Bar Cop

Bar Cop is a web app for bars and restaurants that starts from inventory counts and adds ordering, cost reporting, scheduling, cash control, menu costing, events and month-end books in one subscription. Sales come in by dropping in a POS report file rather than a live POS connection. It is sold directly to independent bar and restaurant operators.

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Best for
Independent bars and restaurants, Bars that want to cut pour cost and theft
Pricing
From USD 149 per location per month
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Independent bars and restaurants

    Built by a former bar operator for independents, with counts, ordering and back-office tools in one price.

  • Bars that want to cut pour cost and theft

    Fill-slider counts, spot checks and variance reports show what was used against what was sold.

  • Small groups of bars

    Each location is its own subscription at the same price, run from one login with per-location access for staff.

What it does

  • Inventory counts

    Count bar and kitchen stock on any device with a fill slider, with a history of every count.

  • Shelf-order counting

    Set up bars, coolers and storerooms and arrange products in the order they sit on the shelf so counting follows the walk.

  • Spot checks

    Check a single station between full counts to catch theft.

  • Usage and variance reports

    Compare weeks and flag counts that look wrong.

  • Auto-filling order sheet and par levels

    Builds orders from counts, with par levels that move with usage, deliveries and vendor price change alerts.

  • Weekly close

    Combines the count with sales, hours, tips and drawer reports to show what the week made and cost.

  • POS sales import by file

    Reads a CSV or Excel sales report exported from any POS and remembers the column layout.

  • Scheduling, hours and tips

    Builds schedules, logs hours, watches overtime, tracks tips and exports payroll data.

  • Cash drawer control

    Tracks drawer cash, over and short, and server checks.

  • Menu costing and engineering

    Menu builder with recipe costing and menu engineering tools.

  • Audits

    Operations, profit, revenue and cash audits that can be run as often as wanted.

  • Events and catering

    Event bookings, price packages, a calendar and a regulars book.

  • Books and forecasting

    Weekly P&L brief, month-end books, break-even and cash, profit and revenue forecasts.

  • Multi-location access

    Run several bars from one login, with team permissions set per section and per bar.

  • Data export and restore points

    Export the whole account to one file and keep restore points of the account.

  • Free calculators

    Free pour cost, food cost, keg cost, prime cost, labor cost and over/short calculators on the site.

Pricing

Starting price
From USD 149 per location per month
Pricing model
Subscription per location
Minimum contract
None stated (monthly or yearly)
Renewal
Recurring until cancelled; price changes apply at next renewal
Free plan
No
Free trial
Yes

One plan with everything included, $149 a month per bar, or $124 a month if paid yearly at $1,488. The first 30 days are free with no card, for the first bar only. No setup fee, no per-seat charge and no minimum term.

How it compares

Compared with the 19 products in Beverage & Bar Inventory that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Names 6 integrations. The median in this category is 4.
  • Does not have a free plan. 3 of the 9 products in this category that say whether they have a free plan do.
  • Has a free trial. 6 of the 7 products in this category that say whether they have a free trial do.
  • Lists Web only. Among the 19 products in this category that state their platforms, 9 list an iOS app and 6 list an Android app.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Toast, Square, Clover, Lightspeed, Oracle Micros, TouchBistro, Fintech, Dinerware, Focus, Aloha. Of these, this product's listing names Toast, Square, Clover, Lightspeed, Aloha.

Works with

Payments
Stripe
Point of sale
ToastSquareLightspeedAlohaClover

There are no live POS connections. Sales come in by uploading a CSV or Excel report from any POS; the vendor names Toast, Square, Lightspeed, Aloha and Clover as common ones. Stripe is used for Bar Cop billing only.

Where and how it runs

Platforms
Web
Hardware
None required. The vendor says counting works on any device and no scale is needed.

The vendor does not state where it is sold.

The company

Founded
2004
Founders
Kyle Odom

Security and support

Security and compliance
Data stored in Supabase, encrypted, HTTPS only; card data handled by Stripe (no certification named)
Support
In-app support and bug reporting are included. The vendor says a person answers messages, usually the same business day, at support@barcop.com.

Listing details

Built for
Bars, Restaurants
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
barcop.com

Alternatives to Bar Cop

See all 23 in Beverage & Bar Inventory

  • WISK

    WISK is inventory software for bars, restaurants and hotels that covers stock counts, invoice scanning, ordering, recipe costing and variance reports.

    Starts at USD 249 per location per month, against USD 149 per location per month for Bar Cop.

  • Barvision

    BarVision is a liquor monitoring service for bars and restaurants.

    Names 26 integrations, against 6 for Bar Cop.

  • BevSpot

    BevSpot is cloud software for counting and ordering food and beverage stock, costing recipes and comparing sales against inventory.

    Names 21 integrations, against 6 for Bar Cop.

  • BeerBoard

    BeerBoard sells SmartBar, a beverage management platform for multi-location restaurants, bars and clubs that joins ordering, inventory, product setup, digital menus and reporting.

    Names 14 integrations, against 6 for Bar Cop.

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Countries where it is sold
  • Interface languages
  • Headquarters, legal entity and team size
  • Whether a native mobile app exists (site describes a web app only)
  • Live POS integrations (none; file import only)
  • Security certifications

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Homepagehttps://www.barcop.com/
  2. Pricing and FAQhttps://www.barcop.com/pages/pricing
  3. Inventory featureshttps://www.barcop.com/pages/inventory
  4. Weekly closehttps://www.barcop.com/pages/how-it-works
  5. POS importhttps://www.barcop.com/pages/works-with-your-pos
  6. Multi-locationhttps://www.barcop.com/pages/multiple-locations
  7. Securityhttps://www.barcop.com/pages/security
  8. Companyhttps://www.barcop.com/pages/about-bar-cop
  9. Trial and billing termshttps://www.barcop.com/pages/terms-of-use
  10. Supporthttps://www.barcop.com/pages/contact-us