MarketMan vs xtraCHEF

MarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control. xtraCHEF by Toast is restaurant back-office software for invoice automation, recipe costing, inventory and cost reporting. Both are listed under Inventory Management. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    On price, MarketMan lists USD 249 per month. XtraCHEF does not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: MarketMan: Independent restaurants and cafes; xtraCHEF: US restaurants and groups tracking food cost.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. MarketMan: Web, iOS, Android; xtraCHEF: Web.

  • countries covered

    MarketMan names 4 countries and xtraCHEF names 1 country. 1 country appears in every list.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. MarketMan names 20 integrations and xtraCHEF names 8 integrations. 2 partners appear in every list.

Side by side

MarketMan vs xtraCHEF: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldMarketManxtraCHEF
What it isMarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control.xtraCHEF by Toast is restaurant back-office software for invoice automation, recipe costing, inventory and cost reporting.
Best forIndependent restaurants and cafes; Multi-unit restaurant groups and franchises; Operators with a commissary or central kitchen; Food distributors and suppliersUS restaurants and groups tracking food cost; Toast POS customers; Finance and culinary teams working from one dataset
Pricing modelSubscription per locationQuote only
Starting priceUSD 249 per monthNot published
Free planNoNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
Contract12 monthsNot published
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
CountriesCanada, Germany, United Kingdom, United StatesUnited States
LanguagesEnglishNot published
Number of integrations208
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersNot publishedBoston, United States
OwnerNot publishedToast, Inc., which acquired xtraCHEF on 8 June 2021
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • QuickBooks
  • Toast

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
  • TouchBistro
  • Xero

Named only by xtraCHEF

  • Bill.com
  • Compeat
  • Crunch Time
  • CTUIT
  • Microsoft Dynamics
  • NetSuite

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.

xtraCHEF

Choose xtraCHEF if you are in one of these groups: US restaurants and groups tracking food cost; Toast POS customers; Finance and culinary teams working from one dataset.

Weaker fit: Restaurants outside the United States. The product page is served only in the US edition and says the content is not available in the United Kingdom.

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)

xtraCHEF

  • Prices for Essentials and Pro
  • Contract terms
  • The pos.toasttab.com/xtrachef page (the live page is /products/xtrachef)
  • Founding year of xtraCHEF and current employee count
  • Security certifications and interface languages

Go further

MarketMan profilextraCHEF 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