This page lists supported software versions and hardware recommendations.
Supported Fishbowl versions
| Versions of Fishbowl Advanced that are officially supported
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| All versions of Fishbowl Advanced 2025
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| All versions of Fishbowl Advanced 2024
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Fishbowl supports the two most recent major releases of Fishbowl. Typically, all of the versions listed on the Release Notes are supported.
Supported QuickBooks versions
| Versions of QuickBooks that are supported by Intuit and Fishbowl
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| Intuit Enterprise Suite (IES)
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Yes
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| QuickBooks Online Plus or Advanced - USA, Canada, Australia, UK*, Global*, etc.
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Yes
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| QuickBooks Pro, Premier, or Enterprise 2024
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Yes
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| QuickBooks Pro, Premier, or Enterprise 2023
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Yes
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| QuickBooks Pro, Premier, or Enterprise 2022
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Yes
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| QuickBooks Canada 2024
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Yes
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| QuickBooks Canada 2023
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Yes
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| QuickBooks Canada 2022
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Yes
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| QuickBooks UK
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Yes*
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| Reckon Accounts Business 2024 and SDK version 6.1
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Yes**
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| QuickBooks Multi-Currency
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Yes
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| QuickBooks Point of Sale
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No
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| QuickBooks for Mac
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No
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| QuickBooks Basic
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No
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| QuickBooks Online Accountant
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No
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| QuickBooks Desktop Accountant
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No
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Previous versions of QuickBooks may still integrate with Fishbowl but are not officially supported. Fishbowl also integrates with Xero and QuickBooks Online.
* Limited support for QuickBooks UK and QuickBooks Global. QuickBooks Enhanced Inventory Receiving, Advanced Pricing, and Advanced Inventory features are not supported.
** Reckon requires the 32-bit connector, as outlined in the integration insructions.
Supported operating systems
| 64-bit operating systems that are officially supported by Fishbowl
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| Windows 11 Pro & Enterprise
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| Windows 10 Pro & Enterprise
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| Windows Server 2025
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| Windows Server 2022
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| Windows Server 2019
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| Windows Server 2016
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| Apple macOS 11 or newer (Limited support)
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| Linux and Ubuntu (Documentation only)
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Windows Home and Windows Essentials versions are not supported. Microsoft Azure may not perform optimally with certain configurations. In this case, Fishbowl recommends Fishbowl Hosted Services or a local installation.
Hardware recommendations
| Small Database
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| Orders per day - 0-100
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| Fishbowl Server - 2.3 GHz CPU and 12 GB RAM
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| Fishbowl Client - 2.3 GHz CPU and 8 GB RAM
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| Medium Database
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| Orders per day - 100-1,000
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| Fishbowl Server - 3.4 GHz CPU and 16 GB RAM
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| Fishbowl Client - 3 GHz CPU and 8 GB RAM
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| Large Database
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| Orders per day - 1,000+
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| Fishbowl Server - 4 GHz CPU and 32 GB RAM
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| Fishbowl Client - 3.4 GHz CPU and 16 GB RAM
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| Additional requirements and recommendations
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| Internet speed - At least 100 Mbps upload and download (1,000 is recommended)
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| Screen resolution - 1920 x 1080 pixels
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| MySQL database - Fishbowl supports MySQL 5.7 and MySQL 8.
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