lockstockapp.com

What It Is

LockStock is a SaaS tool for inventory, materials, and procurement teams, positioned as a “single source of truth” for operations that replaces scattered spreadsheets. It brings materials, locations, suppliers, purchase orders, and inventory movement records into one workspace, making it suitable for warehouses, project sites, offices, and field operations. According to the official website, the team’s background spans IT, finance, construction, and supply chain, with an emphasis on serving local businesses in France while also supporting international use.

Core Features and Collaboration

The product offers a fairly complete set of core modules. The materials catalog can manage SKUs, units, categories, descriptions, and minimum stock thresholds. Location-level inventory supports tracking by warehouse, zone, shelf, or on-site position. Inventory movements cover adjustments, consumption, transfers, and purchase receipts, with reasons and history retained. Purchase orders can move through statuses such as draft, sent, partially received, received, and canceled. The supplier module stores contacts, addresses, lead times, and purchasing activity. For collaboration, LockStock supports member invitations, roles, groups/workspaces, audit logs, and audit CSV exports, making it suitable for teams that need basic permission control and activity tracking.

Pricing and Trial

LockStock offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required, and it can be canceled at any time. Starter costs EUR 49/month and is aimed at small teams. Operations costs EUR 109/month and is the recommended plan, unlocking unlimited locations, higher usage limits, team workflows, and 90-day audit exports. Business costs EUR 219/month and is designed for multi-site teams, including 20 users, 3 workspaces, 7-year data retention, and onboarding. Enterprise is a custom annual contract with tailored security, retention, SLA, and support. Overall, pricing is transparent, but the lower-tier plans have clear limits on locations, SKUs, purchase orders, auditing, and retention.

Pros, Cons, and Best Fit

Its strengths are that the inventory and procurement workflows are designed around everyday operations, with clear fields and statuses and a relatively low learning curve. Low-stock alerts, inventory health reports, purchasing visibility, and movement history help with replenishment and stocktaking decisions. The plans also provide a growth path from small teams to multi-site operations. The drawbacks are that the available text does not disclose information about third-party integrations, APIs, developer support, mobile apps, barcode/RFID, batch or serial number support, and similar capabilities. Security and compliance are only described in terms of custom security, SLA, and data retention for the Enterprise plan, with no certification details provided. LockStock is better suited to construction, supply chain, warehousing, project materials, and small to midsize procurement operations, and less suitable for companies that already need deep ERP functionality, complex WMS features, or extensive system integrations.

Access from China and Alternatives

The official website does not provide information on network access from China, RMB payments, Alipay/WeChat Pay, or local invoicing, so its China access status is rated as unknown. Since it is priced in euros and prices exclude VAT, Chinese businesses should test access speed, payment methods, and data compliance requirements before purchasing. Comparable options include Zoho Inventory, Odoo Inventory, inFlow, Cin7, and Sortly. Domestic alternatives to consider include Kingdee Cloud Xingchen, Yonyou inventory/purchase-sales-inventory products, or building inventory workflows with low-code platforms such as Jiandaoyun and Mingdao Cloud.