CODESOFT vs. Fishbowl Inventory

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CODESOFT
Score 0.0 out of 10
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CODESOFT is a barcode label design software with automated printing and label management functionality. The platform supports complex integration with local and cloud data, including Google Drive, OneDrive, and OData. Teams can accomplish RFID label creation, print labels in virtually any language, connect to databases such as Excel, Access, and SQL, use label passwords for protection, and enable APIs for print automation. CODESOFT is designed to meet regulatory…
$433
per year per user
Fishbowl Inventory
Score 5.5 out of 10
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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
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Editions & Modules
CODESOFT Pro
$433.00
per year per user
CODESOFT Enterprise
$708.00
per year per user
CODESOFT Pro Perpetual
$1,215.00
one-time fee per user
CODESOFT Enterprise Perpetual
$2,006.00
one-time fee per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CODESOFTFishbowl Inventory
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPerpetual licenses come with options of a 1 -Year, 3-Year, or 5-Year Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA), which entitles users to no-cost version upgrades, technical support, and two training webinars per year. Subscription licenses also come in 1-Year, 3-Year or 5-Year options, and they include free unlimited training webinars and technical support, plus free version upgrades.
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Community Pulse
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CODESOFT

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Fishbowl Inventory
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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 …
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Fishbowl is more useful than QuickBooks Manufacturing if you operate complex manufacturing with multiple multi layered BOMS
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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 …
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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 …
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
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Support Rating
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7.0
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User Testimonials
CODESOFTFishbowl Inventory
Likelihood to Recommend
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The purchasing function is very good - tracking and linking parts to sales orders, shortage reports, and part summaries.
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Pros
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  • Inventory Management.
  • Ingredient and Recipe Management.
  • Cost Control and Variation.
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Cons
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  • 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.
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Support Rating
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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.
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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
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Return on Investment
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  • Intuitive functionality
  • unified dashboards
  • better integration
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ScreenShots

CODESOFT Screenshots

Screenshot of GS1 Barcode Wizard feature in CODESOFT to create GS1 barcodes such as DataMatrix, QR codes, and GS1 128.Screenshot of Energy label created in CODESOFT using custom forms, which is a feature in the software.Screenshot of Barcode wizard in CODESOFT showing some of the barcodes to choose from in the software. CODESOFT has over 100 barcode symbologies to pick for designing labels.Screenshot of Shoe label created in CODESOFT including the part number, lot number, and GS1-128 barcode.Screenshot of Label created in CODESOFT with a 2D barcode and when printed fields with address information about the product.