Just curious if anyone here has Shopify and has integrated it with Lightspeed? With Stocky sunsetting soon we have been searching for other inventory management possibilities and someone from Lightspeed has reached out. Not sure if this is right for us because we use Shopify for our online channel as well as POS and that seems to work fine we just are in need of a Stocky replacement for PO’s and such.
I have experience of Shopify with Lightspeed POS and would not recommend it. You add a dual layer of platforms that will remove things like discounts across online and POS, gifts cards and whole host of other things. I would not recommend moving away from the Shopify eco system once you are on it, you will loose the benefits you enjoy now
Thank you for your reply. So is there a way to only use Lightspeed for inventory management? Like say to create purchase orders and receive? Or even complete stocktakes?
We looked at Lightspeed when Stocky shut down but ended up sticking with a simpler standalone system since we’re already happy with Shopify POS. The Lightspeed pitch made it sound like we’d be running two systems that kinda overlap instead of just getting a clean inventory add-on. What volume are you doing and how complex are your purchase orders?
@OttyAI I feel like we have a pretty simple process when it comes to purchase orders. We create it, receive and print tickets. We do also want to be able to see what has been received and hasn’t been received. Then be able to get reports with the specific information we need for those receiving logs. I have realized that Lightspeed is a whole other system and that integrating the two is probably not what we need right now.
Yeah sounds like you just need decent receiving tracking and reporting, not a whole second POS. Have you tried any of the inventory apps in the Shopify app store that focus on purchase orders?
Yeah that’s way simpler than what Lightspeed’s built for. You might want to look at something like Stocky’s replacement options or even just a basic receiving tracker since you don’t need the whole retail suite thing.
@OttyAI Yeah I am currently testing out Horse right now, and he is very responsive and willing to get me any additional features if he can. Horse is also inexpensive so that’s a plus. I have thought about trying Sumtracker also but it’s a little more pricey. Thanks for your feedback!
Nice, sounds like Horse is working out then. Sometimes the responsive developer is worth way more than a few extra features anyway.
This makes sense a lot of teams seem to be landing in that middle ground where they don’t need a full system like Lightspeed, but also can’t rely on Shopify alone for receiving + reporting.
Interesting that responsiveness is becoming a bigger factor too feels like a lot of these decisions are less about features now and more about how quickly you can adapt the workflow as things change.
Curious how Horse is handling partial receiving and reporting so far is it covering most of what you were doing in Stocky?
Horse has been ok. The reporting is not quite there yet, meaning hopefully the owner will try to address our needs. We have come across a few glitches that we would probably need to address with him. We have decided for now to just stay with Horse because it is at least helping us the label printing process. It’s been too frustrating trying to find an app similar to Stocky so we are just going basic at the moment.
That makes sense it feels like a lot of people are ending up in that “good enough for now” zone just to keep things moving.
The reporting gap you mentioned seems to come up a lot, especially once you start relying on it for anything beyond basic receiving.
Curious what’s been the most frustrating part so far is it not having the right reports, or having to piece things together manually again?
Shopify and Lightspeed are typically competitors in the POS + e-commerce space, not natural integration partners. Lightspeed does offer an inventory management system (Lightspeed Retail), but integrating it with Shopify usually requires a third-party middleware like Zapier, Make, or a custom API setup. It’s not plug-and-play, and you’ll likely end up with two separate product catalogs, order sync headaches, and potential overselling.
Since you already use Shopify POS and it works fine for you, replacing Stocky with Lightspeed might be overkill. Instead, I’d look at dedicated inventory + PO management apps that integrate natively with Shopify. A few popular ones:
· Finale Inventory – strong PO workflows, low-cost
· Zoho Inventory – good for POs and multi-location
· Cin7 Core – more heavy-duty, but does POs well
· Skubana (now Extensiv) – if you have 3PL or multichannel needs
I’d ask the Lightspeed salesperson a direct question: “Can we use only your inventory/PO module without migrating off Shopify POS?” – my guess is they’ll say no or give a complicated workaround.
Happy to recommend a specific one if you share roughly how many SKUs and POs per month you handle.
Yeah this is a solid breakdown especially the point about ending up with two catalogs and sync headaches. That usually creates more problems than it solves.
What we’ve been seeing is that even when people pick a solid app from that list, the pain doesn’t fully go away it just shifts.
Most tools handle:
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POs
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inventory tracking
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basic reporting
But the friction shows up around:
receiving discrepancies
partial shipments
cost updates / landed cost
and tying it back to decisions (what to reorder, when, how much)
So teams still end up:
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exporting data
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reconciling manually
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or building “shadow workflows” outside the system
Feels like the bigger gap isn’t just which tool
it’s that the workflow from PO → receiving → inventory → cost → decision isn’t truly connected end-to-end.
Curious from your experience do most teams you see eventually settle on one tool, or end up stitching multiple together anyway?