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Fishbowl Inventory

Fishbowl US

Fishbowl is a mature American inventory and light manufacturing system that starts at 211 EUR a month for two users, billed annually, and it is built around QuickBooks. It is a strong fit for a North American distributor or small manufacturer, and a poor fit for a European one.

From
€211
Free plan
No
Trial
No
Visit the vendor site Opens the vendor site in a new tab Editorial score 6.2 /10
Fishbowl Inventory website, captured on 2026-11-11
Screenshot of Fishbowl Inventory, captured 2026-11-11. Source: https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/

Best for

A North American distributor or small manufacturer whose books live in QuickBooks

Strengths / Weaknesses

Strengths

  • Deep QuickBooks support, Online, Desktop, Enterprise and the Canadian edition, plus Xero and NetSuite
  • Real manufacturing capability, with bills of materials and work orders, not just stock counting
  • Multi location management and scanner hardware support for Zebra, Wasp, Apple, Android and Surface
  • Published starting prices with an explicit statement that they are real numbers, which is rare in this class

Weaknesses

  • Annual billing only at the published rates, so there is no low risk monthly entry
  • Two users for 211 EUR a month is expensive per seat against Zoho Inventory or inFlow
  • DHL is the only European carrier named, there is no DPD, GLS, Colissimo, PostNL, Bpost or Royal Mail
  • No Sage, Exact or Datev connector, which rules out most Continental accounting practices
  • No EU or EEA data region is published anywhere on the vendor site
  • No trial length is stated on the pricing page

Pricing

Plan Price Unit Note
Essentials Price on request per month, billed annually USD 229, 2 users
Growth Price on request per month, billed annually USD 429, 5 users
Scale Price on request per month, billed annually USD 729, 10 users
Advanced Warehouse Price on request from, per month USD 595 starting price, quoted by users and deployment
Advanced Manufacturing Price on request from, per month USD 675 starting price, quoted by users and deployment

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Verdict

Fishbowl is solid software pointed at the wrong continent for a European reader. The QuickBooks depth and the genuine manufacturing module are the reasons people buy it, and the published starting prices deserve credit in a market full of mystery quotes. But the carrier list stops at DHL, there is no Sage, Exact or Datev, nothing on the site offers an EU data region, and the annual only commitment at 211 EUR a month for two seats is a hard sell against Odoo or Erplain if you invoice in euros.

Other Inventory software

Odoo Inventory Odoo Inventory A European small business that wants stock, purchasing and accounting from one vendor at a euro price €19.90 8.7 Zoho Inventory A small online seller that wants euro pricing, a free plan to start and published EU datacentres €29 7.9 Katana Cloud Inventory Katana Cloud Inventory A small manufacturer or maker brand that needs bills of materials and work orders, not just stock counts Price on request 7.4 Cin7 Cin7 A multichannel retailer or wholesaler selling across several marketplaces and storefronts at once €321 7.3 Erplain Erplain A small European wholesaler that wants euro billing, quotes, B2B orders and multi-site stock in one tool €59 7.2 Mecalux Easy WMS A European warehouse that also buys its racking and automation from one supplier Price on request 7

Where we write about it

Where these numbers come from

  1. [1] Fishbowl pricing, USD list prices converted at 1 USD = 0.92 EUR accessed 2026-11-11
  2. [2] Fishbowl integrations, accounting and shipping connectors accessed 2026-11-11

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