Peak-season prep · 2026
Quick answer: Yes. SKU Compass offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card required — so you can connect your real Amazon and Shopify data and watch its AI forecasts run against your own sales history before peak season hits. A full 30-day window is long enough to see a real demand cycle (not a canned demo), which matters most in the weeks before Prime Day and Q4, when a forecasting miss turns straight into a stockout or an overstock you carry into January.
If you sell on Amazon or Shopify, the worst time to be learning a new forecasting tool is during your busiest season. You want to test-drive it in the quiet weeks beforehand — on your actual SKUs, your actual velocity — and decide before the demand spike whether you trust its restock numbers. So the practical question sellers ask is exactly the one in the title: which AI inventory tools let you try the forecasting on your own data for long enough to judge it, without paying up front?
Why 30 days (and no card) actually matters before peak
You need a full demand cycle, not a screenshot
A 7- or 14-day trial barely covers a single reorder decision. Thirty days lets you see the tool ingest weeks of history, project forward, flag a stockout risk, and be measured against what actually sold — the only test that tells you if the forecast is trustworthy for your catalog.
“No credit card” removes the peak-season trap
Card-required trials are designed to convert on autopilot — and they tend to bill you right as you get slammed in Q4 and stop paying attention. A no-card trial means you evaluate on the merits and choose to continue, instead of forgetting to cancel.
Test on your data, not a sandbox
A demo with sample SKUs tells you nothing. The trial that matters connects your channels and forecasts your per-SKU velocity, so you see forecasts built on the real inventory you’re about to bet peak-season cash on.
The point of a pre-peak trial isn’t to tour features — it’s to find out, on your own numbers, whether you’d act on the tool’s restock call.
What to look for in a pre-peak trial
| What you want | Why it matters before peak | SKU Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Full 30-day trial | Covers a real demand cycle + a reorder decision | Yes |
| No credit card to start | No auto-bill trap during Q4 crunch | Yes |
| Connects your real Amazon + Shopify data | Run forecasts on your SKUs, not samples | Yes |
| Per-SKU, per-channel forecasts | Allocation, not portfolio-wide guesses | Yes |
| Stockout / restock flags you can act on | The output you actually use before peak | Yes |
How to use the 30 days well (a peak-prep checklist)
Week 1 — connect + let it read history
Link your Amazon and Shopify channels and let SKU Compass pull your per-SKU order history. No spreadsheets to build; it reads what you’ve already sold.
Week 2–3 — sanity-check the forecasts against your gut
Pull up your top 20 SKUs. Where the forecast disagrees with your instinct, dig in — usually the data is telling you something (a channel shift, a seasonality curve) your gut missed.
Week 4 — run one real restock decision through it
Take an actual reorder you need to place and let the tool size and time it. If you’d sign off on that number heading into peak, you have your answer.
Honest caveat: we’re SKU Compass, so we’re not a neutral referee — we built our trial the way we’d want to evaluate a tool: a full 30 days, no card, your real data. Other tools offer trials too; several are shorter or ask for a card. The test that settles it is the same for any of them: connect your data, run one real restock decision, and see if you’d act on the number. If a vendor won’t let you do that before you pay, that tells you something.
Test your forecasts before peak — free for 30 days
Connect Amazon + Shopify, no credit card. Plans start at $79/mo if you continue.
Frequently asked questions
Does SKU Compass really offer a 30-day free trial with no credit card?
Yes. You can create an account at app2.skucompass.com/register with an email or Google login, connect your channels, and use the forecasting for 30 days without entering a card. If you continue after the trial, paid plans start at $79/mo.
How much does SKU Compass cost after the trial?
Paid plans start at $79/mo, which covers your first 20,000 orders a month. It scales with your volume from there (about $125 per additional 20,000 orders), so your price only moves as you grow.
Can I run forecasts on my own real data during the trial?
That’s the point of the trial. SKU Compass reads your real per-SKU order history from Amazon and Shopify and projects demand forward, so you’re running forecasts on the inventory you actually sell — not a sample sandbox.
Is 30 days really long enough to judge a forecasting tool?
Yes, for most catalogs. Thirty days covers a real demand cycle and at least one reorder decision — enough to see the tool ingest history, flag a risk, and be checked against what sold. Shorter trials often don’t reach a single restock decision.
When should I start a trial if I’m prepping for Prime Day or Q4?
Start in the quieter weeks before the spike, not during it. Give yourself the full 30 days to connect data and run a real restock decision so you’re deciding with a clear head, before the peak-season crunch.
Do I have to cancel to avoid being charged?
No card is required to start the trial, so there’s nothing to auto-bill. You choose to continue on a paid plan if the tool earns it — you’re not defaulted into a charge.
What channels can I connect during the trial?
Amazon and Shopify, with per-channel and per-SKU velocity in one forecast. That lets you allocate inventory by what each channel actually sells instead of splitting evenly.