Alternatives to Sortly
Mobile inventory and asset tracking with barcode scanning and purchase orders
Sortly ranks #8 of 8 in Inventory management, with an Alt Score of 78. It is proprietary, freemium from $49/mo and available on Web, iOS and Android. 12 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Sortly is a mobile-first inventory and asset tracking app that organizes items into customizable folders with photos, custom fields, and barcode/QR labels. It targets small and mid-size teams tracking supplies, tools, and equipment rather than full supply-chain or manufacturing operations, and syncs across web, iOS, and Android.
Small and mid-size businesses and field teams (construction, medical, retail, education, and similar) that need to track supplies, tools, and equipment across one or more locations without a full ERP.
A folder-based inventory catalog with photos, custom fields, barcode/QR scanning and label printing, purchase orders, pick lists, low-stock alerts, and activity/inventory reports, gated across five plan tiers by item count and feature availability.
Items are organized into nested custom folders (used to represent locations/rooms/warehouses), scanned in and updated via the mobile app's camera-based barcode/QR scanner, and kept in sync in real time across web, iOS, and Android through cloud-based automatic sync.
Where Sortly stands out
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Ranked alternatives
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Katana is a cloud-based inventory and production management platform for manufacturers, wholesalers, and product-based ecommerce brands.
Unleashed is cloud-based inventory management software covering purchasing, production, warehousing and sales for manufacturing, wholesale and distribution businesses.
Zoho Inventory is a cloud-based inventory and order management platform covering purchase orders, multi-warehouse stock control, and barcode scanning.
Cin7 sells two separate inventory management products: Cin7 Core (formerly DEAR Inventory), aimed at small and mid-size product businesses with tiered self-serve pricing, and Cin7 Omni, a more configu.
Fishbowl sells two product lines: Fishbowl Inventory (also called Fishbowl Drive), a cloud-native inventory and warehousing product with no manufacturing module, and Fishbowl Advanced, a manufacturing.
inFlow Inventory is a cloud-hosted inventory and order management system with a native Windows app plus web, iOS, and Android clients.
Feature comparison
Rows come from the Inventory management checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
| Inventory management checklist | Sortly | Katana | Unleashed | Zoho Inventory | Cin7 | Fishbowl Inventory |
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Every fact and feature listed for Sortly is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License Proprietary verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/terms-of-service/
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/pricing/
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Starts at $49/mo verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/pricing/
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Platforms Web, iOS, Android verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/
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Status active verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/
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Multi-warehouse Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/solutions/inventory-management-software/
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Barcode scanning Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/
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Purchase orders Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/purchase-orders/
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Manufacturing and BOM No verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/
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Serial and lot tracking Partial verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/custom-fields/
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Shopify integration No verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/integrations/
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Amazon integration Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/integrations/
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Accounting sync Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/integrations/
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Low-stock alerts Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/features/alerts/
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Mobile app Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/business-inventory-app/
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API access Partial verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/pricing/
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Free tier Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.sortly.com/pricing/
FAQ
Yes. Katana and Zoho Inventory have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.