Katana vs Fishbowl
Side-by-side from the Top 11 rankings of MRPeasy vs Unleashed vs Katana: 11 Best MRP Software for Small Manufacturers 2026 and Acumatica vs NetSuite vs Fishbowl: 11 Best ERP for Distribution Companies 2026. Last verified October 27, 2026.
The short answer
Fishbowl ranks higher on Top 11 (#3 vs #3) for 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 / 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.. Names margin leaks and low margin SKUs, prints three plans from $229, and keeps QuickBooks or Xero as the books.
At a glance
| Katana | Fishbowl | |
|---|---|---|
| Top 11 rank | #3 / MRPeasy vs Unleashed vs Katana: 11 Best MRP Software for Small Manufacturers 2026 | #3 / Acumatica vs NetSuite vs Fishbowl: 11 Best ERP for Distribution Companies 2026 |
| Score (out of 9.4) | 7.7 | 7.1 |
| Best for | Online product brands that make what they sell | QuickBooks distributors that want margin leaks flagged without moving their books |
| Pricing | $ to custom (Free plan at $0 with unlimited users, capped at 30 SKUs after a 15-day period of unlimited SKUs; Advantage is custom pricing on one annual contract, quote only) | $$ (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) |
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Katana
Strong stock-to-production flow, price hidden above free.
katanamrp.com/pricing/See full entry in MRPeasy vs Unleashed vs Katana: 11 Best MRP Software for Small Manufacturers 2026
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
Methodology and scoring weights live at /methodology. No vendor pays for placement — see about.