Craftable vs MarketMan vs Upserve Inventory

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. MarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control. Upserve Inventory is the back-of-house inventory module of the Upserve restaurant POS. All three are listed under Inventory Management. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    MarketMan publishes a starting price of USD 249 per month. Craftable and Upserve Inventory do not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: Craftable: Multi-unit restaurant groups; MarketMan: Independent restaurants and cafes; Upserve Inventory: Independent full-service restaurants.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. Craftable: Web; MarketMan: Web, iOS, Android; Upserve Inventory: Web, iOS, Android.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. Craftable names 21 integrations, MarketMan names 20 integrations and Upserve Inventory names 6 integrations. 1 partner appears in every list.

Side by side

Craftable vs MarketMan vs Upserve Inventory: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldCraftableMarketManUpserve Inventory
What it isCraftable 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.MarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control.Upserve Inventory is the back-of-house inventory module of the Upserve restaurant POS.
Best forMulti-unit restaurant groups; Hotels and resorts; Finance-led restaurant operatorsIndependent restaurants and cafes; Multi-unit restaurant groups and franchises; Operators with a commissary or central kitchen; Food distributors and suppliersIndependent full-service restaurants; Multi-location groups and central kitchens
Pricing modelQuote onlySubscription per locationAdd-on to a subscription
Starting priceNot publishedUSD 249 per monthNot published
Free planNot publishedNoNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedNot published
ContractNot published12 monthsNot published
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesNot publishedCanada, Germany, United Kingdom, United StatesNot published
LanguagesNot publishedEnglishNot published
Number of integrations21206
CertificationsSOC 2 Type 2Not publishedNot published
Security practicesHosted on AWS with AES256 encrypted backups and TLS 1.2+Not publishedNot published
FoundedNot publishedNot published2009
HeadquartersFarmers Branch (Dallas area), Texas, United StatesNot publishedNot published
OwnerNot publishedNot publishedSkyview Equity (acquired 2026; previously part of Lightspeed from 2020)
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by all three

  • QuickBooks

Named only by Craftable

  • 5-Out
  • Acumatica
  • ADP
  • NCR Aloha
  • Bill.com
  • Microsoft Dynamics GP
  • PAR Tech
  • Performance Food Group
  • R365
  • Southern Glazer's
  • SpotOn

Named only by MarketMan

  • Barventory
  • Lavu
  • Aloha
  • Otter
  • Performance Foodservice
  • Revolut POS
  • Shamrock Foods
  • Shift4 SkyTab
  • Square
  • SumUp

Named only by Upserve Inventory

  • Gusto
  • Homebase
  • HotSchedules

Which to choose

Craftable

Choose Craftable if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Multi-unit restaurant groups; Hotels and resorts; Finance-led restaurant operators.

MarketMan

Choose MarketMan if you fit its listed audience: Independent restaurants and cafes; Multi-unit restaurant groups and franchises; Operators with a commissary or central kitchen.

Upserve Inventory

Choose Upserve Inventory if you are in one of these groups: Independent full-service restaurants; Multi-location groups and central kitchens.

Our profile lists a weaker fit: 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

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

MarketMan

  • Whether plan prices are per location or per account
  • Free trial (none mentioned)
  • Founding year, headquarters, founders, funding and team size
  • Relationship to 'Meal Ticket', the name used on the About page
  • Security certifications and hosting
  • Full list of supported countries and interface languages
  • Which POS and supplier integrations work in which country
  • The vendor's customer counts ('15,000+ restaurants' on the homepage, '12,000+' on the case studies page) are unaudited and inconsistent
  • App store listing details (only the iOS link appears on the site)

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

Craftable profileMarketMan profileUpserve Inventory 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.

MarketMan, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: positioning, distributor offerhttps://www.marketman.com
  2. Plans, prices, add-ons, FAQs, customershttps://www.marketman.com/pricing-for-restaurant-inventory-management-system
  3. Platform overview and FAQhttps://www.marketman.com/platform
  4. Inventory features, hardwarehttps://www.marketman.com/platform/restaurant-inventory-management-software
  5. Multi-unit and commissary featureshttps://www.marketman.com/platform/multi-unit-restaurant-commissary-kitchen-inventory-software
  6. Invoice scanning and APhttps://www.marketman.com/platform/marketman-accounts-payable-automation
  7. Integration partner listhttps://www.marketman.com/partners
  8. Named customershttps://www.marketman.com/case-studies
  9. Legal entities, term and renewalhttps://www.marketman.com/saas-subscription-agreement
  10. Company descriptionhttps://www.marketman.com/about-us
  11. Page discoveryhttps://www.marketman.com/sitemap.xml

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