repleno and Sortly compared
Sortly is a proven inventory platform with thousands of customers. repleno is the young alternative from Bielefeld, for businesses that value proximity, German-language support, and a lean, dedicated warehouse-management tool over the widest feature set.
Choose repleno if several people should book stock without the price rising per head, and you can reach someone in Germany when a problem comes up.
Choose Sortly if you need a mature, broad inventory solution with reporting, offline mode, and a battle-tested feature set.
Bottom line
Both can track stock, scan, and reorder. repleno is a dedicated German warehouse-management tool that triggers automatically at the reorder point, Sortly a comprehensive inventory and asset management platform.
What matters when choosing between repleno and Sortly?
Focus
Why it matters: Focus on the warehouse instead of broad inventory and asset coverage.
Dedicated warehouse management
Comprehensive inventory and asset software
Data location
Why it matters: Where your item, supplier, and employee data lives.
Germany
USA
Contract and governing law
Why it matters: Governing law and venue in case of a dispute.
Germany
USA (California)
Reaction at the reorder point
Why it matters: repleno triggers automatically, with Sortly you order yourself.
Automation per item: warn, approve, or auto-order
Reorder points, alerts, and orders (from Ultra)
Barcode and QR scanning
Why it matters: No difference, both scan on mobile.
Yes, via smartphone
Yes, via smartphone
Reporting and forecasting
Why it matters: Matters for audit-proofing or a growing catalog.
GoBD history (8 years) + auto analysis
More report types, custom dashboards
Support language
Why it matters: Decides how fast help arrives in your language.
German and English
English
Onboarding
Why it matters: Both self-service, repleno also bookable in person.
Self-service included, personal help bookable
Self-service, help center
Pricing model
Why it matters: Item-based stays predictable, Sortly's price rises year 2.
By number of items, all users included
Tiered plans with user licenses (USD), promo price first year only
Offline mode
Why it matters: Sortly clearly ahead without stable connectivity.
Planned
Yes, mature
Maturity
Why it matters: Sortly more battle-tested, repleno more specialized and closer.
Young startup from Bielefeld
Established, over 15,000 customers
Why choose a provider in Germany over one in the USA?
repleno is a German vendor: contracting party in Bielefeld, German law, data in Frankfurt am Main, billing in euros, support in German. Follow-up questions do not land in a ticket system, you talk directly to the founder. Sortly is based in San Francisco, and that affects more than the server location: under Sortly's own Terms of Service the contract is governed by the laws of the State of California, with the courts of San Mateo County holding exclusive jurisdiction. Both routes work, and thousands of businesses are happy with Sortly. The difference is not whether a vendor can work GDPR-compliant, both can. It is who you are dealing with when something needs sorting out. Support follows the same pattern: Sortly points to a ticket form on its pricing page and offers pure self-service. With repleno, self-service with a help center is included, and you add personal consulting, training, or onboarding on top, on-site or remote.
How do repleno and Sortly react at the reorder point?
Sortly offers reorder points, alerts, and orders: from the Ultra plan you create an order in a few clicks and send it to your supplier. repleno goes a step further here. Per item you define what happens at the reorder point, from a plain warning to an automatic order with no manual step. That pays off for items that run down constantly and where the ordering click otherwise gets left undone.
Define what happens when the reorder point is reached.
How do repleno and Sortly differ on reporting and audit trails?
Sortly offers more individual report formats, PDF/CSV export, and custom dashboards, gated by tier. repleno goes further on records and automation: every stock movement stays GoBD-compliant and traceable for 8 years, while Sortly only offers this from its Premium tier. repleno also automatically flags movers and non-movers per item and derives suggested minimum and reorder points from that, with no report-building required. That pays off when you want stock decisions right at the item level instead of piecing data together in a dashboard first.
What does repleno cost compared to Sortly?
Sortly tiers its price across plans with a fixed number of user licenses in US dollars; as the team grows, the plan grows. It is worth reading the fine print: the prominently advertised prices apply only in the first year with a 50 percent new-customer discount, and from the second year only 20 percent remains per Sortly's pricing footnote, so the price rises accordingly. repleno charges by item count in euros, all users included, with no first-year effect. Check the current prices directly with each provider.
Frequently asked questions about the Sortly alternative
Sources and further reading
Sources
- Sortly pricing, plan features, and first-year discount (in USD), retrieved on 9 July 2026
- Sortly Purchase Orders (from the Ultra plan), retrieved on 9 July 2026
- Sortly Trust Center (US provider), retrieved on 9 July 2026
- Sortly Terms of Service, section 28: laws of the State of California, exclusive venue San Mateo County, retrieved on 25 July 2026
- Sortly features including offline mode, retrieved on 9 July 2026
