inFlow vs. Sortly
Which should you use for inventory management?
Inventory software isn’t something you shop for often. That’s why the inFlow team made this page to explore why you might use inFlow over Sortly, or vice versa.
How does Sortly compare to inFlow?
inFlow and Sortly are both optimized for inventory management.
What’s similar
- Create great-looking product catalogs
- Easy for anyone to use
- Offer cloud-based solutions
- Offer web and mobile apps
- Scan barcodes and create labels
- Use custom fields to capture extra data
- Run reports and offer audit trails
What’s different
Sortly focuses on inventory management specifically, while inFlow can handle inventory and order management. There are workflows built into inFlow for fulfilling orders, counting stock, tracking profit, and more.
In Sortly each of your products end up in folders, which can represent different types of information, like locations or categories. These folders are open-ended for different use cases. You could create one to represent an invoice number, but there are no dedicated features to record details like sale price, discounts, taxes, or freight charges.
inFlow vs. Sortly
Here’s what you might want to know before starting a trial of inFlow or Sortly
 inFlow | Sortly | |
|---|---|---|
| Features | ||
| Unlimited products | Limited products (per plan) | |
| Inventory and asset tracking | ||
| Barcoding | ||
| Order management | ||
| Reports | Only on top plans | |
| Ecommerce integrations | ||
| Accounting integrations | Quickbooks only | |
| Platforms | ||
| Windows | ||
| Web | ||
| Android | ||
| iPhone | iPhone, iPad | |
| Support | ||
| Guided onboarding | Only on top plans | |
| Chat | ||
| Callback | ||
| Learning Center | ||
| Trials | ||
| Free 14-day trial (no credit card required) | Credit card required for 14-day trial | |
| Price and users | ||
| Starts at 149 USD/month for 2 users, paid annually. Some plans require an onboarding package. | Starts at 48 USD/month for 2 users, paid annually. | |
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Why would I use inFlow over Sortly?
inFlow is more specialized than Sortly for handling orders, manufacturing, and inventory across a business.
End-to-end order management
inFlow gives you a holistic view of your inventory. You see what’s in stock, but you’ll also see the orders that affect your inventory, like purchases and sales. All of your real inventory movement—like picking, receiving and shipping—can be done right in inFlow.
inFlow also gives you control over user access rights for different roles at your business. For example, you could allow a warehouse team to fulfill orders, but not change them. You can dial in the exact amount of access each team member needs to get their job done.
inFlow also supports serial number tracking for products like laptops or cellphones. These serials record each unique instance of a product and make it easier to track batches of goods—all the way from purchase to final sale.
Manufacturing and integrations
One of our products, inFlow Manufacturing, allows you to create new products out of raw materials, or combine multiple items and sell them as bundles or kits. You’ll also be able to store your bill of materials in inFlow, and build labor and shipping costs straight into your final product’s price.
inFlow also offers integrations with ecommerce and accounting apps, while Sortly currently only integrates with one accounting app, QuickBooks Online. You can use inFlow’s integrations to pull online orders into the system and deduct inventory, as well as push inventory levels and financial data out to other systems.
Both inFlow and Sortly offer API access, but most customers end up using built-in integrations because they’re easier to set up.
Why would I use Sortly over inFlow?
Sortly has more of a focus on simple asset management.
Track assets by folder
Both inFlow and Sortly offer low-stock notifications, but Sortly also offers date-based alerts. If you need to track a lot of perishable items that may have different manufacturing dates, Sortly can remind you to take action before any products go bad.
Both Sortly and inFlow offer mobile apps on iPhone and Android, but Sortly also has an iPad app which is optimized for tablet usage. If your team relies on tablets for work (instead of laptops or desktops), then Sortly is a good choice.
How should you decide between inFlow and Sortly?
Sortly has more of a focus on just inventory management, so its features and design are simpler (on purpose). If you just need software purely for tracking how much stuff you have with certain people or in certain places, then Sortly is a solid pick.
inFlow also specializes in inventory management, but offers a holistic view that includes order management, manufacturing, and barcode generation. If your business wants end-to-end tracking for inventory and orders, then inFlow is right for you.
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