Fishbowl review

Fishbowl has a long history in warehouse and manufacturing inventory and now sells cloud plans for businesses that stock, move and sell finished goods. Essentials costs $229 a month on annual billing with 2 users and covers real-time SKU tracking, reorder points, mobile barcode scanning and QuickBooks Online or Xero sync. Growth, at $429 with 5 users, adds pick, receive and ship workflows, automated reordering, multichannel ecommerce selling, sales tax automation and unlimited warehouses. Scale, at $729 with 10 users, adds lot and forward and backward traceability, audit trails, compliance documents for GMP, FDA and ISO, and demand forecasting. Fishbowl Advanced covers multi-warehouse, 3PL and EDI fulfillment from $595 a month and manufacturing with BOMs and MRP from $675 a month. Small sellers will find multichannel sync only on Growth, which makes Fishbowl expensive for that use. We compared documented features and published prices; Fishbowl is strongest for regulated and traceability-heavy operations.

Who it is for

Established distributors and regulated product businesses that need barcode control, lot traceability and QuickBooks or Xero sync.

Price

Essentials $229 per month billed annually with 2 users; Growth $429 and Scale $729; Fishbowl Advanced from $595 per month.

Essentials For simpler operations replacing spreadsheets with barcode-driven control. $229 USD/mo. billed annually Includes 2 users
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 6, 2026.

Key features

• Real-time inventory and SKU tracking with reorder points
• Mobile barcode scanning on every plan
• QuickBooks Online and Xero sync
• Multichannel ecommerce selling, automated reordering and unlimited warehouses on Growth
• Lot and forward and backward traceability with audit trails on Scale

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Published USD prices for every cloud plan
• Strength: Strong traceability and compliance tools on Scale
• Strength: Manufacturing and EDI options in Fishbowl Advanced
• Weakness: Entry price of $229 per month is high for the feature set
• Weakness: Multichannel selling needs the $429 Growth plan
• Weakness: Demand forecasting is an add-on below Scale

Key facts

• Starting price: $229 per month, billed annually
• Users included: 2 on Essentials, 5 on Growth, 10 on Scale
• Fishbowl Advanced: From $595 per month for warehouse, $675 for manufacturing
• Accounting: QuickBooks Online and Xero

Where it ranks

Fishbowl is No. 9 in our Best Inventory Management Software verdict.