SortOut

Verified hostels, PGs and co-living near Kerala’s colleges and workplaces — with the real rent, and zero brokerage.

Category
Accommodation discovery platform
Market
Kerala, India
Status
Live · Public beta
Framework
Genesis · Operations
Live product
sortout.in (opens in a new tab)
Facts checked
October 2026

Studio role

A Purple Goat Studio venture — originated and built by the studio.

5 MIN WALK15 MIN WALK2 KMCAMPUS
Fig. 1 · Stays organised by distance to where people study and work.Illustrative diagram

01Overview

A place to live, near where you need to be.

SortOut is an accommodation discovery platform for Kerala, built for people who move for study or work — students, interns and early-career professionals — and for the owners of the hostels, PGs and co-living spaces they live in.

Its promise is stated plainly on its homepage: properties are visited in person, the real rent is published, and the renter deals with the owner directly. No brokers, no brokerage.

02The problem

The information that matters is the hardest to get.

Hostel and PG listings are scattered across classifieds, brokers and word of mouth. Photos are old, rents are negotiated on the phone, and a broker’s fee is often the price of a phone number.

For someone arriving in a new city for a course or a first job, the questions are simple — what will it actually cost, how far is it from where I need to be, and who do I call — and none of them are easy to answer.

04Workflows

Renters and owners.

For renters

  • 01Search by city, area, college or workplace
  • 02Filter by men’s or women’s hostel, students, working professionals, food, AC or curfew
  • 03Compare the real monthly rent for each room type
  • 04Save stays to come back to
  • 05Contact the owner directly, without brokerage

For property owners

  • 01List a property free, in a short guided flow
  • 02Describe rooms, pricing, amenities and photos
  • 03Submit for review before the listing goes live
  • 04Have the listing mapped to nearby campuses and workplaces
  • 05Manage listings from an owner portal

05Verification & zero brokerage

Trust as a product feature.

Review before publication
Every property submitted is reviewed by the SortOut team before it goes live.
Visited in person
SortOut’s homepage states that every property is visited in person.
Zero brokerage
SortOut does not charge renters brokerage. Any rental, deposit or commission arrangement is between renter and owner.
Honest limits
The terms are explicit that condition, availability and pricing are set by owners and can change, and advise renters to confirm directly before paying.

As publicly represented by SortOut on sortout.in and in its Terms of Service.

06Design & engineering decisions

Decisions visible in the product.

  1. a.

    Landmarks before localities.

    Listings are grouped and searched by the colleges, hospitals and IT parks people commute to, with walking time or distance on each listing.

  2. b.

    Price per room, not per property.

    A listing shows a “starts from” rent, then the price of each room type, so the number a renter sees is the number they will pay.

  3. c.

    Direct, not brokered.

    The contact flow ends at the owner. Renters verify with a WhatsApp code instead of handing their number to an intermediary.

  4. d.

    Supply goes through review.

    Owners list through a guided, step-by-step flow, and nothing goes live until it has been reviewed.

07Current status

Live, in public beta.

SortOut is live and describes itself as being in beta. Coverage is focused on Kerala, led by Kochi.

See it live

sortout.in (opens in a new tab)

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