Fishbowl review

Fishbowl is the pick for manufacturers who want production control without leaving QuickBooks. The Advanced Manufacturing plan adds full BOMs with sub-assemblies and configurations, MRP and production scheduling, work orders and made-to-order builds, job, labor and landed costing, and lot and batch traceability, while the deep QuickBooks Online, Desktop and Enterprise integration keeps the books where your accountant already works. Mobile barcode scanning is part of every plan, which helps with material issues and receiving on the floor. Fishbowl publishes starting prices: inventory plans start at $229 a month billed annually with two users, and Advanced Manufacturing starts at $675 a month for teams from 2 users to 200+, with the final quote set by users and deployment. It ranks last here because it relies on QuickBooks for the general ledger and offers less planning depth than the full ERPs above, so growing plants may outgrow it.

Who it is for

Assemblers and build-to-order manufacturers that keep QuickBooks as their accounting system.

Price

Advanced Manufacturing from $675 a month, priced by users and deployment; inventory plans from $229.

Advanced Manufacturing from $675/mo
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 6, 2026.

Key features

• Full BOMs with sub-assemblies and configurations
• MRP and production scheduling
• Job, labor and landed costing
• Work orders and made-to-order builds with lot and batch traceability
• Deep QuickBooks Online, Desktop and Enterprise integration with mobile barcode scanning

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Keeps QuickBooks as the general ledger
• Strength: Published starting prices with cloud hosting included
• Strength: Mobile barcode scanning across plans
• Weakness: Manufacturing features need the Advanced Manufacturing plan
• Weakness: Not a full ERP with its own general ledger
• Weakness: Final price depends on users and deployment

Key facts

• Plans: Essentials $229, Growth $429, Scale $729, Advanced Warehouse from $595, Advanced Manufacturing from $675 a month
• Team size: Advanced plans for teams from 2 users to 200+
• Accounting: QuickBooks Online, Desktop and Enterprise; Xero on lower plans
• Deployment: Cloud hosting included, with flexible deployment

Where it ranks

Fishbowl is No. 9 in our Best ERP for Manufacturing verdict.