Sortly is a capable inventory tool, but it is aimed at small businesses managing commercial stock. If you are cataloging the contents of your home — appliances, furniture, tools, electronics — you are not the core audience, and the pricing shows it. KeepTrack is purpose-built for household use, free to self-host, and includes insurance exports and warranty reminders that Sortly skips entirely.
you are managing commercial stock for a small business, need business-grade reporting, and want a polished managed SaaS with professional support.
you are tracking household belongings — not business stock — and do not want to pay small-business SaaS prices for a home use case.
| Feature | KeepTrack | Sortly |
|---|---|---|
| Cost & Hosting | ||
| Self-hosted — data on your server | Yes — open source | No — cloud only |
| Price for household use | Free | Business plans $49–99/mo (Apr 2026) |
| Item count limit | Unlimited | Depends on plan tier |
| Core Inventory | ||
| Items with photos and attachments | Yes | Yes |
| Purchase price and date | Yes | Yes |
| Location hierarchy | Rooms and containers | Folders and sub-folders |
| Custom fields per item | Yes | Yes |
| Capture & Scanning | ||
| Barcode and UPC scanning | Yes — phone camera | Yes |
| QR label printing | Yes | Yes |
| Receipt OCR — fills price and date from a photo | Yes | — |
| NFC tag support | Yes — tap to open item | — |
| Mobility & Offline | ||
| Works without internet | Yes — syncs automatically when back online | — |
| Web app | Yes — PWA, installs to home screen | Yes |
| Native iOS and Android apps | In development | Yes — published |
| Home-specific Features | ||
| Warranty tracking with email reminders | Yes | — |
| Depreciation calculator | Yes | — |
| Insurance claim export (PDF / CSV) | Formatted, adjuster-ready | — |
| Visual floor plan view | Yes | — |
| AI search — ask in plain English | Yes | — |
| Business Features | ||
| Multi-location commercial stock management | Rooms and containers; not multi-site | Core Sortly use case |
| Commercial support contract | Community via GitHub | Yes |
— Not documented as of April 2026.
Sortly's small-business plans run $49–99/mo as of April 2026 — appropriate for a boutique managing stock, but steep for someone cataloging appliances and furniture. KeepTrack is free to self-host with no item limits and no subscription. If you are a household, not a business, the pricing mismatch is the main reason people look elsewhere.
Add or edit items in a storage unit, basement, or detached garage and changes sync automatically when you reconnect. Sortly does not document offline support for home use as of April 2026.
KeepTrack generates a formatted insurance claim report — items with photos, serial numbers, purchase prices, and depreciated values — in one step. Sortly does not offer an insurance-specific export as of April 2026.
Warranty email reminders, a depreciation calculator, NFC tag support, floor plan views, and Home Assistant integration are all built for how homes work — not how stockrooms do.
Multi-location inventory tracking, team accounts, business reporting, and commercial support — Sortly's feature set reflects its target audience. KeepTrack is designed for single households, not multi-site business operations. If you are managing stock for a real business, Sortly is the more honest fit.
Sortly has native apps on both stores. KeepTrack's native mobile app is in development; the PWA covers most mobile use cases but is not an app store download.
Sortly is fully managed — sign up and start adding items immediately. KeepTrack requires a Docker host, which takes some upfront configuration.
Sortly offers customer support as part of its paid service. KeepTrack support is community-based via GitHub issues and documentation.
KeepTrack covers the same core use cases as Sortly — item catalog, photo attachments, barcode scanning, and multi-user access — while being purpose-built for homes rather than businesses. KeepTrack is free to self-host, runs on your own server, and includes home-specific features like insurance-formatted exports, warranty reminders, and a depreciation calculator that Sortly does not offer as of April 2026.
Sortly is designed primarily for small businesses — boutiques, workshops, studios — that need to track commercial stock. Its pricing reflects that audience: small-business plans cost $49–99/mo as of April 2026. KeepTrack is built specifically for households and is free to self-host, with no subscription and no item limits.
KeepTrack works without internet — add an item in a garage, scan a barcode in a storage unit, or edit a serial number in a basement with no Wi-Fi, and everything syncs automatically when you reconnect. As of April 2026, Sortly does not document offline support for home use.
If you can export your Sortly data as a CSV file, KeepTrack's import tool lets you map the columns to KeepTrack's fields. A dedicated one-click Sortly importer does not currently exist, but CSV covers most item data including names, locations, quantities, and purchase details.
KeepTrack uses your device camera to scan barcodes and UPC codes — point the camera at any product barcode and KeepTrack looks up the item details automatically. This works in any modern browser on iOS or Android without installing a separate app. KeepTrack also supports NFC tags, so you can tap a physical sticker on a box or appliance to pull up its record instantly.
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