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Fishbowl

Manufacturing-focused inventory with tight QuickBooks integration. USD-priced cloud tiers from a 2-user Essentials plan.

Entry price
$319/mo (Essentials)
Users included
2 (Essentials), 5 (Growth), 10 (Scale)
Multi-channel
Yes
Manufacturing
Yes (strong)

Best for

Manufacturers and QuickBooks-first businesses wanting deep accounting integration with strong assembly support.

Pricing breakdown

All prices in AUDLast verified 31 May 2026

Every fee we track, grouped by where it applies.

Strengths and trade-offs

Pros

  • Tightest QuickBooks integration of any inventory platform
  • Strong manufacturing, BOM, and assembly features
  • Multi-warehouse on every plan
  • Optional perpetual licence for self-hosted deployments

Cons

  • USD pricing only
  • 2-user starting tier; extra users are expensive
  • Custom reports and add-ons can push real cost much higher
  • Annual contract is typical

About Fishbowl

Fishbowl is a US-built inventory platform with one of the deepest QuickBooks integrations in the market and a strong manufacturing module. The cloud product is tiered from a 2-user Essentials plan up through Growth and Scale, with the Advanced tier now quote-only. Pricing is USD-only; AU pricing converts at the current rate. Implementation can be involved, but the QBO integration and assembly/BOM depth are strong for manufacturers and QuickBooks-first businesses.

Fishbowl was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Orem, Utah, USA.

How Fishbowl compares

Side-by-side with the closest alternatives by estimated cost.

Plan-tier pricing based on 3 users. Per-location providers (Katana, Lightspeed) stay flat as users change. Quote-only providers are excluded.

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Fishbowl

$598/mo est.

Entry price
$319/mo (Essentials)
Users included
2 (Essentials), 5 (Growth), 10 (Scale)
Multi-channel sync
Yes
Accounting
QuickBooks (deep native), Xero
Manufacturing
Yes (strong)
Est. monthly cost
$598/mo
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Cin7 Core

$486/mo est.

Entry price
$486/mo (Standard)
Users included
5 (Standard), 10 (Pro), 15 (Advanced)
Multi-channel sync
Yes
Accounting
Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks, Sage
Manufacturing
Yes (strong)
Est. monthly cost
$486/mo
inFlow Inventory logo

inFlow Inventory

$486/mo est.

Entry price
$180/mo (Entrepreneur)
Users included
2 (Entrepreneur), 5 (Small Biz), 10 (Mid-Size)
Multi-channel sync
Yes (Small Biz+)
Accounting
QuickBooks, Xero
Manufacturing
Yes (assembly)
Est. monthly cost
$486/mo
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Unleashed

$449/mo est.

Entry price
$449/mo (Core)
Users included
3 (Core), 5 (Pro)
Multi-channel sync
Yes
Accounting
Xero, QBO, MYOB
Manufacturing
Yes
Est. monthly cost
$449/mo

Common questions about Fishbowl

The same questions Australian merchants ask before signing up.

  • Fishbowl starts at $319/mo (Essentials) on the Essentials plan, which covers 2 (Essentials), 5 (Growth), 10 (Scale) users. Plans scale up to Growth and Scale tiers as team size and feature requirements grow. Pricing is in USD.

  • Fishbowl has the deepest QuickBooks integration of any inventory platform. It connects to both QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Desktop (Enterprise included), syncing inventory costs, accounts receivable, accounts payable, COGS, and purchase orders in real time. If your business runs QuickBooks as its accounting core, Fishbowl is designed to sit alongside it rather than replace it.

  • Yes. Manufacturing is central to Fishbowl, not an add-on. You can build multi-level bills of materials, raise work orders, track raw-material consumption, and record finished-goods output. This makes it a strong fit for light manufacturers, assemblers, and kitting operations.

  • Yes. Multi-warehouse and multi-location stock tracking is included across all Fishbowl plans. There is no separate per-warehouse fee, so you can manage receiving, transfers, and pick-pack across multiple sites from the same plan.

  • An annual contract is typical for Fishbowl. Monthly billing is less common and may carry a price premium. Most businesses should budget for a 12-month initial term, plus an implementation services cost that varies with complexity.

  • Fishbowl is a US-built product and pricing is in USD. It integrates with Xero in addition to QuickBooks, which extends its relevance to Australian businesses. However, local support resources are limited compared to AU/NZ-origin platforms like Unleashed or Cin7 Core, so budget for a local implementation partner if needed.

  • Fishbowl connects to Shopify, Amazon, and WooCommerce, syncing orders and stock levels automatically. Its integration breadth is narrower than Cin7 Core, so businesses with many concurrent sales channels should verify each specific connection before committing.

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