Honest comparison
Apex Applications vs Tactical Arbitrage
Tactical Arbitrage searches more places for stock than Apex does, and that is the honest headline. Product Search scans over 1,400 retail sites, Reverse Search starts from an Amazon category instead of a retailer, and there is book scouting and Amazon flips besides. Apex does none of that. One of their six modes overlaps with ours: Wholesale Search takes a supplier catalog and runs matching and profit analysis across the list, which is what Apex Green does. The difference is what happens next. Theirs ends at a profitable shortlist; ours ends at a purchase order, a price floor built from that order and a P&L that reads from both. Worth knowing where it is sold, too: tacticalarbitrage.com now redirects to Threecolts Seller 365, which our InventoryLab page also covers. Know how Apex Gold moves prices before you compare: Prices change when you run your strategies from Apex. Repricing automatically the moment a competitor changes price is built but not switched on yet.
Read more about Apex Green, or see what a plan includes.
7 days free, then $149 a month, plus tax where applicable. Card required, nothing charged until day 8. Cancel any time before then.
A reseller's week, and who covers it
Filled = does the job · light cells = partly, with the caveat shown · dashed empty cell = not covered, or not verified
| Feature | Apex Applications | Tactical Arbitrage |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Amazon wholesale suite | Multi-source product research |
| Entry price | Beginner $49.99/mo, Starter $149/mo, Pro $299/mo (repricer on Pro) | $59 to $159/mo standalone, or from $69/mo inside Seller 365Their pricing page |
| Free trial | 7 days, card required | Seller 365: 7 days, plus 7 more after connecting an eligible seller account |
| Retail site scanning for online arbitrage | Not included | Over 1,400 sites |
| Reverse search from an Amazon category | Not included | Included |
| Book scouting | Not included | Included |
| Supplier catalog scanning | Included | Included |
| Selling eligibility checks | In bulk, one probe per brand | Restriction Checker |
| Purchase orders and restock planning | Included | Not part of the product |
| Repricer | Beta, on Pro: prices change when you run your strategies | A separate tool in the Seller 365 bundle |
| Break-even floors from your own fee data | On Pro (Apex Gold, beta) | No repricing in the product |
| Profit and loss from your own store | Included | Not part of the product |
Monthly price, side by side
Standalone monthly; scan limits vary by tier
The bundle it is also sold inside
Sourcing, purchasing and profit, no repricer. Up to $10K/mo in revenue, 2,000 listings. Beginner is $49.99/mo.
Standalone monthly
Prices from threecolts.com/seller-365/tactical-arbitrage, threecolts.com/seller-365
A supplier price list, carried past the shortlist and into a purchase order.
Which one fits you
Choose Tactical Arbitrage if…
- You source by finding price gaps on retail sites and want the widest net available. That is what it is built for and Apex does not do it at all.
- Book scouting or Amazon flips are part of how you buy.
- You want the rest of the Seller 365 bundle anyway, in which case this comes with it.
Choose Apex if…
- You buy from wholesale price lists, and you want what clears to end in a purchase order rather than a shortlist you rekey somewhere else.
- You want the floor under every price computed from what the unit actually cost you, landed.
- You would rather the research, the buying, the pricing and the books were one system than a bundle of separate ones.
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Two different ways of finding stock. If yours is a supplier price list, run one through both and compare what you are left holding.
Start my 7-day trial7 days free, then $149 a month, plus tax where applicable. Card required, nothing charged until day 8. Cancel any time before then.
Beginner $49.99/mo, Starter $149/mo, Pro $299/mo (repricer on Pro, beta).
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Competitor prices come from the vendor's own pricing page, linked beside each price. A price we have not rechecked within 90 days is replaced by that link. Other competitor details come from public pages and independent reviews (Tactical Arbitrage in Seller 365, Threecolts Seller 365 pricing). Tactical Arbitrage changes its features and prices on its own schedule, so check its site for current terms. Apex details come from the Apex app itself. Tactical Arbitrage is a trademark of its owner; no affiliation.