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Fishbowl Inventory
Cloud inventory and warehousing product within the Fishbowl family. It is listed separately from Fishbowl Manufacturing and Fishbowl Commerce Suite.
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What to know
Compare Fishbowl Inventory scope by UK tier, including stock control, fulfillment, lot traceability, web access and connector boundaries.
Where it fits and how warehouse work moves
For small and mid-market businesses seeking browser-based inventory and warehouse workflows, with tier selection tied to fulfillment and lot-control requirements.
The UK Inventory comparison distinguishes Essentials, Growth and Scale: Growth lists pick, receive and ship work, while Scale lists lot traceability and audit features.
Documented functions and operating conditions
- Deployment: Cloud
- Deployment: Fishbowl Inventory is described as cloud-native inventory and warehousing software. Condition: Fishbowl Manufacturing is separately described as cloud-hosted; its deployment choices are not assigned to Inventory.
- UK Inventory Essentials includes stock/SKU tracking, reorder points and mobile barcode scanning. Condition: UK Inventory Essentials block only, not Advanced Warehouse or Manufacturing; app/hardware prerequisites are unresolved.
- UK Inventory Growth lists picking, receiving, shipping/fulfilment, automated reordering, multichannel selling and transfer orders. The same UK comparison marks transfer orders “Coming soon”; confirm release availability before relying on transfers. Condition: Growth card wording; availability is unresolved.
- UK Inventory Scale adds lot forward/backward traceability, audit trails and advanced permissions. Condition: Scale entitlement only. GMP/FDA/ISO document labels do not establish certification or guaranteed compliance.
- Connected systems: QuickBooks Online; Xero Condition: The UK Inventory Essentials card names these connections. Desktop appears in family/Advanced material and is not inherited by Inventory.
- Connected systems: Spark Shipping explicitly connects to Fishbowl Inventory and the separately named Advanced/Manufacturing product. Condition: Requires a Spark Shipping account and supplier/channel/routing configuration; this is a third-party integration, not a built-in Inventory entitlement.
- Through Spark Shipping, supplier feeds update stock/catalogue data, rules route supplier orders and tracking can be written back to Fishbowl. Condition: Only through separately configured Spark Shipping. Sync timing is configurable; typical intervals do not establish zero-lag operation.
- Industry applications: Food and beverage; Chemicals Condition: Named audiences for UK Inventory Scale lot-tracked operations; industry wording does not prove regulatory compliance.
- Supplier-stated business-size fit: Small and mid-market businesses Condition: Inventory-specific supplier positioning. The separate Advanced platform is recommended for manufacturing, 3PL and EDI-heavy operations; this is not a hard employee, SKU or site ceiling.
- Supported platform: Web Condition: The Inventory FAQ describes access from a browser and phone without a local server. No supported mobile OS, browser version, scanner model or offline behaviour is established.
- Fishbowl Inventory is distinct from Manufacturing, Advanced Warehouse and Commerce Suite; family-level Desktop, mobile and EDI material does not establish Inventory support.
- Inventory QuickBooks and Xero scope is separate from Advanced setup; directionality and current connector prerequisites still need confirmation.
What to validate in your operation
Walk one Inventory receipt-to-fulfilment flow at the proposed tier, then verify lot and audit entitlements against the UK comparison.
- Keep Inventory separate from Fishbowl Manufacturing, Advanced Warehouse and Commerce Suite when mapping scope.
- Ask Fishbowl to confirm whether transfer orders are released for the proposed UK Growth subscription before relying on them.
- Confirm QuickBooks directionality, device prerequisites and the separately configured Spark Shipping connection for the selected Inventory tier.
Scope and limitations
Fishbowl Inventory is the cloud inventory and warehousing product in the Fishbowl family, separate from Manufacturing and Commerce Suite.
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At a glance
What Fishbowl Inventory does
Use this summary to decide whether the documented scope fits your warehouse. Edition and workflow details are listed below.
Cloud inventory and warehousing product within the Fishbowl family. It is listed separately from Fishbowl Manufacturing and Fishbowl Commerce Suite.
UK Inventory Essentials includes stock/SKU tracking, reorder points and mobile barcode scanning. — UK Inventory Essentials block only, not Advanced Warehouse or Manufacturing; app/hardware prerequisites are unresolved. · UK Inventory Growth adds picking, receiving, shipping/fulfilment, automated reordering, multichannel selling and transfer orders, with unlimited warehouses advertised. — Growth card wording. The same page later labels transfer orders Coming soon in its matrix; availability needs confirmation before relying on them. · UK Inventory Scale adds lot forward/backward traceability, audit trails and advanced permissions. — Scale entitlement only. GMP/FDA/ISO document labels do not establish certification or guaranteed compliance. · Through Spark Shipping, supplier feeds update stock/catalogue data, rules route supplier orders and tracking can be written back to Fishbowl. — Only through separately configured Spark Shipping. Sync timing is configurable; typical intervals do not establish zero-lag operation.
QuickBooks Online — The UK Inventory Essentials card names these connections. Desktop appears in family/Advanced material and is not inherited by Inventory. · Xero — The UK Inventory Essentials card names these connections. Desktop appears in family/Advanced material and is not inherited by Inventory. · Spark Shipping explicitly connects to Fishbowl Inventory and the separately named Advanced/Manufacturing product. — Requires a Spark Shipping account and supplier/channel/routing configuration; this is a third-party integration, not a built-in Inventory entitlement.
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Plans and ownership costs
Pricing
Pricing checked
Confirm the plan, billing unit, minimum term and required modules before comparing a quote.
- plan
- Inventory Essentials — UK offer
- billing period
- annually
- minimum commitment
- Unknown — minimum commitment not established by the reviewed sources
- required modules
- included
- 2 users
- tax note
- UK GBP offer excludes VAT; tax rate/total not established
Plans and terms
Some pricing sources could not be accessed when checked 2026-10-28; the terms reflect available information.
UK Inventory rates are GBP150/310/550 per month, billed annually and excluding VAT, for Essentials/Growth/Scale. A required implementation package is additional and unpriced; comparison-table readiness conflicts need confirmation.
Essentials — UK
GBP 150 / subscription / month
Billing: annually
Minimum commitment: Not established
Included
- 2 users; stock/SKU tracking, reorder alerts and mobile barcode scanning
- QuickBooks Online/Xero sync advertised
Limits
- Manufacturing/BOM/work-order/MRP excluded from Inventory
- Card and comparison-table readiness statements conflict; confirm quoted scope
- Warehouse allowance not established from its card
- QuickBooks directionality/readiness needs confirmation
Additional costs
- Required implementation package; amount unknown
- Integration/portal/report add-on scope and amounts require confirmation
Advertised UK package rate, not per-user or all-in implementation cost. VAT excluded. Demo request is not proof of a free trial.
Growth — UK
GBP 310 / subscription / month
Billing: annually
Minimum commitment: Not established
Included
- 5 users; Essentials scope; pick/receive/ship, automated reordering, ecommerce and AI insights
- Unlimited warehouses
Limits
- Manufacturing/BOM/work-order/MRP excluded from Inventory
- Card and comparison-table readiness statements conflict; confirm quoted scope
- Transfer-order, tax-automation and QuickBooks-readiness claims conflict with table roadmap labels
Additional costs
- Required implementation package; amount unknown
- Integration/portal/report add-on scope and amounts require confirmation
- Demand forecasting is an add-on
Advertised UK package rate, not per-user or all-in implementation cost. VAT excluded. Demo request is not proof of a free trial.
Scale — UK
GBP 550 / subscription / month
Billing: annually
Minimum commitment: Not established
Included
- 10 users; Growth scope; forecasting/planning and forward/backward lot traceability
- Audit/access controls, document features, AI automation and advanced reports advertised
Limits
- Manufacturing/BOM/work-order/MRP excluded from Inventory
- Card and comparison-table readiness statements conflict; confirm quoted scope
- Audit/access-control roadmap labels differ from current card wording
Additional costs
- Required implementation package; amount unknown
- Integration/portal/report add-on scope and amounts require confirmation
Advertised UK package rate, not per-user or all-in implementation cost. VAT excluded. Demo request is not proof of a free trial.
What can change your total cost
- Plan/user entitlement and required implementation change the total. Migration excludes history; implementation describes6–8weeks of training and go-live support.
- Forecasting is extra on Growth; the comparison lists integration, portal and report add-ons without safely mapped UK rates.
Terms to confirm
- Minimum contract, renewal, cancellation/refund and payment schedule beyond annual billing
- Extra-user price; Essentials warehouse allowance; API and integration limits
- Implementation amount, hardware, optional services and ongoing support/SLA scope
- Exact add-on amounts and which comparison columns apply
- Country eligibility outside UK; tax rate and all-in quote
- Software trial availability/duration and exact release readiness
Before you choose
- The monthly rate is billed annually; no annual total or per-user rate is calculated.
- These are UK GBP terms, not a global price or a USD conversion.
- Transfer orders and two-way QuickBooks claims on cards conflict with coming-soon table labels. Tax and audit/access roadmap wording also needs confirmation.
- The GBP page contains$50/month integration entries and an Australian-support label; neither is converted or assigned to a UK Inventory plan.
- Advanced rates are excluded. Maker Advanced / Manufacturing wording is retained solely as a future R06 source note, not a new entity or an Inventory price.
- No Commerce Suite price, license boundary, legacy aggregate rating or review is transferred.
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Documented scope
Features and constraints
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Capabilities retain their documented conditions. A feature not listed here has not been verified for this edition.
- UK Inventory Essentials includes stock/SKU tracking, reorder points and mobile barcode scanning.UK Inventory Essentials block only, not Advanced Warehouse or Manufacturing; app/hardware prerequisites are unresolved.
- UK Inventory Growth adds picking, receiving, shipping/fulfilment, automated reordering, multichannel selling and transfer orders, with unlimited warehouses advertised.Growth card wording. The same page later labels transfer orders Coming soon in its matrix; availability needs confirmation before relying on them.
- UK Inventory Scale adds lot forward/backward traceability, audit trails and advanced permissions.Scale entitlement only. GMP/FDA/ISO document labels do not establish certification or guaranteed compliance.
- Through Spark Shipping, supplier feeds update stock/catalogue data, rules route supplier orders and tracking can be written back to Fishbowl.Only through separately configured Spark Shipping. Sync timing is configurable; typical intervals do not establish zero-lag operation.
Full product details and conditions
| Field | Value and conditions |
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| identity | Fishbowl Inventory |
| warehouse application | Cloud inventory and warehousing product within the Fishbowl family. It is listed separately from Fishbowl Manufacturing and Fishbowl Commerce Suite. |
| deployment | Cloud |
| deployment | Fishbowl Inventory is described as cloud-native inventory and warehousing software. Fishbowl Manufacturing is separately described as cloud-hosted; its deployment choices are not assigned to Inventory. |
| capabilities | UK Inventory Essentials includes stock/SKU tracking, reorder points and mobile barcode scanning. UK Inventory Essentials block only, not Advanced Warehouse or Manufacturing; app/hardware prerequisites are unresolved. |
| capabilities | UK Inventory Growth adds picking, receiving, shipping/fulfilment, automated reordering, multichannel selling and transfer orders, with unlimited warehouses advertised. Growth card wording. The same page later labels transfer orders Coming soon in its matrix; availability needs confirmation before relying on them. |
| capabilities | UK Inventory Scale adds lot forward/backward traceability, audit trails and advanced permissions. Scale entitlement only. GMP/FDA/ISO document labels do not establish certification or guaranteed compliance. |
| integrations | QuickBooks Online, Xero The UK Inventory Essentials card names these connections. Desktop appears in family/Advanced material and is not inherited by Inventory. |
| integrations | Spark Shipping explicitly connects to Fishbowl Inventory and the separately named Advanced/Manufacturing product. Requires a Spark Shipping account and supplier/channel/routing configuration; this is a third-party integration, not a built-in Inventory entitlement. |
| capabilities | Through Spark Shipping, supplier feeds update stock/catalogue data, rules route supplier orders and tracking can be written back to Fishbowl. Only through separately configured Spark Shipping. Sync timing is configurable; typical intervals do not establish zero-lag operation. |
| industries | Food and beverage, Chemicals Named audiences for UK Inventory Scale lot-tracked operations; industry wording does not prove regulatory compliance. |
| business size | Small and mid-market businesses Inventory-specific supplier positioning. The separate Advanced platform is recommended for manufacturing, 3PL and EDI-heavy operations; this is not a hard employee, SKU or site ceiling. |
| platforms | Web The Inventory FAQ describes access from a browser and phone without a local server. No supported mobile OS, browser version, scanner model or offline behaviour is established. |
Field status and conditions
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| capabilities | partially verified |
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| offline | unknown after check |
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Scope and conditions
- Cloud: Fishbowl Manufacturing is separately described as cloud-hosted; its deployment choices are not assigned to Inventory.
- SKU tracking: UK Inventory Essentials block only, not Advanced Warehouse or Manufacturing; app/hardware prerequisites are unresolved.
- Reorder points: UK Inventory Essentials block only, not Advanced Warehouse or Manufacturing; app/hardware prerequisites are unresolved.
- Mobile barcode scanning: UK Inventory Essentials block only, not Advanced Warehouse or Manufacturing; app/hardware prerequisites are unresolved.
- Picking and receiving: Growth card wording. The same page later labels transfer orders Coming soon in its matrix; availability needs confirmation before relying on them.
- Order fulfilment: Growth card wording. The same page later labels transfer orders Coming soon in its matrix; availability needs confirmation before relying on them.
- Automated reordering: Growth card wording. The same page later labels transfer orders Coming soon in its matrix; availability needs confirmation before relying on them.
- Lot traceability: Scale entitlement only. GMP/FDA/ISO document labels do not establish certification or guaranteed compliance.
- Audit trails: Scale entitlement only. GMP/FDA/ISO document labels do not establish certification or guaranteed compliance.
- Advanced permissions: Scale entitlement only. GMP/FDA/ISO document labels do not establish certification or guaranteed compliance.
- QuickBooks Online: The UK Inventory Essentials card names these connections. Desktop appears in family/Advanced material and is not inherited by Inventory.
- Xero: The UK Inventory Essentials card names these connections. Desktop appears in family/Advanced material and is not inherited by Inventory.
- Spark Shipping: Requires a Spark Shipping account and supplier/channel/routing configuration; this is a third-party integration, not a built-in Inventory entitlement.
- Supplier-feed sync via Spark Shipping: Only through separately configured Spark Shipping. Sync timing is configurable; typical intervals do not establish zero-lag operation.
- Dropship routing via Spark Shipping: Only through separately configured Spark Shipping. Sync timing is configurable; typical intervals do not establish zero-lag operation.
- Food and beverage: Named audiences for UK Inventory Scale lot-tracked operations; industry wording does not prove regulatory compliance.
- Chemicals: Named audiences for UK Inventory Scale lot-tracked operations; industry wording does not prove regulatory compliance.
- Small and medium-sized businesses: Inventory-specific supplier positioning. The separate Advanced platform is recommended for manufacturing, 3PL and EDI-heavy operations; this is not a hard employee, SKU or site ceiling.
- Web: The Inventory FAQ describes access from a browser and phone without a local server. No supported mobile OS, browser version, scanner model or offline behaviour is established.
- Inventory is distinct from Manufacturing, Advanced Warehouse and Commerce Suite. General navigation and Advanced Desktop/mobile/EDI features are not proof of Inventory support.
- The Growth card advertises transfer orders, while the same UK matrix says Coming soon at L507-L508. This is flagged for reviewed follow-up; existing facts and prices are not withdrawn or overwritten.
- The global Inventory page separates finished-goods Inventory from Advanced manufacturing/3PL/EDI, and explicitly says Inventory plans exclude BOMs, work orders and MRP. The global tour and Growth card do not resolve the retained UK transfer-order Coming soon conflict or justify inheriting Advanced manufacturing features.
- The fresh QuickBooks Online guide specifies Advanced setup and names Fishbowl Drive/Advanced mobile clients. Its Plus/Advanced accounting prerequisites and Desktop/OS statements are not assigned to current cloud Inventory. Inventory QBO/Xero support remains based on its own plan and FAQ.
- The subscription terms define purchased products, usage limits and services through the executed Order Form. They cover multiple product versions; desktop rights and optional hosting are not proof that Inventory can be self-hosted. No country-by-country eligibility or Inventory UI-language list was established.
- The fresh global pricing page again separates cloud Inventory finished-goods plans from Advanced manufacturing/3PL/EDI. Its comparison matrix still marks Transfer orders Coming soon, whereas the carried UK Growth card and global Inventory tour advertise transfers. There is no confirmed UK/global release resolution; no automatic withdrawal or unconditional transfer claim is proposed.
- The global comparison also marks QBO bi-directional sync Coming soon, while Inventory Growth marketing describes two-way QuickBooks sync. Basic QBO/Xero names remain supported, but directionality, released entitlement and current Inventory connector prerequisites need confirmation. The detailed integration setup page names Advanced and cannot settle Inventory support.
- Bounded two-product depth assessment after both newly issued exact follow-ups were inspected. All nine fields per product are addressed with supported conditions or explicit bounded unknowns. Core help is access-limited; Fishbowl transfer and QBO-directionality conflicts remain unresolved and conditional. No more specific new public prerequisite article was exposed by these two follow-ups; broad marketing/navigation and private support portals are not pursued. Author submission awaits independent QA; all-four completion still requires both product pairs and reviewed main imports.
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