Compare StockRoom

Plain comparisons with other inventory apps, including where they are the better fit. We describe each product the way its own makers describe it, where we quote their prices we give the day they were read, because prices change, and each page says when the other app is the right choice.

The three comparisons

• StockRoom vs inFlow - inFlow is a capable full inventory system; where StockRoom differs and when inFlow is the right choice.
• StockRoom vs Sortly - how the two differ, what Sortly does better, and who should pick which.
• StockRoom vs Zoho Inventory - strong if you already use Zoho; how StockRoom differs and when Zoho is the better fit.

Starting prices side by side

For a wider shortlist with starting prices and the day each was read, see the best stock control software for a small business in Australia, which also covers Unleashed, Cin7 and Lightspeed Retail.

Which page to read first

If you have a warehouse, staff and barcode hardware, and you need purchase orders, sales orders and fulfilment as one connected system, start with the inFlow page. inFlow is aimed at that kind of business, and the page says plainly that it will serve you better than StockRoom will.

If you track tools, equipment or kit that is checked out and back in, or you organise what you own by photo, start with the Sortly page. That is Sortly's real strength, and StockRoom has no photo library and is not designed for checking one item out to one person.

If you already run your accounts on Zoho Books or the wider Zoho suite, start with the Zoho Inventory page. Staying inside one login is worth a lot, and the page explains what you would give up by leaving it.

What StockRoom is built for

StockRoom is for a business of about one to ten people whose stock is a spreadsheet today. Adding a product takes one field, its name; cost, price, barcode and minimum can wait until you have them. Every change is recorded with who made it, when and why, nothing is silently overwritten, and a mistake can be undone without losing its history.

It does stock and nothing else: finding what you have and where it is, counting it, receiving deliveries, working out what to reorder and what has stopped selling. It has no marketplace connections yet, so orders from a marketplace are recorded by hand. If you need more than that, the comparison pages say which app to look at instead.

How to use these pages

Each comparison covers what the other product is, where the two differ, when the other product is the better choice, and a day in each system: a delivery arriving, a customer asking whether something is in stock, a stock count, something that has stopped selling. Each ends with a short list of questions and a way to try StockRoom without deciding anything. StockRoom is free for up to 50 products, with no card needed, and you can run the free stock count first with no account at all.

If anything on a comparison page is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will correct it.