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ARKSTOCK·CH ST-LÉGIER · VAUD · CH 46.47°N · 6.89°E
ORDRE N° 26·0418/B · AVAILABLE
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§28 VS SORTLY REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-SORTLY
Sortly tracks what you own. ark.stock also tracks what you rent out.
Sortly is great for visual inventory lite: small business wanting to know what it owns and where. Free plan to start. As soon as you move into pro rental — projects, loans, maintenance, signed quotes, QR-bill — Sortly isn't built for it.
Simple and visual. Limited as soon as you rent for real.
§· ON THE AGENDA REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-SORTLY-INTRO
Sortly (San Francisco, 2013) is the visual inventory tool. Big photos, swipeable cards, mobile-first, free plan to start. Perfect for a carpenter photographing tools, a prop stylist tracking furniture, a small shop inventorying stock. Not a pro rental tool: no projects, no availability conflicts, no versioned quotes, no planned maintenance, no QR-bill invoicing.
§·01 STRENGTHS REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-SORTLY-STRENGTHS
What Sortly really does well.
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Generous free plan (100 items, 1 user) — great for trying.
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Polished visual UI, huge photos, slick mobile app — zero-training accessible.
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Basic QR/barcode scan + printable labels (Avery-compatible).
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Inventory reports + simple movement history.
§·02 LIMITS IN A SWISS CONTEXT REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-SORTLY-GAPS
Where Sortly stops, for a Swiss SME.
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No rental projects, no conflicts, no 14-state workflow — simple inventory, not rental flow.
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No quotes, no invoicing, no e-signature — Sortly does not bill your customers.
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No planned maintenance or intervention history.
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US hosting (AWS) — not in Switzerland, no nFADP guarantee on storage.
§·03 FEATURE-BY-FEATURE MATRIX REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-SORTLY-MATRIX
Side by side — what each one covers.
| Feature | ark.stock | Sortly |
|---|---|---|
| Large photos + visual inventory | Yes | Yes |
| Free plan to start | No | Yes |
| ark.stock starts at CHF 12/month (Solo, 1 user). | ||
| QR/barcode scan | Yes | Yes |
| NFC scanner | Yes | No |
| Multi-line rental projects | Yes | No |
| Hierarchical containers + flight cases | Yes | Partial |
| Quotes + invoicing + signature | Yes | No |
| Native Swiss QR-bill (SIX / ISO 20022) | Yes | No |
| Planned maintenance | Yes | No |
| Swiss hosting (Infomaniak Geneva, ISO 27001) | Yes | No |
| Swiss nFADP + GDPR compliance | Yes | No |
| Full CSV / Excel / PDF export anytime | Yes | Yes |
§·04 DECISION GUIDE REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-SORTLY-DECIDE
Which one? Depends on your context.
Pick Sortly if…
- You've never managed inventory and want to start free before investing.
- You do NOT rent — you just inventory what you own (workshop, office, shop stock).
- Visual > workflow: big photos + swipe cards, no tables.
Pick ark.stock if…
- You rent gear to customers — projects, quotes, invoices, between-rental maintenance.
- You invoice in Switzerland — native QR-bill, Swiss VAT, auto-reminders.
- You want a tool that grows with you (11 activatable modules, same app from 200 to 10 000 items).
§·05 FAQ REF. ARKSTOCK-VS-SORTLY-FAQ
The questions you would ask a sales rep.
Is Sortly really free?
Sortly free plan caps at 100 items, 1 user, no export. Fine for a small shop; a rental company outgrows it in weeks and must move to $24/month (Advanced, 1 user) or $74/month (Ultra, 5 users).
Can I rent equipment with Sortly if I tweak it?
Technically yes (custom statuses, tags like "Rented to Customer X until…"), but you hack. No availability conflicts, no quotes, no invoices, no planned maintenance. ark.stock does natively what you hack.
Sortly → ark.stock migration
Sortly exports CSV (paid plans only). ark.stock Mapper reads it directly. Photos re-imported via public URL or manual batch. Typical: 2-3 hours for 500 items.