What reliable app can replace Stock Sync for dropship stock updates?

Shopify Apps

Topic summary

A merchant is seeking alternatives to Stock Sync after experiencing critical failures with the app over a 2-year period. The main issues include:

Primary Problems:

  • Stock Sync archived 500 unrelated products without authorization
  • Price synchronization failures showing wildly different prices compared to supplier spreadsheets (screenshot provided)
  • Poor customer support that only refers to self-help articles
  • Recent incident where 7,000+ products disappeared from store after a support meeting

Suggested Alternatives:

  • Simple Inventory: Manual CSV upload starting at $2.99/month (now $5.99/month), faster performance, responsive CEO support
  • Ablestar Bulk Product Editor: Inventory Sync feature supporting Dropbox/Google Drive/FTP/URL with custom scheduling, free version available
  • EZ Inventory: Supports FTP/SFTP and URL feeds (not email)
  • FlexSync: Free version for small stores with 24/7 live support

Stock Sync Response:
The founder (jorhan) acknowledged issues were configuration-related (unmapped price fields) and offered direct support meetings. However, multiple users report ongoing problems including unauthorized inventory changes and unresponsive support.

Status: Discussion remains open with frustrated merchants sharing similar experiences and seeking reliable alternatives.

Summarized with AI on November 2. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hey guys,

For inventory/stock update specifically, our app EZ Inventory could be an alternative as well.

We currently can’t pull the inventory feeds from an email, but we do support automatically pulling them from an FTP/SFTP server or a website URL.