Fourth vs Operandio

Fourth is a cloud suite for restaurant and hospitality operators covering workforce management, inventory and purchasing, payroll and HR, and analytics. Operandio is a cloud operations platform for franchise and multi-unit businesses. Both are listed under Multi-Unit & Enterprise Restaurant Operations. They differ in audience, countries covered and integrations.

Key differences

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Fourth: Multi-location restaurant operators; Operandio: Multi-unit and franchise restaurant groups.

  • countries covered

    On geography, Fourth names 4 countries and Operandio names 2 countries. 2 countries appear in every list.

  • integrations

    Fourth names 25 integrations and Operandio names 26 integrations. 1 partner appears in every list.

  • company background

    Fourth is based in Austin, United States and Operandio in Australia.

Side by side

Fourth vs Operandio: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldFourthOperandio
What it isFourth is a cloud suite for restaurant and hospitality operators covering workforce management, inventory and purchasing, payroll and HR, and analytics.Operandio is a cloud operations platform for franchise and multi-unit businesses.
Best forMulti-location restaurant operators; Enterprise and quick-service chains; Hotels, bars and retail; Operators wanting workforce and inventory in one vendorMulti-unit and franchise restaurant groups; Operators digitising HACCP and temperature logs; Groups opening new sites
Pricing modelQuote onlyQuote only
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNo
ContractSet by the order form (initial term not stated in the terms)Not published
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesAustralia, Canada, United Kingdom, United StatesAustralia, United States
LanguagesNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations2526
CertificationsISO 9001Not published
Security practicesCloud hosting in US, EMEA and APAC data centres built to Tier 3 standards with zero-trust network design, Data processing agreement publishedHosted on AWS with encryption in transit and at rest, MFA, web application firewall and external identity providers (no certification named)
FoundedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersAustin, United StatesAustralia
OwnerMarlin Equity Partners (majority owner as of the 2019 acquisition; Insight Partners minority)Not published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • Toast

Named only by Fourth

  • Aloha (NCR)
  • BlueCats
  • CareerBuilder
  • Cooper-Atkins
  • Digital Dining
  • Focus
  • HungerRush
  • Indeed
  • ITD Food Safety
  • Oracle Micros 3700
  • Monster
  • PAR POS (formerly Brink)
and 12 more
  • POSitouch
  • QU
  • Restaurant Manager
  • Revel
  • Oracle Simphony
  • Snagajob
  • Squirrel
  • Sysco
  • Lightspeed U Series (formerly Upserve)
  • US Foods
  • Xenial IRIS
  • Xpient

Named only by Operandio

  • ADP Workforce Now
  • Crisp
  • Databricks
  • Dayforce
  • Deputy
  • Employment Hero
  • Employment Hero Payroll
  • Ento
  • Google Business Profile
  • Microsoft Fabric
  • OPMS
  • Paychex
and 13 more
  • Paycor
  • Paylocity
  • ProLiant
  • Sentry Temperature Monitoring
  • Siemens Building Management
  • Snowflake
  • Tanda
  • VenueSumo
  • Webhooks
  • Workday
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Zenoti

Which to choose

Fourth

Choose Fourth if you fit its listed audience: Multi-location restaurant operators; Enterprise and quick-service chains; Hotels, bars and retail.

Operandio

Choose Operandio if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Multi-unit and franchise restaurant groups; Operators digitising HACCP and temperature logs; Groups opening new sites.

What we could not confirm

Fourth

  • Any price; conditions of the free year of HotSchedules promotion
  • Legal entity name and registration (several Fourth companies appear in the terms)
  • Current ownership (the latest ownership event stated is the 2019 Marlin acquisition)
  • Initial contract term and minimum length
  • Interface languages and the full list of countries served
  • Fourth iQ app platforms and availability dates
  • Employee count
  • Accounting integrations
  • Customer counts differ between pages (120,000 locations on the homepage; 15,000 customers across 100,000 sites on the about page)

Operandio

  • Any price or plan
  • Minimum contract term and renewal
  • Year founded, founders, headquarters city, team size and funding
  • Registered company number
  • Security certifications
  • Country list
  • App Store and Google Play listings
  • Which interface languages are available

Go further

Fourth profileOperandio 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.

Fourth, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: positioning, 120,000 locations claimhttps://www.fourth.com/
  2. Company overview, customer claimshttps://www.fourth.com/company/about
  3. Offices and support numbershttps://www.fourth.com/company/contact
  4. HotSchedules features, apps, promotionhttps://www.fourth.com/product/hotschedules
  5. MacromatiXhttps://www.fourth.com/product/macromatix
  6. Workforce management featureshttps://www.fourth.com/solution/workforce-management-software
  7. Inventory featureshttps://www.fourth.com/solution/inventory-management
  8. Fourth iQ and named customershttps://www.fourth.com/solution/ai-intro
  9. Integration partnershttps://www.fourth.com/partner/integrations
  10. Renewal, fee changes, Fuego serviceshttps://www.fourth.com/legal/general-terms-and-conditions
  11. Hosting and securityhttps://www.fourth.com/legal/fourth-hosting-data-security
  12. Press releases: ISO 9001https://www.fourth.com/company/press-room
  13. 2019 acquisition, founding year, officeshttps://www.marlinequity.com/news/marlin-completes-the-acquisition-of-hotschedules-and-fourth/
  14. Data processing agreement (listed in sitemap)https://www.fourth.com/legal/data-processing-agreement
  15. System requirements page (listed in sitemap, not read)https://www.fourth.com/legal/minimum-system-requirements-for-all-systems