--- title: Fishbowl Inventory Reviews meta\_title: 'Fishbowl Inventory Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 274 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Fishbowl Inventory works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.0 review\_count: 274 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Inventory Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/inventory-management --- # Fishbowl Inventory Reviews & Product Details Visit Website Fishbowl is a comprehensive inventory, warehousing, and manufacturing solution specifically designed for small to medium-sized businesses. This software aims to streamline operations by providing users with essential tools for effective inventory management, material requirements planning (MRP), job shop floor control, and work order management. With its versatile deployment options, Fishbowl can be utilized either on-premise or hosted in the cloud, catering to the diverse needs of businesses. The target audience for Fishbowl includes small to medium enterprises that require robust inventory management capabilities to enhance their operational efficiency. Businesses in various sectors, including manufacturing, retail, and distribution, can benefit from Fishbowl's extensive features. Specific use cases range from tracking inventory across multiple locations to managing complex manufacturing processes, making it a valuable asset for companies looking to optimize their supply chain and production workflows. Key features of Fishbowl encompass a wide array of functionalities that facilitate efficient inventory management. Users can take advantage of barcode printing and scanning, enabling quick and accurate tracking of items. The software supports tracking by lot number, serial number, expiration date, and custom criteria, allowing for precise inventory control. Additionally, Fishbowl offers multi-currency conversions, automatic reorder points, and seamless sales order to purchase order functionality, which simplifies procurement processes. The ability to create multilevel work orders, bills of materials, and manufacturer orders further enhances the software's capability to manage complex manufacturing tasks. Fishbowl stands out in its category by offering unlimited custom fields, customer and vendor profiles, pricing rules, and units of measure, providing businesses with the flexibility to tailor the software to their specific needs. Furthermore, Fishbowl integrates with numerous shopping carts, shippers, CRM systems, and accounting software, ensuring a cohesive workflow across various platforms. In addition to its core functionalities, Fishbowl provides several complementary business solutions that enhance its inventory management capabilities. These include Fishbowl Channels for multichannel product listings and order fulfillment, Fishbowl Checkout for point-of-sale transactions, and Fishbowl for Salesforce for CRM integration. The Fishbowl Mobile App allows for barcode scanning and warehouse management on-the-go, while Fishbowl ShipExpress offers streamlined shipping solutions. Lastly, Fishbowl Time provides an online employee time clock, further supporting operational efficiency. * * * Product Website Fishbowl Inventory Seller [Fishbowl Inventory](https://www.g2.com/sellers/fishbowl-inventory) Discussions [Fishbowl Inventory Community](https://www.g2.com/products/fishbowl-inventory/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Andrew Davis Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Fishbowl Inventory. ### Fishbowl Drive Starting at $349.00 2 Users Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/fishbowl-inventory/pricing) ## Fishbowl Inventory Integrations (6) What do users say about integrations? Verified by Fishbowl Inventory [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") BigCommerce ](https://www.g2.com/products/bigcommerce/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") HubSpot Sales Hub ](https://www.g2.com/products/hubspot-sales-hub/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") QuickBooks Online ](https://www.g2.com/products/quickbooks-online/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Rithum ](https://www.g2.com/products/rithum/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") ShipStation ](https://www.g2.com/products/shipstation/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Shopify Plus ](https://www.g2.com/products/shopify-plus/reviews) Show More ![Nikki J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nikki J.") NJ Nikki J. Full Charge Bookkeeper Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/14/2024 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "Fishbowl Advanced Recommended" 5/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? I loved how easy it is to use not only for inventory, but sales orders, ordering from vendors, keeping up to date with cyce counting, creating orders ect... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? Once you do something and hit submit there is usually no going back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? Cycle counting, ordering product, customer sales orders, ordering from vendors, reconciling invoices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Robert Lockard of Fishbowl Inventory [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fishbowl-inventory-review-10509493/official_response/edit) Our goal at Fishbowl is to be the total package, and we're glad to hear that we're providing the ease of use and feature set you need to keep everything up to date. That's a good point about often not being able to go back once you've hit submit. There are some things you can modify after the fact, such as what you mentioned about reconciling invoices and cycle counting items in your inventory. Plus, you can cancel or unissue sales orders after they've been issued. I hope that helps. Thank you for sharing your review! [See how Fishbowl Inventory improved](https://help.fishbowlinventory.com/s/article/Sales-Order#Module_buttons) Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller CL Charlotte L. Inventory Control Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/22/2024 "While it has a lot of helpful functions, the ones I would need in place the most don't exist." 2/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? The options to create our own names, locations, descriptions, etc for each product, with options for substitutions. Also the functionality of the order/picking/shipping modules are a time saver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? There seem to be modules that don't quite work the way they should. When creating a BOM list for pulling certain parts, there seems to be an algorithm misstep to the inventory numbers. Also, it's incredibly frustration that one has to have a price in the "inventory" module in order to show up in certain reports, even when that price has already been listed in the "parts" and "product" modules. There's also no notifications that happen. Even if you request them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? When pulling orders inventory is automatically removed. I can also pull reports to see what the fastest moving items are or what doesn't move at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller GM Gilda M. VP of Operations and Business Development Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/14/2024 "FIshbowl Software Review" 4/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? It is a good software to keep inventory count up to date. The support team was great at helping me install the software. I use it every day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? I wish i could be more specific with manufacture and work orders features and adjustments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? It is helping with keeping all inventory in correct locations so that we have full visibility of where the inventory is as it can be on the water, in the air, at the decorator, in transit, etc.... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Robert Lockard of Fishbowl Inventory [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fishbowl-inventory-review-10509421/official_response/edit) Thank you for sharing your thoughts on how Fishbowl has helped your business. I also appreciate you voicing your question about manufacture orders and work orders. I have linked below to Fishbowl's Manufacture Order documentation article to hopefully explain how they work in Fishbowl. And you can bet that our support team is happy to answer your questions and help you make the most of specific manufacturing features. You rock! [See how Fishbowl Inventory improved](https://help.fishbowlinventory.com/s/article/Manufacture-Order) Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Carolina S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Carolina S.") CS Carolina S. Inventory Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/21/2024 "Great Improvement from where we were but needs work still" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? The ability to easily add custom fields is very beneficial for creating custom data queries. This has allowed to more easily access data for weekly and monthly reporting. I love the ability to create custom queries. I enjoy that there are different options to contant customer support. I have often been able to readily resolve server issues through web chat. Overall Fishbowl has allowed our organization to automate a lot of order flow processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? The inventory reports not reflecting backdated transactions is incredibly chanelling for us as we rely solely on thirty party manufacturers to produce our product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? With FishBowl we are now able to see all of our open orders regardless of the channel. That is something we previously were not able to do very easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Carlos R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Carlos R.") CR Carlos R. Logistic/Warehouse Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/19/2024 "Beginner Friendly" 5/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? I like the constant communication and weekly meetings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? There is nothing that I dislike about Fishbowl at the moment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? Fishbowl is helping at cutting human error. By automating multiple tasks, human error is reduced significantly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Robert Lockard of Fishbowl Inventory [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fishbowl-inventory-review-10533321/official_response/edit) Thank you for your kind words! We love hearing from wonderful customers like you, and we're inspired to keep working hard to satisfy all of your inventory management needs. We've built our software in a way that we hope to be able to grow with small businesses like yours and help you every step of the way from implementation to adding more advanced features to your repertoire as you need them. Have a happy Thanksgiving! Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Jennifer W.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jennifer W.") JW Jennifer W. CEO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/22/2024 "Small business operations software for tracking shelf life and other capabilities" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? It is user friendly and simple to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? The fact most stock reports do not have what you need. You must have custom reporting done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? Lot traceability, shelf life control FIFO/LIFO, and inventory availability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Robert Lockard of Fishbowl Inventory [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fishbowl-inventory-review-8871950/official_response/edit) Thank you for your kind and thoughtful review. You are awesome! It's wonderful to hear that Fishbowl is serving you well. We have good news about custom reporting. You'll be happy to know that there's a new AI resource (Fishbowl AI Insights), which makes it much easier to generate custom reports to meet your needs for both stock reports and every other kind of report in Fishbowl Advanced. We'll continue to make improvements like this to give you what you need. [See how Fishbowl Inventory improved](https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/fishbowl-ai-insights) 11/25/2024 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller CB Cynde B. Supply Chain and IT Specialist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/19/2024 "Fishbowl is an easy program to implement & train people on. Has helped tremendously in out Shipping" 5/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? I love the Monitor View, with shorts.... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? Some of the reports dont work with our policies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? Helps with shipping issues, and also monitoring inventory for procurement Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Robert Lockard of Fishbowl Inventory [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fishbowl-inventory-review-10533065/official_response/edit) We're so glad you find the Monitor module useful. You must be a really awesome user to have discovered the usefulness of watches on parts in Fishbowl! There are so many helpful things like that that we aim to give you in our software. I apologize that some of Fishbowl's reports haven't worked with your policies. The good news is that we have a new tool called Fishbowl AI Insights, which will most likely make report issues a thing of the past. Please contact your Account Manager to get started with this plugin, and then you'll be able to customize reports to meet your exact needs without needing to go through our Custom Reports team. Custom reports will be much faster and easier to generate, allowing you to use them in the exact ways that work for your business. And that's just scratching the surface of everything Fishbowl AI Insights can do for you. Learn more at the link below. [See how Fishbowl Inventory improved](https://www.fishbowlinventory.com/fishbowl-ai-insights) 5/20/2025 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Reanna D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Reanna D.") RD Reanna D. Director of Accounting & Administration Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/28/2024 "Solution for tracking lot numbers" 4/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? The modules in Fishbowl are very easy to understand and use. It also offers lot tracking and expiry date tracking, which many software systems do not. Customer service has always been fantastic. We use this software daily and it is crucial for our daily operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? There is minimal customizations for the standard reports and to get a truly custom report, there is a hefty price associated with it. There were also some hiccups with integrations as new capabilities come out that some of the tech support was unable to resolve for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? We could not find a software previously that could effectively track lot numbers. Fishbowl checked that box for us. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Defense & Space](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Defense & Space") AD Verified User in Defense & Space Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/23/2024 "A good solution for most business needs." 4/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? Fishbowl inventory is simple and built on a relational database using MySQL. There are loads of training materials available, and this combination allows for a quick to achieve and deep understanding of the software. Fishbowl works as an excellent CRM for order and inventory tracking. The system has a very clean layout, where it does not take long to know where to go to solve a task or problem. Connections to the software via API and import/export are extremely handy. I found the Fishbowl staff to be very pleasent and helpful on most all topics (albeit perhaps a bit understaffed). Great software, I am sure it will continue to grow, and at a later time, would be happy to adjust my review. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? Fishbowl's value as an MES is somewhat to be desired. I feel that in 2024, it is hard to justfy not including some pretty standard ERP functions when creating BoMs and work orders. Even though the software is easy to understand, it is not incredibly user friendly. I feel that many of the operations people perform day to day could be streamlined with dropdowns or auto sourcing. There also seems to be somewhat of a disconnect between modules involved in the same functions. For instance, the picking and shipping modules are unable to produce all the information that may exist on the sales order module. Not a big fan of paying for user seats. Nothing more irritating than needing to get some work done and the login limit has been reached. This is a payment scale that benifits the user with options, but requires much more interaction to maintain usability. Should not be a problem for smaller organizations. Finally, (one that has come up recently) the 'inventory tag' that applies to items treats them as seperate inventories, almost as if they are different parts with the same part number. The only place I have seen to view this 'tag' that defines them, is in the picking module, which makes it extraordinarly difficult to discover which items are which, since you cannot even view the tag number in the inventorys of the parts. (another example of disconnect between modules.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? Fishbowl is allowing us to track inventory across the company. It allows us to schedule sales demand. Finally it allows us reporting, and generally high visibility of the former. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Verified User in Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Manufacturing") AM Verified User in Manufacturing Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/16/2025 "Great system but a few issues" 4/5 What do you like best about Fishbowl Inventory? Fishbowl is really good at tracking inventory, sales, and purchasing. Easy to use. There is a lot of information that it tracks that is very helpful for reporting. Fishbowl has an amazing support staff that is easy to reach and knowledable about the software. It works really well with QBO. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Fishbowl Inventory? There are some issues with receiving/reconciling that can cause problems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Fishbowl Inventory solving and how is that benefiting you? Fishbowl is really great at tracking inventory movement and usage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Robert Lockard of Fishbowl Inventory [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/fishbowl-inventory-review-10740642/official_response/edit) Thank you for your review of Fishbowl. We definitely aim to provide user-friendly, feature-rich software to great customers like you. If anyone has a question or concern about receiving/reconciling orders, we have written documentation and experienced support staff to help. You're awesome! [See how Fishbowl Inventory improved](https://help.fishbowlinventory.com/advanced/s/article/Receiving) Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ## Questions about Fishbowl Inventory? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about Fishbowl Inventory ](https://www.g2.com/products/fishbowl-inventory/discussions/new) ![Adam R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Adam R.") 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