Fishbowl Advanced is inventory management software connecting inventory with production for manufacturers and distribution-heavy operations. Its bill-of-materials tools handle manufacturing, maintenance, disassembly, and repair jobs. Teams can customize BOM templates with images and notes, track labor hours, labor costs, and other intangible costs, then send manufacturing costs to accounting platforms such as QuickBooks. Templates can become manufacture orders, while trigger points can start work orders automatically. Advanced Manufacturing adds sub-assemblies, configurations, MRP, production scheduling, job and labor costing, made-to-order builds, and lot and batch traceability. Advanced Warehouse covers complex fulfillment and transfer orders, payment processing, permissions, audit trails, EDI, and multi-warehouse or 3PL workflows. Plans start at $595.00 USD per month for Advanced Warehouse and $675.00 USD per month for Advanced Manufacturing, with quote-based final pricing. Cloud hosting is included, and implementation includes migration, training certification, and go-live support.
Who it is for
It suits small to midsize manufacturers and distribution-heavy operations needing inventory, production, BOM, warehouse, and accounting integration. Hybrid deployment spans web, desktop systems, API access, and listed integrations.
What is good
- BOMs support manufacturing, maintenance, disassembly, and repair
- Templates include images, notes, and cost details
- Automatic work-order triggers and manufacture orders
- Advanced Manufacturing includes MRP and traceability
- Advanced Warehouse supports multi-warehouse and 3PL workflows
What to know first
- No free plan
- Plans start at $595.00 USD per month
- Final pricing requires a quote
- macOS support is limited and Linux unsupported
Verdict
Fishbowl Advanced combines inventory, production, BOM, warehouse, costing, and integration features for larger operational workflows. Its starting prices are high, and deployment involves required implementation support plus platform limitations outside Windows.
Fishbowl Advanced plans and pricing
All plansCompared on bill of materials software
- Free plan
- No
- Revision control
- Yes
- Multi-level BOMs
- Yes
- Inventory integration
- Yes
- Deployment
- hybrid
