Stocksmith vs Sortly
We give Stocksmith a 2.4 GPA and Sortly a 3.0, out of 4.0. Sortly grades higher on the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Stocksmith
Materials, recipes and costing for makers and small manufacturers
Sortly
Phone-first inventory app for tracking equipment, tools and supplies
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAStocksmithFair | 3.0GPASortlyVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BPro's 25 order lines and one sales channel won't stretch to a shop and an online store, so the figure is Studio: $41 a month billed yearly ($490 a year), with 250 order lines and unlimited channels, users and locations. Inside the cheaper quarter of this category. | BIt doesn't connect to an online store, so we've set it against the stock-on-hand tools it's listed beside. Advanced is $24 a month for a first year billed yearly ($288), then yearly plans are 20% off the $49 monthly price. Inside the cheaper quarter either way. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day free trial on any plan with no credit card required. Long enough to enter your materials and see a real cost per product. | BFree for 100 unique items, 1 user, 2 active jobs and 1 custom field, with scanning, low-stock alerts and offline use. Quantities of one item don't count against the 100, so one person tracking tools or supplies can stay on it. |
| Features | CMaterials with unit conversion, single and multi-level recipes, cost of goods from materials and labour, and channel imports that deduct materials. It does the maker's costing job fully, but the listing shows no barcode scanning, batch tracking starts on Indie and automatic stock sync on Business. | CPhotos, folders, custom fields, QR and barcode scanning, check-out to people and jobs, and low-stock and date alerts. It does the equipment and supplies job fully, but it's a smaller job: no store or marketplace links, and purchase orders wait for Ultra. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You'll enter materials, unit conversions and recipes before the cost figures mean anything, which is real setup for a busy maker. | A4.73 from 9,537 App Store ratings, the top band. It's a phone app where you snap a photo, print a label and scan, with very little to set up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Shopify, Etsy, Amazon, WooCommerce, Square, Faire, Wix, Squarespace, QuickBooks and Xero. No phone or desktop app is listed. | BiPhone, Android and web, with QuickBooks Online, Amazon Business, Slack, Microsoft Teams and AppFolio. No desktop app, and the API, webhooks and single sign-on are Enterprise only. |
| Best for | makers costing materials and recipes | tracking tools, equipment and supplies |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Stocksmith and Sortly. How we grade
Price against what you get
Stocksmith starts at $20 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sortly starts at $49 a month and scores 3.0.
Sortly scores higher, and starts $29 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other inventory management tools on the chart, none scores higher than Stocksmith for less, and 1 scores higher than Sortly for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Stocksmith starts at $20 per month, billed annually ($24 billed monthly). Sortly starts at $49 per month, billed monthly.
- Sortly has a free plan. Stocksmith does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Sortly lists iOS and Android apps.
- Stocksmith also covers reports and expense tracking.
- Sortly also covers barcode scanning and qR codes.
At a glance
| Stocksmith | Sortly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $20 per month, billed annually ($24 billed monthly) | $49 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | 100 unique items, 1 user, 2 active jobs and 1 custom field, with in-app barcode and QR scanning, low-stock alerts and offline mobile access. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on any plan, no credit card required | 14-day free trial of paid plans; a credit card is required |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Stocksmith Pty Ltd | Sortly Inc. |
| Price read from | stocksmith.io | sortly.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Stocksmith
- Etsy and Shopify makers who want to know what each product costs to make
- Small-batch makers that need batch and lot traceability
- Small manufacturers that sell direct and wholesale through Faire
Sortly
- Contractors and facilities teams tracking tools and equipment
- Offices, schools and clinics keeping count of supplies
- Small teams that want inventory on their phones with little setup
Worth knowing
Stocksmith
- The plan you need is set by order lines a month, and each product in an order counts as a separate line.
- Pro allows 1 user and one sales channel; a second, different channel needs Studio or higher.
- Batch tracking and traceability start on Indie, and production scheduling and Amazon start on Business.
Sortly
- The yearly discount shown on the pricing page is 50% for the first year only; yearly plans then renew with a 20% discount off the monthly rate.
- Each plan caps unique items and users: 500 and 2 on Advanced, 2,000 and 5 on Ultra, 5,000 and 8 on Premium.
- The API, webhooks and single sign-on are on Enterprise only, and QuickBooks Online starts on Premium.
- Its integrations list has no online store or marketplace connections; it is built for tracking stock on hand rather than selling it.
Key features
Stocksmith
- Materials and recipes
- Track raw materials and components, convert purchase units to the units you use, and build single or multi-level bills of materials.
- Cost of goods and labor
- Works out COGS from material and internal labor costs on every plan, with pricing guidance and expense records with attachments.
- Sales channel imports
- Pulls orders from Shopify, Amazon, WooCommerce, Etsy, Square, Faire, Wix and Squarespace and deducts the materials behind each sale.
- Production runs
- Automated production assemblies from Indie and production scheduling from Business, with production reports.
- Batch tracking and compliance
- Batch and lot tracking with traceability, compliance and audit reports from the Indie plan.
- Accounting connections
- Sends expenses, supplier invoices and COGS to Xero or QuickBooks, with full QuickBooks inventory sync on Growth.
Sortly
- Visual item records
- Each item has photos, folders, tags, custom fields and units of measure, and quantities of one item do not count against the item limit.
- Scan with a phone
- Scan barcodes and QR codes in the iOS and Android apps or with a third-party scanner, and keep working offline with automatic sync.
- Labels you print yourself
- Create QR code labels from Advanced and barcode labels from Ultra for items that arrive without a barcode.
- Check-out and jobs
- Check items in and out to people, and link them to jobs, projects and work orders to see what was used and what came back.
- Alerts and reports
- Low-stock and date-based alerts for reorders and maintenance, plus reports on stock value, item moves and user activity.
- Purchase orders and reordering
- Purchase orders and pick lists from Ultra, and restocking through Amazon Business US with order status shown in Sortly.
Plans
Stocksmith
Pro$20
per month, billed annually ($24 billed monthly)
$240 a year. Up to 25 order lines a month, 1 user and 1 sales channel, with single-level bills of materials and COGS.
Studio$41
per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
$490 a year. Up to 250 order lines a month, unlimited users and sales channels, locations and daily order imports.
Indie$83
per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
$990 a year. Up to 1,000 order lines a month, multi-level BOMs, automated production assemblies, batch and lot tracking and traceability reports.
Business$166
per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)
$1,990 a year. Up to 5,000 order lines a month, hourly imports, automatic stock sync, production scheduling and Amazon.
Growth$291
per month, billed annually ($349 billed monthly)
$3,490 a year. Over 5,000 order lines a month, QuickBooks inventory sync with automatic COGS and priority support.
Sortly
Free$0
100 unique items, 1 user license, 2 active jobs and a month of activity history.
Advanced$49
per month, billed monthly
Advertised at $24 a month for a first year billed yearly ($288). 500 items, 2 users, 5 active jobs and QR code labels.
Ultra$149
per month, billed monthly
Advertised at $74 a month for a first year billed yearly ($888). 2,000 items, 5 users, barcode labels, purchase orders and pick lists.
Premium$299
per month, billed monthly
Advertised at $149 a month for a first year billed yearly ($1,788). 5,000 items, 8 users, custom roles and QuickBooks Online.
EnterpriseCustom
10,000+ items, 12+ users, unlimited jobs, API, webhooks, single sign-on, a success manager and payment by invoice.
Ways to pay less
Stocksmith
- Annual discount
Save about 17% with annual billing
Paying yearly saves about 17%: Indie is $990 a year instead of $99 a month, and every plan's yearly price equals ten months.
Sortly
- Other savings
50% off yearly plans for the first year
New subscriptions pay half price for the first yearly term, shown as a flash sale with no end date: $288 for Advanced, $888 for Ultra and $1,788 for Premium.
- Annual discount
20% off yearly plans after the first year
After the introductory first year, Sortly says a 20% discount applies to all yearly plans.
