StockPRO vs Xero

One platform for inventory, POS, job cards, and accounting—without the add-on sprawl.

Is StockPRO a better alternative to Xero?
StockPRO is a stronger alternative to Xero when you need real inventory operations: multi-warehouse, POS, job cards, GRN/GRV, and accounting in one system. Xero is great for books and bank sync; StockPRO is built for teams that buy, move, and sell stock every day.
Where Xero shines: Xero excels at bank feeds and accountant collaboration. Below we show where StockPRO wins on operational efficiency.

At a Glance

Xero StockPRO
Best for Service businesses and cloud accounting Teams that buy, move, and sell stock daily and need one system for inventory, POS, job cards, and accounting
Starting Price From $13/month Free trial; plans from $49/month
Deployment Cloud Cloud-native; web + mobile
Key Strength Bank feeds and advisor ecosystem Unified inventory, POS, job cards, and accounting in one product

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Feature Xero StockPRO
Multi-warehouse inventory Via third-party apps (Dear, Cin7, etc.) ✓ Built-in; transfers, costing, per-location
Point of Sale Integrations (Vend, Lightspeed, etc.) ✓ Integrated POS; tills, sessions, loyalty
Job cards / workshop ✗ No ✓ Yes; quote → job → parts + labour → invoice
Goods Received / Returned Basic bills; apps for GRN ✓ Full GRV/GRN with costing and variances
General Ledger & VAT ✓ Yes (strong accounting) ✓ Yes; journals, P&L, VAT returns
Serial & batch tracking Add-ons required ✓ Built-in serial/batch and expiry
Stock transfers Apps ✓ Built-in with costing
Purchase Orders ✓ Yes (basic) ✓ Yes; PO → GRV → costing
Price levels Limited (custom pricing) ✓ Unlimited price levels
Bank reconciliation ✓ Yes (excellent bank feeds) ✓ Yes; manual and auto-match

Multi-warehouse

Track stock across locations. Transfers, costing, and per-location visibility—no add-ons.

POS built in

Tills, sessions, gift and loyalty cards. Sync with your main inventory and accounting.

Job cards

Quote → Job card → Parts & labour → Invoice. WIP and outwork tracking included.

Accounting

General Ledger, P&L, Balance Sheet, VAT returns. One system for ops and books.

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