Inventory Management

Our top three inventory management tools

The three suit different businesses. Zoho Inventory comes first: it keeps stock in sync between a shop and online stores from $29 a month billed yearly, with a free plan for 50 orders a month. Sortly is second for teams tracking tools and supplies rather than selling them. Katana is third for makers who need bills of materials and work orders. inFlow grades above Katana but covers the same sellers as Zoho Inventory from $99 a month billed yearly. Stocksmith narrowly missed: it publishes maker plans from $20 a month billed yearly, but its listing shows no barcode scanning.

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   First: Zoho Inventory

   Free plan · from $29/mo

   For: Most small businesses selling in a shop and online

   Zoho Inventory keeps stock in sync with Amazon, eBay, Etsy, Shopify and WooCommerce across several locations, with sales and purchase orders, backorders, dropshipping and shipping labels, and links to Zoho Books, QuickBooks Online and Xero. Standard is $29 a month billed yearly ($39 monthly) for 500 orders a month, 3 users, 2 locations and one Shopify store, and the free plan covers 50 orders a month for 1 user. It runs on the web, Windows, iPhone and Android, and its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.75 from about 1,000 ratings. Know the limits: barcodes, stock counts and serial and batch tracking start on Premium at $79 a month billed yearly, and there is no production planning for makers.

   iPhone and iPad app: 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store

   Zoho Inventory pricing and details
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   Second: Sortly

   Free plan · from $49/mo

   For: Teams tracking tools, equipment and supplies

   Sortly keeps count of tools, equipment, parts and supplies on a phone: each item gets photos, folders and custom fields, you scan barcodes or QR codes, check items out to people or jobs, and get low-stock and maintenance alerts, offline too. The free plan covers 100 unique items for 1 user, and Advanced is $49 a month for 500 items and 2 users, or $288 for a first year billed yearly. Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 from about 9,500 ratings. It is second because it is not built for selling: there are no online store or marketplace connections, purchase orders start on Ultra at $149 a month, and yearly plans renew at 20% off the monthly price after the first year.

   iPhone and iPad app: 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store

   Sortly pricing and details
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   Third: Katana

   Free plan

   For: Makers who turn materials into finished products

   Katana is built for businesses that make what they sell: multi-level bills of materials, routings and work orders, live stock of products and materials across locations, batch, serial and expiry tracking, and orders from Shopify, Amazon and WooCommerce in one list. The free plan has every feature, unlimited users and the API for up to 30 SKUs, and a new account gets 15 days with no SKU limit. It is third because it suits a narrower group and stops early: the 30 SKUs count every product and material variant, the paid Advantage plan is quoted after a scoping call on a yearly contract, and it runs in a browser only, with a browser warehouse app instead of phone apps.

   Katana pricing and details

Ranked on Oct 18, 2026 from what each listing shows and what people say about the tool, not from our own testing. How we rank