ItemTally vs EZOfficeInventory
EZOfficeInventory, now sold as EZO EAM, is a broad asset management suite with unlimited users and a long feature list. The honest difference is weight and metering. EZO prices by how many items you track and gates offline, the request portal and the API by tier; ItemTally never meters items and puts every feature on every plan.
Choose EZOfficeInventory if
- You need purchase orders, vendors, contracts or depreciation alongside your equipment.
- You want maintenance work orders and a CMMS in the same system as the register.
- You track vehicles or plant and want GPS or telematics integrations.
Choose ItemTally if
- You don't want the bill to grow as the register grows.
- You want people to request and take things themselves without buying a higher tier.
- You'd rather start free this afternoon than book a trial and a call.
Where EZOfficeInventory is better
Every tool has a reason people pick it. These are EZOfficeInventory's.
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Breadth
Purchase orders, vendors, contracts, depreciation, packages, bundles, carts and multi-tier approvals. If your asset team also does procurement, EZO keeps it in one place. We never will.
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Maintenance and work orders
Basic service records on every plan, preventive maintenance, and a CMMS add-on with technicians and work-order automation. ItemTally keeps service dates and reminders, with no work orders.
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Unlimited users on every plan
Everyone can have a login, under a fair usage policy, at no extra cost.
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Offline, on the top tier
EZO's Enterprise plan includes a mobile offline app. Ours comes with phone apps that are still in testing.
The structural difference
EZO’s model is unlimited users, priced by item count. That’s generous to big teams and hard on growing registers: each tier of items moves the bill, and the features most teams reach for next (custody transfers, the API, a self-service portal, offline) sit on progressively higher plans.
ItemTally inverts that. Items are never metered, and every feature is on every plan. What changes between plans is how many people edit the register and how many borrow from it. The trade is scope: EZO is a full enterprise asset suite with procurement and maintenance, and ItemTally is a register, a logbook and the hand-overs around them.
The fair question: is your asset team also your purchasing and maintenance team? EZO is built for that. If your problem is “what do we have, where is it and who’s got it”, most of EZO is weight you’d pay for and not use.
The part a price cut can't copy: ItemTally never meters items, on any plan, and that is a signed, dated promise. Read the pledge →
Side by side
The EZOfficeInventory column was checked on 16 October 2026. Numbers in brackets link to the sources at the end of the page.
| Feature | EZOfficeInventory | ItemTally |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Essential $81.41/mo billed yearly, based on 500 items [1] | €0 for 1 editor and 10 borrowers; €19/mo for 5 editors and 50 borrowers |
| Free plan | No. 14-day free trial [1] | Free forever, every feature |
| What's metered | Number of items tracked [1] | People who edit or borrow. Items never |
| Users | Unlimited on every plan (fair usage policy) [1] | Editors and borrowers by plan; viewers always free |
| Reservations | Every plan [1] | Every plan |
| Transfer of custody and custody audits | Advanced ($117.11/mo) and up [1] | Every plan |
| Self-service request portal | Premium ($142.10/mo) and up [1] | Every plan. Borrowers take with a scan; approval folders turn a take into a request |
| API access | Advanced and up [1] | Every plan, plus an MCP server for AI assistants |
| Offline mobile app | Enterprise only [1] | With the phone apps, in testing. Browser scanning works today |
| Purchase orders | Advanced and up [1] | None, by design |
What it costs at real team sizes
EZO prices each plan by the number of items you track, with unlimited users. Higher tiers unlock custody transfers, the API, the request portal and, on Enterprise, offline.
| Team | EZOfficeInventory | ItemTally |
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| 5 people 500 items | $81.41/mo (Essential), billed yearly Custody transfers and the API need Advanced, $117.11/mo. | €19/mo Stockroom: 5 editors. |
| 15 people 500 items | $81.41/mo (Essential), billed yearly The self-service request portal needs Premium, $142.10/mo. | €19/mo Stockroom: 5 editors, 10 borrowers. Warehouse (€49/mo) if all 15 edit. |
| 40 people 500 items | $81.41/mo (Essential), billed yearly Users are unlimited, so team size doesn't move EZO's price. Item count does. | €19/mo Stockroom: 5 editors, 35 borrowers. Warehouse (€49/mo) if all 40 edit. |
ItemTally prices exclude VAT and are billed monthly. Items are never metered, and people who only look are free on every plan. EZO prices are in US dollars, as shown on their page for 500 items with yearly billing.
Switching from EZOfficeInventory takes an afternoon
Nothing is written to your new register until you've seen the preview.
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Export your items from EZO with its Excel export, and save the sheet as CSV.
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Import the CSV into ItemTally. Map name, asset number, location, group and your custom fields. Stock and inventory items come across as quantity items when you map their quantity.
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Preview the dry run. Nothing is written until you confirm. Re-import the same file later and matching rows update instead of duplicating.
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Keep the labels. Map the column holding each item's barcode value to codes, and existing stickers with that value keep scanning.
Questions about switching from EZOfficeInventory
How much does EZOfficeInventory cost?
On 16 October 2026, EZO's pricing page showed Essential at $81.41/mo, Advanced at $117.11/mo and Premium at $142.10/mo, billed yearly for 500 items, with Enterprise by quote. Prices rise with the number of items.
Is ItemTally a CMMS?
No. ItemTally tracks service and calibration dates with reminders, and keeps the history on each item, but it has no work orders or technician scheduling.
Does ItemTally do purchase orders?
No, and it won't. ItemTally keeps a register of what you own and who has it. Ordering belongs in your finance or purchasing tool.
What happens to my data if I leave ItemTally?
Full CSV export on every plan, any day. ItemTally's own export re-imports cleanly, and that round trip is tested.
Sources
- EZO EAM (EZOfficeInventory) pricing page and plan comparison checked 16 October 2026
Prices and plans change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we'll correct it with a new date.
Try it on your own list before you decide.
Import a CSV export from EZOfficeInventory and see exactly what ItemTally would create before anything is saved.
Free for one editor and ten borrowers, with unlimited items. No card needed.