Beacon by SystemPath vs Safefood 360°

Beacon is a food safety and quality compliance platform from SystemPath, sold together with SQF consulting and HACCP training. Ideagen Safefood 360° (formerly sold as Safefood 360°) is cloud software for food manufacturers to run food safety and supplier quality management. Both are listed under HACCP & Food Safety Management. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in audience and company background.

Key differences

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Beacon by SystemPath: Food manufacturers preparing for SQF audits; Safefood 360°: Food manufacturers preparing for GFSI audits.

  • company background

    Beacon by SystemPath is based in Canton, Michigan, United States and Safefood 360° in Dublin, Ireland.

Side by side

Beacon by SystemPath vs Safefood 360°: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldBeacon by SystemPathSafefood 360°
What it isBeacon is a food safety and quality compliance platform from SystemPath, sold together with SQF consulting and HACCP training.Ideagen Safefood 360° (formerly sold as Safefood 360°) is cloud software for food manufacturers to run food safety and supplier quality management.
Best forFood manufacturers preparing for SQF audits; Co-packers; Multi-unit restaurant and QSR operators; Multi-site food businesses centralising complianceFood manufacturers preparing for GFSI audits; Processors managing many suppliers; Bakeries, seafood, beverage and pet food producers; Multi-site food groups
Pricing modelQuote onlyQuote only
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractSet in each customer's signed agreement; not publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWeb
CountriesNot publishedUnited Kingdom, United States
LanguagesNot publishedChinese (Simplified), Dutch, English (UK), English (US), Finnish, French and 3 more
Number of integrationsNot published2
CertificationsNot publishedSOC 2 Type 2
Security practicesALCOA+ compliant records and electronic signatures, Tenant data isolation, encryption at rest, no training of shared AI models on customer dataDaily geo-replicated backups on Microsoft Azure, Encryption and multi-factor authentication, Single sign-on via Azure AD B2C (OAuth, OpenID Connect, SAML)
FoundedNot published2010
HeadquartersCanton, Michigan, United StatesDublin, Ireland
OwnerNot publishedIdeagen
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Beacon by SystemPath

Beacon by SystemPath does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Named only by Safefood 360°

  • Azure Active Directory B2C
  • Microsoft Outlook

Which to choose

Beacon by SystemPath

Choose Beacon by SystemPath if you are in one of these groups: Food manufacturers preparing for SQF audits; Co-packers; Multi-unit restaurant and QSR operators.

Safefood 360°

Choose Safefood 360° if you are in one of these groups: Food manufacturers preparing for GFSI audits; Processors managing many suppliers; Bakeries, seafood, beverage and pet food producers.

What we could not confirm

Beacon by SystemPath

  • Any price or starting price (quote only)
  • Named customers beyond the founder's own plant
  • Integrations with other systems
  • Founding year and employee count
  • Countries served and interface languages (operators are said to work in their own language)
  • Whether Beacon offers a mobile app in the app stores
  • Formal certifications such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001
  • The listed category (equipment monitoring) is not what this product mainly does; equipment tracking is limited to maintenance work orders

Safefood 360°

  • Any price, contract term or free trial (all plans are inquiry only)
  • When Ideagen acquired Safefood 360° (the site shows Ideagen branding and copyright but no date)
  • Team size, funding and founders
  • Countries where it is sold
  • Whether native iOS or Android apps exist (the site says mobile access and offline audits but names no app)

Go further

Beacon by SystemPath profileSafefood 360° 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.

Beacon by SystemPath, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage and positioninghttps://systempath.com
  2. Platform moduleshttps://systempath.com/features
  3. Sanitation, maintenance, monitoringhttps://systempath.com/features/operations
  4. Packages and how pricing workshttps://systempath.com/pricing
  5. Restaurant and QSR usehttps://systempath.com/restaurant-food-safety-software
  6. Company, founder, planthttps://systempath.com/about
  7. AI limits and data handlinghttps://systempath.com/how-beacon-is-built
  8. Legal entity and cancellationhttps://systempath.com/terms-of-service
  9. Page discoveryhttps://systempath.com/sitemap.xml