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title: "Sortly: search popularity worldwide"
description: "Sortly is inventory management software. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
canonical: "https://gobrandwave.com/demand/global-en/brands/sortly"
publisher: "Brandwave"
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# Sortly: search popularity worldwide

Sortly is inventory management software. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Brand**: Sortly
- **Market**: Global
- **Measured month**: Sep 2026
- **Share of Search among inventory management software**: 4.6%

## Where the brand sits

| Competitive set | Rank | Share of Search | Estimated monthly branded searches |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Inventory management software | 3 | 4.6% | 22.2K |

- [Inventory management software](/demand/global-en/categories/inventory-management-software)

## Top inventory management software in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews

In three ChatGPT questions and two Google AI Overviews, Sortly appeared in all five answers. Sortly is the second most recommended of the 13.

Brands get a higher AI rank if they are mentioned earlier in the answers that list options.

| Brand | AI rank | ChatGPT answers that named it | Google AI Overviews that named it | All answers that named it |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zoho Inventory | 1st | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| Sortly | 2nd | 3 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 5 of 5 |
| inFlow Inventory | 3rd | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Cin7 | 4th | 3 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Katana | 5th | 2 of 3 | 2 of 2 | 4 of 5 |
| Square for Retail | 6th | 2 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Ordoro | 7th | 0 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 1 of 5 |
| NetSuite | 8th | 1 of 3 | 1 of 2 | 2 of 5 |
| Unleashed | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Fishbowl | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| TradeGecko | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| DEAR Systems | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |
| Skubana | Not ranked | 0 of 3 | 0 of 2 | 0 of 5 |

## Every AI answer about inventory management software

- Asked ChatGPT "Which inventory management software should I use?": 1. Zoho Inventory, 2. inFlow Inventory, 3. Cin7, 4. Katana, 5. Sortly
- Asked ChatGPT "What are the best inventory management software options?": 1. Zoho Inventory, 2. Cin7, 3. inFlow Inventory, 4. Sortly, 5. Katana, 6. Square for Retail, 7. NetSuite
- Asked ChatGPT "What's the best inventory management software for a small business?": 1. Zoho Inventory, 2. Square for Retail, 3. Sortly, 4. inFlow Inventory, 5. Cin7
- Searched Google, AI Overview "inventory management software": 1. Sortly, 2. inFlow Inventory, 3. Katana, 4. Ordoro, 5. Zoho Inventory
- Searched Google, AI Overview "best inventory software": 1. Cin7, 2. Zoho Inventory, 3. Katana, 4. Sortly, 5. NetSuite

Not named in any answer: Unleashed, Fishbowl, TradeGecko, DEAR Systems and Skubana.

Brands are listed in the order each answer named them. The answers were collected in the United States on October 21, 2026.

## How has branded search demand for Sortly changed worldwide over the last 12 months?

- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, estimated monthly branded searches for Sortly worldwide fell from 27.1K to 22.2K.
- Across the 12 months ending September 2026, Sortly’s share of searches among inventory management software worldwide peaked at 6.3% in January 2026 and was lowest at 4.4% in June 2026.

## How did search popularity change for inventory management software worldwide in September 2026?

- In September 2026, NetSuite gained share of searches among inventory management software worldwide, from 74.8% to 75.5%.
- In September 2026, inFlow Inventory lost share of searches among inventory management software worldwide, from 2% to 1.3%.
- In September 2026, TradeGecko rose from 12th to 11th among inventory management software worldwide.
- In September 2026, DEAR Systems fell from 11th to 12th among inventory management software worldwide.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Ordoro worldwide fell 65.5% over 12 measured months, from 2.9K to 1K in September 2026.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Fishbowl worldwide fell 46.4% over 12 measured months, from 5.8K to 3.1K in September 2026.

## Historical estimated branded-search demand

| Month | Competitive set | Estimated monthly branded searches | Share of Search | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | Inventory management software | 27.1K | 4.5% | 3 |
| Nov 2025 | Inventory management software | 27.1K | 5.3% | 3 |
| Dec 2025 | Inventory management software | 27.1K | 5.3% | 3 |
| Jan 2026 | Inventory management software | 33.1K | 6.3% | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | Inventory management software | 27.1K | 5.3% | 3 |
| Mar 2026 | Inventory management software | 27.1K | 5.2% | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | Inventory management software | 27.1K | 5.2% | 3 |
| May 2026 | Inventory management software | 27.1K | 5.3% | 3 |
| Jun 2026 | Inventory management software | 22.2K | 4.4% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | Inventory management software | 22.2K | 4.4% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | Inventory management software | 22.2K | 4.5% | 3 |
| Sep 2026 | Inventory management software | 22.2K | 4.6% | 3 |

## How are Sortly’s branded searches counted?

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Sortly’s name. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for this branded term can be used to understand whether interest in the brand is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- “sortly”

## Which inventory management software compete with Sortly?

- [NetSuite](/demand/global-en/brands/netsuite): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/netsuite-vs-sortly
- [Zoho Inventory](/demand/global-en/brands/zoho-inventory): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/sortly-vs-zoho-inventory
- [Cin7](/demand/global-en/brands/cin7): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/cin7-vs-sortly
- [inFlow Inventory](/demand/global-en/brands/inflow): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/inflow-vs-sortly
- [Unleashed](/demand/global-en/brands/unleashed): Head-to-head: /demand/global-en/compare/sortly-vs-unleashed
- [Fishbowl](/demand/global-en/brands/fishbowl)
- [Square for Retail](/demand/global-en/brands/square-for-retail)
- [Ordoro](/demand/global-en/brands/ordoro)
- [Katana](/demand/global-en/brands/katana)
- [TradeGecko](/demand/global-en/brands/tradegecko)
- [DEAR Systems](/demand/global-en/brands/dear-systems)
- [Skubana](/demand/global-en/brands/skubana)

## Methodology

- [How is the Brand Demand Index measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

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