Blog · Software · July 18, 2026 · 7 min read
FleetStock vs Sortly: Which Inventory Tool Fits a Service Company?
Sortly organizes what you own. FleetStock organizes where it is and which job used it. Those are different products that get compared because both have photos.
The organizing idea
Sortly’s idea is a visual folder tree. FleetStock’s idea is a vehicle plus a job number. If your day is “which aisle,” Sortly feels natural. If your day is “which truck before we dispatch,” FleetStock feels natural.
You can force vans into folders. People do. Then they maintain a shadow spreadsheet for truck counts. That spreadsheet is the product they actually needed.
Field workflow
A tech in a driveway needs a camera, a photo, a qty, and a ticket number — offline. They do not need to navigate a folder tree with wet gloves. FleetStock’s technician mode is a phone shell for that moment.
Sortly can scan. It still thinks like a catalog. Catalogs do not assign work. Trucks do.
Transfers and history
Moving a board from the shop to Truck 4 should be a first-class transfer with a user and a time. If the product treats that as “change the folder,” you will not have a history when the board vanishes.
FleetStock transfers are a record. That record ends most Friday arguments.
Price shape
Sortly’s published pricing is monthly per user and adds up fast on a ten-tech bench. FleetStock is one yearly charge: $129, $197, or $249. For a fleet, the year-one math is not close. See the pricing page for the current plans and the compare page for a savings table.
Price is not the only reason to switch. It is the reason a shop can afford to put the app on every phone — which is the only way either product stays true.
Who should stay and who should move
Stay on Sortly if you are tracking a parts room, events gear, or a single shop with no vans. Move if you dispatch trucks, bill parts to jobs, or restock vans at night. That is the fork.
If you are on the fence, take the 14-day FleetStock trial and run one van in parallel. The first missed supply-house run is the decision.
FAQ
Does FleetStock have folders at all?
It has categories, vans, and a photo catalog. The primary browse is by vehicle and search, not a deep folder tree.
Can Sortly do job numbers?
You can invent a field. It is not a scan-to-job system with a job export for FSMs.
Where is the full grid?
On the FleetStock vs Sortly page at /compare.
See what is on every truck this week
14-day free trial. Then one yearly invoice — $129, $197, or $249.