MarketMan vs Orca Inventory

MarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control. Orca Inventory is inventory and ordering software for restaurants, bars and other hospitality businesses. Both are listed under Inventory Management. They differ in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    Starting prices: MarketMan at USD 249 per month; Orca Inventory at USD 179 per store per month. The currency or billing basis differs, so they are not directly comparable.

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: MarketMan: Independent restaurants and cafes; Orca Inventory: Restaurants and bars wanting automated ordering.

  • platforms

    Listed platforms: MarketMan: Web, iOS, Android; Orca Inventory: Web.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. MarketMan names 20 integrations and Orca Inventory names 25 integrations. 13 partners appear in every list.

Side by side

MarketMan vs Orca Inventory: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldMarketManOrca Inventory
What it isMarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control.Orca Inventory is inventory and ordering software for restaurants, bars and other hospitality businesses.
Best forIndependent restaurants and cafes; Multi-unit restaurant groups and franchises; Operators with a commissary or central kitchen; Food distributors and suppliersRestaurants and bars wanting automated ordering; Operators buying from large distributors; Independents up to corporate franchises
Pricing modelSubscription per locationSubscription per location
Starting priceUSD 249 per monthUSD 179 per store per month
Free planNoNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
Contract12 monthsMonthly, annual or 2-year plans
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
CountriesCanada, Germany, United Kingdom, United StatesNot published
LanguagesEnglishNot published
Number of integrations2025
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersNot publishedCamarillo, CA, United States
OwnerNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • Clover
  • Gordon Food Service
  • Lavu
  • Lightspeed
  • Aloha
  • Oracle Micros
  • QuickBooks
  • Revel
  • Shamrock Foods
  • Square
  • Sysco
  • Toast
and 1 more
  • TouchBistro

Named only by MarketMan

  • Barventory
  • Otter
  • Performance Foodservice
  • Revolut POS
  • Shift4 SkyTab
  • SumUp
  • Xero

Named only by Orca Inventory

  • Aldelo
  • Baldor Specialty Foods
  • Ben E Keith
  • Breadcrumb
  • Cheney Brothers
  • Heartland
  • Performance Foods
  • Positouch
  • Reinhart Foods
  • Shopify
  • Micros Simphony
  • US Foods

Which to choose

MarketMan

Choose MarketMan if you are in one of these groups: Independent restaurants and cafes; Multi-unit restaurant groups and franchises; Operators with a commissary or central kitchen.

Orca Inventory

Choose Orca Inventory if you are in one of these groups: Restaurants and bars wanting automated ordering; Operators buying from large distributors; Independents up to corporate franchises.

What we could not confirm

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)

Orca Inventory

  • Year founded and team size
  • Named accounting integrations (the vendor shows logos without names)
  • Native mobile apps in the App Store or Google Play
  • Countries and languages
  • Security certifications
  • Some feature pages are marked coming soon in the site footer

Go further

MarketMan profileOrca 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