Tightly vs Toolio

Merchandise planning with a forecast actually beneath it.

Toolio is a planning platform. It does MFP, OTB and assortment well. Tightly does the same — and adds the per-SKU, per-channel demand forecast that the plan runs on, so the buy starts from real demand and not last year plus a percentage.

Capability
Tightly
Toolio
MFP and OTB planning
Full top-down plan, reconciled with bottom-up forecast
Strong MFP and OTB
Per-SKU × channel demand forecast
Proprietary ML at SKU and channel level, with WMAPE confidence
Plan-led; demand input from user assumptions
Cold-start for new styles
Baselined on 2–3 real comparable products (price, channel, visual match)
Manual assumption or category average
Price elasticity
Real elasticity curve per variant, drives pricing and markdown
Not a core capability
Reconciliation between forecast and plan
Live — the same number drives both
Manual reconciliation between forecast assumptions and the plan
Agents
Eight specialist agents propose moves; team approves
Not central to the product
Templates and tools
Yes (OTB, MFP, item plan)
Strong template library
Editable planning grid
Live grid, intent-not-formula edits
Live grid
Why teams switch

Keep what works. Lose what breaks.

01

A forecast under the plan

Toolio plans well; what it doesn't include is a real bottom-up ML forecast at SKU and channel level. Tightly's plan runs on a forecast — not assumptions a planner had to make.

02

Cold-start for new styles

New ranges in Tightly start from real comparable-product histories, not category averages. The new-style buy is grounded from day one.

03

Price and markdown built in

Per-variant elasticity feeds pricing and markdown decisions inside the same plan — not as a separate exercise.

It shows up in the numbers.

We scaled into a facility four times the size and expanded into entirely new categories — managing it all with the same lean team. Tightly didn't just automate our stock, it gave us the confidence to grow.
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Mark
eCommerce & Ops Director · Face the Future
Face the FutureBeauty & wellness
Working capital freed$1.4M
12 mo
1.5×
Inventory turns
23%
Stock holdings
4×
Facility, same team

Face the Future hit these numbers after moving into a facility 4× the size, with the same lean team.

Across beauty, the leaders sell 71% at full price against 57% — a 14-point gap, won by acting on demand signals faster.

Tightly · State of Retail Inventory 2026

Plan with confidence. One set of numbers, every team, every week.

There's nothing to rip out. Tightly runs on your existing ERP, EDI, e-commerce and POS. Give us 30 minutes and we'll show it on your own categories.