Back Office vs Crunchtime vs Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput) vs QSRSoft

Back Office is restaurant accounting, food cost and payroll software with a service team attached, sold by Buyers Edge Platform to independents, multi-concept groups and franchises in the US and Canada. 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. Crunchtime Ops Execution, formerly Zenput, is software for multi-unit restaurant and convenience store brands to assign daily tasks, checklists and audits to stores and see whether they were done. QSRSoft is a restaurant operations platform for quick-service brands that sits above the point of sale. All four are listed under Multi-Unit & Enterprise Restaurant Operations. The main differences are in price, audience and integrations.

Key differences

  • price

    Back Office publishes a starting price of USD 199 per month. Crunchtime, Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput) and QSRSoft do not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Back Office: Independent restaurants; Crunchtime: Multi-unit restaurant chains; Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput): Multi-unit restaurant and convenience store brands; QSRSoft: Multi-unit quick-service operators.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. Back Office names 31 integrations, Crunchtime names 36 integrations, Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput) names 12 integrations and QSRSoft names 32 integrations. 3 partners appear in every list.

  • company background

    Headquarters: Back Office, Littleton, United States; Crunchtime, Boston, United States; Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput), Boston, United States; QSRSoft, Lombard, Illinois, United States.

Side by side

Back Office vs Crunchtime vs Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput) vs QSRSoft: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldBack OfficeCrunchtimeCrunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput)QSRSoft
What it isBack Office is restaurant accounting, food cost and payroll software with a service team attached, sold by Buyers Edge Platform to independents, multi-concept groups and franchises in the US and Canada.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.Crunchtime Ops Execution, formerly Zenput, is software for multi-unit restaurant and convenience store brands to assign daily tasks, checklists and audits to stores and see whether they were done.QSRSoft is a restaurant operations platform for quick-service brands that sits above the point of sale.
Best forIndependent restaurants; Multi-concept restaurant groups; Franchisors and franchiseesMulti-unit restaurant chains; Franchise brands and franchisees; Quick-service and casual-dining brands with busy kitchens; Operators focused on food cost controlMulti-unit restaurant and convenience store brands; Franchise organisationsMulti-unit quick-service operators; Franchise organisations; Operators with many disconnected systems
Pricing modelSubscription per locationQuote onlyQuote onlyQuote only
Starting priceUSD 199 per monthNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free planNoNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, AndroidWebNot published
CountriesCanada, United StatesMexico, United Kingdom, United StatesNot publishedNot published
LanguagesEnglishNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations31361232
CertificationsNot publishedSOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2Not publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedDisaster recovery with stated 15-minute RPO and 2-hour RTO, HTTPS, multi-factor authentication, encryption in transit and at restNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot publishedNot publishedNot published2001
HeadquartersLittleton, United StatesBoston, United StatesBoston, United StatesLombard, Illinois, United States
OwnerBuyers Edge PlatformMerged with QSR Automations, LLC (announced June 2025); both are backed by investment firm Battery VenturesCrunchtime Information Systems, Inc., which acquired Zenput on 23 June 2022; backed by Battery VenturesNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by all four

  • PAR
  • Micros Simphony
  • Toast

Named only by Back Office

  • Brunswick
  • Clover
  • Digital dining
  • Dinerware
  • Focus POS Systems
  • Future POS
  • Genius
  • GoTab
  • HarborTouch
  • HungerRush
  • Lightspeed
  • Linga
and 11 more
  • Aloha
  • NorthStar
  • OnePOS
  • Micros
  • OrderCounter
  • RPower
  • Skytab
  • SpotOn
  • Sync POS
  • Tab it
  • Union

Named only by Crunchtime

  • Baldor
  • Ben E. Keith
  • Ceridian
  • FranPOS
  • Gordon Food Service
  • Great Plains
  • InfoGenesis Cloud
  • JD Edwards
  • Lawson
  • NetSuite
  • Paychex
  • Paycom
and 5 more
  • Paylocity
  • Performance Food Group
  • Rippling
  • Ultipro
  • Workday

Named only by Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput)

Every partner Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput) names is also named by another product here.

Named only by QSRSoft

  • Acrelec
  • Alliance
  • Aprio
  • Deputy
  • DiCarlo
  • Ferraro
  • Green McCowan
  • HAVI
  • HME
  • Katsiroubas
  • Kelly + Partners
  • LifeLenz
and 9 more
  • Lineage
  • Martin Brower
  • My OfficePro
  • Payright
  • PFG
  • Proliant
  • Renzi
  • Sofo Foods
  • Sygma

Which to choose

Back Office

Choose Back Office if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Independent restaurants; Multi-concept restaurant groups; Franchisors and franchisees.

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.

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

Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput)

Choose Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput) if you are in one of these groups: Multi-unit restaurant and convenience store brands; Franchise organisations.

QSRSoft

Choose QSRSoft if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Multi-unit quick-service operators; Franchise organisations; Operators with many disconnected systems.

Weaker fit: Full-service or single-site restaurants: the vendor says the platform is built exclusively for quick-service restaurants.

What we could not confirm

Back Office

  • Contract minimum term and renewal
  • Founding year and employee count
  • Security certifications and hosting
  • Mobile apps
  • Which integrations are available for which plan or in Canada
  • Bookkeeping service pricing (listed as coming soon)
  • Exact headquarters (site data says Littleton, Colorado; legal terms list Waltham, Massachusetts)

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

Crunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput)

  • Any price
  • Contract terms
  • Mobile app store listings
  • Founding year and team size
  • Which listed integrations apply to Ops Execution
  • Security certifications

QSRSoft

  • Any price or contract term (demo only)
  • Named customers (the vendor cites only 'the world's largest QSR brands')
  • Legal entity, team size, funding and founders
  • Countries served and interface languages
  • Security certifications
  • Which capabilities are sold separately versus bundled, and which platforms and devices are supported
  • The vendor's claim of 15,000+ restaurants and its operating history (unaudited vendor claims)

Go further

Back Office profileCrunchtime profileCrunchtime Ops Execution (formerly Zenput) profileQSRSoft 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.

Back Office, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepagehttps://bepbackoffice.com/
  2. Packages and priceshttps://bepbackoffice.com/pricing/
  3. Integrations listhttps://bepbackoffice.com/integrations/
  4. POS integration categoryhttps://bepbackoffice.com/blog/integration-types/point-of-sale/
  5. Company, parenthttps://bepbackoffice.com/about-us/
  6. Service modelhttps://bepbackoffice.com/why-back-office/
  7. Accounting featureshttps://bepbackoffice.com/solutions/accounting/
  8. Food cost featureshttps://bepbackoffice.com/solutions/food-cost-management/
  9. Payroll featureshttps://bepbackoffice.com/solutions/payroll/
  10. Franchise fithttps://bepbackoffice.com/franchise-restaurants/
  11. Support hourshttps://bepbackoffice.com/faqs/
  12. Customer exampleshttps://bepbackoffice.com/case-studies/
  13. Legal entityhttps://bepbackoffice.com/terms-and-conditions-operations/
  14. Canadian sitehttps://bepbackoffice.com/ca/

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

QSRSoft, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Home: positioning, CoachQ, connectionshttps://www.qsrsoft.com
  2. Platform capabilitieshttps://www.qsrsoft.com/platform
  3. CoachQ AI agenthttps://www.qsrsoft.com/coachq
  4. Integration logoshttps://www.qsrsoft.com/integrations
  5. Company backgroundhttps://www.qsrsoft.com/about
  6. Address and support linehttps://www.qsrsoft.com/contact
  7. Demo offer and audiencehttps://www.qsrsoft.com/demo