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Zami vs Katana
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| Topic | Zami | Katana |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ZamiA$199 to A$799 per month billed yearly, or A$249 to A$999 month to month, with 4 to 10 users included. Prices exclude GST. | KatanaFree for up to 30 SKUs, with unlimited users and locations. Above that, pricing is a custom contract.Free for up to 30 SKUs. Paid use is a custom annual contract with no published price. Unlimited users and locations are included. |
| Setup | ZamiNo setup fee, and live within 15 minutes of connecting your accounting software.No setup fees, and cancel anytime. Go live within 15 minutes of connecting your accounting software, as Zami pulls in your data. You choose when to do your stocktake. | KatanaMost teams go live in a matter of weeks.Self-serve onboarding on free use, or an assigned implementation manager on contract. Most teams go live in a matter of weeks. |
| Inventory | ZamiSee stock down to each cool room and vehicle, plus exactly what’s free to sell.Real-time stock across cool rooms, warehouses, and vehicles, with available-to-sell figures, guided stocktakes, transfers, reorder points, and a full stock ledger. | KatanaReal-time stock across multiple locations, transfers, per-location reorder points, and stocktakes run separately for each location. |
| Purchasing | ZamiQR labels go to your supplier before dispatch, so stock arrives ready to scan.Purchase orders from templates or reorder points, supplier price lists, approval rules, partial receiving with shortfall flags, and invoice reconciliation. | KatanaPurchase orders based on stock needs and lead times, reorder recommendations, partial receiving, and conversion to bills in one click. |
| Production | ZamiMade for food: recipes carry allergens and costs, with a shop floor app, packing approvals, and safety forms in the same flow.Recipes with yields, costs, and allergens, batch scheduling, a shop floor app where operators start and finish steps with their own PIN, packing approvals, safety forms, and label printing. | KatanaRecipes and bills of materials with subassemblies, manufacturing orders, routings, a priority schedule, and a shop floor app. |
| Batch tracking | ZamiOne QR scan shows product, lot, and best-before, right at the dock.Batch and date tracking with a full stock ledger, QR tracking, and tracing from any finished batch back to its ingredient lots. | KatanaBatch, lot, and serial tracking with expiry dates and alerts, FEFO fulfilment, and forward and backward tracing to customers. |
| Food safetyOnly Zami | ZamiAllergens and safety forms are built in.A safety form builder, with forms that can be set up to be filled in for every production run, named and time-stamped packing sign-offs, allergens on recipes, and safety reports for audits. | KatanaNo allergens or safety forms listed.Batch and expiry records support recalls and audits. |
| Sales and pricing | ZamiInvoices and credit holds are built in.Quotes that convert to sales and invoices, price groups and customer-specific pricing applied automatically, discount rules, credit terms, and credit holds. | KatanaInvoices go through accounting sync, with no credit limits listed.Quotes, sales orders, and customer price lists. Invoices are created through accounting sync. |
| DeliveryOnly Zami | ZamiRun your own routes with a driver app and proof of delivery.Picking lists, route optimisation, a mobile driver app, barcode scanning, live ETAs for customers, and signatures and photos as proof of delivery. | KatanaOnly carrier shipping listed.Carrier shipping through ShipStation, Shippo, and 2Ship. |
| B2B orderingOnly Zami | ZamiHas its own ordering portal.B2B Commerce Portal add-on with per-customer pricing, catalogue control, delivery-day checkout, order cut-offs, and one-tap reordering. | KatanaThe customer portal comes through a third party.Customer portal through third-party add-on LilyPad Vortex. A built-in customer ordering portal isn’t listed. |
| Mobile and offlineOnly Zami | ZamiWorks with no signal.Mobile app for products, customers, sales, deliveries, barcode lookup, and stocktakes. It keeps working with no signal and shows changes waiting to sync. Production staff have a separate shop floor app. | KatanaNo offline use listed.Web-based shop floor app and a separate warehouse app, with barcode and camera scanning. |
| Reporting | ZamiSee true margin from live ingredient costs, plus on-time rates and cost per drop.Sales, true margin, stock and waste, and delivery performance reports from live data, with period comparisons and PDF or CSV exports that match the screen. | KatanaInsights screen with sales dashboards, pivot tables, and profit margin, plus manufacturing insights and exports for custom reporting. |
| Accounting | ZamiAlso connects to MYOB accounting and Reckon Hosted, with sync health you can see.Syncs with Xero, MYOB accounting, QuickBooks, and Reckon Hosted, with visible sync health, retries, and account mappings you control. | KatanaQuickBooks Online and Xero integrations for invoices, bills, and contacts. Inventory balances update automatically in QuickBooks Online only. |
Why choose Zami as your Katana alternative
- Published pricing, plus sales, delivery, and a B2B portal in the same system as production.
- Made for food producers and wholesalers, from recipes and allergens to batch records and safety forms
- One system from purchase order to proof of delivery, so every update flows through automatically
- Batch tracking and an offline mobile app, so reps and drivers keep working with no signal
Katana details are from public information as of November 2026 and may change. “Only Zami” means it isn’t listed for Katana or isn’t available, so confirm with the vendor before deciding. Sources: Katana pricing, Katana features, Katana food and beverage, Katana multi-location, Katana shelf life management, Katana order management, Katana integrations, Katana financial visibility, Katana traceability, Katana stocktakes, Katana quotes, Katana price lists, Katana LilyPad Vortex, Katana shop floor app, Katana barcode scanning, Katana Insights screen, Katana getting started. Product names belong to their owners.