--- title: APEX Reviews meta_title: 'APEX Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta_description: Filter 128 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how APEX works for a business like yours. aggregate_rating: rating_value: 4.5 review_count: 128 scale: '5' date_modified: '2026-07-17' parent_category: name: Manufacturing url: https://www.g2.com/categories/manufacturing --- # APEX Reviews **Vendor:** LeanDNA **Category:** [Manufacturing Intelligence Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/manufacturing-intelligence) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 128 ## About APEX APEX by LeanDNA is the factory-focused platform for AI-powered expert execution to establish command of supply planning and materials management. It powers optimized decisions and operations through materials visibility, predictive insights, supplier collaboration, and recommended actions. APEX synchronizes people, materials, and sites with data centralization, AI, and machine learning to analyze supply conditions, predict risks, connect across suppliers, and outline the best actions to protect and optimize production. With core capabilities spanning data visibility and AI, supply insights, procurement management, and inventory optimization, APEX transforms fragmented data into supply chain intelligence that drives confident, precise execution. Teams eliminate operational guesswork, respond faster to disruption, and improve performance with smarter prioritization and optimized supply strategies. ## APEX Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users appreciate the **ease of use** of APEX, benefiting from intuitive features and excellent support. (31 reviews) - Users praise the **fast and responsive customer support** , ensuring smooth implementation and ongoing assistance with LeanDNA. (21 reviews) - Users value the **effective inventory management** features of APEX, enhancing supply chain visibility and risk anticipation. (20 reviews) - Users value the **great visibility and structure** LeanDNA provides, enhancing supplier follow-up and performance monitoring. (15 reviews) - Users find APEX's **time-saving features** invaluable, enhancing efficiency with intuitive workflows and advanced analytics. (13 reviews) - User Interface (13 reviews) - Users appreciate the **easy access dashboards** of LeanDNA, which enhance workflow and streamline communication effectively. (11 reviews) - Users value the **insightful reporting and KPIs** from LeanDNA, enhancing their understanding of organizational performance. (11 reviews) - Data Analysis (10 reviews) - Data Visualization (10 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users struggle with the **complex usability** of APEX, finding self-editing and integration challenging without external help. (10 reviews) - Users find the **limited customization** of APEX restrictive, impacting their ability to tailor the product to specific needs. (6 reviews) - Users find the **missing filtering options** in APEX limiting, impacting their analysis and decision-making capabilities. (6 reviews) - Users note that **data inaccuracies** persist as APEX's implementation continues, impacting the reliability of reports and information. (5 reviews) - Users find the **learning curve steep** , but support helps navigate the complexity over time. (5 reviews) - Users are disappointed by the **limited features** of APEX, hindering their ability to filter and customize tasks effectively. (4 reviews) - Update Issues (4 reviews) - Difficult Learning (3 reviews) - Lack of Customization (3 reviews) - Process Improvement (3 reviews) ## APEX Reviews ### 1. A terribly effective tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** BENOIT D. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Quick integration, easy to access and understand, efficient customer support, Clear to build, numerous relevant analyses and graphically illustrated. **What do you dislike about APEX?** No OTD history for 1 year, no possibility to share supplier scorecards in PDF, **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Anticipation of shortages, stock valuation forecasting, quick decision support on stock policies (ABCYZ) Quick creation of breakpoints for internal communication with production Clear to build Quick exchange with suppliers ### 2. LeanDNA implementation **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aleksandra K. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** It is user friendly system, supporting users with inventory analysis through easy-to-navigate reports and dashboards. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Data transfer from ERP takes up to 24h, so It does not always show the most current scenario. Implementation of customised adds-on require time and patience. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It helps to supervise procuremnet department thanks to visual managemnt. We use shortage/PO and Inventory management graphs as KPI for buyers.This ready to use solution saved us a lot of time, whatsmore it is very userfriendly and customised. ### 3. Excellent for displaying information graphically **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ethan Eduardo D. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 13, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** That it can convert all the information in a single graph **What do you dislike about APEX?** That we have times were the system doesn't update the data at the same time that our MRP does **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Getting information on where I could find material in another sites ### 4. Excellent in MIS and organizing SCM activities and easy to implement. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** kamalanadhan d. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** LeanDNA oranised manner gives input to priortize the work with ease, which gives the customer focus. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Reports need to crisp and could be shortned for admistrators. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Inventory optimation , daily supplier OTD achivement. ### 5. Very useful in my work **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Cesar H. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 27, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** The graphs and that it is very easy to understand. **What do you dislike about APEX?** There are some fields missing that would be very useful to us. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** The kiting of the Sales order at the JCI plant ### 6. Powerful tool **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Richard A. | Material Planning & Logistics Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Easy access dashboards Al the inventory metrics Clear to Build Material shortages **What do you dislike about APEX?** There was lots of information to learn at first just like with any new software. But once you use it frequently you become iot becomes easier and easier at time goes on. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Material shortages. Inventory actions to burn off and suggestions to keep inventory at the right levels ### 7. Instant access to the data I need **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Vít K. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** I like the LOBs - very easy access to them. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Filtr options - it is not user frendly - if you have i. e. list of materials, you have to down-load all and filtr in xls **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** In SAP, it is not quick to get all data. Lean DNA is up-to-date twice a day and the reports are very quick ### 8. Great tool for Material Groups and Supply Chain **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Ease of implementation/integration with ERP Excellent Customer Service - Quick to respond to issues Knowledgebase on all features which makes it easy to train users **What do you dislike about APEX?** Supplier preformance currently you can only override or adjust delivery day late. I'd like to see delivery day early to also be adjustable. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** PFEP, reduce inventory, and quickly identify shortages. ### 9. Very good professional support **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nelly L. | Conseillère en immobilier independante, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 27, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Adaptable, easy to use. Very good tool for immediate decision-making. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Some terms that remain in English and should be able to be translated into French **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy downloads with no processing required. Identification of upcoming issues (not overly complex). Clear visuals for quick decision-making. ### 10. Easy to navigate **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 03, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** Visualization of reports are good. Easy to navigate and download reports with the filters. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Certain parameters are not globally available across all reports which limit the usage for some reports. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allowing standardiation of reports across various manufacturing sites utilizing various ERP solutions. ### 11. Good Supply chain tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Gaétan L. | Responsable Supply Chain, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 18, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Agility and lots of information available Contact improvemented with suppliers Global Supply chain tool and visibility Easy to use Continuous improvement by Lean dna consultant **What do you dislike about APEX?** Connection with internal ERP Process with ERP **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Purchased orders projections to control stock level Shortage projection to reduce missing parts in production lines ### 12. Fast application that goes throughwhat are the basic elements that handles the supply chain **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Maximilian I. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** in one page you have the overview of my job **What do you dislike about APEX?** I found difficult to have access to basic setting of the tool **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** recover time to prepare dashboards information sharing between two different working teams ( material planners & production planners ) ### 13. Useful tool to run report **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 01, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** 1 button click to extract the report easily **What do you dislike about APEX?** Not live version, so the data will be slightly different from Baan system **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** LeanDNA show the shortage parts need to pull in to fulfill production ### 14. Very practical information that helps us save time in our processes and clear vision **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Luz G. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Quick and clear information where we can visualize future requirements and be able to react in time. **What do you dislike about APEX?** some tickets take time to be fixed, **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Anticipated information to be able to anticipate problems ### 15. Material Management Tools **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jessica J. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Loading data from ERP and real time refresh if there are any changes **What do you dislike about APEX?** Not so easy to be localized and integrated with other local applications **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Benefit: Data transparency, easy operation, professional tech support. ### 16. Use for supply chain management and measurement of indicators **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nicolas D. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Number of features Customer support Easy to use **What do you dislike about APEX?** Refreshing of non-dynamic data Unable to use Clear to Build because WO number vs customer order number not associated **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Effective indicators ### 17. Currently your supply and purchase teams dayly the tool. The results are amazing and incredible. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** wilfrid R. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** It' an exellent viewer tools to implement shortage management, priorization of jobs, and inventory decrease **What do you dislike about APEX?** The gap beetween supplier shortage and the inpact on the customer order and name of the customer. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** na ### 18. Ivan's review **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** ivan R. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** the service i like the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **What do you dislike about APEX?** i do not like the task system, as they need a lot of data to enter a task **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** have daily reports on shrotages ### 19. Digitalization and SC Optimization **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Fábio N. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Flexibility and friendly data visualization **What do you dislike about APEX?** Nothing, this is amazing tool suported by a very good consultants from LeanDNA. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** SC Risk Management Inventory optimization Fast response Project Management ### 20. LDNA the best option **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** alonso s. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 20, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Simplify and everything is visualized faster **What do you dislike about APEX?** A lot of information for the generation of Task **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It remains under maintenance during working hours, which does not allow us to view it. ### 21. Easy to access tool for supply management **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 22, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Providing the actions to be done to get the most of supply chain. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Flexibility of adjusting to our needs, it usualy take some time and we do not know if it will be implemented **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Provifing the actions for inventory reduction and for the shortages elimination It forcing us to keep the right data in the ERP systems - this is benefit for us ### 22. I have been a customer of LeanDNA helping to implement the software tool at our sites in EMEA **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 15, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** LeanDNA has a simple navigation on the Dashboard and Reports **What do you dislike about APEX?** data still not synchronized with other ERP/MRP systems than SAP **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** LeanDNA is helping to spot our inventory shortages ### 23. User friendly & Great User support **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 14, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Ease of use with widgets, amazing support from support team **What do you dislike about APEX?** Limitations in customization & fields required **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Visibility of Inventory, Reducing Manual reporting work ### 24. Read the book **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 02, 2024 **What do you like best about APEX?** User Experience, Ease of Use, and Time Reduction **What do you dislike about APEX?** Multisite analysis, Multilevel quantities **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Multilevel analysis ### 25. Love This! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Airlines/Aviation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 25, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** I like how easy it makes the procurment process. I also love the reports that we can generate. **What do you dislike about APEX?** The lack of Outside processing visability. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this with a few ERP systems and the Purchasing data that those ERP systems are either non existent or they are very messy. LeanDNA helps make it very clear what actions the buyers need to go and take. ### 26. Easy to using data with charts. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Building Materials | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 21, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Alert report about Purchase Orders to Action. **What do you dislike about APEX?** Action in LeanDNA is not necessary. I would like to use the data for analysis. **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Easy to get relevant reports or charts about all the purasing data. ### 27. Data update is not timely with SAP system, for ETO, MTO production model is not so helpful. **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 28, 2023 **What do you like best about APEX?** Date analysis is very good, visual chart is helpful **What do you dislike about APEX?** Data can't be refresh timely, some times is need manual to hlep make descision **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** Show the material shortage information time ### 28. This has helped business **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Savana S. | Senior Accountant, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 01, 2022 **What do you like best about APEX?** The ability it gives me to manage my supply chain smoothly **What do you dislike about APEX?** The interface of the program could designed better **What problems is APEX solving and how is that benefiting you?** It gives me the ability to optimize my inventory - [View APEX pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/leandna-apex/reviews?page=3§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-07-20+10%3A40%3A03+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=fedfe1e4-7709-4cd2-bf41-4fd6ebeb013e&secure%5Btoken%5D=1301172e03831e6070deec1bbc2ea8e670be7c0645ec0136509d3b763aca93ba&format=llm_user) ## APEX Features **Analytics** - Forecasting - Supply Chain Planning - Asset Tracking - Supply Chain Planning - Data Collection - Supply Chain Planning - Business Reporting - Supply Chain Planning **Data Management** - Aggregation - Data Models - Propagation - Data Collection - Cleansing **Multichannel inventory management** - Warehouse Inventory Transfer - Multichannel Inventory Syncing - Multi-Warehouse Routing **Analytics** - Reporting - Segmentation analysis - Product lifecycle - Simulation - Historical Forecast **Visibility** - Compliance - Search - Temperature Alerts - Shipment Tracking - Order-Level Visibility - ETA - Geofencing **Agentic AI - SAP Store** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Cross-system Integration - Adaptive Learning - Natural Language Interaction - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making **Statistical Tool** - Scripting - Data Mining - Algorithms **Warehouse Management ** - Sales and Operations Planning - Supply Chain Planning - Production Planning - Supply Chain Planning - Workforce Management - Supply Chain Planning - Process Automation - Supply Chain Planning **Delivery** - Flows - Alerts - Inventory - Modes **Analytics** - KPIs - Real Time - Dashboards **3PL inventory management** - Client management - Marketplace connections - 3PL inventory tracking **Collaboration** - Integrations - Multiple users - Forecast collaboration - Inventory collaboration **Data Analysis** - Analysis - Data Interaction **Inventory Management** - Inventory Tracking - Inventory Costing - Product Master - Inventory Forecasting - Integrations **Planning** - Planning dashboard - Capacity Planning - Assortment Planning - Business functions - Goal planning - Comprehensive Planning - Workflow **Agentic AI - Manufacturing Intelligence** - Proactive Assistance **Decision Making** - Modeling - Data Visualizations - Report Generation - Data Unification **Workflow Automation** - Rating - Dispatch and Tender - Invoice Management - Digital Document Reconciliation **Network Management** - Geographic Optionality - Automated Onboarding **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization **Performance** - Financial Analytics - KPIs - Benchmarking **Platform** - Data quality - Languages - Configurable Notifications **Inventory Management Platform Features** - Centralized Inventory Database - Inventory Level Dashboards - Stock History Reporting - Low Stock Notifications - Bundles, Kits, & Variants - Asset Tracking - Inventory Forecasting - eCommerce Integrations - Accounting Integrations - Data Exporting / Importing ## Top APEX Alternatives - [Tableau](https://www.g2.com/products/tableau/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (3,666 reviews) - [Qlik Sense](https://www.g2.com/products/qlik-sense/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (763 reviews) - [Anaplan](https://www.g2.com/products/anaplan/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (396 reviews)