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Sortly alternatives: pricing, competitors and an honest comparison

Sortly is a clean, photo-first way to track items and supplies from your phone. It also caps the Advanced plan at 500 items and 2 users, has no demand forecasting, and does not sync stock to Shopify or Amazon. If you have outgrown visual tracking and need the software to tell you what to reorder, here is what else is on the menu, priced from each vendor's own page.

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The short answer

The best Sortly alternative depends on why you are leaving. If you are hitting the item cap and still want simple, photo-based tracking, move up Sortly's own tiers or try inFlow (from $129/mo). If you have started selling online and need stock to sync across channels, Zoho Inventory (from $29/mo) or Cin7 Core (from $349/mo) fit better. If you make products, Katana ($299/mo) or Fishbowl ($229/mo) add manufacturing. And if the real gap is that Sortly counts your stock but never decides what to reorder, that is the deciding layer Storekeeper is being built for.

Pricing verified on each vendor's own pricing page, July 2026. Last updated July 2026.

Side by side

Sortly and its alternatives, on one table

Entry prices are list prices at annual billing where the vendor offers it. Every vendor runs promotions; treat these as the starting point.

Tool Entry price Item / order limit Demand forecasting Best for
Sortly $49/mo Advanced (2 users) 500 items on Advanced; free tier 100 None Visual, photo-based tracking of items, tools and supplies
Zoho Inventory $29/mo Standard (3 users) 500 orders/mo on Standard No real forecasting Budget buyers selling online, especially inside the Zoho suite
inFlow $129/mo Entrepreneur (2 users) 100 orders/mo, then $0.20 each Basic reporting, not per-SKU forecasting Small teams that want easy setup, barcodes and light B2B
Cin7 Core $349/mo Standard (5 users) ~6,000 orders/year on Standard Add-on modules Multichannel brands outgrowing simpler tools
Fishbowl $229/mo Essentials (2 users) No hard item cap Only on Scale, $729/mo QuickBooks-centered warehousing and manufacturing
Katana $299/mo Core (unlimited users) No hard item cap Paid add-on, $249/mo on top of Core Small manufacturers who plan production daily
Storekeeper Early access; planned from $49/mo Planned: no item cap The core of the product: per-SKU forecasts, reorder points, dead-stock flags Teams whose bottleneck is purchasing decisions, not record-keeping
The honest part

Why people leave Sortly, and why plenty stay

Sortly is well-built for what it does. The complaints are specific, and so are its strengths.

Why people leave

  • Item caps bite early. The $49 Advanced plan stops at 500 items and 2 users; growing catalogs jump to Ultra ($149/mo) or Premium ($299/mo) fast.
  • No sales channels. Sortly tracks what you own; it does not sync stock to Shopify, Amazon or a POS, so online sellers outgrow it the day they oversell.
  • It counts, it does not decide. There is no forecasting and no automatic reorder point, so every purchasing call is still yours to make by hand.

Why people stay

  • The photo-first UX is genuinely good. For tools, equipment, samples and field supplies, a visual catalog you scan from your phone beats a spreadsheet every time.
  • Setup is measured in minutes. No integrations to wire, no accounting sync to configure; you are labeling and scanning the same afternoon.
  • Custom QR labels and a free tier. The 100-item free plan and built-in label printing make it easy to start and cheap to trial.
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Which Sortly alternative fits which problem

Start from the reason you are shopping. The right competitor falls out of that.

You have started selling online

Once orders flow in from a store or marketplace, you need stock to sync so you stop overselling. Zoho Inventory covers Shopify and Amazon basics cheaply; see our ecommerce inventory management guide for the whole checklist.

You just need more headroom

If Sortly's simplicity suits you and only the item cap hurts, inFlow keeps setup easy while adding barcodes and light purchasing. Our inFlow comparison covers where it fits and where it does not.

You need decisions, not records

Sortly and almost every tool above record stock well. Few decide: reorder points stay wherever a human typed them. Storekeeper's whole product is the deciding layer: forecasts, live reorder points and dead-stock flags per SKU.

Full disclosure: Storekeeper is in early access. If you need a system running in production this month, buy one of the tools in the table above; our best inventory management software roundup ranks them by scenario. If your purchasing decisions can wait for a sharper tool, run the free scan at the top of this page and join the list.

Frequently asked

Sortly questions, answered

How much does Sortly cost?
Sortly starts at $49 per month for the Advanced plan (2 users, 500 items) at regular pricing, with a free tier capped at 100 items and 1 user. Ultra is $149 per month (5 users, 2,000 items) and Premium is $299 per month (8 users, 5,000 items); Enterprise is custom. The vendor frequently discounts annual plans, so check for a current promotion before you buy.
What is the best Sortly alternative?
There is no single best one; it depends on the job. Zoho Inventory is the best cheap alternative for online sellers, inFlow the closest match if you want Sortly-style simplicity with more headroom, and Cin7 Core or Fishbowl if you have outgrown item tracking entirely. If your problem is deciding what to reorder rather than recording what you hold, that is the gap a forecast-first tool fills.
Does Sortly do demand forecasting or reorder points?
No. Sortly tracks quantities and can alert you at a fixed minimum level you set by hand, but it does not forecast demand or calculate reorder points from sales velocity and lead time. If avoiding stockouts and dead stock is the reason you are shopping, that is the feature to weigh, because a static minimum drifts out of date the moment demand changes.
Can Sortly sync inventory with Shopify or Amazon?
No. Sortly is an internal asset and item tracker, not a multichannel inventory system, so it does not sync stock levels to Shopify, Amazon or a point-of-sale. Sellers who need one stock number kept accurate across channels should look at Zoho Inventory or Cin7 Core, which are built for that job.
Is Sortly better for asset tracking or inventory management?
Sortly is strongest at asset and supply tracking: tools, equipment, samples and field kit, where a photo catalog you scan from a phone is the point. For sellable inventory that moves through sales orders and needs reordering, a dedicated inventory management system does more of the work for you. Match the tool to whether your stock sits still or turns over.
What is the cheapest Sortly alternative?
Zoho Inventory at $29 per month (annual, 3 users, 500 orders on Standard) is the cheapest credible alternative and includes a free tier at 50 orders per month. It trades Sortly's photo-first simplicity for real order and channel management, so it is the better value only if you are actually selling, not just tracking.

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