Acctivate Inventory Management vs. Fishbowl Inventory

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Acctivate Inventory Management
Score 4.8 out of 10
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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.
$7,995
one-time fee
Fishbowl Inventory
Score 6.0 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 ManagementFishbowl 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 ManagementFishbowl Inventory
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$2,000 one-time feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsOnboarding 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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Features
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Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
Acctivate Inventory Management
6.8
2 Ratings
12% below category average
Fishbowl Inventory
-
Ratings
Inventory tracking7.32 Ratings00 Ratings
Automatic reordering5.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Location management7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Serial number and batch tracking4.51 Ratings00 Ratings
Barcode scanning6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and analytics6.82 Ratings00 Ratings
Fulfillment7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Backorder management6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Returns management6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Bill of materials management7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Item kitting5.92 Ratings00 Ratings
Invoicing7.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Forecasting6.42 Ratings00 Ratings
Accounting integration8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
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Acctivate Inventory ManagementFishbowl Inventory
Small Businesses
Webgility
Webgility
Score 8.9 out of 10
Webgility
Webgility
Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
Score 8.2 out of 10
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises

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User Ratings
Acctivate Inventory ManagementFishbowl Inventory
Likelihood to Recommend
6.8
(4 ratings)
8.1
(5 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Acctivate Inventory ManagementFishbowl Inventory
Likelihood to Recommend
Acctivate Inventory Management Software
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.
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Fishbowl
Fishbowl is well suited for warehouse operations because you can control, monitor, report or view the progress of materials all the way from purchasing and receiving to the shipment and tracking of products. It integrates with major carriers and with QuickBooks so it does offer a suite that can support the entire operation. It allows for workflow monitoring, so particular groups or products can be tracked.
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Pros
Acctivate Inventory Management Software
  • Actionable inventory control, analysis and management
  • Solid customer history and report capabilities
  • Efficient purchasing and reordering module
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Fishbowl
  • Inventory control - provides easy/accurate reports. Also, cycle counts can be done at any time. The warehouse team was easily trained.
  • Sales Orders - Fishbowl allowed us to have the sales orders accessible to everyone and linked the customers' purchase order to the orders and work orders (within the system). It no longer needs to be manually linked.
  • Custom reports - for a small fee we had reports customized specifically for our company.
  • Link to Quickbooks - invoices generated directly after closure of sales order.
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Cons
Acctivate Inventory Management Software
  • Not user friendly.
  • Hard to maintain on the back end
  • Seems old and clunky.
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Fishbowl
  • MRP
  • BOM creation
  • Unified interface
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Support Rating
Acctivate Inventory Management Software
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Fishbowl
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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Alternatives Considered
Acctivate Inventory Management Software
Better history, inventory control and PO re-ordering capabilities than the old Sage100 and Mas90 software
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Fishbowl
Fishbowl is more useful than QuickBooks Manufacturing if you operate complex manufacturing with multiple multi layered BOMS
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Return on Investment
Acctivate Inventory Management Software
  • More Accountability
  • Inventory Accuracy
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Fishbowl
  • Positive: Decreased time spent on copy/pasting in spreadsheets.
  • Positive: Easier to analyze costs and guarantee efficiency.
  • Negative: Time to get it up and running is really difficult to work with.
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ScreenShots

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