MarketMan

MarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control. It combines inventory counts, recipe and menu costing, purchase orders, invoice scanning and accounting exports, with actual-versus-theoretical food cost reports fed from a POS. It is sold to independent restaurants, chains and franchises, and also to food distributors who want ordering for their customers.

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Best for
Independent restaurants and cafes, Multi-unit restaurant groups and franchises
Pricing
From USD 249 per month
Runs on
Web, iOS, Android

Who it is for

  • Independent restaurants and cafes

    The Starter plan is priced for independent operators and includes recipe costing, waste tracking and invoice scanning.

  • Multi-unit restaurant groups and franchises

    A head-office view can set prices, approve suppliers, restrict what each site may order and transfer stock between locations.

  • Operators with a commissary or central kitchen

    Commissary modules are sold as add-ons for kitchens that supply their own sites or sell to outside customers.

  • Food distributors and suppliers

    MarketMan also sells an ordering and catalogue tool, with a white-label mobile app, that distributors offer to their restaurant customers.

What it does

  • Inventory counts and transfers

    Count stock on a phone or tablet and track movement between locations.

  • Waste tracking

    Log and report wasted items so they can be reflected in cost of goods.

  • Real-time recipe costing

    Breaks every menu item into ingredient costs and shows how costs change over time.

  • AI-assisted recipe suggestions

    Suggests changes to recipes to improve margins; included from the Growth plan.

  • Digital cookbook with allergens

    Keeps recipes, portion sizes, instructions and allergens in one place, viewable in the mobile app.

  • Actual versus theoretical reporting

    Compares counted stock usage with what POS sales say should have been used.

  • Menu profitability reports

    Shows food cost and profit per menu item, plus COGS and gross profit reports.

  • Purchase orders and order by recipe

    Creates purchase orders with par levels, delivery days and cut-off times, and can build orders from recipes; approval and sending work from web or mobile.

  • Smart Ordering

    Suggests weekly order quantities using predictive analytics on demand.

  • AI invoice scanning

    Reads a photographed or uploaded invoice, including handwritten copies, updates items and quantities and flags price changes; email scanning is an add-on.

  • Vendor EDI

    Sends orders to and receives invoices from connected suppliers in the US, Canada and UK; the number of EDI connections depends on the plan.

  • Price tracking and alerts

    Tracks price history per item and alerts when supplier prices change.

  • HQ multi-unit management

    Rolls up reporting across locations, sets pricing and approved suppliers centrally and supports order approvals.

  • Commissary kitchen management

    Tracks production events, deliveries and orders between a central kitchen and its units.

  • Accounting exports

    Syncs invoices with accounting software such as QuickBooks and Xero.

  • Read-only API

    Open API access, included in Enterprise or bought as an add-on on other plans.

  • Distributor ordering tools

    A cloud catalogue and ordering app that distributors can white-label for their customers, with ERP order integration.

Pricing

Starting price
From USD 249 per month
Pricing model
Subscription per location
Minimum contract
12 months
Renewal
Automatic renewal for an identical term; 60 days' written notice to stop renewal
Free plan
No

Published plans: Starter $249 per month (1 vendor EDI integration, 50 AI invoice scans a month), Growth $299 per month (adds Smart Ordering, order by recipe, 2 EDI integrations, unlimited scans) and Enterprise from $449 per month (adds email invoice scanning, advanced reports, unlimited EDI, read-only API). Add-ons: open API access $25 to $199 per month depending on location count, Commissary Standalone $499 and External Unlimited $749 per month. The site advertises free setup (a $1,500 value). It is unclear from the page whether plan prices are per location.

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 20 integrations. The median in this category is 15.
  • Does not have a free plan. 0 of the 1 products in this category that say whether they have a free plan do.
  • One of 5 products in this category with an iOS app. One of 5 products in this category with an Android app. 19 products in this category state their platforms.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Lightspeed, QuickBooks, Toast, Clover, Square, Oracle Micros, Revel, Aloha, Xero, Sysco. This product names all 10.

Works with

Accounting
QuickBooksXero
Inventory
Barventory
Other
Otter
Point of sale
SquareToastLightspeedCloverAlohaShift4 SkyTabRevelTouchBistroSumUpOracle MicrosLavuRevolut POS
Suppliers
SyscoGordon Food ServicePerformance FoodserviceShamrock Foods

The partners page lists about 60 partners across POS, accounting, distributors and third parties; only a selection is listed here. Vendor EDI is limited to the US, Canada and UK.

Where and how it runs

Available in
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany
Languages
English
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Apps
MarketMan: Inventory counts, receiving deliveries and placing orders
Hardware
No proprietary hardware; runs in the cloud on Windows and Mac computers and on iOS and Android devices.

MarketMan says it serves restaurants worldwide and lists sales phone lines for North America, the UK and Germany. Vendor EDI is stated for the US, Canada and UK only. No full country list is published.

The company

Company
MarketMan Inc. (US customers) / MarketMan Ltd. (non-US customers)
Customers named by the vendor
Pine State Biscuits, Spoons, ATFC Hospitality Group, Juice Press, Taco Del Mar, The Other Bird, Bakery Lorraine, Lovekind, Ashley Mac's

Security and support

Support
The vendor says every plan includes a dedicated support team, a customer success manager and training tailored to the subscription. Free setup is advertised on the site.

Listing details

Built for
Bars, Food manufacturing, Hotel F&B, Restaurants
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
marketman.com
Also listed in
Purchasing & ProcurementRecipe Costing & Menu Engineering

Alternatives to MarketMan

See all 52 in Inventory Management

  • COGS-Well

    COGS-Well is cloud software for restaurant inventory, recipe and food-cost control.

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

  • Supy

    Supy is cloud software for restaurant procurement, inventory and reporting across many branches.

    Starts at USD 250 per month, against USD 249 per month for MarketMan.

  • StockTake Online

    StockTake Online is cloud inventory software for restaurants, bars, cafes and hospitality groups.

    Names 15 integrations, against 20 for MarketMan.

  • Yellow Dog Software

    Yellow Dog is back-office inventory software for restaurants, bars, retail and concession operators, made by a privately owned company in Norfolk, Virginia.

    Starts at USD 295 per month, against USD 249 per month for MarketMan.

Compare MarketMan

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • 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

1 more not listed here.

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. 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