FranchiseBlast

• Restaurant franchise brands

  FranConnect has a restaurant page covering openings, food safety, training and field operations, and names QDOBA and Tijuana Flats as customers.

• Franchisors running development and openings

  The Sales module manages the candidate pipeline through qualification, FDD workflow and award, and Opener tracks opening milestones.

• Brands needing audits and food-safety quality control

  Quality Management digitises inspections, audits, corrective actions and supplier compliance across locations.

• Franchise sales CRM

  Tracks franchise candidates through pipeline stages with ownership, activity and aging.

• Lead Heat Index

  Prioritises candidates using engagement and behavioural signals.

• Automated candidate engagement

  Runs structured follow-up and campaign workflows so reps do not have to remember each touchpoint.

• Opening management (Opener)

  Tracks opening milestones, dependencies and owners so delays surface earlier.

• Mobile audits and inspections

  Digitises safety, quality and compliance assessments captured at the location.

• Corrective action plans

  Turns failed audit items into assigned work with owners, deadlines and verification.

• Daily line checks

  Repeatable frontline quality checks between formal audits.

• Supplier compliance

  Extends quality visibility to supply-chain partners against approved standards.

• Mobile-first training

  Delivers branded learning with an authoring tool (ACTIV Creator) and SCORM content support.

• Policy signing and competency sign-off

  Tracks acknowledgements, manager sign-offs and periodic re-verification.

• Analytics and benchmarking

  Dashboards, scorecards, benchmarking and trend analysis across the network.

• Royalty management

  Calculates royalties from agreement terms and imported sales, creates invoices and tracks payment status.

• Franchisee communications hub (The Hub)

  Centralises communications, content, knowledge and support for franchisees.

• Frannie AI agents

  Six AI agents (Data Analyst, Sales Coach, Candidate Coach, Field Assist, Franchisee Support, Agreement Assist) that recommend or take next steps.

Pricing model

Quote only

FranConnect says it does not publish one public price that applies to every organisation; cost depends on modules, data migration, integrations and rollout. Pricing comes from a proposal after a demo request.

Platforms

Web

The vendor says it serves brands globally but lists no countries.

Headquarters

Herndon, United States

Customers named by the vendor

Teriyaki Madness, Blaze Pizza, Firehouse Subs, Capriotti's, Rita's Italian Ice, Bojangles, Wendy's, Starbucks, Sodexo, Batteries Plus, Gold's Gym, Orangetheory Fitness, QDOBA, Tijuana Flats

Security and compliance

ISO 27001 certified (badge on homepage)

Built for

Restaurants

Focus

General-purpose, used in food businesses

Status

Acquired

Website

franconnect.com

Also listed in

Business Intelligence & Analytics

• Gulf CSM

  Gulf CSM (ガルフネットCSM) is a store management system from Japanese vendor Gulfnet for companies with many outlets.

  Listed as best for: Large restaurant and retail chains in Japan; Chains that need custom features.

• Crunchtime

  Crunchtime is a suite of restaurant operations software for multi-unit brands, covering inventory and food cost, AI sales forecasting, labour scheduling, operational checklists and food safety, staff training, and kitchen display screens.

  Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for FranchiseBlast.

• Fourth

  Fourth is a cloud suite for restaurant and hospitality operators covering workforce management, inventory and purchasing, payroll and HR, and analytics.

  Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for FranchiseBlast.

• RistoGenius

  RistoGenius is an online management-control platform for restaurant chains, groups and franchises, built for multiple sites from the start.

  Listed as best for: Restaurant chains and groups (1 to 100+ sites); Franchise networks.

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

• FranchiseBlast vs Back Office
• FranchiseBlast vs Crunchtime
• FranchiseBlast vs Fourth
• FranchiseBlast vs Gulf CSM
• FranchiseBlast vs QSRSoft
• FranchiseBlast vs RistoGenius
• FranchiseBlast vs Crunchtime vs Gulf CSM
• FranchiseBlast vs Crunchtime vs Fourth vs Gulf CSM

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Whether the standalone FranchiseBlast product is still sold or has been folded into FranConnect Operations
• Any price
• Named integrations
• Founding year of FranConnect, funding, employee count
• Countries and interface languages
• Native mobile apps and hardware
• Contract terms

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. Homepage: platform, AI agents, customers, ISO 27001 badgehttps://www.franconnect.com/
2. Old FranchiseBlast address; redirects to the homepagehttps://www.franconnect.com/franchiseblast/
3. Acquisition press release, 2021-01-19https://www.franconnect.com/franconnect-acquires-franchise-management-software-provider-franchiseblast/
4. Platform moduleshttps://www.franconnect.com/platform-overview/
5. Sales CRMhttps://www.franconnect.com/platform-overview/sales/
6. Quality managementhttps://www.franconnect.com/platform-overview/quality-management/
7. Traininghttps://www.franconnect.com/platform-overview/training-and-development/
8. Royaltieshttps://www.franconnect.com/platform-overview/royalty-manager/
9. Restaurant fit and customershttps://www.franconnect.com/industries/restaurants/
10. Pricing: no public pricehttps://www.franconnect.com/franconnect-implementation-and-pricing/
11. Headquarters, scalehttps://www.franconnect.com/company/about-us/