Inventory Management · alternatives
Alternatives to Sortly
21 inventory management tools sit alongside Sortly in this directory. Below is what separates each from Sortly on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Sortly starts at
- Free, then $49/month
Why people look past Sortly
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Sortly has a free tier, and starts at $49/month against a category median of $114/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Complete inventory and order management system
- No free tier, where Sortly has one.
Inventory software for small to mid-size businesses
- No free tier, where Sortly has one.
- Starts $80 a month dearer, at $129/month.
Smart manufacturing ERP for scaling businesses
- No free tier, where Sortly has one.
- Starts $50 a month dearer, at $99/month.
Open source inventory management module
Priced and rated the same as Sortly on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Retail operating system for omnichannel commerce
- No free tier, where Sortly has one.
- Starts $450 a month dearer, at $499/month.
AI-powered maintenance management
Priced and rated the same as Sortly on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Sortly alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sortly (this page) | Free, then $49/month | - | - | |
| DEAR InventoryCloud-based inventory management with purchase orders and sales orders, supporting complex workflows similar to Sortly but with deeper features | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| inFlowInventory management software with purchase orders, sales orders, and advanced workflows for more complex inventory scenarios | $129/month | - | 3 | vs Sortly |
| KatanaManufacturing ERP software offering total inventory control for finished products, raw materials, and product variants in one platform | $99/month | - | 2 | vs Sortly |
| Odoo InventoryOpen-source inventory management system with customizable workflows and lower cost for complex implementations | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| BrightpearlInventory and operations management platform for multi-location businesses with advanced reporting and workflow automation | $499/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Sortly |
| Fiix | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| ERPNext | Free | Open-source | 2 | vs Sortly |
| Megaventory | $135/month | Subscription | - | vs Sortly |
| Linnworks | On request | Subscription | - | vs Sortly |
| Extensiv | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| Netstock | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| Acumatica | On request | Quote | - | vs Sortly |
| Finale Inventory | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| ChannelAdvisor | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| Limble CMMS | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| MarketMan | $179/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| BlueCart | $10/month | - | - | vs Sortly |
| NetSuite | $29/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Sortly |
| EZOfficeInventory | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| Asset Panda | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sortly |
| Lightspeed Retail | $89/month | - | 3 | vs Sortly |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Sortly badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (3)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Odoo Inventory , Free
- Fiix , Free
- ERPNext , Free
What you would be giving up
Sortly is most often brought in for visual inventory tracking, asset management, photo documentation, mobile inventory. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Sortly is broadly right and the question is cost, the Sortly pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Inventory Management category lists everything the directory holds, and best inventory management tools ranks them.
Sortly runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Sortly alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Sortly?
- 21 other inventory management tools are listed in this directory, led by DEAR Inventory, inFlow, Katana, Odoo Inventory. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Sortly?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Odoo Inventory, Fiix, ERPNext.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Sortly?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Sortly's $49/month: ERPNext at Free, BlueCart at $10/month, NetSuite at $29/month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Sortly?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Sortly has a free tier, and starts at $49/month against a category median of $114/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Sortly?
- Sortly is most often brought in for visual inventory tracking, asset management, photo documentation, mobile inventory. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Sortly?
- ERPNext is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Sortly alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Inventory Management, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Sortly against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Sortly covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every inventory management tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Inventory Management category, 21 tools beside Sortly. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.