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Alternatives to Fishbowl
23 erp tools sit alongside Fishbowl in this directory. Below is what separates each from Fishbowl on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 7
- Cheaper to start
- 7
- Fishbowl starts at
- $4395/one-time
Why people look past Fishbowl
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Fishbowl entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Fishbowl starts at $4395/one-time. Across the 7 erp tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $349/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Fishbowl carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 7 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Cloud inventory management for growing businesses
- Starts $4046 a month cheaper, at $349/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than one-time.
- 4 tiers to Fishbowl's 2.
Industry-specific cloud ERP solutions
- Starts $1895 a month cheaper, at $2500/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than one-time.
Affordable cloud MRP for small manufacturers
- Can be used without paying; Fishbowl cannot.
- Starts $4346 a month cheaper, at $49/month.
Cloud-based enterprise resource planning with AI capabilities
- Starts $895 a month cheaper, at $3500/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than one-time.
Modular open source ERP in Python with a five year support window on major releases only
- Can be used without paying; Fishbowl cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than one-time.
- 1 tier to Fishbowl's 2.
French open source ERP and CRM with a low-code studio for changing the data model without forking
- Can be used without paying; Fishbowl cannot.
- Starts $4360 a month cheaper, at $35/month.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than one-time.
- 3 tiers to Fishbowl's 2.
Every Fishbowl alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fishbowl (this page) | $4395/one-time | One-time | 2 | |
| DEAR SystemsCloud inventory management for growing businesses | $349/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Fishbowl |
| Infor CloudSuiteIndustry-specific cloud ERP solutions | $2500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Fishbowl |
| MRPeasyAffordable cloud MRP for small manufacturers | Free, then $49/month | - | 2 | vs Fishbowl |
| Oracle ERP CloudCloud-based enterprise resource planning with AI capabilities | $3500/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Fishbowl |
| Tryton | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Axelor | Free, then $35/month | Per user per month | 3 | vs Fishbowl |
| Dolibarr | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Fishbowl |
| ADempiere | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| iDempiere | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 2 | vs Fishbowl |
| Apache OFBiz | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Omnea | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| IFS Cloud | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Levelpath | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Rootstock | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Ivalua | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Zycus | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| GEP SMART | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Tyler Enterprise ERP (Munis) | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Unanet | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Fishbowl |
| QAD Adaptive ERP | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Zip | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Fishbowl |
| Cin7 Core | $349/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Fishbowl |
| Cin7 | $349/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Fishbowl |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Fishbowl badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Cheaper than Fishbowl (7)
Entry price under Fishbowl's $4395/one-time. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- DEAR Systems , $349/month
- Infor CloudSuite , $2500/month
- MRPeasy , Free, then $49/month
- Oracle ERP Cloud , $3500/month
- Axelor , Free, then $35/month
- Cin7 Core , $349/month
- Cin7 , $349/month
What you would be giving up
Fishbowl is most often brought in for inventory and sku tracking for wholesale and distribution businesses, manufacturing bills of materials, mrp, work orders and job costing, warehouse fulfilment, transfer orders and automated reordering, multichannel selling with synchronised stock levels. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Fishbowl is broadly right and the question is cost, the Fishbowl pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the ERP category lists everything the directory holds, and best erp tools ranks them.
Fishbowl runs on windows, cloud. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Fishbowl alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Fishbowl?
- 23 other erp tools are listed in this directory, led by DEAR Systems, Infor CloudSuite, MRPeasy, Oracle ERP Cloud. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Fishbowl?
- 7 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: MRPeasy, Tryton, Axelor, Dolibarr, ADempiere.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Fishbowl?
- Yes. 7 of the alternatives below start under Fishbowl's $4395/one-time: DEAR Systems at $349/month, Infor CloudSuite at $2500/month, MRPeasy at Free, then $49/month, Oracle ERP Cloud at $3500/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Fishbowl?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Fishbowl?
- Fishbowl is most often brought in for inventory and sku tracking for wholesale and distribution businesses, manufacturing bills of materials, mrp, work orders and job costing, warehouse fulfilment, transfer orders and automated reordering, multichannel selling with synchronised stock levels. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Fishbowl?
- None of the erp tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Fishbowl alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, ERP, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Fishbowl against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Fishbowl covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every erp tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the ERP category, 23 tools beside Fishbowl. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.