Comparison · For distributors and importers

DISTRYB vs. Provi

If your buyers already order through Provi and you run an ERP it connects to, Provi is the channel to be on — it has far more buyers than we do, and it adds a channel without replacing anything. If you are a smaller importer or independent distributor without an ERP, and you want to sign up yourself, load your catalog from a spreadsheet and know the price first, DISTRYB is built for that: it is the system you run on, not a channel into one.

Provi

A B2B ordering marketplace. Bars, restaurants and stores order from their distributors’ catalogs in one place, free; distributors connect it to the ERP they already run and take the orders there.

DISTRYB

The system an independent distributor or importer runs on — catalog, warehouses, pricing, wholesale orders, invoicing and collections — with retailers ordering from you directly, and a price you can read before you sign up.

Provi, by their own numbers

Scale

1,400+ distributor partners, nearly 50,000 active retailers, 1.4M+ products — Provi press release, 14 Oct 2026

Platform volume

More than $5bn in platform GMV — Provi press release, Nov 2025

Cost to buyers

Free for bars, restaurants, hospitality and retail stores — provi.com/distributors

Distributor pricing

Not published; their Encompass page refers to a package subscription — provi.com/partnerships/encompass

Fee model, as last publicly described

A flat fee per invoice or order, paid by the wholesaler or supplier, not a percentage of sales — NY State Liquor Authority ruling 2020-00720 (2021)

Documented ERP integration

Encompass — customer pricing, inventory and catalogs, with EDI set up by their team — provi.com/partnerships/encompass

SevenFifty

Has joined the Provi Marketplace — go.sevenfifty.com

DISTRYB, by our own numbers

Distributor plan

$199/mo with 1 warehouse included, $75/mo for each additional one, unlimited team seats; QuickBooks sync, tax filing and API access included. Free until November 17, 2026. — distryb.com/pricing

Wholesale fee

0.5% of the goods, capped at $500 an invoice, paid by the buyer on top of the invoice — you receive the full invoice amount, less any broker commission you have agreed — DISTRYB invoice checkout

ACH

0.8%, capped at $5, also paid by the buyer — DISTRYB invoice checkout

Retailers

Join free for one location and order free; the wholesale fee applies only to invoices they pay through DISTRYB — distryb.com/pricing

Capability by capability

● in the Provi column means their own public product pages describe it. – means not part of the published product — not that they cannot do it. We can only read what they publish. Checked November 2026.

Getting started

Connects to the ERP you already run

Provi●Encompass, documented

DISTRYB–No ERP connector — DISTRYB is the system of record

Run the whole book without a separate ERP

Provi–Positioned as a channel into your ERP

DISTRYB●Catalog, stock, orders, invoices in one place

Provi–Onboarding runs through their team

DISTRYB●Self-serve; licence checked against state registries

Bring the catalog over from a spreadsheet

Provi–Not described publicly; set up with their team

DISTRYB●CSV with a preview before anything is written

Software price published before you sign up

Provi–Not published

DISTRYB●From $199/mo

Selling to retailers

Retailers order from your catalog online

Provi●The core product

DISTRYB●Shown to every retailer licensed to buy from you

Buyers already on the platform

Provi●Nearly 50,000 active retailers

DISTRYB◐Far fewer — retailers you invite join free

Free for the buyer

Provi●Free for bars, restaurants and stores

DISTRYB◐Free plan; 0.5% on invoices paid through us

Customer-specific pricing

Provi●Through their Encompass integration

DISTRYB◐By premise type, warehouse, state and delivery zone — not per account

Message the buyer about the order

Provi●Rep inbox and order messages

DISTRYB●Messages open with the order attached

Getting paid and the back office

Invoices, statements and ACH pay links

Provi◐ProviPay: invoice payment, autopay and credits, in some states

DISTRYB●Statements, pay links, autopay, reminders — A/R beyond platform orders

Multi-warehouse inventory with cost basis

Provi–

DISTRYB●

Sales and invoices posted to your QuickBooks

Provi–

DISTRYB●Included on the plan; you switch posting on

Every buyer’s licence checked

Provi◐Licence number required at buyer signup (NY SLA, 2021)

DISTRYB●Against state registries; by a person where a registry cannot confirm

State delinquent-retailer lists enforced on orders

Provi–

DISTRYB◐Texas and Florida synced automatically; Illinois and New York loaded by staff

Beverage-excise returns

Provi–

DISTRYB◐Included on Pro: Illinois returns; worksheets in 10 other states

What Provi has that we don’t

Reach we do not have

Provi reports more than 1,400 distributor partners and nearly 50,000 active retailers, and since a 2025 settlement Southern Glazer’s portfolio can be ordered there. DISTRYB has far fewer buyers in every market. If your accounts already order everything through Provi, being where they order matters more than anything on this page.

It fits around the ERP you already run

Provi documents an integration with Encompass that carries customer-specific pricing, inventory and catalogs. DISTRYB has no ERP connector — it asks you to run on it. If you have already invested in an ERP, Provi adds a channel without replacing anything, and we would be asking you to move.

Free to the buyer, with nothing on top

Provi is free for buyers. On DISTRYB a retailer orders free, but an invoice paid through us carries a 0.5% fee (capped at $500), plus 0.8% for ACH (capped at $5), and the buyer pays both. It keeps your invoice whole, and it is still a cost your accounts see that they would not see on Provi.

So which one

You run Encompass and want another ordering channel

Provi. It is built to sit on top of what you run.

Your accounts already order everything on Provi

Provi — be where your buyers already are.

A smaller importer or distributor with no ERP

DISTRYB. Catalog, warehouses, orders and invoicing in one place, from a spreadsheet up.

You want to know the price before a sales call

DISTRYB — $199/mo, published, and you can sign up yourself.

What starting involves

Create a distributor account

Your licence is checked against the state registry. Where the registry cannot confirm it, a person reviews it — we do not promise a go-live time we do not control.

Bring the catalog over as a file

Upload a CSV, map the columns, and preview every product before anything is written. Items with a known UPC link to the product already in the catalog, and likely matches are flagged for you to review.

Load stock, cost and history

Import stock and cost per location, and past sales, so margins are right from the first day.

Set prices and invite your accounts

Price by premise type, state and delivery zone. Retailers you invite join free, and you can limit each rep to the accounts assigned to them.

Start as a distributor

From $199/mo. Free until November 17, 2026. No ERP required.