Sortly Pro is a cloud-based inventory management solution that caters to small and midsize businesses across various industries. Key features include activity tracking, location tracking, inventory management, barcoding and audit trails.

Additionally, users can send reminders for loaned items, return dates or warranty expirations and import CSV files. Mobile applications for iOS and Android devices are available. Services are offered on a monthly subscription basis that includes support via phone and email.

Sortly’s visual asset tracking platform allows users to add multiple images for each item and include custom fields, receipts, values and more in order to intuitively track assets across multiple locations. Users are able to track item details such as price, quantity and product information, as well as customize each entry with notes and tags. Businesses can provide controlled access for multiple users, enabling team members to make changes or updates to products via the web or mobile app.

Users can create and print QR labels and barcodes, and scan them using Sortly’s built-in QR code scanner via mobile device. All data is automatically backed up and synced on the cloud with seamless export to CSV or PDF. Sortly enables organizations to track all user activity, as well as customer details and orders through the platform’s built-in CRM tool. Integration with existing systems can be done via the API, on request.

Pricing

Free plan $0/month Advanced plan $29/month Ultra plan $59/month Enterprise plan – Get a quote

Starting price: 

$29.00 per month

Free trial: 

Available

Free version: 

Available

Key benefits of using Sortly

• Track items across multiple locations using Sortly’s visual photo-based system which allows multiple images for each item, along with custom fields, values, receipts and more.

• Create and print QR labels and barcodes and scan them using a mobile device with Sortly’s built-in scanner.

• Manage the inventory across desktop, tablet and mobile app and securely back up and sync data across all devices on the cloud.

• Integrate with existing systems using the API, and import, export and share PDF and CSV files seamlessly.

Features

• Fixed Asset Management
• Scheduling
• Maintenance Scheduling
• Requisition Management

These four main features are what power Sortly, and there really isn’t much beyond that. ​​So if you’re looking for a system to help track inventory in a small retail location, or across multiple stores with in-house inventory, then Sortly may be perfect for your business.

Inventory tracking

You can track your inventory across your business with neat features like custom fields and grouping. This means you’ll never lose a product in your store or warehouse. Plus, with grouping, you can see items based on location, category, condition, and other fields.

Sortly is truly built for inventory tracking and making your life easier as a business owner. Designed to be intuitive and easy to use, Sortly lets you track suppliers, equipment, products, rentals, and more from just one system.

API access

Sortly’s APIs are very basic and still under beta testing, but they are a decent feature considering the brand has not added any integration support. API stands for application programming interface—it allows two software applications to talk to each other. For instance, your phone uses APIs whenever you use an application because the phone is connecting to the internet and then to the application to process the request.

Sortly provides simple APIs with its Ultra plan that allows you to manage items and folders in your account. With Sortly APIs, you can create custom fields and alerts and alter other items in your inventory.

Mobile app

The mobile app from Sortly is one of the best features around. It allows you to stay on top of your inventory no matter where you are. Plus, if you don’t have an internet connection, the Sortly app has an offline mode that will update all of your changes once you have a connection again.

With the ability to work on Apple and Android devices, the Sortly app is a must-have for all business owners.

Sortly pros and cons

Although Sortly offers a lot of features and is a truly great choice for running a brick-and-mortar business, it’s not a perfect inventory management system. For every pro, like its free and affordable plans, there is a con, like its lack of integrations.

Strengths

Free and affordable plans

Barcode and QR label support

Mobile app

Weaknesses

No direct sales to online customers

Zero integrations available

Strength: Free and affordable plans

The pricing of Sortly’s plans is hard to beat. It’s one of the least expensive inventory management systems on the market with its plans topping out at $59 per month. Plus it offers a lot of features for the price point.

One thing we like most about Sortly is how easy it is to start with the software and grow your business. You can use the free plan when your business is starting out (which includes up to 100 entries) and then upgrade when you have more products and users. And if you need something with a single sign-on (SSO) and more team members, then you can work with Sortly for a custom Enterprise plan.

With 100 entries for a free plan and unlimited entries for $59 per month, Sortly is a good deal, and the free plan makes it easy to try it out with no risk.

Strength: Barcode and QR label support

This is one of the big ones: QR codes, barcode label generation, and handheld scanner capabilities make it easy to keep track of inventory and stay up to date on your stock. Although other inventory management systems do have barcode support—and even scanners you can buy—the fact that Sortly has it built-in is hugely important.

With the Advanced plan, you have unlimited QR codes, while the Ultra plan includes unlimited barcode label generation and handheld scanner capabilities. These allow you to easily track inventory no matter where in your store it is.

Strength: Mobile app

The Sortly mobile app (available for Apple and Android users) is an easy way to track your inventory from your smartphone. In fact, it’s our favorite inventory management app. Why? Because it offers features most other brands don’t. In addition to barcode scanning, you can also scan QR codes, and its offline mode continues to track and scan incoming and outgoing items even when you don’t have an internet connection.

Basically, Sortly’s mobile app makes sure your business can run no matter where you are.

Weakness: Cannot sell directly to customers online

Sortly is one of the only inventory management systems we’ve reviewed that does not help you with selling directly to consumers via an ecommerce website or integration. That is really disappointing since ecommerce is such a big part of the retail world.

If you can’t sell directly to customers, your business is losing one of its biggest global revenue streams. However, since Sortly is not dealing with ecommerce, it is one of the few inventory management apps designed specifically for brick-and-mortar retail businesses.

Weakness: Zero integrations available

Most inventory management systems have integrations available to allow the app to connect to accounting, POS, and ecommerce systems. But Sortly does not have any integrations, even though it has been promising customers it’s “hard at work” finding integrations to add since November 2019.

The lack of integrations means you cannot sync your books, sell online, or process payments through Sortly. Unfortunately, that just makes it a more convoluted system to use, so if you need accounting, ecommerce, or POS integrations, Sortly is not the choice for you.