Everything your catalog is trying to tell you.
Send a product's sales, purchase, and cost history. Get back a ranked list of what needs attention.
Complete product intelligence.
From a single SKU to the whole portfolio, in one API call.
10+ analyses per call
Sales, margin, cost, purchasing, and seasonality in one response.
Ranked by impact
Every finding carries a severity, a confidence, and a recommended action.
Portfolio-wide
ABC classification and cross-product patterns across the whole catalog.
One call, the whole picture.
Send what you have. Missing datasets just narrow the analysis.
curl -X POST https://forecastapi.com/v2/product-insights \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"identifier": "SKU-123",
"data": {
"sales": [{"date": "2024-01-01", "value": 120, "price": 24.90}],
"purchases": [{"date": "2024-01-04", "value": 500}],
"cost_history": [{"date": "2024-01-01", "value": 14.20}]
}
}'
# Response
{
"result": {
"insights": [
{
"type": "margin_compression",
"severity": "critical",
"confidence": "high",
"title": "Margin down 15% over 30 days",
"description": "Unit cost rose faster than selling price.",
"recommendation": {
"action": "supplier_negotiation",
"description": "Negotiate with suppliers or seek alternatives",
"priority": "high"
}
}
]
},
"meta": {"timing": {"total": 214.7}}
}
Insights for every SKU.
Each returns as a typed entry in the insights array.
Sales volume analysis
Growth trends, anomalies, and demand shifts
sales_volume_insight
Margin & profitability
Compression, trends, and pricing headroom
margin_insight
Purchase patterns
Supplier behaviour and reorder timing
purchase_pattern_insight
Seasonality detection
Peak periods and cyclical trends
seasonality_insight
Lead time analysis
Supplier reliability and safety stock
lead_time_reliability
Order variability
Order size spread and demand volatility
order_size_variability
Portfolio-wide batch insights.
Analyze up to 1,000 products together for patterns no single SKU shows.
ABC classification
Pareto analysis showing which 15% of items carry 70% of revenue.
Customer concentration
Revenue risk when too few customers carry too much of it.
Price elasticity
Which products tolerate a price move and which do not.
Category performance
Growth leaders and decliners across the catalog.
Built for every catalog.
From e-commerce to manufacturing, wherever products carry margin.
E-commerce & retail
Product mix, pricing, and inventory allocation across channels.
Manufacturing
Production planning, waste reduction, and component inventory.
Distribution & wholesale
Warehouse allocation, slow movers, and turnover rates.
Pay only for what you use.
Scale your analysis as you grow.
Turn data into decisions.
Join the teams turning catalogs into decisions with ForecastAPI.
Your first 200 calls are free, no credit card required.