Honest comparison
GridStock vs Sortly
Sortly is an easy visual inventory list. GridStock is a field operation: scans, trucks, jobs, and an audit-grade ledger.
Where Sortly is strong
Fast visual organization
Folders, photos, and a clean interface make Sortly genuinely quick to start with for simple location-based inventory.
Approachable for small teams
For a single stockroom with a few users, its simplicity is a real strength.
Where GridStock is built differently
A ledger, not a list
GridStock records every movement as a permanent entry that reconciles stock automatically. History is never editable after the fact, which is what makes exports usable as cost documentation.
Trucks and crews are first-class
Material lives on trucks. Technicians scan out to their own truck, use material on jobs, and the record follows. A folder app has no concept of any of that.
Built for no-signal days
Scans queue on the device in dead zones and sync themselves later, exactly once. Storm work does not wait for coverage.
| Capability | GridStock | Sortly |
|---|---|---|
| Visual folder organization | Categories and bins | |
| Append-only movement ledger | Not advertised | |
| Truck-level stock and technician scoping | Not advertised | |
| Offline scan queue for dead zones | Not advertised | |
| Serialized tool custody with history | Not the focus | |
| Job-costed usage and evidence export | Not advertised |
Sortly advertises plans from roughly $29 per month (as published on sortly.com in July 2026); team features and higher item counts sit in higher tiers. Capability notes reflect public product pages at the same date; tell us if something is out of date and we will fix it.
See it with your own material list
A 30-minute walkthrough is enough to see the difference. We set up the pilot with you, hands on.