Groups with two or more locations or a commissary: consolidated reports, transfers between locations, purchase orders and accounting exports.
Weigh more here than in the overall ranking: purchase orders to suppliers, paying suppliers (AP), and accounting integrations. Weigh less here: 12-month software cost (reference restaurant) and sells to a single location.
The ranking
MarginEdge
By MarginEdge
Food cost software at one published price of $350 a month per location, with inventory, recipe costing, unlimited invoice processing and bill pay included, month to month unless you choose annual billing. With Toast you also pay Toast's own fees.
RTC SCORE
8.3
#1 for Multi-location
Pros
- One published price, $350 a month per location, with inventory, recipe costing, theoretical usage reports, unlimited invoice processing and bill pay in the same plan.
- Month to month on monthly billing, with no cancellation fee, and 12 months of access to your account after you cancel.
- Connects with a long list of POS systems, including Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 POS, Lightspeed and SpotOn, with no MarginEdge fee to connect them.
Cons
- With Toast you also pay Toast $50 a month per location for its Restaurant Management Suite, plus a Toast API fee whose amount is not published.
- Onboarding packages are sold separately and their price is not published.
- Support is by email or ticket on weekdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern; there is no phone line you can call.
- Initial term
- Month to month
Strongest on POS integrations, 12-month software cost (reference restaurant), and inventory counts.
MarketMan
By MarketMan
Inventory and purchasing software with published plans from $249 a month: Starter includes inventory counts, recipe costing, actual vs. theoretical reporting and 50 invoice scans a month. The subscription agreement sets a 12-month commitment that renews unless you give 60 days' notice.
RTC SCORE
8.0
#2 for Multi-location
Pros
- Published plans: Starter at $249 a month already includes inventory counts, transfers, recipe costing, actual vs. theoretical reporting and purchase orders.
- Connects with Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 POS, Lightspeed and TouchBistro, among others, with no MarketMan fee to integrate.
- Phone support seven days a week, plus chat, email and WhatsApp, and onboarding included in every plan.
Cons
- The subscription agreement sets a 12-month commitment even on monthly billing, renews for the same term and needs 60 days' notice to stop the renewal.
- If you leave early, the rest of the 12 months is still due.
- Starter caps invoice scanning at 50 a month; unlimited scanning starts on the higher Growth plan.
- Initial term
- 12 months
Strongest on 12-month software cost (reference restaurant), inventory counts, and recipe costing.
WISK
By WISK
Inventory, recipe costing and invoice scanning for bars and restaurants, sold per location on an annual or quarterly term: $299 a month on the quarterly Food plan for one venue, with a published $750 setup fee and Bluetooth scale counts for partial bottles.
RTC SCORE
7.7
#3 for Multi-location
Pros
- Published per-location prices for one to ten outlets, including the one-time setup fee.
- Partial bottles are weighed with a supported Bluetooth scale in the mobile app.
- Lists more than 50 POS integrations, including Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 POS and Lightspeed, with no extra charge to connect.
Cons
- No month-to-month option: the shortest term is a quarter, and fees already billed are not refunded.
- A one-time $750 setup fee for one venue, and the single-venue plan caps AI invoice scanning at 75 a month.
- Food and beverage are separate products; tracking both means the bundle, which costs more than either one.
- Initial term
- 3 months
Strongest on inventory counts, recipe costing, and actual vs. theoretical food cost. Weakest on 12-month software cost (reference restaurant).
Restaurant365
By Restaurant365
Back office suite with restaurant accounting, inventory, recipe costing, AP automation and scheduling. The Operations page lists Professional at $489 a month per location billed annually, while the pricing page only offers a custom quote; the contract runs for the term on the Order Form and renews automatically.
RTC SCORE
7.7
#4 for Multi-location
Pros
- Accounting, AP automation, inventory, recipe costing and scheduling in one system, with actual vs. theoretical food cost reports.
- The Operations page publishes a per-location price for the Professional plan ($489 a month billed annually).
- Integrates with a long list of POS systems, including Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 POS, Lightspeed and SpotOn.
Cons
- The pricing page only offers a custom quote, so the published $489 may not be what you are quoted; billing is annual or quarterly, not monthly.
- You cannot cancel or downgrade during the term: the whole subscription term is owed, and it renews automatically unless you email notice 60 days before the end.
- A paid implementation and a one-time POS setup fee per location are required, with no published amounts.
- Initial term
- Quote only
Strongest on POS integrations, inventory counts, and recipe costing. Weakest on published pricing.
BevSpot
By BevSpot
Inventory, ordering and recipe costing built around bars and beverage programs, with bottle weights for partial counts. The Standard tier, the cheapest with recipe costing, has a published annual price, on an annual term that renews automatically with 60 days' notice.
RTC SCORE
7.5
#5 for Multi-location
Pros
- Built around bars: bottle weights for partial counts and recipe costing for drinks and dishes.
- Unlimited users on every published tier.
- Free POS connection with Lightspeed, Square, Toast and Upserve, and a file upload for any other POS.
Cons
- Annual term that renews automatically unless you cancel at least 60 days ahead, by booking a call; fees are not refunded.
- Variance against POS sales and AI invoice processing are on the Pro tier, which is quoted.
- The pricing page shows only annual prices, food and beverage are priced separately, and the length of the free trial is not published.
- Initial term
- 12 months
Strongest on 12-month software cost (reference restaurant), inventory counts, and recipe costing. Weakest on actual vs. theoretical food cost.
Yellow Dog Inventory
By Yellow Dog Software
Inventory, recipe costing and actual vs. theoretical food cost for food and beverage operations, with a published single-restaurant plan at $295 a month on a two-year contract that includes setup, one POS connector and unlimited scanned invoices.
RTC SCORE
7.4
#6 for Multi-location
Pros
- Published price for one restaurant: $295 a month with implementation, one POS connector and unlimited scanned invoices included.
- Inventory counts, recipe costing and actual vs. theoretical food cost, with purchase orders, transfers and commissary tools.
- Long list of POS connectors, including Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 POS, Lightspeed and PAR Brink.
Cons
- The single-restaurant plan carries a two-year contract, and the software agreement (renewal, notice and early exit) is not public.
- Restaurant POS connectors are 1-way, and only one is included in the published plan.
- Live help desk is weekdays only, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern; nights and weekends are emergency support.
- Initial term
- 24 months
Strongest on 12-month software cost (reference restaurant), inventory counts, and recipe costing.
reciProfity
By reciProfity
Recipe costing and inventory control with purchase orders, variance reporting and POS sales imports by file, at $119 a month billed monthly on the Operations tier (less on an annual plan), plus $10 a month per extra user.
RTC SCORE
7.3
#7 for Multi-location
Pros
- Published prices for every tier, billed monthly or yearly, with a 30-day free trial.
- Operations includes inventory counts, variance against ideal usage, purchase orders emailed to suppliers and menu engineering.
- Imports sales from any POS that exports a sales mix file, with a list that includes Toast, Square and Shift4 POS (as Harbor Touch).
Cons
- No published terms of service: term, renewal and the cost of leaving early are not published.
- One user included; each extra user is $10 a month, and integrations such as the accounting export are $10 a month each.
- No invoice scanning of its own and no direct POS connection for restaurants: invoices and sales come in by hand or by file.
- Initial term
- Not published
Strongest on 12-month software cost (reference restaurant), inventory counts, and recipe costing. Weakest on supplier invoice capture.
Craftable
By Craftable
Back office platform for restaurants and hotels with ordering, inventory counts, recipe costing, AP automation and supplier payments. Price by quote only; the Terms of Service set a one-year term that renews each year unless you give 30 days' written notice.
RTC SCORE
6.1
#8 for Multi-location
Pros
- Ordering, inventory counts, recipe costing, AP automation and supplier payments in one platform.
- Integrates with many POS systems, including Toast, Square, Clover, Lightspeed, SpotOn and TouchBistro, and with QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, NetSuite and R365.
- Published per-payment fees for paying suppliers: $0.49 by ACH, $0.99 by eCheck and $1.49 by paper check.
Cons
- No published price: you only get one through a demo and a quote.
- One-year term that renews each year; if you leave early, all fees become due at once.
- Electronic invoice reading and the POS integration depend on add-ons or higher accounts.
- Initial term
- 12 months
Strongest on inventory counts, recipe costing, and POS integrations. Weakest on published pricing.
Apicbase
By Apicbase
Back-of-house platform for multi-outlet food service, with recipes, inventory, purchasing and actual vs. theoretical food cost. Every plan is by quote, the Growth plan starts at 5 outlets, and subscriptions are billed annually.
RTC SCORE
5.6
#9 for Multi-location
Pros
- Recipes, inventory, purchasing and actual vs. theoretical food cost in one platform, with transfers and central kitchen tools for groups.
- Connects to Toast, Square, Clover and Lightspeed, among more than 40 POS and online ordering systems.
- You can download your data during a grace period after you cancel, and Apicbase keeps it for 60 days.
Cons
- Every plan is by quote, and the Growth plan says it starts from 5 outlets.
- Contracts renew automatically, you must give 90 days' notice to stop the renewal, and fees can't be cancelled before the term ends.
- Monthly billing costs 15% more, fees are payable in euros and prices can rise every year with a Belgian wage index.
- Initial term
- Quote only
Strongest on inventory counts, recipe costing, and actual vs. theoretical food cost. Weakest on published pricing.
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