MRPeasy vs Fishbowl 2026

As of October 2026, MRPeasy ranks #2 on our MES list and Fishbowl ranks #7 there, so MRPeasy is the better choice for most manufacturers comparing the two. Choose MRPeasy for production scheduling: it publishes per-user prices, offers a trial without a credit card and lists finite capacity scheduling on its pricing page. Choose Fishbowl if inventory control comes first: it describes lot, serial and expiry tracking with recall reports, barcode scanning and accounting links to QuickBooks and Xero. Fishbowl also ranks ahead of MRPeasy on our food and beverage list (#8 against #12), where traceability carries weight. Also consider SkyPlanner APS, ranked #1 on our small manufacturers list, if you want continuous automatic rescheduling and a scheduling layer that connects to any ERP or MES through a two-way REST API.

MRPeasy vs Fishbowl: pricing

MRPeasy Starter costs 49 US dollars per user per month as of October 2026. The Professional plan costs 69 US dollars, Enterprise 99 US dollars and Unlimited 149 US dollars per user per month, with a minimum of 2 users on Unlimited. From the 11th user, every further 10 users cost 79 US dollars per month as a bundle, and annual billing gives one month free.

Fishbowl splits its prices into inventory plans and a manufacturing plan, as of October 2026. Advanced Manufacturing, the plan with BOMs, MRP and work orders, starts at 675 US dollars per month and is quoted by users and deployment. The inventory plans are billed annually and do not include BOMs, work orders or MRP: Essentials costs 229 US dollars per month with 2 users, Growth 429 US dollars with 5 users and Scale 729 US dollars with 10 users.

For manufacturing at list prices as of October 2026, a two-person team pays 98 US dollars per month on MRPeasy Starter and a ten-person team 490 US dollars, while Fishbowl Advanced Manufacturing starts at 675 US dollars per month. Winner: MRPeasy, the lower published price for production planning at both team sizes.

MRPeasy vs Fishbowl: scheduling and rescheduling

MRPeasy’s pricing page lists “Operations scheduling (MRP II, finite capacity)” as of October 2026. Its user manual describes the behavior: in the calendar view the software will not overbook a workstation, finds the next available time and moves the following operations of the same order. A drag-and-drop move reschedules only the order you dragged, and started or finished operations cannot be rescheduled. Backward production scheduling is listed under the Enterprise functions.

The Fishbowl home page names “finite-capacity planning” and “Constraint-aware rescheduling” as of October 2026, and says its AI “rebalances work centers, reroutes jobs, and updates promise dates”. Fishbowl’s product documentation sits behind its MyFishbowl customer login and it offers a demo instead of a trial, so a buyer checks these claims in a sales demo.

Winner: MRPeasy on finite capacity, because the behavior is documented in public and testable in the trial. Fishbowl on rescheduling, because it claims constraint-aware rescheduling, while MRPeasy’s documented rescheduling moves one dragged order at a time.

MRPeasy vs Fishbowl: ERP integration

Neither is an add-on to an existing ERP. MRPeasy is the ERP itself and names QuickBooks Online, Xero, Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, WooCommerce, Zapier and EDI, with an API and webhooks for paid accounts as of October 2026. Fishbowl names no ERP integration; its accounting connections are QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, QuickBooks Canada, Xero and Reckon, and its integration list adds Salesforce CRM, shipping and ecommerce tools. With either tool, if you already run an ERP you hold two copies of orders or inventory and must decide which system is the master.

Winner: MRPeasy, because it publishes an API, webhooks and EDI next to its accounting, CRM and web shop connections. Fishbowl is the better fit if your books stay in QuickBooks Desktop or Reckon, which MRPeasy does not name.

MRPeasy vs Fishbowl: implementation

MRPeasy says companies go live with it in one to three months on average, as of October 2026. It calls itself self-service software, and its pricing page states that buyers are not required to pay for mandatory implementation or training packages. Its trial is advertised as “15 + 15 days”, without a credit card and with the full feature set; the API and webhooks are for paid accounts. Fishbowl does not publish an implementation time as of October 2026, and its pricing page offers a demo rather than a trial. Winner: MRPeasy, the only one of the two that states a go-live time and lets you start without sales.

MRPeasy and Fishbowl compared

#	Product	Category	Entry price	Free trial	Finite capacity	Auto reschedule	ERP path	Score
1	MRPeasy	MRP-ERP	$49/user/mo	15+15 days, no card	Yes	partial (quantity change on unstarted order replans)	Native ERP; QuickBooks Online, Xero, Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, WooCommerce, Zapier, EDI; API and webhooks on paid plans	69 Small manufacturers list
2	Fishbowl	MRP-ERP	$229/mo	None	Yes	Constraint-aware rescheduling; AI rebalances work centers, reroutes jobs and updates promise dates (home page)	QuickBooks, Xero	77 MRP software list

Prices and trials in the table were verified on 13 October 2026.

Which should you choose

• Choose MRPeasy if you manufacture to orders, want finite capacity scheduling you can test in a no-card trial, and want the lower entry price.
• Choose Fishbowl if you run an inventory-led business where lot, serial and expiry tracking, recall reports and barcode scanning matter more than scheduling depth.
• Also consider SkyPlanner APS if the schedule must rebuild itself when conditions change, or if you want to keep your ERP. As of October 2026 it costs from 199 euros per month, 5 workstations included, 20 euros per month per extra workstation, with a 30-day trial without a card for up to 20 workstations. Its Autopilot reschedules continuously with the Arcturus engine, and it connects to any ERP or MES through a two-way REST API with webhooks and CSV import.