The Fishbowl alternative for Shopify brands
Manifold is built for brands that sell on Shopify, Amazon and wholesale: every channel on one stock count, your whole team on one plan, and a trial that runs beside the system you have.
Who Fishbowl is for
Fishbowl sells by stage, from replacing spreadsheets up to multi-warehouse, 3PL and manufacturing operations, with QuickBooks Online and Xero sync on every plan.
fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026Why businesses look elsewhere
- Plans cap users (2, 5 or 10) and e-commerce integrations (none, one or two); each extra integration is $50 a month. fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026
- There is no trial listed: a demo or a quote. fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026
Manifold and Fishbowl, side by side
| Manifold | Fishbowl | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $300 a month (USD) — one plan, published, every feature | Essentials A$345, Growth A$645, Scale A$1,095 a month (AUD, billed annually); Advanced tiers quoted fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Users | Your whole team, with no per-seat fee | 2 on Essentials, 5 on Growth, 10 on Scale fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Stores and integrations | No per-integration fee: Shopify, Amazon, Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks from the App Store | One e-commerce or marketplace integration on Growth, two on Scale; +$50 a month each fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Free trial | 60 days, run beside your current system in read-only mode | None listed; a demo or quote fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Traceability | Batches, serials and expiry dates, captured at receipt; earliest expiry picked first | Lot traceability on Scale fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
| Manufacturing | Kits and bundles, with stock that follows their parts; no production orders or manufacturing planning | Bills of materials, MRP, work orders and job costing on Advanced Manufacturing fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026 |
Fishbowl as its public pages described it on the day each row was read; each figure links to its page. Fishbowl's pricing page showed Australian dollars when it was read from Australia; it may show another currency where you are. Manifold's prices are in US dollars. Manifold has no affiliation with Fishbowl; spot something out of date? Tell us.
When Fishbowl may suit you better
- You manufacture: Fishbowl's Advanced Manufacturing tier lists bills of materials, MRP, work orders and job costing. fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026
- You trade by EDI or run a 3PL: its Advanced Warehouse tier lists both. fishbowlinventory.com/pricing, checked October 2026
Moving from Fishbowl
Manifold has no direct import from Fishbowl yet. Two routes do the job instead: connect your Shopify store and the setup walk offers to copy its products, stock, customers and orders across; and anything you can get out as a spreadsheet — items and opening stock, products and variants, kits, suppliers and customers, catalog prices, purchase orders, sales orders and sales history — comes in on Import, with each column matched and every rejected row named.
What Import takes →Run both, side by side
Every new Manifold business starts read-only. Orders come in, imports run and your team works in Manifold in full — but nothing leaves it: no stock or prices to your stores, no journals to your accounts, no email to customers. Fishbowl keeps running the business while you check Manifold against it, and an owner goes live when you're sure.
Read-only mode and going live →Questions people ask
- Can I try Manifold without switching off Fishbowl?
- Yes. Every new Manifold business starts in read-only mode: orders come in, imports run and your team works in Manifold in full, but nothing goes out — no stock or prices to your stores, no journals to your accounts, no email to customers. Fishbowl keeps running the business while you check Manifold against it, for the 60-day trial, and you go live when you are ready.
- What does Manifold cost?
- One plan: $300 a month (USD) with 100 sales orders included, every feature and your whole team; each order past that costs $0.20 down to $0.015 on a published scale. No per-seat or per-integration fees.
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