
Fishbowl Inventory allows companies to move into the realm of a true mid tier inventory solution while staying on the QuickBooks platform for accounting. So for companies that have outgrown the capabilities of QuickBooks or who foresee that day coming soon, they don't need to pay $100,000 or more to buy a complete solution.
"I was amazed that after two weeks of using Fishbowl Inventory, we were further ahead in our implementation than after six months of trying to implement Great Plains Software." —Alan Scribner, President of Apex Electronics Solutions.
| QuickBooks Enterprise Alone | Fishbowl Inventory & QuickBooks Implementation | Implementation of Other Mid Tier Solutions with their own Accounting Module | |
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Software Costs
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You've outgrown it. You still want to use QuickBooks for accounting, but you've reached its limits when it comes to inventory. | You can keep using QuickBooks and have an end to end business management/supply chain solution for your entire company for only $5k - $9k. | You have to leave QuickBooks for accounting and pay $30k - $100k+ for a complicated solution. |
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Implementation
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N/A - Most small to medium-sized businesses already have QuickBooks. | Costs are relatively low, as most companies are up and runtory/features.phpnning within 1-4 weeks. | These have very high costs, as it usually takes around six months for a complete implementation. |
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Functionality
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QuickBooks alone doesn't offer what you need to streamline the workflow, track inventory or make several important management decisions. As you grow in size, the entire program slows down—along with productivity. | Fishbowl gives you most of the functionality you could ever need from an end to end business management/supply chain solution. Many of our customers have over 100,000 items with numerous transactions, and the software still works great. | In many cases, these programs give you more functionality than you would actually use. Many were written years ago and are difficult to learn. You can have plenty of items and transactions, but you're paying a huge price. |