Fishbowl vs MRPeasy
Side-by-side from the Top 11 rankings of Acumatica vs NetSuite vs Fishbowl: 11 Best ERP for Distribution Companies 2026 and MRPeasy vs Katana vs Cetec ERP: 11 Best Manufacturing ERP for Small Business 2026. Last verified October 2, 2026.
The short answer
MRPeasy ranks higher on Top 11 (#1 vs #3) 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 United States manufacturers under 500 employees who have decided to replace the production spreadsheet and want to know what the real systems cost.. The system that assumes you already have a ledger and does not ask you to move it. Every tier priced to the dollar.
At a glance
| Fishbowl | MRPeasy | |
|---|---|---|
| Top 11 rank | #3 / Acumatica vs NetSuite vs Fishbowl: 11 Best ERP for Distribution Companies 2026 | #1 / MRPeasy vs Katana vs Cetec ERP: 11 Best Manufacturing ERP for Small Business 2026 |
| Score (out of 9.4) | 7.1 | 9 |
| Best for | QuickBooks distributors that want margin leaks flagged without moving their books | Manufacturers keeping QuickBooks who want production out of the spreadsheet |
| Pricing | $$ (Essentials $229 a month billed annually with 2 users, Growth $429 with 5 users, Scale $729 with 10 users; Advanced Warehouse starts at $595 a month and is quoted by users and deployment) | $$ (Starter $49, Professional $69, Enterprise $99 and Unlimited $149 per user per month; Unlimited has a two user minimum; from the eleventh user onward, additional users are bundled at $79 per ten user bundle; 15 plus 15 day free trial, no card) |
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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
MRPeasy
The system that assumes you already have a ledger and does not ask you to move it. Every tier priced to the dollar.
www.mrpeasy.com/See full entry in MRPeasy vs Katana vs Cetec ERP: 11 Best Manufacturing ERP for Small Business 2026
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