Inventory management for small organisations

Your inventory under control. Without the Excel chaos.

invent manages your organisation's devices, tools and materials — school, works depot, club or business: check-out by scan, defect reports, your Excel lists imported in one afternoon. Fair, public pricing — unlimited users, free up to 50 items, data hosted in the EU.

Sound familiar?

“Who has the projector?”

The Excel list says room 12. The device has been somewhere else for three weeks — nobody knows where.

“Which list is the right one?”

Three versions of the inventory list on three drives. Every change overwrites another.

“Not stocktaking again…”

Days walking the building with printed lists — and devices are still missing at the end.

What invent does for your organisation

01 · Check-out & return

Know who has what — without asking around

Tablets, tools, cameras wander around the organisation. Whoever needs something asks around — and the list it should be on is out of date.

With invent you check out by scan: scan the item, pick the person, set a due date — done. Returning is a second scan. Overdue loans send their own e-mail reminders.

Every item has a visible whereabouts. No more searching, no more asking around — and devices come back before they disappear.

02 · Scanner & QR labels

Your phone is the scanner

Typing inventory numbers by hand, reconciling lists, filling in paper forms: the physical world and the list drift apart.

Every item gets a QR label. Scanning opens its record instantly — location, condition, history. Spotted a defect? Scan, photo, note: reported. New items are captured in passing: scan, photo — the AI pre-fills the fields as a draft.

The list and reality stay connected. Capturing and reporting takes seconds instead of minutes — which is why everyone actually does it.

03 · Excel import

Your Excel list, imported in one afternoon

Switching never fails for lack of will — it fails because of the three grown Excel files nobody wants to migrate.

invent imports your existing lists: columns are recognised and mapped automatically, errors show up before the import and you fix them on the spot. And if you like: send us your files — we migrate them for you, free of charge.

No weeks-long project, no re-typing. On the afternoon you switch, you are already working with your real inventory.

04 · Views & overview

Everyone sees exactly what they need

3,000 rows of inventory are not an overview. IT looks for devices with expiring warranties, administration for the furniture in the new building — both scroll through the same giant list.

Saved views filter, sort and group the inventory for every purpose: “loan devices”, “defective devices”, “purchases 2026”. Set up once, always current, shared with the team. Export any view as Excel at any time.

Answers in seconds instead of digging through lists. And your data stays yours: export any time, no questions asked.

05 · Stocktaking

Count 500 items instead of 5,000

Stocktaking is due — and once again it means days walking the building with lists. Once because accounting demands it. And once in your head: is everything the operation needs still there?

With invent you only count what matters: filtered by value, category or location — whatever was recently checked out, moved or inspected counts as confirmed and drops off the list. The rest is sorted by room and ticked off by phone scan, by several people in parallel.

Scan 500 items instead of 5,000. Hours instead of days. And because it is that fast, you don't just do it when you must — you do it when it helps you.

For you as the decision maker

What counts at the end of the year:

Budget

Know what is there — buy nothing twice. Purchase requests backed by numbers, not gut feeling.

Accountability

Complete history and stocktaking reports for your board and auditors — at the press of a button, not on request.

No lock-in

Your data is yours: export as Excel/CSV, any time, in full. Even if you cancel.

Cost certainty

Public pricing, unlimited users. People who only scan and report cost nothing extra.

How to start

  1. 1

    Send us your Excel list

    Send us your existing lists — we migrate them free of charge. Or import them yourself, with automatic column mapping.

  2. 2

    Stick on the labels

    Print and attach QR labels — room by room, in passing. From the first label on, scanning is the fastest way to any device.

  3. 3

    Get going

    Invite your team (unlimited, free), check out, report, enjoy the overview. Support directly from the founder.

Pricing

Public, fair, per 1,000 items or part thereof. Unlimited users in every plan. No setup fee. Moving to a smaller plan keeps all your data.

Free

CHF 0

up to 50 items

All features. Like a demo — only real, with your data.

  • All features included
  • Up to 50 items
  • Unlimited users
Start for free

Essential

from CHF 29

per month per 1,000 items

The complete Excel replacement for everyday work.

  • Items, categories & custom fields
  • Check-out & return with reminders
  • Scanner, QR labels & defect reports
  • Excel import & export
  • Saved views & dashboard
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Pro

from CHF 69

per month per 1,000 items

For organisations with processes: stocktaking & tickets.

  • Everything in Essential
  • Stocktaking with PDF report
  • Tickets & checklists
  • Notification centre
  • Audit log & API
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Premium

from CHF 119

per month per 1,000 items

For institutions and operations with IT requirements.

  • Everything in Pro
  • SSO (Microsoft / Google)
  • User synchronisation
  • Maintenance schedules
  • Advanced roles & permissions
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“From” prices: per 1,000 items or part thereof. Example: Pro with 2,400 items = 3 × CHF 69 = CHF 207/month. Prices excl. VAT.

Compare all features

Detailed feature mapping — draft, subject to change. As of July 17, 2026. — Free includes all features — up to 50 items.

FeatureEssentialProPremium
Items, categories, custom fields
Check-out & return with reminders
Scanner, QR labels, defect reports
Excel import (with AI column mapping)
Export (Excel/CSV), any time
Saved views & dashboard
Unlimited users & roles
Item history
Photo capture with AI
Stocktaking with PDF report
Tickets & checklists
Notification centre
Audit log (organisation-wide)
API & integrations
Consumables & minimum stock levels
SSO (Microsoft / Google)
User synchronisation
Maintenance schedules
Advanced roles & permissions

Frequently asked questions

We already have device management (Jamf, Intune, …) — do we need invent?

Yes, for everything your MDM doesn't see. MDM manages computers and tablets technically (apps, policies). invent inventories everything — including projectors, tools, instruments and furniture — and covers the human part: checking out, reporting defects, counting.

Where is our data stored?

In the EU (data centre in Dublin), compliant with the Swiss FADP and the GDPR. No Swiss hosting — we say so honestly; on request you'll receive our data protection documentation for your board.

How do we get out again?

Any time: every view exports completely as Excel/CSV. When you cancel or downgrade, we delete nothing — features simply become read-only.

What does it really cost?

Exactly what this page says: per 1,000 items or part thereof, unlimited users, no hidden modules. An organisation with 800 devices pays CHF 29 per month on the Essential plan.

Does the team need training?

No. Anyone who can scan a QR code with their phone camera can check out items and report defects. Administrators need about an hour to set things up — the import does most of the work.

Is everything on this page really available?

Yes. We build in the open: features still in progress are clearly marked as “in development” — right now nothing carries that mark. We don't put anything on this page that doesn't exist.

Try it yourself — right here

No signup, no sales call: get started and see for yourself whether invent fits your organisation. Free up to 50 items, all features.