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MakeFlow · Comparison · Updated 30 October 2026

Shopify production planning apps compared

“Production planning” covers anything from a daily make list to a full manufacturing system. This page compares five Shopify apps across that range, using only what each App Store listing says, so you can pick the size of tool that fits your workshop. MakeFlow (opens in a new tab) sits at the simple end.

At a glance

MakeFlow

MakeFlow reads your open Shopify orders and builds today’s make list: total quantities per product and variant, with personalisations on each item. You can group by order tag, product type or collection and filter by ship-within date. Proof holds keep items off the list until the customer approves, part-paid and deposit orders are labelled, and lead times and weekly capacity give ship-by dates and an over-booked warning. It is one plan at $5.99/month. It does not do stages per worker, bills of materials or purchasing. It is new and has no reviews yet.

Kanbanify: Production Tracking

The listing describes a kanban board inside Shopify with unlimited custom stages, orders and users, automatic order tagging, a team roster with assignees and Shopify Flow automation. Basic is $7/month; Pro is $15/month and adds unlimited production line-item boards. A good fit if you think in stages rather than a daily list.

Route to Ship: Made to Order

The listing describes a production pipeline with tag-based routing, a worker tablet view, a manager dashboard and a customer tracking page. The free plan covers 1 user and 25 orders a month; Production is $39/month (3 users, 250 orders) and the next plan $99/month (10 users, 1,000 orders). A good fit for teams with several stations.

Orderkraft: made to order

The listing describes automatic manufacturing orders, bills of materials and components, lead times on product pages, shipping stocked items first and production status on the order page. It is $29/month plus usage charges.

MRPeasy Manufacturing ERP

The listing describes a full manufacturing ERP for businesses up to 200 employees: production planning and scheduling, routing and BOMs, inventory, purchasing, CRM and accounting or Xero and QuickBooks sync. It starts at $49/month.

How to choose

• One or two people making to order, who want to know what to make today: MakeFlow is the simplest and cheapest here.
• Work that moves through stages and people: Kanbanify or Route to Ship.
• Products built from components you need to track: Orderkraft or MRPeasy, or MakeFlow alongside MakeStock for materials.
• A growing manufacturer that needs purchasing, scheduling and accounts in one place: MRPeasy.

Oskivo makes MakeRep and MakeFlow, so read this as the developer’s comparison, not an independent review. Competitor details are taken only from each app’s public Shopify App Store listing on 22 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars as the listings show them, before any usage charges or taxes, and listings change. Check each listing before you decide.

Questions

Other guides

• How to turn Shopify orders into a daily production list

  The step-by-step MakeFlow guide.

• MakeFlow vs a spreadsheet or whiteboard for make-to-order

  When the whiteboard is enough and when it stops being.