Looking for a Sortly alternative? Sortly is a solid photo-and-QR inventory app, and the best Sortly alternative depends on why you're leaving. Teams usually leave for one of three reasons: the item limit, the price per tier, or missing workflows like purchase orders and bills of materials on the lower plans. Below: what each alternative does better, and where it falls short.
Why teams look for a Sortly alternative
- Item limits. Sortly's free plan covers 100 unique items and 1 user. Advanced covers 500 items and 2 users.
- Price per tier. Monthly list prices are $49 (Advanced), $149 (Ultra) and $299 (Premium). Yearly plans show a 50% discount, but only for the first year of a new subscription.
- Workflows behind higher tiers. Purchase orders start on Ultra. Barcode label creation starts on Ultra (Advanced includes QR labels only).
- Trial needs a card. Sortly's 14-day trial of paid plans requires a credit card.
Source: https://www.sortly.com/pricing/ (checked 13 Oct 2026).
If you track a fixed set of tools or equipment and like browsing by photo, Sortly may still be the right fit. If you track sellable stock, build products from parts, or need more users, read on.
Quick verdict: the best Sortly alternative by use case
| Use case | Best pick | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Small retail or ecommerce, tight budget | StockFlow | Free up to 25 products, phone scanning, paid from $19/mo |
| Small maker / assembly | StockFlow (or inFlow Manufacturing for bigger budgets) | BOMs on the free plan, production module from $19/mo |
| Multi-location, order-heavy wholesale | inFlow or Zoho Inventory | Mature sales/purchasing workflows, priced higher |
| Already on Zoho Books/CRM | Zoho Inventory | Same ecosystem |
| Full ERP with a developer or partner | Odoo | Inventory inside a full suite |
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Side-by-side scorecard
Checked on 13 Oct 2026 on each vendor's official pricing page. Prices change; confirm before you decide.
| StockFlow | Sortly | Zoho Inventory | inFlow Inventory | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes: 25 products, 1 user, 1 warehouse | Yes: 100 items, 1 user, 2 active jobs | Yes: 50 orders/mo, 1 user, 1 location | No (14-day trial) |
| Entry paid price (monthly) | $19/mo (Professional) | $49/mo (Advanced) | $29/mo, billed annually | $129/mo (Lite) |
| Paid plans priced by | Products, users, warehouses | Items, users | Orders, users, locations | Plan tier + team members/locations |
| Purchase orders | From Professional ($19/mo) | From Ultra ($149/mo) | On paid plans (exact free-plan PO coverage not published) | All plans |
| Bills of materials | Free (up to 3), unlimited on paid | Not listed as a BOM feature on Sortly pricing | Composite items on free plan | inFlow Manufacturing only (from $199/mo) |
Sources (checked 13 Oct 2026): stockflowsystems.com/pricing; sortly.com/pricing; zoho.com/us/inventory/pricing; inflowinventory.com/software-pricing-inflow. Zoho monthly-billing prices are not shown on Zoho's page.
StockFlow: the free Sortly alternative with BOMs (orders from $19/mo)
- Free Starter: 25 products, 1 user, 1 warehouse, barcode and QR scanning, low stock alerts, CSV import/export, up to 3 bills of materials, up to 50 customers and suppliers, asset tracking. No credit card.
- Scan with your phone. Point the camera at a barcode; no dedicated scanner needed. See barcode scanning.
- Professional, $19/mo: 2,000 products, 5 users, sales and purchase orders, pick lists, stock counts, reports and data export, unlimited BOMs, production module.
- Business $39/mo, Enterprise $79/mo for more products and users. Extra users $2/mo, extra warehouses $5/mo.
- 14-day Pro trial starts at signup. No card.
Why teams choose StockFlow
“Super Kind! Quick replies from their support and very easy fixes, changed the dashboard a bit and customized it. Also gave me 450 items extra on the free plan just for me. Highly recommend and again great service!”
- Free forever Starter plan: 25 products, 1 user, 1 warehouse, no credit card
- Up to 3 bills of materials on the free plan; unlimited from $19/mo
- Barcode and QR scanning with a phone camera, no dedicated scanner needed
- 14-day trial of Professional (2,000 products, 5 users) starts at signup
StockFlow vs Sortly
| Feature | StockFlow | Sortly |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 25 products, 1 user, 1 warehouse | 100 items, 1 user |
| Entry paid plan | $19/mo (Professional) | $49/mo (Advanced) |
| Purchase orders | From Professional ($19/mo) | From Ultra ($149/mo) |
| Bills of materials | Free (up to 3), unlimited on paid | Not listed |
| Trial | 14-day Pro trial, no card | 14-day trial, credit card required |
What you gain by switching
- Bills of materials on the free plan (up to 3), which Sortly does not list at all
- Purchase orders from $19/mo, instead of Sortly Ultra at $149/mo
- A 14-day Pro trial without entering a credit card
What you give up vs Sortly
- Photo-first browsing of tools and equipment; StockFlow is SKU- and barcode-first
- A bigger free plan by item count: 100 items on Sortly vs 25 products on StockFlow
Sortly figures from sortly.com/pricing, checked 13 Oct 2026.
Other alternatives (short reviews)
Zoho Inventory. Strength: priced by orders, not items, so a large catalog with few orders fits the free plan (50 orders/month, 1 user, 1 location). Ties in with the wider Zoho suite. Weakness: barcode generation, stock counting, serial and batch tracking start on Premium ($79/mo, billed annually).
inFlow Inventory. Strength: unlimited products, sales and purchases on every plan; deep purchasing, receiving and B2B portal features. Weakness: no free plan; Lite starts at $129/mo with 2 team members and 1 location; the $499 onboarding package is optional on Lite and required from Core.
Odoo. Strength: the "One App Free" plan gives one app (e.g. Inventory) free for unlimited users. Paid plans include all apps, from accounting to POS. Weakness: it's an ERP. Adding a second app moves you to a per-user paid plan, and implementation services are extra.
Wasp Inventory. Strength: cloud or on-premise, plus Wasp's own scanners, printers and labels. Weakness: list prices are not published on waspbarcode.com/inventory-control (checked 13 Oct 2026). Request a quote from Wasp.
How to switch from Sortly (CSV export → import)
- Export your items from Sortly to CSV or Excel.
- Map columns to StockFlow: SKU, name, quantity, location, reorder point, cost, supplier.
- Import the file in StockFlow. See the CSV/Excel import guide.
- Scan a few items with your phone to confirm quantities and locations.
- Run both for a week, then switch off Sortly.
How we compared these
We looked at what a team actually gets on the free or entry plan, whether scanning, purchase orders and BOMs are included or gated, and the real monthly price at list rates (not first-year promotions). All competitor numbers come from each vendor's official pricing page, checked 13 Oct 2026. StockFlow is our product; we've listed where Sortly and others are the better fit.
See also: StockFlow vs Sortly · Barcode scanning · Pricing · Free inventory management.
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