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Name: Fishbowl
Rating: 4.2 (968 reviews)

Fishbowl

4.2 (968)

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About Fishbowl

Fishbowl is a complete manufacturing and inventory management solution that helps medium and large businesses face demand trends and manage supply issues. Designed to automate the manufacturing process, Fishbowl's features include orders and work planning tools to maximize production efficiency.

Transform and elevate your manufacturing process with Fishbowl’s complete manufacturing and warehouse inventory management software. Fishbowl’s inventory-centric approach improves efficiency through strategic automation that gives your growing business the control it needs to reduce costs and maximize productivity.

Fishbowl’s solution offers real-time insights and data collection to provide business owners total transparency during every operation stage, giving you the power to make precise and timely pricing decisions.

With Fishbowl, your business will experience better automation through integration. Fishbowl’s solution was designed to seamlessly integrate with the most popular CRM systems and business solutions such as QuickBooks, Amazon, Adobe, Salesforce, Shopify and more!

Pricing starting from:

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Free Version
Free Trial
Subscription

Pricing plans

Free Trial

Key benefits of Fishbowl

Integration: Fishbowl is designed to integrate with QuickBooks and many other popular business solutions for better automation of business processes.

Work planning: Generate work orders for assembly, disassembly, replacement, repair, and other jobs. Save commonly used work orders and bills of materials for use in future projects.

Inventory management: Receive real-time inventory updates to understand inventory levels at all times. Set automatic re-order points on all products to avoid stock-outs.

Asset tracking: Track items by lot number, serial number, expiry date etc. Monitor asset levels in multiple locations and transfer between locations when necessary.

Inventory tracking: Track inventory across every step of your operations from order to delivery.

Typical Customers

Freelancers
Small Businesses (2-50)
Mid-size Companies (51-500)
Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

Cloud-based
On-premise

Markets

Australia, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines and 3 others

Supported Languages

English

Pricing starting from:

Not provided by vendor

Free Version
Free Trial
Subscription

Pricing plans

Free Trial

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Features

Total features of Fishbowl: 128

3PL Management
API
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounting
Accounting Integration
Alerts/Escalation
Alerts/Notifications
Asset Lifecycle Management

Asset Tracking
Audit Trail
Automated Scheduling
BOM Creation
Backorder Management
Barcode Printing
Barcode/Ticket Scanning
Barcoding/RFID

Barrel Management
Bill of Materials
Billing & Invoicing
Bills of Material
CRM
Capacity Planning
Cellar Management
Channel Management

Check-in/Check-out
Chemical Management
Commission Management
Contact Database
Cost Tracking
Customizable Reports
Customization
Data Import/Export

Data Synchronization
Delivery Management
Demand Forecasting
Document Management
Employee Management
Estimating
Expiration Date Management
Financial Management

Food Traceability Software
For Metal Fabrication
For Retail
For Small Businesses
Forecasting
Import/Export Management
Integrated Business Operations
Inventory Auditing

Inventory Control
Inventory Management
Inventory Optimization
Inventory Replenishment
Inventory Tracking
Item Management
Kitting
Label Templates

Location Tracking
Lot Tracking
MES
Manufacturing Inventory Management
Material Requirements Planning
Merchandise Management
Mobile Access
Monitoring

Multi-Channel Management
Multi-Currency
Multi-Location
Order Entry
Order Fulfillment
Order Management
Order Processing
Order Tracking

Performance Metrics
Point of Sale (POS)
Predictive Analytics
Product Identification
Production Management
Production Scheduling
Production Tracking
Projections

Purchase Order Management
Purchasing & Receiving
Quality Management
QuickBooks Integration
Quotes/Estimates
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Monitoring
Real-Time Reporting

Real-Time Updates
Receiving
Receiving Labels
Recurring Orders
Reorder Management
Reporting & Statistics
Reporting/Analytics
Resource Management

Retail Inventory Management
Returns Management
SKU/UPC Codes
Safety Management
Sales Forecasting
Sales Order Management
Sales Reports
Sales Tax Management

Sales Trend Analysis
Search/Filter
Serial Number Tracking
Shipping Labels
Shipping Management
Special Order Management
Status Tracking
Stock Management

Supplier Management
Supply Chain Management
Supply Management
Task Scheduling
Third-Party Integrations
Traceability
Transportation Management
Usage Tracking/Analytics

User Management
Vendor Managed Inventory
Vendor Management
Vineyard Management
Warehouse Management
Work Order Management
Workflow Management
eCommerce Management

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.2 /5

(968)

Value for Money

4.1/5

Features

4.1/5

Ease of Use

4.1/5

Customer Support

4.2/5

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Sukesha

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Industry: Marketing & Advertising
Company size: 11–50 Employees
Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Good place for Job reviews & queries

Reviewed on 17/02/2023

It has been a decent experience using Fishbowl till date.

Pros

The feature I like best is that you can post work related queries and job reviews and get genuine responses instantly.

Cons

It has a very basic user interface, I think they can work on making it better

Sabra

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Industry: Industrial Automation
Company size: 2–10 Employees
Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Value for Money
Ease of Use
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Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

New to Fishbowl - Love it

Reviewed on 04/09/2024

So far, so good. We have only been "active" for a few weeks but Fishbowl is already helping us...

So far, so good. We have only been "active" for a few weeks but Fishbowl is already helping us track our inventory and sales orders.

Pros

The training was thorough and we felt well prepared to start using Fishbowl. The interface is very intuitive and easy to work with.

Cons

I would love to be able to have more customization features....like reporting; customizing the packing slips/invoices

Alternatives Considered

Zoho CRM

Reasons for Switching to Fishbowl

cost and ability to have the services that we needed.

Felecia

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Industry: Construction
Company size: 11–50 Employees
Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Value for Money
Ease of Use
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Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

New to Fishbowl but loving it!

Reviewed on 22/10/2024

So far, it is a 10! I am new to Fishbowl but have shopped lots of software before deciding to go...

So far, it is a 10! I am new to Fishbowl but have shopped lots of software before deciding to go with them. I feel I have made the right decision. The implementation has been made easy.

Pros

The Support! The people are knowledgeable, thorough, and always willing to help.

Cons

I cannot find a downside to Fishbowl! So far it has been smooth sailing.

Justin

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Industry: Building Materials
Company size: 2–10 Employees
Used Daily for 1-5 months
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Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Terrible Decision - Worst Customer Service - Try Anyone else!

Reviewed on 04/03/2024

Not only did Fishbowl fail to provide adequate communication during the entire process, but they...

Not only did Fishbowl fail to provide adequate communication during the entire process, but they also refused to give me a refund. It's outrageous that they charge such exorbitant fees for subpar service. I highly recommend avoiding this company at all costs and switching to Netsuite instead.

If anyone is considering switching to Netsuite, please reach out to me. I will do everything in my power to help others avoid the mistake I made by signing up with Fishbowl. Shame on this company for their unethical practices and shame on [sensitive content hidden] for being a liar and thief. Stay away from him at all costs if you want any chance of success with Fishbowl.

Pros

The only pro is that its an ERP system that can integrate with your existing QuickBooks, but its not worth it. So please go to someone else.

Cons

I had the unfortunate experience of working with [sensitive content hidden] as my account manager from Fishbowl. From day one, he boasted about being the best in the industry, but I can confidently say that I've never encountered a worse representation of a company.

During our implementation process, it would take [sensitive content hidden] 48-72 hours to respond to my inquiries. This delay not only hindered our progress but also showed his lack of dedication and professionalism. He lied about his capabilities from the start, painting himself as a competent account manager when in reality, he's no better than a shady used car salesman.

Despite expressing my concerns about the importance of timely communication for my business, [sensitive content hidden] continued to ignore me. It was clear that he had no regard for my needs and only cared about making a quick sale. As a result, I decided not to continue with Fishbowl and switched to a more professional ERP service like Netsuite.

Alternatives Considered

NetSuite

Reasons for Choosing Fishbowl

Big Mistake I wish I stayed with quickbooks online, but I eventually switched to Netsuite.

Switched From

QuickBooks Online

Reasons for Switching to Fishbowl

I made a big mistake. I ended up switching to Netsuite.

Becky

Overall rating

Industry: Food & Beverages
Company size: 11–50 Employees
Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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Value for Money
Ease of Use
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Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

For CPG Manufacturing

Reviewed on 26/09/2024

Fishbowl manages inventory the same as any other system.

Pros

The inventory managment, BOM costing, and it's linking to QuickBooks.

Cons

Reporting - While it comes with many reports, none are practical to use in reconciling the general ledger to the inventory totals in Fishbowl.

***The Reporting department will build a customize report but "Buyer Beware". Your request is sent to a report writer to build and send the completed file to another employee who is your only contact. You are not allowed to talk to the report writer because "they are very busy". I've learned that "they are very busy" because they assume what is needed. I requested a simple report over 4 months ago, and after multiple rewrites, the report writer still doesn't understand what is needed. Instead, they blame me for not requesting the correct information.

Alternatives Considered

NetSuite and Dynamics 365 Business Central

Reasons for Switching to Fishbowl

Fishbowl was chosen because it synced easily to QuickBooks

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Fishbowl FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Fishbowl.

Q. What type of pricing plans does Fishbowl offer?

Fishbowl offers the following pricing plans:

Free Trial: Available

Get in touch with Fishbowl directly for pricing information on: Fishbowl Drive (cloud-based) Fishbowl Advanced (on-premise)

Q. Who are the typical users of Fishbowl?

Fishbowl has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Q. What languages does Fishbowl support?

Fishbowl supports the following languages:

English

Q. Does Fishbowl support mobile devices?

Fishbowl supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Q. What other apps does Fishbowl integrate with?

Fishbowl integrates with the following applications:

Adobe Commerce, Avalara, BigCommerce, Dropbox Business, FedEx Ship Manager, QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Online Advanced, SPS Commerce, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Shift4Shop, ShipRush, ShipStation, Shopify, Square Payments, TrueCommerce EDI Solutions, Volusion, WooCommerce, X-Cart, Xero, Zen Cart, Zoho CRM, authorize.net

Q. What level of support does Fishbowl offer?

Fishbowl offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat

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