# Sortly

> Phone-first inventory app for tracking equipment, tools and supplies

Sortly is a simple inventory app for tracking equipment, tools, parts and supplies rather than running an online store. Items get photos, folders, custom fields and QR or barcode labels, and teams scan them in and out with a phone, check them out to people or jobs, and get low-stock and maintenance-date alerts. It runs on iOS, Android and the web, with a free plan for up to 100 items.

- **Category:** Inventory Management
- **Made by:** Sortly Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.sortly.com
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

Sortly has a free plan. Paid plans start at $49 per month, billed monthly.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 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 of paid plans; a credit card is required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. |
| Enterprise | Custom | 10,000+ items, 12+ users, unlimited jobs, API, webhooks, single sign-on, a success manager and payment by invoice. |

Read from https://www.sortly.com/pricing/ on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Sortly before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **50% off yearly plans for the first year** (Other savings): 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. Source: https://www.sortly.com/pricing/
- **20% off yearly plans after the first year** (Annual discount): After the introductory first year, Sortly says a 20% discount applies to all yearly plans. Source: https://www.sortly.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- 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

- 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Sortly is for knowing where your tools, equipment and supplies are, not for running an online store. You photograph items, label them and scan them in and out with a phone, with low-stock and maintenance alerts. It's simple and well liked, but it has no store or marketplace connections, and the half-price yearly deal is for the first year only.

- **Value for money: B.** It 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: B.** Free 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: C.** Photos, 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: A.** 4.73 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: B.** iPhone, 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.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sortly's own pages on 18 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among inventory management tools

- Sortly's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 10 of the 11 other inventory management tools we grade.
- It stands best on ease of use (A, above 10 of 11) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $49 a month, against a middle price of $95 for the category: 2 of the 9 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs 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 Sortly you could make: inventory and qR codes. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.0 is higher than 10 of the 11 other inventory management tools we grade. It costs $588 a year.

- You could make: Inventory and qR codes: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: Scanning barcodes with a phone camera or a scanner.
- You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, QuickBooks Online, Amazon Business and Slack among them.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 9,537 ratings in the United States, read Oct 18, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id529353551

## Works with

QuickBooks Online, Amazon Business, Slack, Microsoft Teams, AppFolio Stack

**Tags:** Inventory, Barcode scanning, QR codes, Works offline

## Alternatives

- [inFlow](https://toolgpa.com/tools/inflow): Inventory, orders and barcoding for wholesalers and small warehouses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/inflow-vs-sortly)
- [Zoho Inventory](https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-inventory): Online inventory and order management from Zoho, with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sortly-vs-zoho-inventory)
- [SOS Inventory](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sos-inventory): Inventory, orders and manufacturing add-on for QuickBooks Online. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sortly-vs-sos-inventory)
- [Fishbowl](https://toolgpa.com/tools/fishbowl): Inventory and manufacturing software built around QuickBooks and Xero. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/fishbowl-vs-sortly)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://www.sortly.com/pricing/
- https://www.sortly.com/
- https://www.sortly.com/about/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/sortly
Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).