COGS-Well
COGS-Well is cloud software for restaurant inventory, recipe and food-cost control. It handles invoice processing, inventory counts, ordering, transfers, recipe costing and theoretical-versus-actual cost analysis, and includes a receiving audit service and commissary management. It is sold to multi-location restaurant brands, on a month-to-month subscription per location.
Last reviewed
- Best for
- Multi-location restaurant brands, Operators with a commissary or central kitchen
- Pricing
- From USD 199 per location per month
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Multi-location restaurant brands
Compares costs and usage across locations and supports transfers between restaurants; customers range from six-site groups to larger operators.
Operators with a commissary or central kitchen
Transfer requests, markups on transferred costs and recipe transfers are part of the platform.
What it does
Invoice processing
Scans invoices to update items, costs, quantities and accounts payable, with cost-change alerts.
Inventory counts
Counts by storage location on a worksheet or mobile device, with valuations or adjustments posted to the general ledger.
Suggested ordering
Suggests order quantities from par levels and usage projections.
Transfers
Request, fulfil and approve transfers between restaurants, with ledger adjustments.
Recipe costing and versioning
Costs prep and menu recipes in metric or US units and keeps recipe versions for theoretical usage.
Menu modelling and engineering
Suggests prices from target costs or profit and ranks items by popularity and profitability.
Prep, production and waste tracking
Prep lists by station, batch production costing and waste quantity and cost.
Theoretical vs actual cost and usage variances
Uses POS sales and recipes to compare theoretical and actual usage and cost of sales.
Commissary management
Handles commissary transfer requests, fulfilment, approvals and cost markups.
Receiving audit service
Vendor technology and auditors review invoices and update items and pack sizes; included in the monthly fee.
Set-up service and training
COGS-Well builds the inventory database for the customer in a few days and offers free live online training.
Pricing
- Starting price
- From USD 199 per location per month
- Pricing model
- Subscription per location
- Minimum contract
- None (month-to-month)
- Renewal
- Monthly
Foundation is $199 per month for inventory, recipe and cost management, aimed at customers using Ottimate, Chouxbox or Factura AP automation or only supplier EDI. Comprehensive is $298 per month and adds invoice processing. A POS Financials add-on is $49 per month. Fees are per location and include receiving audit services. The vendor states month-to-month terms with no annual commitment.
How it compares
Compared with the 19 products in Inventory Management that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 26 integrations. The median in this category is 15.
- Lists Web only. Among the 19 products in this category that state their platforms, 5 list an iOS app and 5 list an Android app.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Lightspeed, QuickBooks, Toast, Clover, Square, Oracle Micros, Revel, Aloha, Xero, Sysco. Of these, this product's listing names QuickBooks, Toast, Clover, Square, Oracle Micros, Revel, Aloha, Xero, Sysco.
Works with
- Other
- Ottimate
Vendor partner page shows logos in five groups: POS, suppliers, accounting, AP automation and data analytics. Only a selection is listed here; which are live integrations versus partners is not stated per logo.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- United States
- Platforms
- Web
- Hardware
- None stated. Inventory counts can be done on a worksheet or a mobile device.
The vendor publishes no country list. Customer case studies describe US restaurants (Bay Area, Chicago) and the company lists a California address.
The company
- Company
- COGS-Well, LLC
- Headquarters
- Danville, United States
- Founders
- Mike Brown, Dave Douglas, Bill Lindsey, Glen Nelson
- Customers named by the vendor
- Souvla, Lettuce Entertain You (Beatrix), Mezeh Mediterranean Grill, Collier Restaurant Group, Ruby Slipper Restaurant Group, Hideaway Pizza, OVG Hospitality, Café Ficelle, Lure Fish House, Impact Kitchen, &pizza, Mamahuhu, Playa Bowls
Security and support
- Support
- Consultative support from a food-and-beverage cost team, free unlimited live online training, a training video vault and a Help & Learning Center.
Listing details
- Built for
- Restaurants
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- cogs-well.com
- Also listed in
- Recipe Costing & Menu Engineering
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StockTake Online
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Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for COGS-Well.
Craftable
Craftable is a cloud back-office platform for restaurants and hotels that connects vendor ordering, inventory and recipe costing, invoice processing and accounts payable, and daily cost dashboards.
Names 21 integrations, against 26 for COGS-Well.
Compare COGS-Well
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Founding year and team size
- Which listed partners are live integrations and for which POS
- Security certifications
- Mobile app availability on iOS or Android
- Interface languages
- Whether Foundation plan is available without the named AP partners
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.