Why Choose Katana over Fishbowl?
See how Katana gives modern product businesses the visibility, control, and scalability they need—without the complexity or cost of legacy ERPs.
What makes Katana different?
If you’re managing raw materials, BOMs, or production and sales across multiple channels, not every system is built for your reality. Katana is purpose-built for product businesses that need flexibility and speed—without sacrificing inventory accuracy or operational control.
Don’t lose control over your bill of materials
Gain full control over your product composition, ensuring accurate BOM management and protecting product ownership, even as your business scales.
Don’t let rapid growth overwhelm your operations
Katana’s intuitive system enables you to keep up with increasing demand, staff, and revenue, streamlining operations without overwhelming your team.
Get expert support when you need it
When you need assistance, we’re there for you. Our 24-hour support answers in under an hour. No cumbersome tickets and waiting for hours or days to get a response.
Katana wins in 87% of review categories versus Fishbowl
According to customers, Katana is 4 times faster to go live, support you better, and get to positive ROI almost twice as fast. Here are a few more reasons why you should choose us.
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| Average Go Live Time (months)* | 1 month | 4 months |
| Average ROI (months)* | 9 months | 17 months |
| Users | Unlimited | 2 users included, additional users at extra cost |
| Integrations | Unlimited | Only accounting integrations included, others cost extra |
Get a demo and see why our customers love us
Katana Features
Get your products to customers faster
Katana supports your workflows, regardless of industry, with the features and seamless integrations needed to do business your way.
Take control of your inventory in real time
Katana’s Smart Inventory provides live, connected insights across all channels and locations — helping you maintain the correct stock levels. Track items in real-time, forecast demand with confidence, and manage costs without end-of-month surprises.
Stay ahead with demand-led purchasing
Track everything that’s purchased and trace its journey from supplier to production. Katana maintains a comprehensive record to support compliance, simplify audits, and facilitate prompt responses to recalls, strengthening trust in your company.
Manufacturing you can see, control, and deliver
Gain complete visibility into your entire production process. Plan capacity, allocate resources, and ensure materials are ready when needed. Live shop floor updates enable you to identify and resolve issues promptly, keeping production on track.
Manage orders seamlessly across all of your channels
Connect sales channels, such as Shopify, Amazon, or WooCommerce, to Katana to ensure that all orders sync automatically. Eliminate worrying about double entries, lost orders, or messy spreadsheets — just accurate, up-to-date data across every channel.
Reliably move stock in and out of warehouses
Supply your team with mobile access to real-time tasks, barcode scanning, and role-based views. The Warehouse App ensures that receiving, picking, packing, and transfers are completed accurately and on time, keeping inventory reliable and customers happy.
1500+
customers worldwide
Overall, my experience with Katana has been really, really great.
Alexander Blanchard
Operations Coordinator at Delta Development Team
Revenue has gone up because we manage more orders without hiring more staff.
Simon Bedding
Managing Director at Sylmasta
Customer support is very responsive and wants you to succeed as a user.
Nadia Hussain
Supply Chain Manager at Raw Coffee Company
If I didn’t have Katana, I would be drowning in spreadsheets, which would all break at some point.
Lisa Diep
Chief Operating Officer at Peace Collective
Everything is integrated, making for effective company-wide resource planning and control.
Danielle Louw
Production Manager at CT LAB
Our turnaround of taking orders to manufacturing and to then dispatching them has gone from 7-10 days to 2-3 days.
Jeff M.
Managing Director
Found Surface scales textile manufacturing with Katana
Hornby Organic improves production efficiency by 100%
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