bill of materials(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.
- PartialIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- PartialIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.Each order explodes its bill of materials into the manufacturing order: "Orderkraft explodes that list into the manufacturing order the moment the order lands, in the right quantities." This is per order, and nothing documents a planning run that totals component requirements across orders or through nested sub-assemblies. orderkraft.com › Bill of materials(opens in a new tab)
- PartialIt uses lead times or required dates.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- 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
- Shopify furniture, bike, jewelry and apparel brands that build each item after it is ordered
- Stores mixing stocked and made-to-order items that want stocked lines to ship without waiting
- Personalization shops where engraving or embroidery on a stocked item is the production work
- Teams that want a storefront lead time and a ship-by date taken from the same setup
Not a fit when
- Anyone selling outside Shopify, since it runs only as a Shopify embedded app
- Makers who need material stock levels, receiving, lots or costing, none of which the docs describe
- High-volume gifting or one-unit-per-line production, where the per-order fee becomes most of the bill
- Shops that need capacity planning or scheduling, which the vendor says are not features today
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Advertised from
$29/month
Useful entry price
$29/month
Billing basis
Mixed
Free trial: 14 days.
Plans
| Plan | Price | Add-ons and setup |
|---|---|---|
| EverythingBilled monthly | $29/mo | — |
| Plus a graduated fee per completed manufacturing order: $0.75 (1 to 200 a month), $0.55 (201 to 1,000), $0.40 (1,001 to 3,000), $0.22 (3,001 to 10,000), $0.12 above 10,000. Billed through Shopify every 30 days. Users are unlimited: "Every production location, every user, no seat charges". | ||
Cheapest paid plan that manufactures, by paid users
- 1 user: Everything, $29 a month (billed monthly); first year $348.
- 5 users: Everything, $29 a month (billed monthly); first year $348.
- 10 users: Everything, $29 a month (billed monthly); first year $348.
Pricing detail
One plan, "Everything": $29 a month plus a fee on each manufacturing order completed in the month, graduated like tax brackets: $0.75 each for 1 to 200, $0.55 for 201 to 1,000, $0.40 for 1,001 to 3,000, $0.22 for 3,001 to 10,000 and $0.12 above that. The page's own examples: 50 orders cost $66.50 a month, 200 cost $179 and 1,000 cost $619. A manufacturing order is one unit being built, not one Shopify order: "a line item for five identical chairs creates five manufacturing orders", and an order with 50 engraved recipients bills as 50. Canceled orders, stocked items and build-to-stock orders are not charged. "Billed in USD through Shopify every 30 days." Every user and production location is included, with no add-ons. 14-day free trial with usage free. No annual price is published.
Checked on October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.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 | Each made-to-order line on a Shopify order opens a manufacturing order with a fixed due date: "Every made-to-order manufacturing order gets a ship-by date the moment it's created: the date it should be finished and handed to the carrier. It's the order date plus the product's maximum lead time." There is no forecast, and the dates belong to production orders rather than a material plan.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › Manufacturing orders(opens in a new tab); orderkraft.com › Ship by dates(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Partial | The homepage says: "Required components are reserved against on-hand stock. Shortfalls surface immediately, not at the warehouse." No help article describes how component stock is counted, received or netted, and no calculation of what to buy is documented.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing open purchase or production orders included in the supply picture.Know the answer? |
| Uses lead timesIt works backwards from when you need something to when you must order or start it, using supplier and production lead times. | Partial | Lead times are production and dock-to-stock time ranges on the bill of materials, and they set the customer promise: the ship-by date is "the order date plus the product's maximum lead time". Lead times do not shift any purchase or start date for materials.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › Made to order(opens in a new tab); orderkraft.com › Ship by dates(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| 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. | No | The introduction says the docs "don't cover advanced production planning, capacity, or scheduling, because those aren't features today."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › Introduction(opens in a new tab)Question this |
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 | The made-to-order article says: "A product is made-to-order when it has a bill of materials attached to it." A bill of materials links a Shopify product to its raw materials and components plus production and dock-to-stock time ranges.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › Made to order(opens in a new tab); orderkraft.com › Bill of materials(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 | The bill of materials page says: "A BOM can nest, so a finished piece of furniture can be built from sub-assemblies that each have their own bill of materials."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › Bill of materials(opens in a new tab); orderkraft.com › Made to order(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 | The manufacturing orders article says: "A manufacturing order is one unit of production: build this much of this thing, at this location." Orders move through Draft, Waiting, In progress, On hold, Completed and Cancelled, with holds and a timeline. They can be made-to-order or build-to-stock.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › Manufacturing orders(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Yes | Manufacturing plans attach step sequences to orders: "Define the sequence of steps once, set their dependencies, and every matching manufacturing order automatically receives those steps as work orders." Steps can run in sequence, in parallel or converge. No work centers, run times or costs per step are described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › Manufacturing plans(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Partial | The manufacturing orders index is the floor's queue: "In Orderkraft, the manufacturing orders index is the queue the floor works from." It has urgency tiles and bulk holds. This is a screen in the Shopify admin app, not a documented operator terminal, and the docs say: "It doesn't talk to your machines or schedule work on the production floor."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › Manufacturing orders(opens in a new tab); orderkraft.com › How it fits(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Partial | A QC step can be added to a manufacturing plan as a work order template ("Create it once and you can pick it in every plan that needs quality checking"), and holds record a reason. No inspection results, pass/fail records or non-conformance handling are described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › Manufacturing plans(opens in a new tab)Question this |
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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of lot or batch numbers tracked through consumption into finished goods.Know the answer? |
| 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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of landed, manufactured, or unit cost calculation and cogs reporting.Know the answer? |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of purchase order creation and receiving.Know the answer? |
| 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. | Yes | It is a Shopify embedded app and works only with Shopify: "Orderkraft is a Shopify embedded app. You install it from the App Store and it runs inside your Shopify Admin like any other app." It reads orders through the orders/create webhook and writes lead times and production status back to Shopify.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › How it fits(opens in a new tab); orderkraft.com(opens in a new tab)Question this |
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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: public api documentation.Know the answer? |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Partial | Events go out through Shopify Flow rather than webhooks you subscribe to: "Production events are published to Shopify Flow as triggers: a manufacturing order created, started, put on hold, cancelled, or completed." Build-to-stock orders fire no triggers.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: orderkraft.com › How it fits(opens in a new tab); orderkraft.com › Flow triggers(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| 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. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of csv or spreadsheet export.Know the answer? |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a complete account export, database dump, or equivalent.Know the answer? |
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- Cloud (hosted for you)
- Licensing
- Proprietary SaaS
- Team sizes
- Just me, 2–5 people, 6–20 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Countable assembled products, Custom or job-shop work
Integrations
- Shopify
- Shopify Flow
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.
- Shopify only. Orderkraft installs from the Shopify App Store, bills through Shopify and reads products, orders and locations from Shopify. If you leave Shopify, you leave Orderkraft.
- The $29 is a base fee. Each completed manufacturing order adds $0.75, falling to $0.12 at volume, and one is created per unit built, not per Shopify order: 200 units a month costs $179.
- Materials are reserved, not shown being used up. The homepage says required components "are reserved against on-hand stock", but no page says material stock is reduced when an order completes, and the BOM page says it tracks what a product consumes, "not general warehouse stock."
- Finished-goods inventory stays in Shopify; the docs say Orderkraft "doesn't manage inventory for finished goods (Shopify does that)."
- A young product: the earliest changelog entry is dated July 21, 2026.
Alternatives to Orderkraft
An alternative is always an alternative for a reason. There is no universal replacement.
Inventora starts at $19 a month with no per-order fee, tracks material stock and cost of goods, and connects Etsy, WooCommerce and Square as well as Shopify.
- Atlessa ManufacturingStronger batch & traceability
Atlessa is also a Shopify-only app but documents material stock, lot trace with a recall list and production runs closed at actual cost, which Orderkraft does not describe.
- KatanaStronger true MRP
Katana adds purchase planning with lead times, material stock across locations and a shop-floor app, for brands that outgrow a production queue.
Evidence and verification
Why this record is not Verified. New record from one research pass on 2026-10-09, resting on the vendor's own site and docs. Held at partially verified until an editor re-reads the cited pages.
Researched 2026-10-09 from orderkraft.com only: the homepage, pricing page with its rate card, feature pages and the full public docs (every page in the sitemap). The Shopify App Store listing was not read.
Sources we checked (12)
orderkraft.com
- Home page(opens in a new tab)
- Pricing(opens in a new tab)
- Docs(opens in a new tab)
- Introduction(opens in a new tab)
- How it fits(opens in a new tab)
- Made to order(opens in a new tab)
- Manufacturing orders(opens in a new tab)
- Manufacturing plans(opens in a new tab)
- Ship by dates(opens in a new tab)
- Flow triggers(opens in a new tab)
- Bill of materials(opens in a new tab)
- Raw materials catalog(opens in a new tab)
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.
- Confirm whether material stock is reduced when a manufacturing order completes. The homepage says components are reserved against on-hand stock; no page describes consumption, receiving or where material stock levels come from.
- Confirm whether material costs or product costs are recorded anywhere; no page mentions cost.
- Confirm whether purchase orders, lots, serials or expiry exist. The docs mention none.
- Confirm whether there is an API or any export; the docs mention only Shopify Flow triggers and Shopify metafields.
Still unknown: counts incoming orders, produces dated buy/make suggestions, recipes & formulas, batch & lot traceability, expiry & shelf life, serial numbers, product costing & cogs, purchasing, accounting connection, api, mcp support, csv export, full data export.