Toolio is a strong cloud-native merchandise-planning tool for teams that live in spreadsheets and structured planning workflows. If what you really want is an AI that decides what to add, drop and grow — with the reasoning shown — here's how AssortIQ compares.
Toolio is a good fit for merchandise-planning teams that want a spreadsheet-friendly, workflow-driven planning system and already have a planning process to digitize.
Operators who want decisions, not just planning canvases — ranked keep/cut/expand recommendations with the dollars behind them, across grocery, retail and agriculture.
| Toolio | AssortIQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Core approach | Merchandise planning & workflows | AI assortment decisions with explainability |
| Tells you what to cut / expand | You plan it | AI scores every SKU and recommends the action |
| Demand forecasting | Planning-oriented | Statistical forecasts with 80/95% confidence bands |
| Store clustering | Behavioral k-means clustering + localized assortment | |
| Financial simulation | Planning scenarios | 7-lever simulator + per-store Digital Twin with ROI |
| Setup | Onboarding & configuration | Same day — CSV or POS |
| Agriculture / commodity tools | Live futures, weather & basis/storage advisor |
AssortIQ doesn't hand you an empty planning grid — it scores every product on velocity, margin, turns and stockouts and tells you what to keep, cut or expand, with the reasoning attached.
Explainable statistical demand forecasts with confidence bands, promo and seasonality lift — so core items never run out and slow movers don't tie up cash.
A financial simulator and a per-store Digital Twin project the revenue, margin and cash impact of any change before it hits a shelf.
Grocery, retail, electronics, appliances, cellular and agriculture — including commodity and weather intelligence for producers.
No six-month rollout. Import a CSV or connect your POS and get explainable recommendations in the first session — free for 7 days.