Back Office vs Loaded

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. Loaded is a cloud back-office platform for hospitality venues that pulls sales from the venue's POS and combines revenue reporting, stock and recipe costing, AI invoice processing, rosters, timesheets and award-rate wage costs. Both are listed under Multi-Unit & Enterprise Restaurant Operations. The main differences are in price, audience and countries covered.

Key differences

  • price

    The vendors price on different terms. Back Office at USD 199 per month; Loaded at USD 119 per venue per month. The amounts cannot be compared directly.

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Back Office: Independent restaurants; Loaded: Multi-site hospitality groups.

  • countries covered

    Country coverage differs. Back Office names 2 countries and Loaded names 2 countries. No country appears in every list.

  • integrations

    Back Office names 31 integrations and Loaded names 28 integrations. 3 partners appear in every list.

  • company background

    Back Office is based in Littleton, United States and Loaded in Queenstown, New Zealand.

Side by side

Back Office vs Loaded: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldBack OfficeLoaded
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.Loaded is a cloud back-office platform for hospitality venues that pulls sales from the venue's POS and combines revenue reporting, stock and recipe costing, AI invoice processing, rosters, timesheets and award-rate wage costs.
Best forIndependent restaurants; Multi-concept restaurant groups; Franchisors and franchiseesMulti-site hospitality groups; Franchise operators; Independent cafes, bars, restaurants and pubs in Australia and New Zealand
Pricing modelSubscription per locationSubscription per venue
Starting priceUSD 199 per monthUSD 119 per venue per month
Free planNoNot published
Free trialNot publishedYes
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWeb
CountriesCanada, United StatesAustralia, New Zealand
LanguagesEnglishNot published
Number of integrations3128
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersLittleton, United StatesQueenstown, New Zealand
OwnerBuyers Edge PlatformNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • Aloha
  • Revel
  • Square

Named only by Back Office

  • Brunswick
  • Clover
  • Digital dining
  • Dinerware
  • Focus POS Systems
  • Future POS
  • Genius
  • GoTab
  • HarborTouch
  • Heartland
  • HungerRush
  • Lightspeed
and 16 more
  • Linga
  • NorthStar
  • OnePOS
  • Micros
  • OrderCounter
  • PAR
  • POSitouch
  • RPower
  • Micros Simphony
  • Skytab
  • SpotOn
  • Squirrel Systems
  • Sync POS
  • Tab it
  • Toast
  • Union

Named only by Loaded

  • Abacus
  • Bepoz
  • Bustle
  • Crystal Payroll
  • Dnero
  • Epos
  • Ezypay
  • Fedelta
  • H + L
  • Idealpos
  • Impos
  • Info Genesis
and 13 more
  • iPayroll
  • Lightspeed (K-Series)
  • Lightspeed (O-Series)
  • MYOB
  • Onetap
  • Ordermate
  • PayHero
  • Pay Sauce
  • Posbiz
  • Redcat
  • Swiftpos
  • Tevalis
  • Xero

Which to choose

Back Office

Choose Back Office if you are in one of these groups: Independent restaurants; Multi-concept restaurant groups; Franchisors and franchisees.

Loaded

Choose Loaded if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Multi-site hospitality groups; Franchise operators; Independent cafes, bars, restaurants and pubs in Australia and New Zealand.

Weaker fit: Venues wanting a POS as well: Loaded connects to an existing POS. Its award and wage compliance features are built for Australia.

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)

Loaded

  • Contract minimum term and renewal
  • Founding year, employee count, funding
  • App store listings and platforms for the team and timeclock apps
  • Security certifications and hosting
  • Interface languages

Go further

Back Office profileLoaded profile

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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/