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Requires iOS 13.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
25 reviewers had the following to say about Fishbowl's features:
High praise and sincere thanks to the folks at Fishbowl Inventory Management!
Pros
*Simple install and setup gets you up and running FAST! *Import/Export features allow you to import inventory data from an existing spreadsheet or csv file, or export reports.
Cons
Customizing reports is not easy, but Fishbowl support can do it for you, for a very reasonable fee.
Rating breakdown
It has all the functionality needed to manage our inventory and warehouse (over 1500 bin locations and 5000 sku's in a 25,000sq ft whse) .
Pros
The activity report is very detailed to track parts and what user touched them last. We import and are able to easily hold the product in our inventory for dollar value but as 'in-transit' (not sellable or pickable) once it sails until it actually hits the door.
Cons
Currently, the Activity Report is losing user ids.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Fishbowl
I would recomment Fishbowl as a Warehouse Management System.
Pros
Great Customer Service (via help line), Easy User Interface, Generous Basic Reports, Gets the Basics of Inventory Management Done
Cons
Difficult when the store has thousands of SKUs to manage, some reports aren't as intuitive as they could/should be or able to be adjusted/customized, formatting of exported reports for some do not make sense for Excel use, Integrations are often very "bumpy"
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Inventory Management, tracking systems, and actualizing our COGS.
Pros
It is simple, easy to use, and has everything a inventory management software should have.
Cons
Report features are lacking and Fishbowl's simplicity can come back to bite you.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Highly Highly recommend this program for inventory management.
Pros
Easy instructions and templates for import and exporting data.
Cons
The Gray, black, White and Green layout theme seems a little serious and I think my workers would appreciate a more cheerful color scheme.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Occasionally
Likelihood to recommend
Kenyon was great instructor, he solve most of our problems.
Pros
Give a lot solutions for inventory management.
Cons
Not very good interface, The reports is not easy to read and the export is very hard to read, it needs a lot of cleaning.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Fishbowl Inventory was a great success in our first year of utilization.
Pros
We really like the data transfer capabilities with an API interface from our website order platform, and the data push into Quick books on the back end.
Cons
We still have challenges with the real time tracking of inventory between locations with using bar-codes, scanners and mobile devices.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Since our business depends on inventory movement of over 4,000 items, it has helped tremendously in time, effort & accuracy.
Pros
System is reliable and like anything else if it is used properly, you can rely on the results for inventory verification, PO status and exporting to QuickBooks.
Cons
the reports feature needs work to better assimilate data as I find the need to get outside help to write reports that I like to see but is nice to see that it assimilates in the system
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Good software to boost your inventory management.
Pros
Fully functional, Fishbowl gives you features you would not find in standard inventory management software.
Cons
Pricing is always a bummer for most people. The pricing range is a bit above average for most small businesses. Better of use for Enterprise companies.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It replaced a very old and unreliable product. By integrating with QuickBooks, we greatly expanded the candidate pool for our accounting department.
Pros
It is a great substitute for the Inventory module of QuickBooks if you need to do a lot of kitting and assemblies as well as calculating landed costs for imports.
Cons
We also had to have custom reports created for some very basic inventory management reports - FB's main purpose.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It is a very efficient software to track inventory in our manufacturing industry.
Pros
Ability to access data anywhere Data preservation
Cons
Relying on third party insurance Data not 100%secure
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Fishbowl
I recommend this product
inventory tracking is easy
Pros
Modules connect to each other. Reports can be modified easily.
Cons
some reports that are exported need to be set up in columns so its easier to pull and sort data.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
Inventory tracking - lot management, picking and shipping procedure, shipping documents integration with QuickBooks - avoid double working
Cons
The connection with QuickBooks is not steady enough. The exporting procedure sometimes get stuck and we can do nothing.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Fishbowl is extremely responsive and has offered great support in setting things up.
Pros
I love that I can control everything that happens with my inventory and stock all through one system.
Cons
It is difficult to customize reports and they are limited.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
We use it for inventory, product, kitting management, sales orders, purchase orders, BOL's, packlists and invoicing.
Pros
Ease of use, and integration with Quickbooks - good value compared to other solutions
Cons
Don't have time to learn I-Report, and the report data base is not easy to figure out.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Fishbowl
Know what you are looking to accomplish with this product in regards to what your current software will not do.
It is a great inventory management system for small-medium sized companies, especially ones that don't have a ton of SKU's and have fairly simple reporting requirements.
Pros
It does most of what we've needed it to do.
Cons
It can be sluggish, slow, and is very difficult to get custom reporting without having a jasper reports coder on staff
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
This was the inventory software at my last job.
Pros
Good reporting and integration.
Cons
Some parts of the software in the beginning felt difficult to navigate through, making the learning curve tricky for someone who had not previously used inventory management software.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Only integrates with Quickbook if all conditions are perfect.
So, if you have a wordpress based ecommerce website FB provides automated Real time inventory update and order processing system.
Pros
All the mentioned features makes it very useful. The system is module based and very user friendly and provides unique features at much competitive price then all other vendors. They provide hosting envrironment where in the FB system using a browser.
Cons
I could not find any so far.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Fishbowl
Good to system to use when you have ecommerce website and multiple warehouse locations. All you need is simple computers and you can access this system from anywhere.
The issues lie with reporting and data searching. To be able to find useful information, you either need to pay thousands for a report, thousands for a data query, or have an IT expert on staff.
Pros
Tracking of inventory, reporting, Wiki help, Exporting information to Quickbooks, ability to integrate with our ecommerce site.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Except for some of the reporting weakness it is a solid program that accomplishes just about everything you need for sales order processing, purchasing as well as inventroy control.
Pros
Easy of use - intuitive screens and facilitating data entry. Quick learning curve - was able to get most of my staff feeling comfortable with the program within a few hours.
Cons
Missing some what I consider standard inventory control reporting and serialize item control.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
Fishbowl has been great at tracking our inventory. There is not much that it can't do.
Cons
I wish their reports were a little more customizable on our end.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
It also makes purchasing inventory a breeze with in depth historical reporting and sales forecasting.
Pros
I also like that they have a direct import and export function to link with our eCommerce site.
Cons
The menu and navigation can seem a bit convoluted, but I'm convinced this is the case with any software boasting so much functionality.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Recommendations to others considering Fishbowl
Pair this software with a handheld inventory scanner running Fishbowl mobile.
