GAINS 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

GAINS

4.0

(18)

Pricing

Starting at $50,000.00 per year

About GAINS

GAINS is a supply chain management (SCM) solution designed for midsize to large businesses across manufacturing, distribution, MRO and retail sectors. Core functionalities include demand planning and forecasting, inventory management, replenishment and production management and sales and operations planning (S&OP).

GAINS also has a continuous process mode where real-time changes are evaluated, and recommended actions provide real-time visibility into ongoing operations.

Forecasting automatically assigns plausible and feasible forecasts to each SKU and location combination (SKUL). Demand planning allows users to explore demand patterns and make adjustments to history for promotions or "one-off" events. Inventory management considers all of the costs and constraints in a supply chain to establish the optimal stocking policies and parameters. S&OP enables all stakeholders to contribute to and monitor the performance of their supply chain periodically or in real time.

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GAINS Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $50,000.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$50,000.00

per feature, per year

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GAINS Features

Popular features found in Supply Chain Management
Demand Forecasting
Import/Export Management
Order Fulfillment
Order Management
Procurement Management
Purchase Order Management
Reporting/Analytics
Sales & Operations Planning
Shipping Management
Transportation Management
More features of GAINS
Activity Dashboard
API
Bills of Material
Customizable Reports
Data Visualization
Inventory Management
Inventory Optimization
Invoice Management
Multi-Channel Management
Multi-Location
Purchasing & Receiving
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Monitoring
Supplier Management
Third-Party Integrations
Warehouse Management
Workflow Management

GAINS User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.0

Ratings Breakdown

33%

39%

22%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.8

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

3.9

Functionality

3.9

Verified

Reviewer

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

The software is powerful and easy to use

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

If you've used any supply chain optimization software before learning the software is very quick. The multi-echelon optimization screen is great for drilling down to find where BOM & dependent demand is coming from. The multi-tier reporting is great for building just about any report you want. Users can customize their portal screens and queries to their own preferences. Gains Systems does a great job with user training and an annual research group conference. The conference reviews new functionality that was added from the prior year, shows potential new functionality that is in development, and surveys customers to gauge interest and identify areas of improvement.

Cons:

One of the things I don't like about the software is there is no alert showing if there was a problem with data processing. In other supply chain optimization software I have used, there is an indicator which shows if data processing completed successfully or if it failed. The support from Gains has been challenging lately. They hire a lot of new college grads to work as analysts. It seems like they are having an issue keeping them. We worked with three different analysts in under two months because the first two quit. Our implementation took longer than normal and it's been a challenge trying to get support in the last remaining open issues we have. This seems to be because of the turnover issue.

Eric D.

Mining & Metals

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

I've been working with GAINS for the past 3 years of being with my company.

We trust this software to be the tool we use for inventory replenishment. Overall this software is a major contributor to how we run the business on a daily basis.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

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Pros:

GAINS is very predictive and does a great job helping with replenishment. We simplified the way in which we use the software and it has proven to do a great job with forecasting. Our inventory positions have been drastically reduced due to this utilization of GAINS, which has created efficiencies for our inventory managers.

Cons:

There are a lot of advanced modules within GAINS that we do not utilize, which is due to the goal of simplification to align our business model with that of the software. It can be challenging sometimes to have to modify the code to match our business practice. It seems sometimes that a lot of resources within our organization, as well as within GAINS, need to get involved to accomplish modification of code. Pent up demand has been seen many times by our users where we trust the data only on Mon-Wed, then we ignore GAINS for Thurs-Fri. This pent up demand has been challenging for us to work around and is the least liked thing within our company.

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Reviewer

Biotechnology

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2018

Useful overall

Its shortened our forecast review cycle a fair amount, but the functionality is not well understood or trusted outside of the demand planning teams.

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Value for money

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Pros:

I like that the software does a huge amount of "heavy lifting" from a statistical analysis POV and the logic used is really well thought out.

Cons:

The version we are on is dated and it can be unwieldy to use. We've also done too much customizing in some with the features and tables, so troubleshooting data issues can be difficult.

Bernie K.

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

Company with vision and the passion to bring enhanced functionality to reality.

Forecasting tools that help manage our demand and inventory management tools.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Pros:

Solid functionality, easy to use and the system is easy to set up per user. The screen layout for the main forms that we use contain all relevant data so users are not having to jump from screen to screen. Report writing feature allows you to create spreadsheets that can be used with execution forms. Online processing for forecasting and inventory optimization. New innovative ideas every year that apply to what we are looking for.

Cons:

Implementing new functionality can, at times, take longer then expected. We always get there but it would be nice if the process was less complicated and time consuming.

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Reviewer

Machinery

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2018

GAINS software provides great value to our company along with outstanding customer service

It forecasts our worldwide business nightly allowing us to service our customers.

Ratings Breakdown

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

The flexibility and capability to set up and manage our forecasts worldwide. The customer service is second to none.

Cons:

Some of the functionality is underdeveloped and not as advertised. We are excited to use a feature only to find out it does not work as we expected.

Dawn G.

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2018

Product is good but it doesn't fit manufacturing needs as well as it could.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Our Rep is very responsive to our needs/wants. Rep Detail screen provides a lot of detail on a single screen. Like ability to drill down into PIPE. Ease of creating and running queries and MTRs. Ease of approving AROs. ERO Management is convenient. we are anxious to get started on Production Optimization.

Cons:

GAINS format is not the best fit for manufactures requirements or conform to Planning & Procurement standards (APICS). Data integrity is questionable due to it's unpredictability - one day it works and next it doesn't which causes a lack of trust from Users. Need to have separate file for archive as AROs remain in PIPE after approval causing confusion when analyzing. Failure by GAINS to communicate system updates to their clients. System noise caused by daily changes to calculated safety stock, ORQs and forecast within lead time.

Christian H.

Verified reviewer

Human Resources

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2021

Worked smoothly and easily.

My experience was very pleasant. Worked with great executives to transition to this product.

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Functionality

Pros:

I love the ease of this software to integrate to our company. After a demonstration I could see how much easier this would make our day to day.

Cons:

We didn’t utilize every aspect of the software because we had sub 25 employees, but what we did use it for it was a must.

Sebastien R.

Plastics

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2018

Gains for Spare Parts business

Gains helped us to really improve the way we manage our inventory The only issues we are facing are linked to files transfers between Gains and our ERP (Server connectivity issues, partial data transfer)

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

- Service level management per product class - It really improved the way we work between our different Spare Parts Centers (USA, Europe, Asia...)

Cons:

- BOM demand - Forecast made on sporadic items (items with really low demand) - files transfers between Gains and our ERP

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Reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2018

GAIN Streamlines Internal and External Approvals with Ease

We were using a Google Sheet to build our social media calendars, then downloading them and sending it to clients. With all of the approvals and revisions required it was easy to lose the most up-to-date document. GAIN has solved all of that and saved everyone time when it comes to reviewing work and planning calendars.

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Value for money

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Functionality

Pros:

The platform is extremely user friendly. Without much training you can jump right in.

Cons:

There are no analytics for social, and there are some hiccups when it comes to shared Facebook posts or event links.

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Reviewer

Warehousing