Zigaflow vs Sourcing City's Promotional Office
Sourcing City is the trade's product search, and its business software, Promotional Office, runs quotes, orders and invoicing for distributors and suppliers. Zigaflow does that job with a published price, a free trial, margin on every quote line and live feeds from the UK suppliers you buy from.
Where Promotional Office asks more of you
Sourcing City is two things: a trade-only sourcing site, and Promotional Office, the business management system sold by the same company. Zigaflow is not a sourcing database, so this page compares it with Promotional Office. Every row was checked against sourcingcity.co.uk and promotionaloffice.co.uk on 18 September 2026. A cross means the capability is not described on those pages, not that we tested the product and found it missing.
No price until you call
Neither site publishes a price for Promotional Office. The route in is an enquiry form or a phone call. Zigaflow's plans are on the pricing page, from £79 a month, and every one starts with a 14-day free trial.
The trial is for the search, not the software
Sourcing City offers distributors a two-week free trial of the sourcing site once trade status is confirmed. Promotional Office describes no trial. You can sign up for Zigaflow and quote your own products without a sales call.
Sage or QuickBooks, not Xero
Sourcing City lists a Sage and QuickBooks accounting link for Promotional Office. Xero is not mentioned on either site. Zigaflow syncs with Xero, QuickBooks and FreeAgent.
Zigaflow vs Sourcing City
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| Feature | Zigaflow | Sourcing City |
|---|---|---|
| Search products across many suppliers | PartialLive feeds from connected UK suppliers | Yes |
| Live supplier price and stock | YesGo and above | Yes |
| Quotations | Yes | Yes |
| Order management and progress chasing | Yes | Yes |
| Supplier cost and margin shown per quote line | Yes | Profit reporting |
| Stock management | YesMomentum | Yes |
| Sign-off captured on a phone | YeseForms, Momentum | NoNot described |
| Branded client web shops | YesCompany Store add-on, £199/mo | Yes |
| Accounting link | YesXero, QuickBooks and FreeAgent | Sage and QuickBooks |
| Cloud-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial of the business software | Yes14 days | NoTwo-week trial covers the sourcing site |
| Price, as published on 18 September 2026 | £79 to £399/mo, every plan listed | Not published - enquiry only |
What a distributor gets from Zigaflow
Margin on the line while you quote
Every quote line holds the supplier cost beside the sell price, so the margin is visible while you can still change it. The same lines carry through to the job, the purchase order and the invoice.
Feeds from the suppliers you buy from
Go and Momentum carry live product, price and stock from Midocean, LALTEX, PF Concept, Ralawise and other UK suppliers straight onto the quote line, included in the plan.
Where Sourcing City is genuinely better
As a search, Sourcing City is far wider: on 18 September 2026 it showed 72,278 products with live prices from 74 suppliers on Dynamic Highway. It also runs Merchandise World and Sourcing City News, and Promotional Office serves suppliers as well as distributors. Plenty of distributors can keep searching on Sourcing City and run the job in Zigaflow.