Sortly Alternatives for Home Inventory (2026): Prices and Tradeoffs

Sortly is built for businesses now. Its free plan still covers 100 unique items for one person, but the first paid plan is $49 a month, and that is a lot for keeping track of what is in your house. For a home inventory you might hand to an insurer one day, the alternatives worth a look are Manifest, HomeZada, Itemtopia, Under My Roof, Nest Egg, and the free NAIC app. Which one fits depends on whether you need several people on one account, which phones your household uses, and what you will have to export after a loss.

One disclosure before the list: I build Manifest. It is on this list, and I have tried to say plainly where it falls short as well.

What does Sortly cost in 2026?

These prices are from Sortly's pricing page, checked in October 2026:

"Items" means unique items. The yearly column is the first-year price, which carries a 50% discount. According to the same page, yearly plans renew at 20% off after that, which puts Advanced at about $470 a year from the second year on. The page sells to businesses: low-stock alerts, purchase orders, and "trusted by over 20,000 businesses."

None of that makes Sortly a bad app. It is a capable inventory tool with folders, QR labels, and barcode scanning. The pricing is set for someone running a stockroom, and a living room doesn't need purchase orders.

When should you stay on Sortly?

Stay if you have fewer than 100 things worth tracking, you are the only person who edits the list, and the folder-and-label system is what you like about it. The free plan does that well, and switching apps costs you an afternoon.

Stay if you also track inventory for a small business. That is the job Sortly is built for, and none of the home apps below replace it.

Think about leaving if you are at the 100-item cap, if the list exists for insurance, or if you would rather not type every item in by hand.

Which Sortly alternatives are worth a look?

The order below is not a ranking. Manifest comes first because it is the one I can describe from the inside.

Manifest

Best for: building an insurance-ready inventory without typing each item.

You photograph an item and Manifest fills in the name, brand, model, and serial number for you to check, or you film a short walkthrough of a room and it lists what it sees. Forward a receipt by email and it becomes an item for you to confirm, with the receipt attached. The insurance export is a PDF with photos, serial numbers, receipts, and both replacement cost and actual cash value totals. It also checks your items against the CPSC, NHTSA, and FDA recall databases, and it prints QR labels for storage boxes, so the Sortly label habit carries over.

Price: 7-day full trial with no card. Vault is $1.99/month or $11.99/year (about 15 AI actions a month, shared across scans and value estimates). Unlimited is $39/year.

Platforms: iPhone app and web. On Android you install it from the browser; it is not on Google Play yet.

Where it falls short of Sortly: one person per account, with no shared editing for a household or team. No multiple properties. It is not business inventory software, so it has no stock levels or purchase orders.

HomeZada

Best for: homeowners who want the inventory inside a larger home-management tool.

HomeZada pairs the inventory with maintenance schedules, remodel budgets, and home value tracking. Its pricing page lists photo recognition in the Premium plan.

Price: Essentials is free. Premium is $99/year or $15.95/month. Deluxe is $189/year and covers three properties (pricing page, October 2026).

Platforms: Web, plus iOS and Android apps. The iOS app was last updated in 2022, so expect to do most of the work in a browser.

Tradeoff: it is a much bigger product than an inventory. If all you want is the list, that is a lot of extra screens.

Itemtopia

Best for: households that want several people on one account, on any device.

Itemtopia leans on custom fields, warranty tracking, and maintenance reminders, and you can add family members as extra users.

Price: Premium is $7.99/month or $79.99/year. Extra users cost more.

Platforms: iOS, Android, Mac, and web.

Tradeoff: set-up takes a while because it is so configurable. Its PDF and CSV exports come with Premium.

Under My Roof

Best for: an all-Apple household that wants a native app.

Under My Roof is an iPhone, iPad, and Mac app. On iOS 27 devices that support Apple Intelligence, it can analyze a photo to capture a whole room.

Price: $4.99/month or $34.99/year after a one-week trial. The free version holds 10 items.

Platforms: Apple only, so there is no Android or web version.

Tradeoff: if anyone in the house uses Android, they are left out. It imports and exports CSV.

Nest Egg

Best for: iPhone owners who want to pay once and keep QR labels.

Nest Egg is an older iOS app with barcode lookup and tagging. It is the cheapest way to keep a Sortly-style label setup.

Price: $6.99 upfront. QR labels, CSV import, and a few other features are separate $1.99 one-time add-ons.

Platforms: iPhone and iPad. The Android app with the same name is a different, cloud-based product with its own pricing.

Tradeoff: no photo identification, and exports are CSV and HTML rather than a claim-style PDF.

NAIC Home Inventory

Best for: anyone who wants free and simple.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners publishes a free app for photographing and listing your belongings, with barcode scanning.

Price: Free, with no in-app purchases.

Platforms: iOS and Android.

Tradeoff: it is basic. Every item is entered by hand, and there is no receipt handling or value estimate.

Quick comparison

Prices were checked against each app's pricing page or App Store listing in October 2026. They change, so confirm before you pay.

How do you move your Sortly inventory to another app?

1. Export from Sortly. Go to Reports, open Inventory Summary, click Export, and choose CSV (Sortly's help article). The file has every item, its fields, and its folder.
2. Import the CSV. In Manifest, CSV import reads the file, matches Sortly's column headers to its own fields, and shows you a preview before saving anything. Map Sortly's folder column to Location so your rooms come across. Name is the only required column. Trial accounts can import 250 rows at a time; paid accounts 500.
3. Bring the photos back. Sortly's CSV holds links to your images, not the image files. No importer I know of fetches them for you, so re-add photos to the items that matter most first: electronics, jewelry, anything with a serial number.
4. Re-label boxes. If you used Sortly QR labels, those codes point at Sortly. Print new QR box labels and stick them over the old ones.

If you are coming from Encircle rather than Sortly, the export is different. What to do with your Encircle export covers that one.

FAQ

How much does Sortly cost in 2026? Sortly's free plan covers 100 unique items and one user. Advanced is $49 a month, or $288 for the first year when billed yearly, and renews at about $470 a year after that. Ultra and Premium cost more and add items and users.

Is there a free alternative to Sortly for home inventory? Yes. The NAIC Home Inventory app is free on iOS and Android with no in-app purchases, though you enter every item by hand. HomeZada's Essentials plan is also free. A spreadsheet works too, if you will actually keep it up.

Can I move my Sortly inventory to another app? Yes. Export the Inventory Summary report from Sortly as a CSV, then import that file into the new app. The CSV carries links to your photos rather than the image files, so plan to re-add photos by hand.

Which Sortly alternative is best for insurance claims? For a claim, you want photos, serial numbers, and receipts on each item, and an export an adjuster will accept. Manifest builds a PDF with replacement cost and actual cash value totals and is the one I would pick, but I build it. Itemtopia and HomeZada both export PDFs on their paid plans. For a wider look at every option, see the home inventory app comparison.