MarketMan vs Upserve Inventory

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

Key differences

  • price

    MarketMan publishes a starting price of USD 249 per month. Upserve Inventory does not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: MarketMan: Independent restaurants and cafes; Upserve Inventory: Independent full-service restaurants.

  • integrations

    MarketMan names 20 integrations and Upserve Inventory names 6 integrations. 2 partners appear in every list.

Side by side

MarketMan vs Upserve Inventory: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldMarketManUpserve Inventory
What it isMarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control.Upserve Inventory is the back-of-house inventory module of the Upserve restaurant POS.
Best forIndependent 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 modelSubscription per locationAdd-on to a subscription
Starting priceUSD 249 per monthNot published
Free planNoNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
Contract12 monthsNot published
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesCanada, Germany, United Kingdom, United StatesNot published
LanguagesEnglishNot published
Number of integrations206
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot published2009
HeadquartersNot publishedNot 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 MarketMan

  • Barventory
  • Clover
  • Gordon Food Service
  • Lavu
  • Lightspeed
  • Aloha
  • Oracle Micros
  • Otter
  • Performance Foodservice
  • Revel
  • Revolut POS
  • Shamrock Foods
and 6 more
  • Shift4 SkyTab
  • Square
  • SumUp
  • Sysco
  • Toast
  • TouchBistro

Named only by Upserve Inventory

  • 7shifts
  • Gusto
  • Homebase
  • HotSchedules

Which to choose

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 your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: 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

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

MarketMan 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