Fishbowl Inventory

Fishbowl Inventory is a stock, warehouse and fulfillment platform for businesses that buy, store, move or sell physical products.

The product supports real-time inventory records, SKU tracking, reorder points, barcode scanning, warehouse workflows and integrations with accounting, ecommerce and shipping systems.

Fishbowl Advanced is a separate offering for manufacturing, distribution, multi-warehouse operations, EDI and more complex fulfillment requirements.

Fishbowl supports inventory tracking by SKU, location, lot, serial number and expiration date. Its traceability tools can connect inventory activity with purchasing, sales and work orders.

Warehouse capabilities include receiving, picking, packing, shipping, transfers, barcode scanning and multi-location inventory control. The platform also supports reorder points and automated purchase orders.

Fishbowl Advanced adds bills of materials, material requirements planning, production scheduling, work orders, job costing, made-to-order builds and manufacturing traceability.

Listed integrations include QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, Xero, Shopify, Amazon, BigCommerce, eBay, ShipStation, FedEx, DHL, Salesforce, HubSpot and Avalara.

Fishbowl Advanced provides a REST API using JSON requests, authentication tokens and GET, POST and DELETE methods. Its documentation covers parts, inventory, orders, users, vendors and manufacturing objects.

Fishbowl Inventory Essentials starts at $229 per month when billed annually and includes two users. It provides inventory tracking, reorder points, barcode scanning and accounting synchronization.

The Growth plan starts at $429 per month billed annually and includes five users, fulfillment workflows, automated reordering, multichannel selling, AI insights and unlimited warehouses.

The Scale plan starts at $729 per month billed annually and includes ten users, demand planning, lot traceability, audit trails, compliance documentation and advanced reporting.

Fishbowl Advanced starts at $595 per month for Advanced Warehouse and $675 per month for Advanced Manufacturing. Final pricing depends on users and deployment.

The vendor states that an implementation package is required with purchase. A separate Fishbowl Australia page advertises a fully functional 14-day trial. United States trial availability isn’t confirmed on the current United States pricing page.

Pros: Fishbowl offers broad inventory and warehouse functionality, strong QuickBooks connectivity, barcode workflows, multi-location support and manufacturing extensions.

Pros: The platform supports lot, serial and expiration tracking, which suits regulated or traceability-focused operations.

Cons: Published pricing is comparatively substantial for small teams, and implementation is required according to the vendor.

Cons: Manufacturing, advanced warehouse functions, EDI and some forecasting capabilities require the separate Fishbowl Advanced product or paid add-ons.

Cons: Independent reviews mention reporting limitations, setup effort and higher costs as recurring concerns.

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NetSuite is a broader enterprise resource planning alternative for organizations requiring financials, supply chain, manufacturing and global business management.

MRPeasy is a manufacturing-focused alternative for smaller producers needing bills of materials, production planning, purchasing and inventory control.

Does Fishbowl Inventory support QuickBooks? Yes. Fishbowl lists integrations for QuickBooks, QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Canada and QuickBooks Payments.

Does Fishbowl have an API? Fishbowl Advanced has documented REST API functionality with JSON requests and endpoints for inventory, parts, orders, vendors and other objects.

Does Fishbowl offer a free trial? A Fishbowl Australia page advertises a 14-day trial. The current United States pricing page does not confirm a comparable trial.

Does Fishbowl support manufacturing? Yes, but manufacturing features such as BOMs, MRP and work orders belong to Fishbowl Advanced rather than the basic Fishbowl Inventory plans.

Is Fishbowl cloud-based? Fishbowl Inventory is presented as cloud-based. Fishbowl Advanced supports cloud hosting and self-managed deployment options.