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Josh P.
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Updated February 9, 2026
Acctivate Inventory Management vs Fishbowl: Which is best for you?
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Starting Price
$5,000.00
per year
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Top Rated
Features
Features
Order Management
3.83
Inventory Management
3.71
Inventory Control
3.57
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Bills of Material
4.62
Order Entry
4.54
Demand Forecasting
4.43
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Pros / Cons
- It allows for flexible configuration of fields, reports, and workflows to adapt to different industries and workflows.
- Total frustration with recent updates adding more steps to basic functions and changing the design to make core functions multiple button clicks, while obsuring what the user should do.
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- What I liked most about Fishbowl is its powerful inventory and order management features, which make tracking stock, processing orders, and maintaining accuracy across multiple locations incredibly efficient and reliable.
- the reporting is "locked" and cannot be customized without back end coding the reporting is "locked" and cannot be customized without back end coding
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Ease-of-Use
4.1/ 5
4.1/ 5
Value for Money
3.8/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.1/ 5in the comparison
Customer Support
4.2/ 5
4.2/ 5
Functionality
3.9/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.1/ 5in the comparison
Support Options
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training Options
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
FrontRunners
N/A
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Recommendations
Recommendations
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Ideal Customer Size
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployment Options
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad