Planning beyond the reorder point
Miridia Planner forecasts each SKU, runs consensus cycles and scenarios, and drives MRP and your purchase plan from the forecast. Planner is priced separately.
Katana alternative
A Katana alternative
for manufacturers who also buy and plan
Katana is built for the shop floor. Miridia, the supply chain and automation platform, runs production too, and adds deeper purchasing, stock across locations, and demand planning in one data model.
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The short answer
Miridia or Katana?
Choose Katana if the shop floor is your main problem, and your team works from a shop floor app.
Choose Miridia if purchasing, stock across several locations, and demand planning matter as much as production.
Katana Core starts at US$299 a month with one location. The Miridia Starter plan is R3,000 or €150 a month.
Where Katana is strong
Katana is built for a manufacturer, so its production functions are the strongest in the inventory category.
- Multi-level bills of materials and manufacturing orders, built for the shop floor.
- Batch and serial tracking in the Core plan.
- Unlimited users on every plan.
- A free plan for up to 30 SKUs.
- Add-ons for traceability, warehouse management, and manufacturing management.
Where Miridia is better
Miridia is equal to Katana for bills of materials, work orders, purchase orders, batch and serial tracking, and sync with your store and accounting package. These are the places where it goes further.
BOM cost at any date
The BOM cost uses the price history of each component at the date that you select, with pack sizes and units handled. Revisions carry effective dates and scrap factors.
Purchasing with control
Approval thresholds, budgets, and landed cost lines for shipping and duties. Supplier lead time, on-time delivery, and fill rate come from your own purchase order history.
Stock at many locations
Each location has its own reorder points and safety stock, and transfer orders show the stock in transit. Katana Core includes one location and charges for more.
Franchise and multi-branch structure
A master business shares its catalogue, suppliers, prices, and bills of materials with its sub-businesses, and write guards protect the shared data.
Your data stays yours
Every plan includes the full REST API. The Enterprise plan adds a self-hosted option, and AI Autopilot can watch orders, deliveries, and stock for you.
When Katana is still the better choice
Katana is the better choice in these cases.
- You want to schedule and follow each production order on the shop floor. Miridia runs work orders, but it does not sequence a constrained work centre.
- You have fewer than 30 products and want a free plan.
If one of these is true for you, tell us on the first call. We prefer that you learn it now, and not in the third month.
Prices side by side
Katana prices its Core plan and sells its deeper functions as add-ons. We show Katana in US dollars, the currency that Katana uses.
| Item | Katana | Miridia |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | Core, from US$299 a month, monthly or yearly | Starter, R3,000 or €150 a month. Yearly billing saves 10%. |
| Users | Unlimited | 10 team members |
| Locations | 1 included, more at extra cost | Stock for each location |
| Batch and serial tracking | Included | Included, with lot numbers, expiry dates, and serial numbers |
| Traceability | Add-on, US$249 a month | A movement history for each lot, and serials linked to the shipment, included |
| Manufacturing management | Add-on, US$199 a month | Bills of materials and work orders, included |
| Demand forecasting | Not a module | Miridia Planner, priced separately |
| Onboarding | Optional, US$2,000 | A proposal only when custom work is needed |
The Katana prices are from its pricing page. The Advantage plan has a custom price on a yearly contract.
Source: katanamrp.com/pricing, checked on 29 September 2026. Miridia prices: the pricing page.
How to move from Katana
A move from Katana is a supported operation, and you can run the two systems side by side until you trust the new one.
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Map your production
On a discovery call we list your products, bills of materials, routes, locations, and channels, and we tell you what Miridia covers today.
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Export from Katana
Export your products, materials, bills of materials, suppliers, customers, and stock for each location.
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Import the recipes
We import each bill of materials as a revision with its scrap factors, so the first BOM cost uses your real component prices.
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Run in parallel, then switch
Run your work orders in both systems for one cycle, and switch on the day of a stock take.
Read the documentation before you start: Bills of material, Production, Cost and produce.
Questions
Is Miridia a replacement for Katana?
Yes, for bills of materials, work orders, purchasing, and stock. Miridia also adds demand planning and stock across locations. Keep your accounting package, and connect it.
Does Miridia have batch and serial tracking like Katana?
Yes. Miridia tracks lots and batches with a lot number and an expiry date, and each lot has its own movement history and file attachments, such as certificates. Serial numbers link each unit that you make to its lot, its work order, and its shipment.
Does Miridia calculate the cost of a product from its recipe?
Yes. The BOM cost uses the price history of each component at a date, with scrap factors and cost lines for labour and overhead. A completed work order posts the cost of goods at the weighted average cost.
Is Miridia priced in rand?
Yes. The Starter plan is R3,000 a month in South Africa and €150 a month in other markets. Yearly billing saves 10%.
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Moving from Katana?
Book a demo and bring your most difficult operational example. We will tell you what is built, what is on the roadmap, and what we will build for you.