COGS-Well vs Upserve Inventory

COGS-Well is cloud software for restaurant inventory, recipe and food-cost control. Upserve Inventory is the back-of-house inventory module of the Upserve restaurant POS. Both are listed under Inventory Management. They differ in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    COGS-Well publishes a starting price of USD 199 per location per month. Upserve Inventory does not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: COGS-Well: Multi-location restaurant brands; Upserve Inventory: Independent full-service restaurants.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. COGS-Well: Web; Upserve Inventory: Web, iOS, Android.

  • integrations

    On integrations, COGS-Well names 26 integrations and Upserve Inventory names 6 integrations. 2 partners appear in every list.

Side by side

COGS-Well vs Upserve Inventory: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldCOGS-WellUpserve Inventory
What it isCOGS-Well is cloud software for restaurant inventory, recipe and food-cost control.Upserve Inventory is the back-of-house inventory module of the Upserve restaurant POS.
Best forMulti-location restaurant brands; Operators with a commissary or central kitchenIndependent full-service restaurants; Multi-location groups and central kitchens
Pricing modelSubscription per locationAdd-on to a subscription
Starting priceUSD 199 per location per monthNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNone (month-to-month)Not published
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesUnited StatesNot published
LanguagesNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations266
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot published2009
HeadquartersDanville, United StatesNot published
OwnerNot publishedSkyview Equity (acquired 2026; previously part of Lightspeed from 2020)
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • QuickBooks
  • Xero

Named only by COGS-Well

  • Clover
  • Gordon Food Service
  • GoTab
  • Heartland
  • HungerRush
  • Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • Aloha
  • Oracle NetSuite
  • Micros
  • Ottimate
  • Brink
  • PAR PixelPoint
and 12 more
  • POSitouch
  • Restaurant365
  • Revel
  • Sage
  • Shamrock Foods
  • SpotOn
  • Square
  • Sysco
  • Toast
  • TouchBistro
  • Upserve
  • US Foods

Named only by Upserve Inventory

  • 7shifts
  • Gusto
  • Homebase
  • HotSchedules

Which to choose

COGS-Well

Choose COGS-Well if you fit its listed audience: Multi-location restaurant brands; Operators with a commissary or central kitchen.

Upserve Inventory

Choose Upserve Inventory if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Independent full-service restaurants; Multi-location groups and central kitchens.

Less suited to: Restaurants that want to keep their current POS or card processor: Upserve says its POS and Upserve Payments work as one system and inventory is a module of that platform.

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

Upserve Inventory

  • Price of the Inventory add-on
  • Names of the 6 supplier integrations
  • Headquarters, legal entity, employee count and countries served
  • Security certifications
  • Contract term

Go further

COGS-Well profileUpserve Inventory 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.

Upserve Inventory, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage and positioninghttps://www.upserve.com
  2. Inventory management featureshttps://www.upserve.com/products/restaurant-management
  3. Plans, add-on inventory features, integrationshttps://www.upserve.com/pricing
  4. POS, iPad hardware, paymentshttps://www.upserve.com/products/point-of-sale
  5. Upserve Live apphttps://www.upserve.com/products/upserve-live
  6. Add-ons and Epson KDShttps://www.upserve.com/products/add-ons-more
  7. History and ownershiphttps://www.upserve.com/resources/about-us
  8. Skyview Equity ownershiphttps://www.upserve.com/blog/upserve-new-ownership
  9. Independence and product focushttps://www.upserve.com/blog/upserve-is-back
  10. Support hourshttps://www.upserve.com/support