Sortly vs. Inventory Spreadsheets.
See how Sortly’s inventory management capabilities stack up against spreadsheets.
Why Sortly is better than spreadsheets.
When it comes to comparing Sortly vs. spreadsheets for inventory, it’s no contest. Sortly’s easy, flexible features and mobile interface make it far superior to spreadsheets, which quickly become clunky and inconvenient.
Based on our findings as of January 2024.
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Top Sortly Features
Our powerful features help you organize, track, and manage inventory with ease.
Mobile Access
Use Sortly on your smartphone or tablet to update your inventory from anywhere.Inventory Location Tracking
Set up custom folders and subfolders based on your business's locations and track your items as they move across warehouses, trucks, job sites, and more.Low Stock Alerts
Get notified when an item is running low so you always re-order the right amount.Barcode & QR Scanning
Scan barcodes from your smartphone to instantly add, update, and manage your items with greater speed and accuracy.Label Generation
Create and print custom barcode labels from Sortly—perfect for checking equipment and tools in and out.Customizable User Access
Control who from your team can view, edit, and update inventory in Sortly.Item Photos
Track the appearance and condition of your items over time by adding photos to item entries.Reports
Monitor inventory history and data, activity history, and user actions with customizable reporting.Offline Access
Offline Mobile Access lets you track and update inventory even when you’re offline or out of range.Custom Fields
Custom Fields allow you to track and customize unique information about your items.Integrations
Speed up processes and save time by integrating Sortly with your favorite platforms.Pick Lists
Create a pick list to ensure your team grabs the right items from your inventory, every time.The availability of features varies by plan. Visit our pricing page for details.
Sortly customer reviews and testimonials.
We're proud to be an industry-leading solution trusted by thousands of businesses.
"I love that in a minute I can add a new person to the system and check items out to them so easily. Knowing where our open house signs and lockboxes are at all the time is very helpful!"
C.M.
"Sortly has added hours and confidence to my life! As a sole proprietor with an overwhelming amount of inventory, that comes and goes in the blink of an eye, I needed a system that could keep up. Sortly excels at keeping it all organized. I am very happy with it!"
Sortly Customer
"Use it every day. Must have for small or medium sized stores."
D.G.
"Ours is a very quick, fast-paced environment and Sortly has been able to help us keep track of all our different pieces, whether it be furniture or signage. For us to be able to keep all of those things moving, we needed software to help us more clearly track those items, and Sortly has been a really great place for us to do that. It's been easy for us to train on."
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"Sortly [has been] a game changer. I am really happy with the product. It's very easy for me to do stock takes and give access to my clients to their respective bins. I found the onboarding process on Sortly seamless. It was very easy for me to start putting in my warehouse stock into Sortly in a matter of days. Sortly worked as we wanted it to instead of the other way around."
Shaffi M.
"Overall, it's been a delight. It's easily customized, consistently functions well, allows us to run the reports we need for inventory tracking and auditing, and it's easy to use, so it's easy to onboard new volunteers who join our Inventory Team."
Kristen B.
"Simple, yet loaded with features. Anyone can learn to use this system in a day, customer service listens to feedback and updates the app with better results. Overall great product and I recommend it."
J.J.
"Sortly has revolutionized our inventory tracking... Adding Sortly was one of the greatest things that we’ve done in my department to create efficiency."
Scott M, Morrow-Meadows
"Sortly has revolutionized our inventory tracking... Adding Sortly was one of the greatest things that we’ve done in my department to create efficiency."
Scott M.
"We need to maintain about 200 items of inventory which need to get ordered and re-ordered weekly. Sortly cuts out the excuses for items not getting monitored and ordered. Very simple and intuitive to use."
S.W.
"Overall, I'm extremely happy with the software. Its created efficiency within my business and has saved me a lot of money on part runs for items that we already had in inventory. I would highly recommend this software."
James K.
"Has a good user interface. Easy to navigate app. Very useful for categorizing items."
C.M.
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