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Fishbowl Inventory

Fishbowl is rated the #1 best inventory management software for QuickBooks and Xero. Track stock, automate reorders, and manage warehouses. Book a demo!

Fishbowl Inventory is commercial inventory and warehouse software made by Fishbowl. Fishbowl was founded in 2001, and it is based in United States. Its English Wikipedia article has about 35 readers a month on phones.

Made by
Fishbowl
Since
2001
Wikipedia readers on phones
35 a month
Source code
Closed

Website Wikipedia

Judgement

What it is
Complete system
What it does
Inventory, warehouse and light manufacturing software that sits alongside QuickBooks or Xero, available as desktop or cloud.
Adopt it when
A US manufacturer or distributor on QuickBooks needs proper inventory and work orders without switching accounting.
Watch out
The desktop edition feels dated and the QuickBooks sync can be brittle.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Desktop app and cloud service
What the license allows
Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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Under it

Every program, Fishbowl Inventory included, runs on a microchip.

How compilers were built, back to punched paper tape

The description is the maker's own, quoted as written. Facts come from Wikipedia and refresh weekly. Readers are counted on Wikipedia's mobile site only, because automated traffic that Wikimedia does not flag inflates desktop counts.