COGS-Well vs Craftable vs xtraCHEF

COGS-Well is cloud software for restaurant inventory, recipe and food-cost control. Craftable is a cloud back-office platform for restaurants and hotels that connects vendor ordering, inventory and recipe costing, invoice processing and accounts payable, and daily cost dashboards. xtraCHEF by Toast is restaurant back-office software for invoice automation, recipe costing, inventory and cost reporting. All three are listed under Inventory Management. They differ in price, audience and integrations.

Key differences

  • price

    COGS-Well publishes a starting price of USD 199 per location per month. Craftable and xtraCHEF do not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: COGS-Well: Multi-location restaurant brands; Craftable: Multi-unit restaurant groups; xtraCHEF: US restaurants and groups tracking food cost.

  • integrations

    COGS-Well names 26 integrations, Craftable names 21 integrations and xtraCHEF names 8 integrations. 2 partners appear in every list.

  • company background

    By headquarters, COGS-Well (Danville, United States), Craftable (Farmers Branch (Dallas area), Texas, United States) and xtraCHEF (Boston, United States).

Side by side

COGS-Well vs Craftable vs xtraCHEF: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldCOGS-WellCraftablextraCHEF
What it isCOGS-Well is cloud software for restaurant inventory, recipe and food-cost control.Craftable is a cloud back-office platform for restaurants and hotels that connects vendor ordering, inventory and recipe costing, invoice processing and accounts payable, and daily cost dashboards.xtraCHEF by Toast is restaurant back-office software for invoice automation, recipe costing, inventory and cost reporting.
Best forMulti-location restaurant brands; Operators with a commissary or central kitchenMulti-unit restaurant groups; Hotels and resorts; Finance-led restaurant operatorsUS restaurants and groups tracking food cost; Toast POS customers; Finance and culinary teams working from one dataset
Pricing modelSubscription per locationQuote onlyQuote only
Starting priceUSD 199 per location per monthNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedNot published
ContractNone (month-to-month)Not publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWebWeb
CountriesUnited StatesNot publishedUnited States
LanguagesNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations26218
CertificationsNot publishedSOC 2 Type 2Not published
Security practicesNot publishedHosted on AWS with AES256 encrypted backups and TLS 1.2+Not published
FoundedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersDanville, United StatesFarmers Branch (Dallas area), Texas, United StatesBoston, United States
OwnerNot publishedNot publishedToast, Inc., which acquired xtraCHEF on 8 June 2021
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by all three

  • QuickBooks
  • Toast

Named only by COGS-Well

  • GoTab
  • Heartland
  • HungerRush
  • Aloha
  • Ottimate
  • Brink
  • PAR PixelPoint
  • POSitouch
  • Sage
  • Shamrock Foods
  • Square
  • Upserve
and 2 more
  • US Foods
  • Xero

Named only by Craftable

  • 5-Out
  • 7shifts
  • Acumatica
  • ADP
  • NCR Aloha
  • Lightspeed
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP
  • PAR Tech
  • Performance Food Group
  • Southern Glazer's

Named only by xtraCHEF

  • Compeat
  • Crunch Time
  • CTUIT

Which to choose

COGS-Well

Choose COGS-Well if you are in one of these groups: Multi-location restaurant brands; Operators with a commissary or central kitchen.

Craftable

Choose Craftable if you fit its listed audience: Multi-unit restaurant groups; Hotels and resorts; Finance-led restaurant operators.

xtraCHEF

Choose xtraCHEF if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: US restaurants and groups tracking food cost; Toast POS customers; Finance and culinary teams working from one dataset.

Our profile lists a weaker fit: Restaurants outside the United States. The product page is served only in the US edition and says the content is not available in the United Kingdom.

What we could not confirm

COGS-Well

  • Founding year and team size
  • Which listed partners are live integrations and for which POS
  • Security certifications
  • Mobile app availability on iOS or Android
  • Interface languages
  • Whether Foundation plan is available without the named AP partners

Craftable

  • Any price, plans or contract terms
  • Exact founding year (the About page says twelve years) and team size
  • Funding (the About page says it began without venture capital)
  • Countries where it is sold and interface languages
  • Mobile app names and app store listings
  • Which POS integrations support live data vs file import
  • Vendor performance claims (for example 5% lower cost of goods) are unaudited

xtraCHEF

  • Prices for Essentials and Pro
  • Contract terms
  • The pos.toasttab.com/xtrachef page (the live page is /products/xtrachef)
  • Founding year of xtraCHEF and current employee count
  • Security certifications and interface languages

Go further

COGS-Well profileCraftable profilextraCHEF 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.