MarketMan vs Yellow Dog Software

MarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control. Yellow Dog is back-office inventory software for restaurants, bars, retail and concession operators, made by a privately owned company in Norfolk, Virginia. Both are listed under Inventory Management. They differ in price, contract terms and audience.

Key differences

  • price

    On price, MarketMan at USD 249 per month; Yellow Dog Software at USD 295 per month. The figures are in one currency and on the same billing basis.

  • contract terms

    On contract length, the profiles record: MarketMan: 12 months; Yellow Dog Software: 2 years (single-restaurant plan).

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: MarketMan: Independent restaurants and cafes; Yellow Dog Software: Single restaurants wanting simple inventory.

  • integrations

    MarketMan names 20 integrations and Yellow Dog Software names 27 integrations. 5 partners appear in every list.

Side by side

MarketMan vs Yellow Dog Software: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldMarketManYellow Dog Software
What it isMarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control.Yellow Dog is back-office inventory software for restaurants, bars, retail and concession operators, made by a privately owned company in Norfolk, Virginia.
Best forIndependent restaurants and cafes; Multi-unit restaurant groups and franchises; Operators with a commissary or central kitchen; Food distributors and suppliersSingle restaurants wanting simple inventory; Restaurants and bars needing actual versus theoretical food cost; Stadium, arena and venue concessions; Multi-outlet hospitality groups
Pricing modelSubscription per locationSubscription per location
Starting priceUSD 249 per monthUSD 295 per month
Free planNoNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
Contract12 months2 years (single-restaurant plan)
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesCanada, Germany, United Kingdom, United StatesNot published
LanguagesEnglishNot published
Number of integrations2027
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot published2006
HeadquartersNot publishedNorfolk, United States
OwnerNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • Clover
  • Lightspeed
  • Revel
  • Square
  • Toast

Named only by MarketMan

  • Barventory
  • Gordon Food Service
  • Lavu
  • Aloha
  • Oracle Micros
  • Otter
  • Performance Foodservice
  • QuickBooks
  • Revolut POS
  • Shamrock Foods
  • Shift4 SkyTab
  • SumUp
and 3 more
  • Sysco
  • TouchBistro
  • Xero

Named only by Yellow Dog Software

  • Agilysys
  • Appetize
  • Cantaloupe
  • Digital Dining
  • Dinerware
  • Focus
  • Genius Enterprise
  • GoTab
  • Heartland Restaurant
  • Infor POS
  • Mashgin
  • NCR Aloha/Essentials
and 10 more
  • Ottimate
  • PAR Brink
  • POSitouch
  • Restaurant Manager
  • Shift4
  • Shift4 Dine
  • Shopify
  • Oracle Micros Simphony
  • Squirrel
  • Toshiba

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.

Yellow Dog Software

Choose Yellow Dog Software if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Single restaurants wanting simple inventory; Restaurants and bars needing actual versus theoretical food cost; Stadium, arena and venue concessions.

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)

Yellow Dog Software

  • Pricing for multi-store and concession customers
  • Named customers (the vendor's site gives only a count of over 7,500 inventory outlets)
  • Countries, languages and security certifications
  • Team size and legal entity

Go further

MarketMan profileYellow Dog Software 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.

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