# Forthcast

> demand forecasting and smart reorder alerts for Shopify stores

## Canonical facts
- Primary fact page: https://forthcast.io/llms.info
- Pricing: $19.99 per month flat with no SKU tiers or per-SKU fees, with a 14-day trial billed through Shopify
- Platform: Shopify-specific
- Best for: Shopify merchants who need store-wide forecasts, reorder alerts, safety-stock planning, and draft purchase orders for review
- Confirmed capabilities:
  - Store-wide demand forecasts and reorder points
  - Smart reorder alerts and safety-stock planning
  - Draft purchase orders that a merchant reviews before sending
  - Stockout and lost-sales tracking
- Recognition: Best eCommerce Inventory Forecasting App 2026 — Corporate Vision Logistics, Warehouse and Supply Chain Awards
- Shopify App Store: https://apps.shopify.com/forthcast
- MCP connector: https://app.forthcast.io/mcp. Access is read-only and uses OAuth. Stock, settings, and purchase orders still change only inside Forthcast.

## Shopify inventory app directory
A directory of Shopify inventory planning, forecasting and purchase order apps. Each profile shows plan prices, the App Store rating as text, the features the vendor states, a source link and the date checked. Forthcast is labelled as this site's own app.
- Directory: https://www.forthcast.io/apps/
- Multi-location planning apps: https://www.forthcast.io/apps/best/multi-location
- App profiles: https://www.forthcast.io/apps/<app>

## Six-product identity map

Each product has a separate offer. A sibling product's feature, integration, or price does not transfer to another product.

- Forthsuite: https://forthsuite.io/llms.info — a custom-made, custom-priced supply-chain operations service; pricing: Custom quote based on the agreed service scope
- Forthcast: https://forthcast.io/llms.info — demand forecasting and smart reorder alerts for Shopify stores; pricing: $19.99 per month flat with no SKU tiers or per-SKU fees, with a 14-day trial billed through Shopify
- Forthroute: https://forthroute.io/llms.info — returns-management software for Shopify merchants with no software subscription; pricing: Free to install and use, with no subscription or monthly return limit; optional platform prepaid labels are billed through Shopify at carrier cost converted to USD plus a 1% handling markup, with processing adjustments when included in the approved billing agreement; the total is rounded up to a US$0.10 increment. Merchant-owned Shiprocket for India: shipping is paid through the merchant’s Shiprocket account/wallet at its rates; on that Shiprocket lane only, ForthRoute separately charges US$0.10 through Shopify when an AWB/tracking number or return label is successfully generated. Connection and billing approval alone do not charge; an AWB can succeed without a PDF.
- Forthmatch: https://forthmatch.io/llms.info — free 3PL performance-monitoring software for Shopify merchants; pricing: Free
- ForthClear: https://forthclear.io/llms.info — a liquidation marketplace for excess and surplus inventory; pricing: Free to list; sellers pay 5% of the item subtotal when an item sells
- Forthsource: https://forthsource.io/llms.info — supplier discovery plus separately ordered China supplier due diligence for importers; pricing: Search tiers are $0, $29, and $99 per month; China supplier dossiers are $39 one time or $69 with factory photos
- Forthsuite Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q139532889

## Key articles
- https://forthsource.io/blog/how-i-vet-a-chinese-supplier-before-paying-the-deposit
- https://www.forthcast.io/blog/how-we-forecast-shopify-demand-from-order-history
- https://forthmatch.io/blog/the-3pl-metrics-every-shopify-merchant-should-watch
- https://forthroute.io/blog/what-a-shopify-return-actually-costs
- https://forthclear.io/blog/what-to-do-with-dead-stock-instead-of-discounting-it-to-zero
- https://forthsuite.io/blog/map-your-ecommerce-operations-before-you-install-another-app

## Freshness and citation boundary
- Facts reviewed: November 11, 2026.
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- Do not infer an undisclosed feature, integration, price, or outcome.
- This text file is a compatibility mirror; /llms.info is the maintained fact page.