Apicbase vs Crunchtime vs Fourth vs Operandio

Apicbase is a cloud back-of-house platform for large multi-site foodservice businesses. Crunchtime is a suite of restaurant operations software for multi-unit brands, covering inventory and food cost, AI sales forecasting, labour scheduling, operational checklists and food safety, staff training, and kitchen display screens. Fourth is a cloud suite for restaurant and hospitality operators covering workforce management, inventory and purchasing, payroll and HR, and analytics. Operandio is a cloud operations platform for franchise and multi-unit businesses. All four are listed under Multi-Unit & Enterprise Restaurant Operations. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in audience, countries covered and integrations.

Key differences

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Apicbase: Multi-unit restaurant groups; Crunchtime: Multi-unit restaurant chains; Fourth: Multi-location restaurant operators; Operandio: Multi-unit and franchise restaurant groups.

  • countries covered

    Country coverage differs. Apicbase names 5 countries, Crunchtime names 3 countries, Fourth names 4 countries and Operandio names 2 countries. 1 country appears in every list.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. Apicbase names 21 integrations, Crunchtime names 36 integrations, Fourth names 25 integrations and Operandio names 26 integrations. 1 partner appears in every list.

  • company background

    Apicbase is based in Antwerp, Belgium, Crunchtime in Boston, United States, Fourth in Austin, United States and Operandio in Australia.

Side by side

Apicbase vs Crunchtime vs Fourth vs Operandio: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldApicbaseCrunchtimeFourthOperandio
What it isApicbase is a cloud back-of-house platform for large multi-site foodservice businesses.Crunchtime is a suite of restaurant operations software for multi-unit brands, covering inventory and food cost, AI sales forecasting, labour scheduling, operational checklists and food safety, staff training, and kitchen display screens.Fourth is a cloud suite for restaurant and hospitality operators covering workforce management, inventory and purchasing, payroll and HR, and analytics.Operandio is a cloud operations platform for franchise and multi-unit businesses.
Best forMulti-unit restaurant groups; Hotel chains and hotel F&B; Central kitchens and caterers; Ghost kitchen and meal-kit operatorsMulti-unit restaurant chains; Franchise brands and franchisees; Quick-service and casual-dining brands with busy kitchens; Operators focused on food cost controlMulti-location restaurant operators; Enterprise and quick-service chains; Hotels, bars and retail; Operators wanting workforce and inventory in one vendorMulti-unit and franchise restaurant groups; Operators digitising HACCP and temperature logs; Groups opening new sites
Pricing modelQuote onlyQuote onlyQuote onlyQuote only
Starting priceNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNo
ContractNot publishedNot publishedSet by the order form (initial term not stated in the terms)Not published
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesBelgium, Germany, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United StatesMexico, United Kingdom, United StatesAustralia, Canada, United Kingdom, United StatesAustralia, United States
LanguagesNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations21362526
CertificationsGDPR, SOC 2 Type 2SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2ISO 9001Not published
Security practicesEncryption in transit and at rest, daily backups, Hosted on AWS, SSO, multi-factor authentication and role-based permissionsDisaster recovery with stated 15-minute RPO and 2-hour RTO, HTTPS, multi-factor authentication, encryption in transit and at restCloud hosting in US, EMEA and APAC data centres built to Tier 3 standards with zero-trust network design, Data processing agreement publishedHosted on AWS with encryption in transit and at rest, MFA, web application firewall and external identity providers (no certification named)
Founded2017Not publishedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersAntwerp, BelgiumBoston, United StatesAustin, United StatesAustralia
OwnerNot publishedMerged with QSR Automations, LLC (announced June 2025); both are backed by investment firm Battery VenturesMarlin Equity Partners (majority owner as of the 2019 acquisition; Insight Partners minority)Not published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by all four

  • Toast

Named only by Apicbase

  • Aloha Cloud by NCR Voyix
  • Bidfood UK
  • Brakes
  • Clover
  • Deliverect
  • Epos Now
  • Foodics
  • Goodtill
  • Lightspeed
  • Makro Netherlands
  • Oracle Micros
  • Sligro
and 3 more
  • Transgourmet Germany
  • Vectron
  • Vita Mojo

Named only by Crunchtime

  • Appetize
  • Baldor
  • Ben E. Keith
  • CBS Northstar
  • Ceridian
  • FranPOS
  • Great Plains
  • Harri
  • InfoGenesis Cloud
  • JD Edwards
  • Lawson
  • NetSuite
and 6 more
  • PAR
  • Paycom
  • Performance Food Group
  • QuickBooks Online
  • Rippling
  • Ultipro

Named only by Fourth

  • BlueCats
  • CareerBuilder
  • Cooper-Atkins
  • Digital Dining
  • Focus
  • HungerRush
  • Indeed
  • ITD Food Safety
  • Monster
  • PAR POS (formerly Brink)
  • Restaurant Manager
  • Snagajob
and 2 more
  • Lightspeed U Series (formerly Upserve)
  • Xenial IRIS

Named only by Operandio

  • Crisp
  • Databricks
  • Dayforce
  • Deputy
  • Employment Hero
  • Employment Hero Payroll
  • Ento
  • Google Business Profile
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • OPMS
  • ProLiant
  • Sentry Temperature Monitoring
and 8 more
  • Siemens Building Management
  • Snowflake
  • Tanda
  • VenueSumo
  • Webhooks
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Zenoti

Which to choose

Apicbase

Choose Apicbase if you are in one of these groups: Multi-unit restaurant groups; Hotel chains and hotel F&B; Central kitchens and caterers.

Less suited to: Single-site or very small businesses. The entry Growth plan is described as starting from 5 outlets, and the vendor positions the product for large and enterprise food businesses.

Crunchtime

Choose Crunchtime if you fit its listed audience: Multi-unit restaurant chains; Franchise brands and franchisees; Quick-service and casual-dining brands with busy kitchens.

Less suited to: Single-site independents. The vendor describes its customers as multi-unit restaurant brands, publishes no small-business plan, and sells only through demos.

Fourth

Choose Fourth if you are in one of these groups: Multi-location restaurant operators; Enterprise and quick-service chains; Hotels, bars and retail.

Operandio

Choose Operandio if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Multi-unit and franchise restaurant groups; Operators digitising HACCP and temperature logs; Groups opening new sites.

What we could not confirm

Apicbase

  • Any price or per-outlet fee (quote only)
  • Contract length and renewal terms
  • Free trial or free plan
  • Official list of countries where it is sold and supported
  • Interface languages of the product (site is in English, Dutch, French, German)
  • Employee count and registration number
  • Funding after the 2021 Series A
  • Names of the 9 financial and accounting integrations (none found on the vendor's site)
  • Names of the native mobile apps in the app stores

Crunchtime

  • Any price, plan tier or free trial (demo only)
  • Contract length and renewal terms
  • Founding year (not stated on the vendor's site)
  • Employee count and funding
  • Official list of supported countries and languages
  • Whether the integrations page shows every integration, and which POS work with which product
  • Names of the mobile apps in the app stores beyond Teamworx

Fourth

  • Any price; conditions of the free year of HotSchedules promotion
  • Legal entity name and registration (several Fourth companies appear in the terms)
  • Current ownership (the latest ownership event stated is the 2019 Marlin acquisition)
  • Initial contract term and minimum length
  • Interface languages and the full list of countries served
  • Fourth iQ app platforms and availability dates
  • Employee count
  • Accounting integrations
  • Customer counts differ between pages (120,000 locations on the homepage; 15,000 customers across 100,000 sites on the about page)

Operandio

  • Any price or plan
  • Minimum contract term and renewal
  • Year founded, founders, headquarters city, team size and funding
  • Registered company number
  • Security certifications
  • Country list
  • App Store and Google Play listings
  • Which interface languages are available

Go further

Apicbase profileCrunchtime profileFourth profileOperandio profile

Other comparisons with these products

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Apicbase, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: positioning, modules, AI, security summaryhttps://get.apicbase.com
  2. Plans, add-onshttps://get.apicbase.com/pricing-plans/
  3. Company: Belgium headquartershttps://get.apicbase.com/about/
  4. Offices in Antwerp and New Yorkhttps://get.apicbase.com/contact/
  5. Customer segments and exampleshttps://get.apicbase.com/customers/
  6. Case studies and countrieshttps://get.apicbase.com/cases/
  7. Security, SOC 2, apps, APIhttps://get.apicbase.com/trust-security-compliance/
  8. Allergen, HACCP, traceabilityhttps://get.apicbase.com/food-safety-and-compliance/
  9. Production planninghttps://get.apicbase.com/production-planning/
  10. Internal orderinghttps://get.apicbase.com/internal-ordering/
  11. Menu planninghttps://get.apicbase.com/menu-planning/
  12. Demand forecastinghttps://get.apicbase.com/demand-forecasting-software-restaurant/
  13. Carbon trackinghttps://get.apicbase.com/carbon-footprint-tracking-software/
  14. MCP / AI assistantshttps://get.apicbase.com/mcp/
  15. Mobile counting app, offlinehttps://get.apicbase.com/mobile-counting/
  16. POS integration directoryhttps://partners.apicbase.com/integrations/pos
  17. Supplier integration directoryhttps://partners.apicbase.com/integrations/suppliers
  18. Page discoveryhttps://get.apicbase.com/sitemap_index.xml
  19. Series A, founders, founding year, early customershttps://tech.eu/2021/05/19/antwerp-based-hospitality-tech-apicbase-cooks-up-e4-million-in-series-a-round/

Crunchtime, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: suite and navigationhttps://www.crunchtime.com
  2. Suite overviewhttps://www.crunchtime.com/suite-overview
  3. Company, offices, leadership, customershttps://www.crunchtime.com/about-us
  4. Inventory featureshttps://www.crunchtime.com/inventory-management
  5. Labour featureshttps://www.crunchtime.com/labor-and-scheduling
  6. Compliance ruleshttps://www.crunchtime.com/labor-and-scheduling/labor-law-compliance
  7. Teamworx apphttps://www.crunchtime.com/labor-and-scheduling/employee-scheduling-app
  8. Ops executionhttps://www.crunchtime.com/operations-execution
  9. Temperature monitoringhttps://www.crunchtime.com/ops-execution/temp-monitoring
  10. Kitchen displayhttps://www.crunchtime.com/kitchen
  11. Kitchen hardwarehttps://www.crunchtime.com/kitchen/hardware
  12. Host producthttps://www.crunchtime.com/host
  13. Insightshttps://www.crunchtime.com/crunchtime-insights
  14. Learning managementhttps://www.crunchtime.com/learning-and-development
  15. Integration listhttps://www.crunchtime.com/integrations
  16. Security and auditshttps://www.crunchtime.com/security
  17. Customershttps://www.crunchtime.com/our-customers
  18. Newshttps://www.crunchtime.com/press
  19. Merger with QSR Automationshttps://www.crunchtime.com/press/qsr-automations-agrees-to-merge-with-crunchtime
  20. Battery Ventures backing (press)https://www.builtinboston.com/articles/crunchtime-qsr-automations-merger-20250618
  21. Support hourshttps://www.crunchtime.com/support-policy
  22. Services and onboardinghttps://www.crunchtime.com/services

Fourth, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: positioning, 120,000 locations claimhttps://www.fourth.com/
  2. Company overview, customer claimshttps://www.fourth.com/company/about
  3. Offices and support numbershttps://www.fourth.com/company/contact
  4. HotSchedules features, apps, promotionhttps://www.fourth.com/product/hotschedules
  5. MacromatiXhttps://www.fourth.com/product/macromatix
  6. Workforce management featureshttps://www.fourth.com/solution/workforce-management-software
  7. Inventory featureshttps://www.fourth.com/solution/inventory-management
  8. Fourth iQ and named customershttps://www.fourth.com/solution/ai-intro
  9. Integration partnershttps://www.fourth.com/partner/integrations
  10. Renewal, fee changes, Fuego serviceshttps://www.fourth.com/legal/general-terms-and-conditions
  11. Hosting and securityhttps://www.fourth.com/legal/fourth-hosting-data-security
  12. Press releases: ISO 9001https://www.fourth.com/company/press-room
  13. 2019 acquisition, founding year, officeshttps://www.marlinequity.com/news/marlin-completes-the-acquisition-of-hotschedules-and-fourth/
  14. Data processing agreement (listed in sitemap)https://www.fourth.com/legal/data-processing-agreement
  15. System requirements page (listed in sitemap, not read)https://www.fourth.com/legal/minimum-system-requirements-for-all-systems