Comparison
Dutchie vs Flowhub (2026): API, Metrc, NMS2S, writes, pricing and reviews — compared by a neutral integrator
Side-by-side of Dutchie POS and Flowhub on the things an operations team cares about, from vendor documentation and G2, dated and sourced.
By BudAlly
Published Updated
| Feature | Dutchie | Flowhub |
|---|---|---|
| US store share (Cannabiz 2024, stores with a known POS) | 34.5% | not published |
| API access | One API key per location (HTTP Basic); Certified Partner approval, about 3 business days; keys don't expire | Client ID + key issued per integration request; MCP server under the retailer's login (Sep 2026) |
| Webhooks | No — incremental polling, about 120 requests/min per key | Not documented |
| Reads | Products, inventory + lab results, register transactions with line package IDs, customers, discounts, employees, deliveries, purchase orders | Products, inventory, orders, customers (API omits medical-card expiry) |
| Writes | Brands, customers, tags, journal, drivers, delivery routes, purchase orders. No product or price write; no inventory adjustment | Purchase orders documented; others not documented |
| Online order into the register | No create-order API: staff handoff + receipt match-back | Not documented |
| Metrc | System of record; stores Dutchie and Metrc receipt IDs; API exposure of the Metrc ID unconfirmed | System of record; in-app discrepancy management |
| New Mexico NMS2S | Live (sales, deliveries, patient validation, voids) | Live (sales + medical allotments) |
| Developer terms | Partner approval; data to be used 'safely, securely and responsibly'; public terms not found | MCP terms (new); partner terms not public |
| Published pricing | No | No (pricing page returns 403) |
| G2 (Oct 2026) | 4.5 / 5 · 57 reviews | Listed; count not verified |
| Own AI | Consumer AI (voice, agentic commerce, register co-pilot) Jun 2026; Dutchie MCP | Flowhub MCP (Sep 2026); 'State of AI in cannabis retail' report |
| Content you'll find useful | State-laws hub, JD-reviewed and dated | Industry statistics page; Metrc discrepancy guides; state-law pages (some dated 2022) |
METHOD
Rows come from each vendor's public documentation, help center or statements and from G2 as of the review date. 'Not documented' means we could not find it publicly; it does not mean the feature is absent. We integrate with both and sell neither.
Bottom line
Dutchie: Broadest read API and the largest installed base; the trade-off is no webhooks and no price/product write, so pricing changes stay manual and 'live' means about fifteen minutes.
Flowhub: Strong Metrc tooling in-app and an early MCP; public API documentation is thinner, so confirm reads and writes you need before you commit.
Neither publishes pricing or exposes the cash drawer or timeclock. If what you want is reconciliation, invoice capture, price intelligence or a cross-store close, both can stay where they are and an operations layer can read from either.
Sources
- Dutchie POS API spec and partner program · 2026
- Flowhub MCP · 2026–09
- Dutchie NM traceability hub · 2026–09
- Flowhub and NMS2S · 2026–09
- G2 compare — Cova vs Dutchie vs BLAZE vs Treez · 2026–10
- Cannabiz Media 2024 POS report · 2024