Acctivate Inventory Management vs. Fishbowl Inventory

Acctivate Inventory Management

Fishbowl Inventory

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Acctivate Inventory Management	Score 6.8 out of 10	N/A	Acctivate is a real-time inventory management and high-volume, multi-channel order fulfillment solution for growing small to midsized distributors, manufacturers, and online retailers using QuickBooks.	$9,995 one-time fee
Fishbowl Inventory	Score 5.5 out of 10	N/A	Fishbowl Advanced is the company's on-premises inventory tracking, warehousing, and manufacturing solution with hosted capabilities, offering real-time inventory visibility and control across all locations and order fulfillment for physical warehouses, on-the-go inventory, 3PL, or drop shipping.	N/A

Pricing

Acctivate Inventory Management

Fishbowl Inventory

Editions & Modules

Starter: $9,995
one-time fee
Pro: $17,995
one-time fee
Enterprise: $28,995
one-time fee

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Acctivate Inventory Management	Fishbowl Inventory
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

$2,000 one-time fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Onboarding pricing for each package: - Starter: $2,000 Onboarding - Pro: $3,000 Onboarding - Enterprise: $4,000 Onboarding Acctivate Onboarding consists of access to an Onboarding Specialist to assist with the setup and implementation of your Acctivate software for one QuickBooks company. Onboarding support will consist of phone conversations, email-based support, and any other activities related to setup and implementation. Acctivate Onboarding is delivered remotely. Onboarding is completed in 90 days. Number of users that come with each package (additional users are $750/ea): - Starter: 1 user - Pro: 5 users - Enterprise: 15 users

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Community Pulse
	Acctivate Inventory Management	Fishbowl Inventory
Considered Both Products	Acctivate Inventory Management Verified User Anonymous Chose Acctivate Inventory Management Better history, inventory control and PO re-ordering capabilities than the old Sage100 and Mas90 software. Incentivized Helpful? MS Michael Searles Contact Specialist Chose Acctivate Inventory Management Acctivate is at the bottom of the list. It is old and outdated. Incentivized Helpful?	Fishbowl Inventory Verified User Anonymous Chose Fishbowl Inventory Fishbowl Inventory is the accounting of items, component components, and raw materials used or sold by a firm. As a business owner, you manage inventory to ensure that you have enough product on hand and to identify when there is a shortage. Global supply networks change on a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fishbowl Inventory Fishbowl is more useful than QuickBooks Manufacturing if you operate complex manufacturing with multiple multi layered BOMS Incentivized Helpful? ET Ed Thompson Operations Manager Chose Fishbowl Inventory Fishbowl could be tailored to accommodate our needs and to integrate with other providers to offer the seamless work flow. Others that I investigated were much more expensive or couldn't do the tasks we were requiring. The final analysis was that Fishbowl offered a cost … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fishbowl Inventory Arena is very powerful and user friendly - but not an inventory control system - yet the bill of materials input far exceeds that of Fishbowl. Fishbowl has improved in the 3 years we have had it. However, there are things with Fishbowl that are still difficult, ie. splitting an … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Acctivate Inventory Management

Fishbowl Inventory

Inventory Management

Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
	Acctivate Inventory Management 6.7 Ratings 16% below category average	Fishbowl Inventory - Ratings
Inventory tracking	7.20 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automatic reordering	5.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Location management	7.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Serial number and batch tracking	4.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Barcode scanning	6.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reporting and analytics	6.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Fulfillment	7.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Backorder management	6.20 Ratings	00 Ratings
Returns management	6.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Bill of materials management	7.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Item kitting	5.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Invoicing	7.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Forecasting	6.20 Ratings	00 Ratings
Accounting integration	8.10 Ratings	00 Ratings

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	Acctivate Inventory Management	Fishbowl Inventory
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User Ratings
	Acctivate Inventory Management	Fishbowl Inventory
Likelihood to Recommend	7.2 (0 ratings)	8.1 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	7.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Acctivate Inventory Management	Fishbowl Inventory
Likelihood to Recommend	Acctivate is best suited for very basic inventory needs. It syncs up well with Standalone Quickbooks and tracks physical inventory really well. I wouldn't recommend it if you need a complex suite for a larger business. Needs a lot of improvement. If you need a vendor, purchasing, PO system - I would suggest looking elsewhere. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	The purchasing function is very good - tracking and linking parts to sales orders, shortage reports, and part summaries. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Tracks inventory Easily create invoices Scan products directly from package without having to print out barcodes Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Inventory Management. Ingredient and Recipe Management. Cost Control and Variation. Incentivized Bobby Greenawalt Founder & President Read full review
Cons	Better training program when first introduced to the software Help screens are improving but still could be better Reports and customization in reporting can be difficult to learn Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Reporting: Many of the reports that are provided for free with Fishbowl are useless in the context of everyday manufacturing and production planning. Some reports provide inaccurate information. In order to use get useful and correct reports, outside developers must be paid (a new or modified report may cost anywhere from $150 to $2000) Customer service can be hit or miss. In our experience, a knowledgeable person is rarely available, but for the most part customer service has no idea how real manufacturing works to provide reasonable answers to fix Fishbowl shortfalls. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Originally the support for Fishbowl was very poor. It was hard to get anyone to help. In the last 12 - 14 months, it has greatly improved and if it continues this way I would certainly rate it higher. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Better history, inventory control and PO re-ordering capabilities than the old Sage100 and Mas90 software Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Fishbowl could be tailored to accommodate our needs and to integrate with other providers to offer the seamless work flow. Others that I investigated were much more expensive or couldn't do the tasks we were requiring. The final analysis was that Fishbowl offered a cost effective way for us to manage our business Incentivized ET Ed Thompson Operations Manager Read full review
Return on Investment	Very slow Outdated Hard to maintain Incentivized MS Michael Searles Contact Specialist Read full review	Intuitive functionality unified dashboards better integration Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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