Sortly Pricing: Plans, Limits + Review [2026]

Sortly pricing in 2026 starts with a free plan, then rises as you need more items, users and operational features. The key question is whether the plan you can afford supports the way you buy, sell and fulfil inventory.

Sortly has built a reputation as the "pretty" inventory app: visual, mobile-first and simple to set up. But when a product business needs purchase orders, ecommerce sync, sales orders or wholesale workflows, the difference between a digital stockroom and an operating system becomes clear. This comparison covers Sortly pricing, plan limits and how VNDLY stacks up for growing businesses.

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Sortly Pricing 2026: Plans, Limits and What You Actually Get

The key pricing breakpoint is not the first paid tier. It is the tier where your team gets the workflow it needs. For example, a business that needs purchase orders should verify whether that feature, user count and item allowance are included together on the same Sortly plan, and whether it still covers the rest of the sales workflow.

Before choosing on headline price alone, map your next 12 months: SKU growth, additional warehouse users, Shopify or WooCommerce needs, and whether you need to turn a received purchase order into a sale and invoice. A cheap asset tracker gets expensive when it forces those steps back into separate tools.

Sortly restructured its pricing in 2024, moving from usage-based tiers to a simpler plan structure. Here's what Sortly actually costs in 2026, full renewal pricing, no promotional tricks:

Plan	Price	Item Limit	Users	Key Limit
Free	$0	100 items	1 user	No POs, no integrations
Advanced	$49/mo (or $24 billed yearly)	500 items	2 users	No POs, no ecommerce
Ultra	$149/mo (or $74 billed yearly)	2,000 items	5 users	Purchase orders unlock here; QBO read-only
Premium	$299/mo (or $149 billed yearly)	5,000 items	8 users	Still no Shopify/WooCommerce
Enterprise	Custom	Unlimited	Unlimited	SSO + API access

The catch with Sortly pricing in 2026: the prices above are the monthly list rates, and the "billed yearly" figures are first-year rates. Sortly's own pricing page footnote (checked September 3, 2026) says the 50% discount applies only to the first year of a new subscription; after that, yearly plans get 20% off list. So Ultra is $74/month in year one on annual billing and about $119/month billed yearly from year two, while the month-to-month rate stays $149. Always check whether you're being quoted the monthly sticker price, the annual billing rate, or a new-customer promotion before comparing. G2 and Capterra reviews from 2024-2025 repeatedly flag sticker shock when the promotional rate expires. If you're comparing costs, use the renewal price, not the intro price.

Item limits are the real blocker. Sortly Ultra caps you at 2,000 unique items (quantities do not count). If your catalog grows beyond that, you're on the Premium ($149/month) or custom Enterprise pricing. VNDLY has no item limits on any plan.

What Sortly pricing doesn't include at any tier: Shopify sync, WooCommerce sync, sales order management, invoicing, demand forecasting, or stock projection charts. Those features don't exist in Sortly's product. They are not a higher-tier unlock. For Sortly alternatives that include a full order management system with sales orders, invoicing and ecommerce sync, the comparison shifts significantly.

At $49/month, VNDLY Starter gives you unlimited items, full purchase and sales workflows, and ecommerce integrations. Sortly's comparable tier (Ultra at $74/month) still lacks sales orders, invoicing, Shopify connectivity, and forecasting, and you'd need its $149/month Premium tier for higher limits. For product businesses, the math is stark.

If you're evaluating Sortly because you need a simple asset tracker, it's worth the money. If you're a product business that buys and sells inventory, see also best inventory software for small business for more options in this price range, or our ecommerce inventory management roundup if Shopify/WooCommerce sync is the critical feature for you.

What Sortly Does Well

Sortly's biggest win is its visual approach. You snap photos of items, tag them, and build folder-based inventories that feel more like a photo album than a database. For small teams tracking equipment, supplies, or a limited product catalog, it's pleasant to use.

The mobile app is another strong point. Barcode and QR scanning work smoothly, and the interface is clean enough that non-technical team members pick it up in minutes. If you're a contractor tracking tools, a school managing IT equipment, or a tiny retail shop with under 100 SKUs, Sortly's free plan gets you surprisingly far.

Sortly also offers a free tier with 100 items and 1 user, which is rare in this space. That makes it a low-risk entry point for businesses just dipping their toes into inventory tracking.

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Where Sortly Starts to Struggle

The problems show up when you try to run a real product business on it.

Item limits are rigid. The free plan caps you at 100 unique items. The Advanced plan ($24/month) bumps that to 500. Ultra ($74/month) and Premium ($149/month) raise the ceiling further. If you're a growing ecommerce brand or wholesaler with thousands of SKUs, you'll hit the ceiling fast, and Sortly doesn't let you buy add-ons for specific limits. You must jump to the next full tier.

No purchase orders on lower tiers. You can't create or manage POs until the Ultra plan ($74/month). For a product business, purchase orders aren't a "nice to have." They're how you restock. Being forced into a higher plan just to send a PO to your supplier is painful.

Sales order management is basic. Sortly can track what you have, but it doesn't handle the full sales workflow: quotes, confirmations, partial shipments, backorders, invoicing. It's an inventory tracker, not an operations platform.

Integrations are thin. Native connections are limited to QuickBooks Online (Premium plan only), Slack, and Microsoft Teams. No Shopify, no WooCommerce, no Xero. API access is locked behind the Enterprise plan with custom pricing.

Pricing volatility is real. Sortly restructured its plans in 2024, forcing legacy customers onto new tiers with significant cost increases. The current "50% off first year" promotions look attractive, but renewal rates are much higher. Several reviewers report sticker shock when promotional pricing expires.

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What VNDLY Brings to the Table

VNDLY was built for product businesses, the ones buying inventory, selling it, and needing to see the full picture from purchase to payment.

Full purchase and sales order workflows. Draft POs, confirm them, receive partial shipments, track backorders. Sales orders flow from draft to confirmed to shipped to delivered, with invoices generated automatically. It's the end-to-end purchasing workflow product businesses need.

AI-powered insights. VNDLY's AI assistant (with BYOK, bring your own API key) can generate custom reports, flag anomalies, compare periods, and answer questions about your data in plain English. No data analyst required.

Demand planning and stock projection. See when you'll run out of stock before it happens. VNDLY charts your projected inventory levels against reorder points and highlights upcoming stockouts, so you can place orders with confidence, not panic.

Real integrations. Shopify, WooCommerce, and Xero connect natively. Inventory syncs automatically. Orders flow in. Invoices flow out. It talks to the tools you already use.

Predictable pricing. Starter at $49/month, Professional at $149/month, Enterprise at $349/month. No item limits. No user limits that force upgrades. No promotional pricing games. What you see is what you pay.

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Feature Comparison

Feature	VNDLY	Sortly
Purchase Orders	✅ Full workflow	✗ Ultra+ only
Sales Orders & Invoicing	✅ Built-in	✗ Not available
Multi-location Inventory	✅ Unlimited	✅ All plans
Barcode/QR Scanning	✅ Yes	✅ Yes
Shopify Integration	✅ Native	✗ Not available
WooCommerce Integration	✅ Native	✗ Not available
Xero / QuickBooks	✅ Xero native	⚠️ QBO Premium only
AI Assistant / Reporting	✅ BYOK AI	✗ Basic only
Demand Planning / Forecasting	✅ Built-in	✗ Not available
Stock Projection Charts	✅ Yes	✗ Not available
API Access	✅ All plans	✗ Enterprise only
Free Plan	✗ 14-day trial	✅ 100 items

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Switching from Sortly to VNDLY: What the Transition Actually Looks Like

Most Sortly users who contact us have the same realization: they started with Sortly as a simple asset or stock tracker, and over time the business grew into something Sortly was not designed for. The moment you need a purchase order, a sales invoice, or a Shopify connection, you realize you're working around the software instead of with it.

Here is what the migration typically looks like:

Week 1 - Export and import products. Sortly lets you export your item list as a CSV. You bring that into VNDLY in a single import step. Product names, descriptions, and current stock counts come with you. Photos do not transfer automatically, but for most product businesses, VNDLY's database-style product records are more useful than Sortly's photo album.

Days 2-3 - Set up locations, price lists, and users. VNDLY supports unlimited locations and unlimited users on all plans. If your team grew to the point where Sortly's user caps were a friction point, that problem disappears here.

Days 4-5 - Connect your integrations. Shopify and WooCommerce connect natively. The OAuth flow takes about two minutes. VNDLY pulls in your open orders and maps them to the products you just imported. Xero connects in the same way for accounting sync.

Week 2 onward - Activate purchasing and sales workflows. You can immediately start creating purchase orders against your supplier list and sending sales orders and invoices to customers. The workflows are visual and linear: draft to confirmed to received, with inline notes and partial receipt support.

The most common feedback from businesses that switch is that having purchase orders, sales orders, and inventory in one place solves a problem they had been patching over. No more recreating a purchase order in a spreadsheet because the inventory app does not do POs. No more manually cross-checking stock levels between Shopify and a separate tracker.

For teams on Sortly Ultra ($149/month monthly billing), moving to VNDLY Starter ($49/month) typically saves $1,200 a year while adding a full suite of features that Sortly does not offer at any price tier.

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From the Founder

I get why people love Sortly. It's pretty. It's fast to set up. You can hand it to anyone on your team and they'll figure it out in ten minutes.

But I ran a product company for 13 years. We went from one container every six months to 75+ per year. And at every growth stage, the tool that felt "good enough" last year became a bottleneck the next.

Sortly is perfect for tracking your tools, your IT equipment, or a tiny product catalog. But the moment you need to send a purchase order, invoice a customer, or see whether you'll run out of stock next month, you hit a wall. That wall costs you money, in missed sales, in emergency freight, in spreadsheets you swore you'd never use again.

We built VNDLY because we lived that wall. Not to be prettier than Sortly, but to handle the full operational cycle that product businesses actually run on.

, Henrik Åberg, Founder of VNDLY

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The Verdict: Who Should Use What

Choose Sortly if:

• You're tracking equipment, supplies, or assets (not selling inventory)
• You have fewer than 500 SKUs and no plans to scale dramatically
• Visual organization and mobile ease are your top priorities
• You don't need purchase orders, invoicing, or ecommerce integrations
• Your budget is tight and the free plan covers your needs

Choose VNDLY if:

• You buy inventory, sell it, and need to manage the full cycle
• You run an ecommerce store on Shopify or WooCommerce
• You need purchase orders, sales orders, and invoicing in one place
• You want demand forecasting and stock projection
• You prefer predictable pricing without item or user limits

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Sortly cost in 2026?

Sortly's paid plans in 2026: Advanced at $24/month (500 items, 3 users), Ultra at $74/month (2,000 items, 5 users, purchase orders), Premium at $149/month (higher limits), and Enterprise at custom pricing (unlimited items, API access). A free plan covers 100 items for 1 user. Note that promotional intro pricing is commonly offered. Always verify the renewal rate before committing. The most commonly cited plan is Sortly Ultra at $74/month, which is the lowest tier to include purchase orders.

Does Sortly integrate with Shopify?

No. As of 2026, Sortly does not have a native Shopify integration. It connects with QuickBooks Online (Ultra plan and above) and has a Zapier-based API on Enterprise plans. If Shopify sync is important to your workflow, VNDLY, inFlow, or Cin7 Core are better fits.

Is Sortly good for product businesses?

Sortly works well for asset tracking, IT equipment, and small product catalogs under 500 SKUs with simple workflows. It struggles for product businesses that need purchase orders (Ultra only), sales order management (not available on any plan), invoicing, or ecommerce integration. Product businesses typically outgrow it within 12-18 months.

Can VNDLY replace Sortly?

For most product businesses, yes. VNDLY covers everything Sortly does for inventory tracking, plus adds purchase orders, sales orders, invoicing, Shopify/WooCommerce sync, demand planning, and a B2B buyer portal. The main thing VNDLY lacks vs Sortly is Sortly's purely visual/photo-first UX and a free tier.

What's cheaper: Sortly Ultra or VNDLY?

VNDLY Starter ($49/month) vs Sortly Ultra ($74/month): the headline prices are close, but VNDLY includes features Sortly Ultra doesn't have at any comparable tier (sales orders, invoicing, Shopify integration, demand forecasting). For $149/month, the price of Sortly's Premium tier, VNDLY Professional adds a B2B buyer portal, advanced reporting, and 10-user access with no item limits, vs Sortly's 5 users and 2,000 item cap.

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For wholesale and B2B-focused businesses, also see the B2B wholesale inventory software comparison and the wholesale inventory software guide for tools built specifically around wholesale workflows.

Sources: Sortly pricing from sortly.com/pricing and software review aggregators (May 2026); user ratings from G2 and Capterra. Pricing subject to change - verify on vendor websites before purchasing.

Sortly Pricing: Check the Cost of the Next Workflow

Sortly pricing: calculate the cost of the next workflow

Compare each tier against the manual process that remains after paying for it, not only against today’s item count. A simple visual inventory app can be a sensible choice for equipment, supplies or a small storeroom. A product business should also map the next workflow: purchasing, receiving, sales orders, ecommerce sync, allocation, invoicing or a wholesale price list.

Make the comparison with one real week of work. List the people who touch stock, the systems they open, and the handoffs required to turn an incoming delivery into an available item and then a fulfilled sale. Add the annual subscription cost, but also mark every step still handled in a spreadsheet or by copying data between tools. The cheapest plan can remain the cheapest choice; it just should not win because the missing work was left off the calculation.

If your needs are still primarily visual tracking, use the free plan or a trial to validate the basics. If the team is moving into operational inventory, test the full workflow before committing. That makes a pricing comparison an honest fit decision rather than a race to the lowest headline number.

Set a review point before buying. In three months, compare the promised time savings with the work still being done outside the system. If the manual handoffs remain, it is better to change the process or the tool early than to keep adding spreadsheets around an inventory subscription.

When comparing Sortly pricing, do not stop at the monthly plan price. Make a short list of the workflow you expect to need next: multiple locations, purchase orders, a wholesale price list, approval controls, or a customer ordering portal. Then confirm which plan includes it, whether usage limits apply, and what happens when another colleague needs access. The cheapest plan can be the right choice for simple asset tracking. It becomes expensive if it forces a second tool for purchasing or order operations.

There is also a timing question. A team with a few hundred items and one physical location may value Sortly's simplicity. A product business managing supplier deliveries, sales orders and B2B repeat buyers needs to compare the cost of disconnected work, not just subscription totals. Our Sortly alternative comparison and wholesale inventory guide are useful next reads before committing to a higher tier.