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Run side by side
Fishbowl keeps running
Nothing is replaced during the evaluation. Compare Fishbowl and Spark using your own inventory and your own numbers.
For teams running Fishbowl Inventory
Upgrading from Fishbowl?Review your import before anything is committed.Live in Minutes.Free until your Fishbowl Contract Ends
Your Fishbowl backup. Your first Spark Inventory forecast.
Drop in your database backup. Use Sparki in app or your own AI assistant over MCP to map your data and prepare the import. You review and approve, then see what to order and when.
Run alongside Fishbowl, free until your current contract ends.
Spark Inventory forecasts each product on its own pattern, seasonal, growing, steady, or sporadic, folds in what you know is coming, and grades its own confidence. Then it hands you the reorder points and draft POs.
How the move worksBackup in. Review the mapping. Approve the import.Nothing is imported until you approve it.Fishbowl bridgeRun Spark free until your contract endsMigration and onboarding are included.
Pulse is $99/month when you need live intelligence. Paid plans include unlimited users.
Bring your backup. Choose Sparki or your AI over MCP. You approve the import.
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Ready to move beyond Fishbowl? Start your move to Spark. Bring your inventory and sales history.
Demand ESP considers each product's demand patterns, from seasonal peaks to growing sales, plus the changes you're planning for. Turn that forecast into reorder points and draft purchase orders.
See the difference using your own numbers. Move on your timeline. Spark is free until your current Fishbowl contract ends, with migration and onboarding included. Start your move at Spark Inventory dot com.
Live planning comparison
What does it cost to get live forecasting?
Monthly forecasting is free with Spark. When it needs to stay live, Fishbowl includes demand forecasting on Scale or sells it as an add-on to Growth. Spark includes it on Pulse.
EVALUATION BRIEF / LIVE SOURCES
Fishbowl Inventory vs Spark Inventory
Which subscription gets a growing inventory team from reorder points to a live demand forecast, and how many users can work from it?
Fishbowl Inventory
Growth
Multichannel inventory plan
$429/mo
Billed annually
Users included5
Planning layer
Demand forecasting
Included when you move up to Scale at $729/month.
Spark Inventory
Pulse
Live inventory intelligence
$99/mo
14-day free trial
Users includedUnlimited
- Continuous forecasts and buying plans
- Live reorder and stockout alerts
- Multiple supported data connections
- Unlimited users
Clear takeaway: Spark Pulse starts at $99/month with live forecasting and unlimited users. Fishbowl Growth is $429/month for 5 users with forecasting sold as an add-on, or included on Scale at $729/month.
Start with monthly forecasting at $0.
Upgrade only when you need live intelligence and team access.
This compares access to live demand forecasting, not complete platform feature parity. Vendor source checked September 17, 2026. Prices and packaging can change.
The Fishbowl bridge offer
Free until your Fishbowl contract ends.
The ongoing Free plan gives any operator a monthly forecast. The Fishbowl bridge goes further: run Spark alongside your current system at no charge through the end of your contract.
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Import in minutes
Drop in the database backup
Use Sparki in app or your own AI assistant over MCP to map the data and prepare the import. Review proposed fixes and approve before anything lands.
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No double payment
Free until your contract ends
Then choose the Spark plan that fits. If you decide not to continue, export everything at any time.
Free access runs to the end date of your current Fishbowl agreement. Migration and onboarding are included.
Start your Fishbowl moveDatabase backup to Spark
Drop it in. Sparki handlesthe migration work
Drop in your Fishbowl database backup and it is in Spark in minutes. Sparki does the mapping and you approve the import.
One database backup
Sparki maps the data
Approval before import
FISHBOWL / MIGRATION RUN
LIVE MODELSTEP 01
Understand the Fishbowl database
Sparki profiles the backup, identifies the records and relationships, and orders the migration around the dependencies in your operation.
INPUT SIGNALS
Parts + products
Customers + vendors
Sales + purchasing
SOURCE PROFILE
Database understood
What Spark adds while Fishbowl keeps running
From tracking stock to planning the next buy
Start with your next purchasing decision, then evaluate the migration, reporting, extensibility, and support around it.
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ForecastingFishbowl users report
"It tracks stock, but doesn't tell me what to buy."
Know what to order, not just what you have
Spark reads your sales history, changing velocity, seasonality, inventory position, and supplier lead times. It forecasts demand by SKU, flags stockout and overstock risk, and turns the result into reorder points and draft POs.
Demand forecast by SKU
Stockout and overstock risk
Draft purchase orders
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MigrationFishbowl users report
"Switching sounds worse than staying."
Your Fishbowl data comes with you, in minutes
Drop in your Fishbowl database backup. Sparki in app or your own AI assistant over MCP maps the data, prepares the import, validates the result, and asks you to approve it before anything lands.
Automatic field mapping
Sales history included
Undo any import
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MCPFishbowl users report
"Missing features, and no way to customize."
Point your own AI at your inventory
Spark ships an MCP server, so Claude, ChatGPT, or whatever your team already uses can query stock, draft POs, and answer questions about your data. The thing Fishbowl won't do, you can now ask for in plain English.
Works with any MCP client
Full REST API too
No consultant required
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ReportsFishbowl users report
"Reporting is weak, and custom reports cost extra."
The report you need, built in seconds, not billed by the hour
Describe the report in the reports playground and Spark builds it from your live data. Margin by channel, aging stock by vendor, whatever the meeting needs. Save it, share it, run it again tomorrow.
Describe it, get it
Save and rerun
Export anywhere
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Guided launchFishbowl users report
"Steep learning curve, and support that doesn't pick up."
Start with an agent and a person when you need one
Sparki in app or your own AI assistant over MCP handles the repeatable migration work. When your operation needs judgment, the Spark team can work through it with you while you get started.
Free monthly forecast
Agentic onboarding
Talk to a human
Side by side
Compare the workflows your team relies on
Compare reporting, integrations, onboarding, and daily operations.
Check in your Fishbowl edition
SparkCustom reports
Check whether your required reports are included and how custom reporting is delivered and priced.
Describe the report you want in the reports playground and it's built from your live data in seconds. Included on every plan.
Shopify, Amazon, QuickBooks
Confirm the connectors, sync direction, and maintenance requirements for your edition.
Native connectors for Shopify, Amazon, and QuickBooks Online. Orders and stock levels sync both ways without a plugin to babysit.
Customizing and extending
Check API access, extension options, and any implementation support your workflow requires.
Full REST API and an MCP server, so your own tools and your own AI can read and write your inventory. No consultant in between.
Support and onboarding
Compare available support channels, training, onboarding scope, and any additional fees.
A small team you can reach. Onboarding is consultative working sessions with a person, and it's included.
Where it runs
Confirm whether your edition is hosted or self-managed and who maintains the server and updates.
Cloud-based. Nothing to install or maintain, same experience on desktop, tablet, and phone.
Custom reports
Check in your Fishbowl edition
Check whether your required reports are included and how custom reporting is delivered and priced.
Spark
Describe the report you want in the reports playground and it's built from your live data in seconds. Included on every plan.
Shopify, Amazon, QuickBooks
Check in your Fishbowl edition
Confirm the connectors, sync direction, and maintenance requirements for your edition.
Spark
Native connectors for Shopify, Amazon, and QuickBooks Online. Orders and stock levels sync both ways without a plugin to babysit.
Customizing and extending
Check in your Fishbowl edition
Check API access, extension options, and any implementation support your workflow requires.
Spark
Full REST API and an MCP server, so your own tools and your own AI can read and write your inventory. No consultant in between.
Support and onboarding
Check in your Fishbowl edition
Compare available support channels, training, onboarding scope, and any additional fees.
Spark
A small team you can reach. Onboarding is consultative working sessions with a person, and it's included.
Where it runs
Check in your Fishbowl edition
Confirm whether your edition is hosted or self-managed and who maintains the server and updates.
Spark
Cloud-based. Nothing to install or maintain, same experience on desktop, tablet, and phone.
Fishbowl column summarizes themes from 449 public Fishbowl Inventory reviews with a cons section. Fishbowl is a trademark of its owner; Spark is not affiliated with Fishbowl.
Support that picks up
A small team you can actually reach
A quarter of the Fishbowl reviews we read were about support. Here is how we work instead.
Get help from the Spark team
Spark is a small team. When you write in, someone who works on the product reads it and answers. There is no premium support tier to buy your way into.
Onboarding is working sessions, and it's included
We sit with you, look at your Fishbowl setup, and map it into Spark together. Vendors, BOMs, channels, the reports you run every Monday. Migration and onboarding are included in the Fishbowl switch offer.
Free until your Fishbowl contract ends
Drop in your Fishbowl database backup, run Spark alongside it, and decide with real numbers. When your Fishbowl agreement ends, choose a Spark plan or export everything at any time.
Connect the commerce and accounting tools you already use
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Fishbowl migration FAQ
Questions before you run Spark alongside Fishbowl
How the offer works, how your database comes across, and what stays in place while you compare the two.
Is Spark really free until my Fishbowl contract ends?
Yes. Spark is free through the end date of your current Fishbowl agreement. Migration and onboarding are included. After that, choose the Spark plan that fits or export your data at any time.
Does Spark run alongside Fishbowl or replace it?
Spark runs alongside Fishbowl while you evaluate it. Fishbowl keeps running as it does today. Drop your database backup into Spark, let Sparki prepare the import, and compare the two using your own inventory before you decide whether to switch.
What is Spark Inventory, and why consider it as a Fishbowl alternative?
Spark Inventory is inventory management and demand forecasting software. Fishbowl teams can use Spark to forecast demand by product, calculate reorder points, and prepare draft purchase orders. Start by importing a Fishbowl database backup and evaluating Spark alongside your existing system.
How does Spark forecast seasonal or sporadic demand?
Spark forecasts each product according to its sales pattern, including seasonal, growing, steady, and sporadic demand. It incorporates what your team knows is coming and gives each forecast a confidence grade, so you can judge how much to rely on the recommendation.
Does Spark send purchase orders automatically?
Spark turns forecasts into reorder points and draft purchase orders. Your team reviews the recommendations and approves the purchase orders before they are sent or committed.
How does Spark migrate data out of Fishbowl?
Drop your Fishbowl database backup into the importer. Sparki identifies the records and relationships, maps the fields, validates the data, and presents the exact import for your approval.
Will our historical sales and purchasing data come across?
Yes. Catalog, customers, vendors, historical sales, purchase orders, and inventory levels can be brought into the governed onboarding flow so Spark can rebuild both demand and supply context.
Can Spark replace custom Fishbowl reports?
Spark includes custom reporting and an AI-assisted reports playground. Your team can describe the view it needs, save it, rerun it, and work from live inventory data without a consultant for every change.
Does Spark connect to Shopify and QuickBooks?
Yes. Spark supports commerce and accounting integrations to keep inventory, orders, and financial workflows connected.
Do we have to commit before seeing Spark with our data?
No. Run Spark alongside Fishbowl and compare both systems using your own data. Nothing is replaced until you decide the workflow is a fit.
Drop in the Fishbowl backup.
Plan your next reorder in Spark Inventory.
Sparki in app or your own AI assistant over MCP handles the mapping and prepares the import. You approve it, then compare Spark and Fishbowl on your own numbers.