# Cleverence review (2026): is it worth $58 a month? > Barcode scanning on Android handhelds with a web app for stock Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Cleverence Inventory is a scanning app for Android phones and rugged handhelds paired with a web app that shows stock by location. It handles receiving, put-away, picking, shipping and counting, and can run on its own or be connected to an ERP. The vendor also sells related products for stores, factories, deliveries, assets and labels. - **Category:** Inventory Management - **Made by:** Cleverence - **Website:** https://www.cleverence.com - **Runs on:** Web, Android - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if your team uses iPhones, as there is no iOS app. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Cleverence is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $58 per device / month (cloud). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial with sample data. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic (cloud) | $58 per device / month, from | Barcode capture, stocktaking, master data lookup and file import and export. Licensed per device, not per user. | | Advanced (cloud) | $69 per device / month, from | Adds core inventory operations, label printing, bin locations, batch/lot tracking, serial numbers and editable operations. | | Basic (on-premise) | $850 per device, one-time license, from | Basic features installed on your own servers; Advanced is $1,420 per device on the same terms. | | Enterprise | Custom | Adds ready-made ERP and WMS integrations and unlimited expansion. Priced on request. | Read from https://www.cleverence.com/inventory/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Cleverence before buying. ## Key features - **Guided warehouse flows:** Receiving, put-away, picking, shipping, transfers, stocktaking, returns and write-offs on a handheld. - **Phone camera or rugged scanner:** Runs on Android phones and tablets using the camera, or on professional Android scanners from makers such as Zebra, Honeywell and Datalogic. - **Offline handheld app:** The handheld app works offline and syncs when back online; the web app needs a connection. - **Locations, lots and serials:** Stock by warehouse and storage location, with bin locations and batch, lot and serial tracking on Advanced. - **Starts without an ERP:** Import an item list from a spreadsheet; the team can connect QuickBooks, Odoo, Shopify, SAP and other systems later. - **Cloud or your own servers:** Run it in the vendor's cloud with no installation, or install it on your own servers. ## Good for - Warehouses moving from paper lists to scanning on Android devices - Teams that want to price by handheld rather than by person - Businesses with an ERP they want to keep and extend ## Worth knowing - There is no iOS app; scanning needs an Android phone, tablet or handheld. - Pricing is per device, so every handheld in use needs its own license. - It does not pick the earliest-expiry lot automatically; the picker chooses the lot. - Ready-made ERP and WMS integrations are on the Enterprise plan, which is priced on request. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Cleverence Inventory runs on Android phones and rugged scanners and handles receiving, put-away, picking and counts, with a web view of stock. It is priced per device from $58 a month, there is no iOS app, and ready-made ERP links are on a quoted plan. - **Value for money: C.** $58 a month per device sits between this category's $49 cheaper quarter and $91 middle price, and every handheld needs its own licence. The on-premise version is $850 per device once. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free trial with sample data; the page does not say whether a card is needed. No free plan. - **Features: C.** Guided flows, a phone camera or rugged scanner, offline use, lots and serials. It does not pick the earliest-expiry lot by itself, and ERP links are on Enterprise. - **Ease of use: C.** You set up devices, locations and flows, and often an ERP link. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus Android, with QuickBooks, Xero, Odoo, Shopify and SAP links. No iOS app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cleverence's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among inventory management tools - Cleverence's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 47 of the 72 other inventory management tools we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 14 of 72) and worst on ease of use (C, above 3). - Its paid plans start at $58 a month, against a middle price of $91 for the category: 14 of the 42 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/inventory ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Cleverence you could make: inventory. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It costs $696 a year. - You could make: Inventory: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Scanning barcodes with a phone camera or a scanner. - You could not: A real app for Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Enterprise and Xero among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Enterprise, Xero, Odoo, Shopify, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics **Tags:** Inventory, Barcode scanning, Works offline, Self-hostable ## Alternatives - [Wasp Barcode](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wasp-barcode): Barcode-based inventory software from Wasp, cloud or on-premise. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cleverence-vs-wasp-barcode) - [Sortly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sortly): Phone-first inventory app for tracking equipment, tools and supplies. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cleverence-vs-sortly) - [BoxHero](https://toolgpa.com/tools/boxhero): Barcode-based inventory tracking for small teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/boxhero-vs-cleverence) - [inFlow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/inflow): Inventory, orders and barcoding for wholesalers and small warehouses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cleverence-vs-inflow) - [HandiFox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/handifox): Barcode inventory and mobile warehouse app that syncs with QuickBooks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cleverence-vs-handifox) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.cleverence.com/ - https://www.cleverence.com/inventory/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/cleverence Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).