
Brightpearl
Brightpearl is a retail operating system for retailers and wholesalers, available through web, iOS, and API.
What Brightpearl is
Brightpearl is a retail operating system for retailers and wholesalers, available through web, iOS, and API. Its Automation Engine lets businesses create rules for tasks such as picking, shipping, inventory allocation, order routing, and invoicing. When an order is placed, inventory updates across sales channels and locations. The integrated POS syncs sales, inventory, and customer information between online and offline channels; its iPad app also supports offline sales and synchronizes them after reconnecting. Brightpearl includes accounting or connections to external accounting software, plus analytics covering channels, products, customers, revenue, average order value, and customer lifetime value. It supports multiple warehouses, returns workflows, shipment handoff, and connections across e-commerce, marketplaces, fulfillment, payments, and warehouse management, with examples including Shopify, BigCommerce, Amazon, and eBay. Pricing is bespoke and available on request; unlimited users are included. Brightpearl lists 24/7 unlimited support, business consulting, and dedicated customer success health checks.
Good
- Automates picking, shipping, allocation, routing, and invoicing.
- Updates inventory across channels and locations after orders.
- POS syncs online and offline sales information.
- Supports multiple warehouses, shipment handoff, and returns.
- Unlimited users are included in bespoke pricing.
Watch out
- No free plan is listed.
- Pricing is bespoke and available only on request.
- The listed POS app is for iPad.
Who it suits
Brightpearl suits retailers and wholesalers coordinating orders, inventory, and sales across multiple channels or locations. It may also fit businesses that want integrated POS and accounting options.
Verdict
Brightpearl brings order automation, inventory synchronization, POS, and analytics together for retail and wholesale operations. Its tailored pricing and broad operational scope make it worth considering for businesses managing connected sales channels and locations.
Plans and prices
From Brightpearl's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Brightpearl | Priced on request | Bespoke pricing · Unlimited users included |
The facts
Each one read from Brightpearl's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accounting
- Brightpearl offers integrated accounting or connection to external accounting software for real-time financial insights.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Analytics
- Brightpearl Analytics reports on sales channels, products, customers, and measures including revenue, average order value, and customer lifetime value.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Automation rules
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
- Backups
- Brightpearl says it backs up data nightly, retains backups for 30 days, and can restore to a point in time down to the nearest minute.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Examples
- Brightpearl describes plug-and-play connections to Shopify, Shopify Plus, BigCommerce, Magento, Amazon, and eBay.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Its listed integrations cover e-commerce, marketplaces, accounting, shipping and fulfillment, payments, EDI, 3PL, POS, marketing, reporting, returns, and warehouse management.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Inventory sync
- Brightpearl updates inventory across sales channels and locations when an order is placed.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Order automation
- Its Automation Engine lets users set rules for tasks such as picking, shipping, inventory allocation, order routing, and invoicing.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Pricing limits
- Brightpearl says pricing is bespoke and tailored to each customer, and that unlimited users are included at no extra cost.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Product
- Brightpearl is a retail operating system for retailers and wholesalers.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker says the back-office uses TLS encryption, each client has a dedicated database, and accounts can be restricted by IP address.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Support
- The pricing page includes 24/7 unlimited customer support, ongoing business consulting, and health checks from a dedicated Customer Success Manager.checked 2 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2007checked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- iOS app
- Brightpearl POS is listed for iPad and supports online and offline sales with later synchronization when back online.checked 2 Oct 2026
- POS
- Its integrated POS supports syncing sales, inventory, and customer information between online and offline channels.checked 2 Oct 2026
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