Sortly vs. Inventory Spreadsheets.

See how Sortly’s inventory management capabilities stack up against spreadsheets.

Our customers love us (and we think you will too).

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.

Inventory Spreadsheets
Sortly
Use From Any Device, Any Location
Track Inventory in Real Time
Easy to Scale as Your Business Grows
Reduce Human Error & Ensure Accuracy
Improve Business Efficiency
Save Your Team Time
Create Inventory Lists
Record Inventory Details
Custom Inventory Fields
Barcode Scanning & Label Generation
QR Code Scanning & Label Generation
Low Stock Alerts
Date-Based Alerts
Custom Inventory Folders
Custom Inventory Tags
Customizable User Access
Smart Inventory Reporting
Purchase Order Creation
Add Attachments
Excellent Customer Support

Based on our findings as of January 2024.

Switching to Sortly is easy.

  • Sign up with Sortly.

    Choose which Sortly plan is right for you—and even get a free 14-day trial.

  • Import existing inventory.

    If you already track inventory on a spreadsheet, you can easily import it to instantly populate your inventory in Sortly.

  • Start tracking inventory.

    Organize, track, and manage your inventory in Sortly. It’s so easy and intuitive, there’s no training required.

Top Sortly Features

Our powerful features help you organize, track, and manage inventory with ease.

Mobile & Offline Access
Use Sortly on your smartphone or tablet to track and update inventory from anywhere—even when connectivity drops.
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.
Custom Folders & Fields
Organize inventory with custom folders and subfolders that fit your business, and track important item details with custom fields.
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.
Stock Counts
Create, assign, and track stock counts with a guided workflow that makes it easier to maintain accurate inventory.
Purchase Orders
Create purchase orders using your inventory details to simplify reordering and keep purchasing connected to your inventory.

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.

"Mobile access allows us to input changes in the warehouse, rather than write it all down and input it later. This saves not only time but paper as well."

Cassandra R.

"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

"We love that we are able to place the valuations of items and thorough descriptions and photos of each item for the purpose of identification. Additionally, the information downloads into a very nice and easy to understand spreadsheet for reporting purposes."

Jamez D.

"It is really easy to keep track of the items we have in our warehouse. I like how it also keeps track of the history, so it makes it really for us to see a date and time an items level decreased or increased. I also really like how easy it is to use, we were able to easily get multiple people on board to understand how it works."

Celina M.

"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.

"Very easy to use. Added items is very easy. I like the notification alert for low inventory."

Nancy R.

"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, 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.

"It is very easy to use. It is at our fingertips and also available on the computer for my assistant to be able to manage our inventory for our uniforms and equipment. We are able to assign the equipment to each individual and know what is with whom."

Elizabeth S.

"Sortly has made managing our inventory fun! There, I said it. All of our items in one place. Categorized in a way that makes sense to us. With photos so there is no confusion by only having product numbers that no one really knows. We see the value, the quantity, the item type, the variants, etc. all in one place. And, it's mobile! Our inventory used to be a guessing game before Sortly. Now, we always have confidence in what products are in stock."

Heather P.

"I’m not the smartest computer guy, but I must say that Sortly is quite user friendly thus far. It’s allowing our company to do even more than we thought."

T.D.

"A great product for any business big or small. I like how it notifies you about low item quantities and how you can input prices and it will give you total doable figures. The app is useful if I want to give a customer a quick “ball park” figure on a job and when it can be done, as I know what [inventory I have] and how much is in stock."

Matthew M, Construction Technician

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