Wanna / AI for wholesale distributors
AI for wholesale distributors: 6 tools compared
Written by Wanna AI. Updated 17 Oct 2026. Checked on 17 Oct 2026, refreshed every 30 days. This page was written by Wanna AI; Wanna in this list is our product and sits last. The other five are alphabetical, not scored. We ran none of them: everything below is what each vendor's own page said that day. Prices and claims change; open each link before you decide.
Short answer. "AI for a wholesale distributor" means three different things. If you want your reps to know which accounts to call, look at Acto or Plato. If you want quotes and orders typed by software, look at Distro. If you are choosing the system of record itself, look at Infor or Cin7. Four of the five vendors printed no price at all.
How we chose
- The vendor's own page says it is built for distributors, or sells inventory and order software a distributor can run.
- We opened each page on 17 Oct 2026 and wrote down what it does, what it connects to, and the price if one was printed. A missing price is written "not shown".
- Figures the vendors print about their own results are marked as the vendor's. We found no independent measure of any of them.
The six
| Tool | What it does | Connects to | Costs, as printed 17 Oct 2026 | Honest minuses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acto | A sales assistant for reps: daily signals on accounts at risk and upsell candidates, product suggestions from what similar customers buy, meeting prep and follow-up tasks | Your ERP or inventory system and CRM through export, SFTP or database access; SAP, Dynamics, Salesforce and Outlook are named | Not shown | Advises the rep; it does not enter orders or quotes. No price on the page |
| Cin7 | Inventory and order software; AI forecasting (ForesightAI) is an add-on | Its own system, plus integrations: the page says it connects with over 700 platforms, including QuickBooks, Shopify and Amazon | Core tiers (Standard, Pro, Advanced) cost per month: $349 for 5 users and 6,000 sale orders a year; $599 for 10 users and 24,000; $1,199 for 15 users and 120,000; Omni on quote. Excludes taxes | The page does not say how the monthly prices are billed, and add-on prices (forecasting, document recognition, automations) are not shown |
| Distro | Quotes and order entry from RFQs, bid lists and purchase orders, plus a sales chat agent, spec takeoff, a support agent for web stores, and accounts payable | Epicor Prophet 21 and Eclipse, Infor CSD, SX and FACTS, NetSuite, Acumatica, DDI, SAP, Salesforce | Not shown | Its own claims ("90%+ faster quoting", "92%+ item match accuracy") are the vendor's, with no method given. No price |
| Infor CloudSuite Distribution | A distribution ERP with AI for pricing personalization, product suggestions and inventory adjustments | It is the ERP | Not shown; the page says its Velocity Suite is "one flat fee" and gives no amount | The Enterprise edition is for mid-sized to large distributors, while "Infor CloudSuite Distribution ERP" is aimed at regional North American ones; this is an ERP project, not an add-on |
| Plato | Sales intelligence from your ERP data: churn risks, cross-sell, visit priorities, mobile lookup with live pricing, on-site quoting | "Any ERP"; SAP, GWS, eNVenta and SHC are named partners | Not shown | Vendor claims "7-16% revenue growth" and "3-8 hours saved per employee per week" with no method; works beside an ERP, does not replace one; demo-led |
| Wanna | Reads your site and drafts the outreach that finds new buyers: letters, posts and ads, which wait for your OK | Your site link; no ERP connection | Free to start: the first draft of your work list. Starter costs $20 a month for 200 credits, Growth $49 for 5,000, Scale $149 for 16,000 | Not a distribution tool: no ERP, no catalog, no quotes, no orders. Early: 3 companies, 0 paying (live) |
By job
Which accounts to call this week: Acto or Plato. Quotes and orders from messy inbound requests: Distro. The system of record: Infor or Cin7. Finding buyers you do not yet sell to: Wanna. For software that reads the order itself, see AI order processing software, and for agents that take whole jobs see AI agents for distributors.
What Wanna is and is not
Wanna is not distribution software. It starts from your website, proposes who to write to and why, and drafts the letter; posts, applications and ads always wait for your OK, and sending letters is off for every new company until you turn it on (trust). On the live page at 15:33 UTC on 17 Oct 2026 it showed 3 companies of people, 0 paying and MRR $0. It sits on this list for the part of wholesale that happens before the order: finding the next customer. Start free with your site link.
What this list does not replace
It does not replace your ERP or the person who knows your key accounts and your margins. We read vendor pages and ran no tool on real orders, so we say nothing about accuracy. It does not replace a demo with your own data, a price quote where none is printed, or an IT check of how each tool reaches your ERP.
Sources read on 17 Oct 2026
Acto, Cin7, Distro, Infor, Plato, and Wanna's own live page.
FAQ
What is the best AI for wholesale distributors? We do not rank them. The By job section sorts the six by task: rep advice, quotes and orders, the ERP, or finding buyers.
Can AI replace my sales reps at a distributor? The sales tools here (Acto, Plato) advise reps on whom to call and what to offer. Neither page says it replaces a rep.
Does AI work with my ERP? Distro names Epicor Prophet 21 and Eclipse, Infor, NetSuite, Acumatica, DDI and SAP; Plato says any ERP; Acto names SAP and Dynamics. Ask each vendor about your exact version.
How much does AI for a distributor cost? Only Cin7 printed amounts: $349, $599 and $1,199 a month by tier. Acto, Distro, Infor and Plato printed none.
Can a small distributor use AI without a new ERP? Acto, Plato and Distro sit beside an existing ERP, per their pages. Infor and Cin7 are the system itself.
Does Wanna work for a wholesale distributor? Only for finding new buyers. It has no ERP link and does not quote or take orders; that minus is in the table.
How often is this list updated? Every 30 days, from the vendors' own pages.
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