Overview
Fishbowl is an inventory and manufacturing software company based in American Fork, Utah, which describes itself as trusted by more than 6,000 businesses, an Intuit Gold Developer since 2004 and, in 2026, as celebrating 25 years of inventory software[13]. Its long-standing position is as the inventory layer for companies that keep their books in QuickBooks, and the current line-up extends that to QuickBooks Online and Xero.
The cloud plans are tiered by users and scope. Essentials covers real-time SKU tracking, reorder points and mobile barcode scanning with accounting sync; Growth adds pick, receive, ship and fulfilment, automated reordering, multichannel e-commerce, sales-tax automation and unlimited warehouses; Scale adds included demand forecasting, lot and forward/backward traceability, audit trails and compliance documentation aimed at GMP, FDA and ISO environments[12].
Fishbowl Advanced is a separate, heavier product in two editions. Advanced Warehouse adds transfer orders, EDI, tiered pricing rules and multi-warehouse/3PL workflows; Advanced Manufacturing adds full bills of materials, MRP and production scheduling, job, labour and landed costing, and integration with QuickBooks Online, Desktop and Enterprise[12]. The Advanced editions publish only starting prices; final pricing is quoted per user count and deployment[12]. All published prices assume annual billing, so there is no month-to-month option on the page.
Fishbowl features
- QuickBooks Online and Xero sync
- Mobile barcode scanning
- Lot and forward/backward traceability (Scale)
- MRP and production scheduling (Advanced Manufacturing)
- EDI and 3PL workflows (Advanced Warehouse)
- Unlimited warehouses from Growth
- Pick, receive and ship workflows
- Unlimited warehouses (Growth and up)
Fishbowl pricing
USD, billed annually:
- Essentials: US$229/month, 2 users
- Growth: US$429/month, 5 users
- Scale: US$729/month, 10 users
- Advanced Warehouse: from US$595/month (quoted)
- Advanced Manufacturing: from US$675/month (quoted)
Fishbowl strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Long QuickBooks integration history
- Manufacturing edition with MRP and job costing
- Compliance-oriented traceability on Scale
- Published starting prices
- Published prices
- Strong QuickBooks and Xero integration
Limitations
- Annual billing only on published plans
- Advanced editions are quote-finalised
- Demand forecasting is an add-on below Scale
- Two product families can confuse selection
- No labour management or automation control
- User caps on Inventory plans
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