Fishbowl vs ERPNext
Side-by-side from the Top 11 rankings of Acumatica vs NetSuite vs Fishbowl: 11 Best ERP for Distribution Companies 2026 and MRPeasy vs Unleashed vs Katana: 11 Best MRP Software for Small Manufacturers 2026. Last verified October 2, 2026.
The short answer
Fishbowl ranks higher on Top 11 (#3 vs #8) for Owners, chief executives and finance leads at United States wholesale distributors, roughly 10 to 250 people, running QuickBooks, an older ERP or spreadsheets, who are choosing an ERP and want to see margin, stock and receivables during the month instead of after it. / Owners, plant managers and operations leads at job shops and make-to-stock manufacturers under about 200 staff who want to plan materials and production without buying a full ERP. Names margin leaks and low margin SKUs, prints three plans from $229, and keeps QuickBooks or Xero as the books.
At a glance
| Fishbowl | ERPNext | |
|---|---|---|
| Top 11 rank | #3 / Acumatica vs NetSuite vs Fishbowl: 11 Best ERP for Distribution Companies 2026 | #8 / MRPeasy vs Unleashed vs Katana: 11 Best MRP Software for Small Manufacturers 2026 |
| Score (out of 9.4) | 7.1 | 6.3 |
| Best for | QuickBooks distributors that want margin leaks flagged without moving their books | Open-source ERP with a BOM and work order module |
| Pricing | $$ (Essentials $229 a month billed annually with 2 users, Growth $429 with 5 users, Scale $729 with 10 users; Advanced Warehouse starts at $595 a month and is quoted by users and deployment) | $ (software free under GPL-3.0 if you host it; Frappe Cloud hosting from $5 per month for Sites, $20 and $125 for Servers; not priced per user; 14-day free trial) |
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Fishbowl
Names margin leaks and low margin SKUs, prints three plans from $229, and keeps QuickBooks or Xero as the books.
www.fishbowlinventory.com/pricingSee full entry in Acumatica vs NetSuite vs Fishbowl: 11 Best ERP for Distribution Companies 2026
ERPNext
Full ERP, cheap to host, thin on MRP detail.
frappe.io/erpnextSee full entry in MRPeasy vs Unleashed vs Katana: 11 Best MRP Software for Small Manufacturers 2026
Methodology and scoring weights live at /methodology. No vendor pays for placement — see about.