Every European demand planning software tool reviewed
Helsinki, Finland
Founded 2005
Custom (quote-based); no list prices published
Demo on request
Best for: Large retailers that want demand forecasting, replenishment and promotion planning on one data model
RELEX Solutions is a Finnish retail and supply chain planning platform whose scope reaches from demand forecasting through replenishment and allocation to promotion planning, with Price Optimization added as one more module on the same data model. That shared model is the argument for choosing it: a retailer that already plans its supply chain on RELEX adds pricing without building a new integration, and the forecast that drives replenishment is the same one that drives the price decision.
The contracting entity for European customers is Retail Logistics Excellence – RELEX Oy in Helsinki, founded in 2005, and the tool page describes roughly twenty offices worldwide.
Prices are quote-based and not published, and the sales cycle is that of an enterprise platform. The review of RELEX on the pricing software list is the more candid account of its limits: the pricing module is secondary to the wider suite, and a company that only needs pricing is buying more platform than it will use.
What RELEX Solutions does well
- Price optimisation shares one data model with demand and inventory planning
- Two decades of operating history from Finland
- Genuinely global retailer and manufacturer customer base
- EU-established parent entity for European contracts
Where RELEX Solutions falls short
- Pricing module is secondary to the wider supply-chain platform
- No published pricing; enterprise sales cycle
- Overkill for a company that only needs pricing
Standout feature. RELEX Solutions is the only tool here that sells forecasting, replenishment, promotions and price optimisation from one Finnish platform with a single data model.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded 1993
Not published; demo on request
Demo on request
Best for: Manufacturers, distributors and retailers with long-tail or intermittent demand
ToolsGroup builds its demand planning on the idea that a single-number forecast hides the risk that matters for stock. Its demand planning page describes probabilistic modelling for intermittent, seasonal, long-tail, lumpy and promotion-driven demand, with demand sensing and demand shaping inside the demand module, and supply planning that covers multi-echelon inventory optimisation, replenishment and production planning.
The privacy policy names ToolsGroup B.V., Teleportboulevard 110, Amsterdam as controller, and the anniversary page dates the company to 1993 and to a train journey between Milan and Genoa. Offices are listed in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and North America, with Boston and Aliso Viejo on the American side. According to the vendor, AI forecasting improves accuracy by 5 to 15 points; that figure depends on your data. Hosting and the signing entity are not stated on the pages read.
What ToolsGroup does well
- Probabilistic forecasting described as the core method
- Demand, supply and strategic planning in one platform
- Dutch B.V. named as controller in the privacy policy
- Industry modules for aftermarket, retail and food
- Thirty years of product history
Where ToolsGroup falls short
- No published pricing
- Hosting region not stated on the pages read
- Suite scope can exceed a small team's needs
- North American offices alongside the EU entity
Standout feature. ToolsGroup is the one tool here that puts probabilistic forecasting, aftermarket parts, retail modules and S&OP in a single thirty-year-old Dutch-registered platform.
Wommelgem, Belgium
Not published; demo on request
Demo on request
Best for: Manufacturers with long lead times, capacity limits and mixed make-to-stock and make-to-order
OMP is the Belgian planning vendor whose Unison Planning platform joins network design, demand management, S&OP, operational planning, scheduling and inventory optimisation. The demand module describes forecasting with demand sensing and best-fit technique selection, one integrated model with role-based views for sales, marketing and supply, and forecasting by value as well as volume.
The privacy statement identifies OM Partners NV, incorporated in Belgium with its registered office at Koralenhoeve 23, Wommelgem, as controller; the founding year was not stated on the pages read.
The site names Beiersdorf, Evonik, Land O'Lakes, Outokumpu and Roche among its logos and says it has been named a Gartner Magic Quadrant leader eleven times, which is the vendor's own statement. Advisory, implementation, certification and training appear as separate service lines, so expect a project with consultants rather than a self-service start.
What OMP does well
- Demand, supply, scheduling and S&OP on one platform
- Belgian NV named as controller
- Role-based views for sales, marketing and supply
- Forecasting by value as well as volume
- Services lines from advisory to training
Where OMP falls short
- No published pricing
- Implementation is a project, not a quick start
- Hosting region not stated
- Heavy for a simple forecasting need
Standout feature. OMP is the only tool here that couples demand planning with detailed scheduling and network design for plants that cannot flex capacity.
Paris, France
Founded 2008
Flat monthly fee per module, quote-based; free trial account on request
Demo on request
Best for: Companies that want decisions automated by an outside team rather than a planning tool to operate
Lokad is the unusual entry in this list because the product is partly people. Its pages describe supply chain scientists who accompany each customer and write the decision logic in Envision, a scripting language of its own, so that purchasing, dispatch, assortment and pricing decisions come out of the platform every day. Forecasts are an input, not the deliverable, and the technology pages trace the method from classic forecasts in 2008 to quantile forecasts and probabilistic forecasts.
The French company register lists LOKAD, a simplified joint-stock company at 83-85 boulevard Vincent Auriol in Paris, created on 7 April 2008, although the site footer reads Lokad Inc., so the signing entity should be confirmed in the quote. Clients pay a fixed monthly fee per module, split into a platform fee and a support fee, with no per-user charge. The solution is hosted on Microsoft Azure, and Lokad asks clients not to send personal data.
What Lokad does well
- Probabilistic forecasting since 2016, quantile forecasts since 2012
- Flat monthly fee with no per-user pricing
- Experts build and run the decision logic
- Registered French SAS since 2008
- Free trial account on request
Where Lokad falls short
- Scripts and decisions sit with Lokad's team, not your planners
- Hosted on Azure, region not stated
- Fixed fees can be awkward during rapid growth
- Footer names Lokad Inc., contracting entity to confirm
Standout feature. Lokad is the one tool here where a vendor team writes and runs your replenishment and pricing logic for a flat monthly fee.
Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Founded 1993
Not published; demo on request
Demo on request
Best for: Consumer goods and industrial companies that want demand planning linked to trade promotion and revenue growth
Sunstice is the new name of FuturMaster, and its about page describes a supplier of supply chain planning and revenue growth management software with more than 30 years of experience. The demand planning page describes automated data cleansing, best-fit selection of statistical models to build a baseline, an explainable modelling cockpit and approval roles that run through Demand and Supply Reviews and S&OP or IBP cycles.
The privacy policy names FuturMaster SAS, registered with the Nanterre trade register at Tour Horizons in Boulogne-Billancourt, and the French register shows a registration date of 31 December 1993.
Revenue growth management ties trade promotion and pricing decisions to the plan, which is what separates it from pure forecasting tools. The rebrand means contracts and documents may still say FuturMaster, some sections of the new site still read coming soon, and no prices or hosting region appear on the pages read.
What Sunstice (FuturMaster) does well
- Demand, supply, IBP and revenue growth management in one vendor
- Explainable forecasting cockpit
- FuturMaster SAS named in the privacy policy
- Thirty years of planning experience
- Collaborative approval roles built into the demand review
Where Sunstice (FuturMaster) falls short
- Rebrand creates two names to track
- No published pricing
- Hosting region not stated
- New site still has pages marked coming soon
Standout feature. Sunstice is the tool here that links a collaborative demand review to trade promotion and revenue growth management inside one French vendor.
Deventer, Netherlands
Founded 1993
Not published; quote on request
Demo on request
Best for: Mid-size and large companies that need forecasts and replenishment proposals next to an existing ERP
Slimstock is a Dutch inventory optimisation and replenishment company whose Slim4 platform covers demand forecasting, automatic replenishment, multi-echelon inventory, allocation and network balancing. It plans stock rather than recording it, so it sits beside the ERP or warehouse system that holds the quantities, and it can be installed on-premise or used as Slim4 Cloud.
The terms of use name Slimstock Holding B.V. in Deventer under Dutch business registry number 38024648, and the company dates itself to 1993. According to the vendor it has more than 1,700 customers, 96 percent retention, offices in 28 countries and over 600 supply chain experts, and releases new functionality every three weeks; none of those figures was audited. It holds ISO 27001:2022, publishes no price, and does not name a cloud region on the pages read.
What Slimstock does well
- Slimstock names a Dutch B.V. with a registry number in its terms of use
- Slimstock states ISO 27001:2022 certification
- Slimstock can be deployed on-premise or used as Slim4 Cloud
- Slimstock covers forecasting, replenishment, multi-echelon and allocation in one platform
- Slimstock describes itself as privately owned and dates itself to 1993
Where Slimstock falls short
- Slimstock publishes no price and starts with a sales conversation
- Slimstock plans stock rather than recording it, so an ERP or WMS is still needed
- The cloud hosting region is not stated on the pages read
- Customer, retention and staff numbers are vendor claims that were not audited
Standout feature. Slimstock is the tool here that lets you choose between an on-premise installation and a cloud service for forecasts and replenishment, with ISO 27001:2022 behind it.
Stockholm, Sweden
Not published; demo on request
Demo on request
Best for: Equipment, automotive and truck makers planning spare parts across dealers and warehouses
Syncron is the aftermarket specialist in this category. Its home page organises the product into inventory (service parts planning and retail inventory management for dealers), pricing, warranty and service contracts, and sells mid-market versions called Inventory IQ and Price IQ. Spare parts demand is slow-moving and intermittent, which is why a tool built around fast retail volumes handles it badly.
The privacy policy names Syncron Holding AB in Stockholm as data controller and lists group companies in Germany, the UK, Italy and Poland, as well as Syncron Inc. and subsidiaries in India and Japan.
Customer logos on the home page include AGCO, CLAAS, Trimble and Caterpillar. The policy says personal data may be shared with group entities outside the EU, and names business partners including Amazon, so the published data processing addendum deserves a read. Prices and hosting region are not stated.
What Syncron does well
- Built specifically for service parts and aftermarket
- Planning, pricing and warranty from one vendor
- Mid-market products for smaller OEMs
- Swedish holding company named as controller
- Published data processing addendum
Where Syncron falls short
- Narrow fit outside the aftermarket
- No published pricing
- Group entities outside the EU may process data
- Hosting region not stated
Standout feature. Syncron is the tool here that plans spare parts, dealer stock and parts pricing for equipment and truck makers in one Swedish vendor.
Lille, France
Founded 2007
Not published; demo on request
Demo on request
Best for: Retailers and industrial companies with many suppliers and references who want orders automated
Vekia is a French vendor of probabilistic demand forecasting that feeds order proposals directly. Its forecasting page describes algorithms that detect trends, adjust for seasons and events, and set safety stock automatically against forecast demand and lead times, while the English page contrasts a deterministic approach, one frozen prediction, with several scenarios and their probabilities.
The legal notice names Vekia SAS, share capital 74,466 euro, at 16-18 rue Faidherbe in Lille, created in December 2007 per the company register, with Manuel Davy as president.
According to the vendor, 99 percent of orders can be automated, a figure that depends on the customer. A data science team is assigned to each project under what the English page calls a PPDA approach, and customer quotes come from Mr. Bricolage and Engie Home Services. The site is mostly in French and no price or hosting region is stated.
What Vekia does well
- Probabilistic forecasts feeding order proposals
- Automatic safety stock adjustment
- Data scientists assigned per project
- French SAS verified in the company register
- Sector pages for retail, industry, energy
Where Vekia falls short
- Mostly French-language site
- No published pricing
- Narrower than a full S&OP suite
- Hosting region not stated
Standout feature. Vekia is the tool here that assigns data scientists to your project to turn probabilistic forecasts into automated supplier orders.
Avilly-Saint-Leonard, France
Founded 2019
Not published; demo on request, free trial advertised
Demo on request
Best for: Mid-market retail, manufacturing and wholesale teams leaving Excel
Flowlity describes itself as an agentic AI platform for supply chain planning aimed at mid-market companies. Its demand planning page says forecasts combine internal data such as past demand, prices and promotions with external factors such as weather and economic indicators at SKU level, with automatic history cleaning, new product forecasting from similar items and promotion management; inventory optimisation, supply planning and supplier collaboration sit in the same product.
The legal notice names FLOWLITY SAS, SIREN 847 801 701, with its registered office in Avilly-Saint-Leonard, registered with the Compiegne commercial court in January 2019, while the about page says it was founded in Paris in 2019.
The about page claims more than 40 active customers in Europe, the US and Latin America. A Start free trial button sits next to Get a demo, which is rare here. Prices and hosting region are not stated, and the marketing site is hosted on Webflow in the United States.
What Flowlity does well
- Free trial offered
- Forecasts combine internal and external signals
- Demand, inventory and supply in one product
- French SAS registered since 2019
- Built for planners rather than data scientists
Where Flowlity falls short
- Young vendor with limited reference base
- No published pricing
- Hosting region not stated
- Less suited to complex production scheduling
Standout feature. Flowlity is the only tool here that pairs demand, inventory and supply planning for the mid-market with a self-started free trial.
Florence, Italy
Flat monthly fee on quotation only; annual billing may carry a discount
Demo on request
Best for: Retail and e-commerce companies that need forecasts and purchase orders prepared automatically
Intuendi prepares forecasts and purchase orders for retail and e-commerce companies. Its home page lists SKU and catalogue insights on future demand, the effect of external variables, understock and overstock reports and target-coverage replenishment, and further capabilities include bill of materials, multi-echelon rebalancing across warehouses and multi-supplier purchasing. Symphonie is the in-app AI layer, and a separate page describes connections to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other assistants through MCP.
The terms of service name Intuendi srl at Viale Mazzini 40 in Florence, and the company page says it began as a group of engineers and researchers from the University of Florence; no founding year is stated. The August 2026 terms set a monthly flat fee with an annual option, prices on quotation only, payments upfront and non-refundable, and data kept for 60 days after termination. The hosting region is not stated on the pages read.
What Intuendi does well
- Forecast and order suggestions in one tool
- Multi-echelon rebalancing across warehouses
- MCP connections to AI assistants
- Italian srl named in the terms
- Support included in the subscription
Where Intuendi falls short
- Prices on quotation only
- Upfront, non-refundable payments
- Hosting region not stated
- Retail-oriented scope
Standout feature. Intuendi is the tool here that lets an AI assistant connect to the forecasts and order suggestions through MCP.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Founded 2015
Starter from €610 per month (from 1,000 sales orders per month), Professional from €1,610, Enterprise from €2,380; pricing page 23 October 2026
Demo on request
Best for: E-commerce and wholesale buyers who want purchase orders calculated from sales history
Optiply is a purchasing and inventory optimisation tool for e-commerce and wholesale. A calendar shows which purchase orders are needed, calculated from historical sales, trends, delivery times and stock with more than 40 forecasting methods, and the site says it connects with 50+ integrations. Higher plans add container optimisation, a promotion planner, wholesale forecasting, EDI, bill of materials and a production planner.
The terms define Optiply BV as registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 65975839, with Dutch law applying and the address Horsten 1 in Eindhoven; the about page dates the company to 2015 and says it has served more than 500 businesses.
The pricing page of 23 October 2026 lists Starter from €610 per month, Professional from €1,610 and Enterprise from €2,380. There is no S&OP cycle or network design, the price rises with order volume, and the hosting region is not stated.
What Optiply does well
- Plan prices published on the site
- 40+ forecasting methods
- 50+ integrations
- Dutch BV with Dutch law in the terms
- Tiers scale with order volume
Where Optiply falls short
- Not a full S&OP suite
- Price rises with order volume
- Hosting region not stated
- Advanced forecasting only on higher plans
Standout feature. Optiply is the only tool here that puts its plan prices on the website, from €610 per month, tied to sales orders.
