Alternatives to Fishbowl Inventory
Cloud and on-premise inventory, manufacturing, and warehouse management software
Fishbowl Inventory ranks #5 of 8 in Inventory management, with an Alt Score of 81. It is proprietary, sold by subscription from $229/mo and available on Windows, Web, iOS and Android. 12 of 12 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Fishbowl sells two product lines: Fishbowl Inventory (also called Fishbowl Drive), a cloud-native inventory and warehousing product with no manufacturing module, and Fishbowl Advanced, a manufacturing and warehouse platform available as a Windows desktop install or Fishbowl-hosted deployment. Both integrate natively with QuickBooks and Xero, its long-standing differentiator.
Small to midsize product-based businesses that stock and resell finished goods (Fishbowl Inventory) or that manufacture, run multi-warehouse/3PL operations, or need EDI-driven fulfillment (Fishbowl Advanced).
Fishbowl Inventory (cloud) covers real-time inventory, SKU tracking, reorder points, and mobile barcode scanning, adding fulfillment, multichannel ecommerce, and AI demand forecasting on higher tiers. Fishbowl Advanced adds full BOMs, MRP, work orders, lot/batch traceability, EDI, and an open API, deployed on Windows or Fishbowl-hosted infrastructure.
Users manage inventory, purchasing, and orders through the Fishbowl Client (Advanced) or a browser-based app (Inventory/Drive), with data synced to QuickBooks Online/Desktop or Xero, and mobile companion apps (Fishbowl Advanced Mobile, Fishbowl Drive Mobile) for barcode scanning on Android and Apple devices.
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Ranked alternatives
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Katana is a cloud-based inventory and production management platform for manufacturers, wholesalers, and product-based ecommerce brands.
Unleashed is cloud-based inventory management software covering purchasing, production, warehousing and sales for manufacturing, wholesale and distribution businesses.
Zoho Inventory is a cloud-based inventory and order management platform covering purchase orders, multi-warehouse stock control, and barcode scanning.
Cin7 sells two separate inventory management products: Cin7 Core (formerly DEAR Inventory), aimed at small and mid-size product businesses with tiered self-serve pricing, and Cin7 Omni, a more configu.
inFlow Inventory is a cloud-hosted inventory and order management system with a native Windows app plus web, iOS, and Android clients.
Ordoro is a web-based platform sold as three separate apps — Shipping, Inventory, and Dropshipping — that merchants can license individually or in combination.
Feature comparison
Rows come from the Inventory management checklist (16 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Fishbowl Inventory is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License Proprietary verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/legal/eula
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Pricing model Subscription verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
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Starts at $229/mo verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
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Platforms Windows, Web, iOS, Android verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/integrations/windows
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Status active verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
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Multi-warehouse Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
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Barcode scanning Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
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Purchase orders Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/features/auto-purchasing
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Manufacturing and BOM Partial verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
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Serial and lot tracking Partial verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
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Shopify integration Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/integrations/shopify
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Amazon integration Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/integrations/amazon
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Accounting sync Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
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Low-stock alerts Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/features/auto-purchasing
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Mobile app Yes verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/integrations/shopify
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API access Partial verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
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Free tier No verified 2026-08-03https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricing
FAQ
Yes. Katana, Zoho Inventory and Sortly have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.