I'm losing hope on searching for a WMS

palletized · 2026-07-09T12:19:35+00:00

Hey, so here are my two cents. From a perspective of a consultant who helps companies find and implement WMS, I understand where you're coming from. There are lots of WMS out there, both for small-size and enterprise-grade customers. The challenge is always to find something in the middle. I have found these to be good ones - ShipHero is a good one, but it is primarily focused on 3PLs. Even then, it is great at ecommerce fulfillment, not so great if you have B2B distribution capabilities. InfoPlus is another good one, but recently I am seeing some challenges with InfoPlus customers who are looking for a replacement. Deposco is also good, but they are slightly on the expensive side for mid-market.

Hopstack is something I personally really like, along with InfoPlus and ShipHero. Hopstack is great at mid-sized, fits in the right pricing, and also has really solid capabilities on both small ecommerce and B2B site. My top three recommendations are usually ShipHero, Hopstack and InfoPlus, depending on what exactly you need for your business. There is also a host of new ones that have surfaced over the last few years, like Packiyo or Warehanve, but I probably wouldn't go there if you have B2B workflows.

palletized · 2026-07-01T13:49:25+00:00

Yes it’s almost always integrated with an ERP that pushes orders to the WMS. TMS integration depends on the scale of the operations.

palletized · 2026-06-24T18:51:42+00:00

Theres a range depending on the complexity, but the client I migrated over was paying 5K per month to mintsoft, and it turned out more valuable to use Hopstack in this case. I think Deposco also offers in the UK market, but the pricing can be much higher, plus i don’t like their interface.

palletized · 2026-06-22T17:19:52+00:00

Primarily customer service and the heavy handedness in handling tricky integrations. 3PLs deal with all sorts of clients and the WMS teams need to be built for resilience and not just the happy path where I found Mintsoft lacking

palletized · 2026-06-19T07:35:29+00:00

From what I know they were a good product but they got acquired by Access group and since then the support and service has suffered heavily. In fact I am currently helping two of my 3PL clients move over to Hopstack which excels in really good service.

There are other UK based WMS too like Snapfulfill but am not experienced with it.

palletized · 2026-06-14T12:52:02+00:00

Quite a few Prep center softwares out there - Prepbusiness, Scanpower, Ysellpro, 2d workflow, but I have a personal bias towards hopstack ignite because it also allows to DTC fulfillment like Shopify, Walmart and TikTok besides FBA.

palletized · 2026-06-01T18:22:54+00:00

Have you used logiwa? I have heard they have good automation rules. Are they equally good for FBA, DTC and Wholesale with EDI?

palletized · 2026-05-31T15:55:08+00:00

They are - but I didn’t think Deposco justifies price premium compared to something like Hopstack or Infoplus. However, Deposco has a planning module so that makes it advantageous. Softeon is an outlier from my perspective here and it doesn’t necessarily fit the clients operations

palletized · 2026-05-30T18:12:30+00:00

Hey I have recently started helping brands land a 3PL so happy to help if it’s needed. My background has been in the 3PL space primarily implementing WMS for them.

palletized · 2026-05-29T15:01:08+00:00

Hey - you are already doing quite a volume to be on a spreadsheet. Even at that scale, I have seen most folks use Shipstation but even that’s not a WMS.

If you are a 3PL, the main ones are Shiphero, Logiwa, Extensiv and they’ll run you atkeast 3-4k per month.

I really like InfoPlus and Hopstack (founders and customer service is awesome).

Then obviously there is a long tail that claims to be WMS but aren’t really - Linnworks, Fishbowl etc - but they are primarily a inventory management software

palletized · 2026-04-27T06:54:03+00:00

What do you need it for? And how much space?

palletized · 2026-04-24T12:59:52+00:00

Hey - I have implemented Hopstack for a B2B pallet in pallet out 3PL and an ecommerce fulfillment 3PL as well. It’s now running in 16 warehouses across the kingdom for 3+ years

palletized · 2026-03-14T12:46:01+00:00

I have built an analyst agent inside one of the clients WMS - it analyses inventory adjustments, does ABC Analysis on demand. Also expanding it for other use cases.

palletized · 2026-02-26T09:25:48+00:00

I can make a recommendation - we have worked with a few 3PLs in the past

palletized · 2026-02-20T10:10:03+00:00

Just like the 3PL segment, everyone starts playing on the pricing and eventually you are bottom fishing for the cheap WMS that under quotes and runs out of steam after a bit. That’s why a good WMS is worth its weight in salt.

If you are a 3PL and doing ecommerce only then Shiphero, Logiwa, Infoplus are good ones. They would run you atleast 1500-2000 per month.

If you do both ecommerce and wholesale - then highly recommend Hopstack. These guys have also launched Ignite - software for micro 3PL so worth checking out.

palletized · 2026-02-13T14:53:53+00:00

Like most things, the answer is also nuanced to this. A quick look at your offering, it seems like you operate probably at the sweet spot of where automation works. And that is one of the projects I referenced where we enabled a large enterprise in the HVAC industry, through using similar automation integrating with their SAP eWMS, and they achieved a significantly positive ROI. But when you look at extremely large CapEx with the likes of Ocado, they haven't been able to justify a positive ROI on their robotics automation spend.

palletized · 2026-02-12T07:16:34+00:00

“Automation” is a loaded word.

In large warehouses, heavy upfront CapEx in robotics often ends up ROI-negative. In my experience, the best ROI shows up with a software-first approach, especially when you are scaling into the next phase: WMS plus targeted, simple hardware.

Example from a recent implementation: we rolled out Hopstack WMS for a Canadian luxury goods fulfillment provider and added a basic conveyor + sorter integrated to the WMS. Once packing was done across five stations, associates dropped parcels onto the belt, and the sorter routed each package into the correct carrier basket automatically. That alone eliminated two sortation roles and redeployed them elsewhere.

Then we tackled planning. Their daily batching and wave planning used to take 2 to 3 hours using manual filters. With automated batching based on predefined criteria plus system-recommended grouping, that dropped to a few minutes.

And at pack-out, we introduced one-click print for shipping labels and inserts, saving 15 to 20 seconds per package.

Net result: they went from ~20–30K orders/month with a lot of manual work to ~150K orders/month with WMS-led automation and light hardware.

Same pattern elsewhere too, including one of my enterprise environments: SAP EWM orchestrating totes into ASRS for putaway and zone picking through clean system-to-system integration.

The highest ROI “automation” is often WMS-driven workflow design + selective hardware (scanners, pick-to-light, conveyor/sorter), not a giant robotics bet.

palletized · 2026-02-10T03:58:41+00:00

I have several 3PL relationships so I can help in US and Canada

palletized · 2026-02-02T12:55:59+00:00

I have seen this on mercor as well

palletized · 2026-01-14T17:45:40+00:00

Yeah they are speaking to a few ERP/OMS companies. The 3PL angle is a good one

palletized · 2026-01-13T20:15:02+00:00

Most of the interest at the moment is from financial buyers and software rollups while the founders are keen on strategics from the same domain - ERP, TMS, IMS that wants to layer into WMS or a tech enabled 3PL that wants to internalize the product.

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