Katana Cloud Inventory vs Fishbowl

Side-by-side from the Top 11 ranking of MRPeasy vs Katana vs Cetec ERP: 11 Best Manufacturing ERP for Small Business 2026. Last verified September 15, 2026.

The short answer

Katana Cloud Inventory ranks higher on Top 11 (#2 vs #7) for Owners, plant managers and operations leads at United States manufacturers under 500 employees who have decided to replace the production spreadsheet and want to know what the real systems cost.. Unlimited users at a flat base, and the one system here that keeps multichannel stock honest. Routings cost extra.

At a glance

Katana Cloud InventoryFishbowl
Top 11 rank#2 / MRPeasy vs Katana vs Cetec ERP: 11 Best Manufacturing ERP for Small Business 2026#7 / MRPeasy vs Katana vs Cetec ERP: 11 Best Manufacturing ERP for Small Business 2026
Score (out of 9.4)8.97.9
Best forMakers selling across Shopify, Amazon and wholesale who need one stock numberQuickBooks shops bolting manufacturing onto the ledger they refuse to move
Pricing$$ (Free plan at 30 SKUs with unlimited users; Core from $299 a month with unlimited users, SKUs and integrations; Manufacturing Management add on $199 a month, Traceability $249, Warehouse Management $149; onboarding $2,000 and optional)$$ (Fishbowl Inventory: Essentials $229 a month billed annually with two users, Growth $429 with five, Scale $729 with ten. Fishbowl Advanced Warehouse from $595 a month and Advanced Manufacturing from $675, both priced by users and deployment and always confirmed by quote. An implementation package is required and not priced)
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Katana Cloud Inventory

Unlimited users at a flat base, and the one system here that keeps multichannel stock honest. Routings cost extra.

katanamrp.com/

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Fishbowl

The QuickBooks bridge, with included seats. The manufacturing product is the one behind a quote.

www.fishbowlinventory.com/

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