Upserve Inventory

• Independent full-service restaurants

  Upserve says its product is built for independent, full-service restaurants and its inventory ties recipe costs to POS sales.

• Multi-location groups and central kitchens

  Locations can be limited to authorised suppliers, approved quantities and negotiated prices, and central-kitchen orders are supported.

Less suited to: Restaurants that want to keep their current POS or card processor: Upserve says its POS and Upserve Payments work as one system and inventory is a module of that platform.

• Automatic inventory deduction

  Deducts ingredients in real time, down to the ounce, as menu items are sold.

• Recipe costing

  Calculates cost and margin for each menu item from its ingredients and tracks price changes.

• Vendor management

  Manages all suppliers in one place and automates the ordering process.

• One-click ordering

  Creates and places orders in one click when low-stock alerts fire.

• Purchase orders at par level

  Builds a purchase order when stock falls below par; the pricing page cites 6 major supplier integrations for automatic purchase orders.

• Preparations (sub-recipes)

  Handles sub-recipes such as stocks, sauces and doughs.

• Waste tracking

  Records waste with a reason and adjusts stock automatically.

• Kegs and deposits

  Tracks kegs and their deposits.

• Food cost reporting

  Reports food cost as a percentage of revenue over any period.

• Supplier price fluctuation tracking

  Shows what supplier price changes are doing to margins.

• Accounting sync

  Syncs with QuickBooks Online and Xero.

• Multi-location controls

  Restricts each location to authorised suppliers, approved quantities and negotiated prices.

Pricing model

Add-on to a subscription

No price is published for Inventory. On the pricing page it is an add-on to the Core plan ($59/mo, the POS platform) and is included in the custom-priced Pro plan. The Go plan is a free POS ($0/mo) that does not include inventory, so the $0 and $59 figures are for the wider platform, not for inventory.

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 6 integrations. The median in this category is 15.
• 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. Of these, this product's listing names QuickBooks, Xero.

Accounting

QuickBooks OnlineXero

Payroll

Gusto

Scheduling

7shiftsHomebaseHotSchedules

The pricing page mentions 6 major supplier integrations and 110+ integration partners but does not name the suppliers. The payroll and scheduling names belong to Upserve's scheduling feature, not to inventory itself.

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android

Apps

Upserve Live: Mobile view of sales, labour costs, discounts and 86'd items across locations

Hardware

The Upserve POS runs on iPad. Terminals are sold separately (from $50) and Epson KDS kitchen displays are offered.

Upserve says it serves independent restaurants across the U.S.; no full country list is published.

Founded

2009

Support

Support by chat, phone or email is stated as available 24/7/365, with onboarding, installation and training.

Vendor

Lightspeed (formerly Upserve)

Built for

Restaurants

Focus

Food-specific

Status

Acquired

Website

upserve.com

Also listed in

Purchasing & Procurement

• 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.

  Runs on Web, against Web, iOS and Android for Upserve Inventory.

• MarketMan

  MarketMan is cloud software for restaurant back-of-house control.

  Names 20 integrations, against 6 for Upserve Inventory.

• Supy

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

  Names 19 integrations, against 6 for Upserve Inventory.

• IndiCater

  IndiCater is cloud software for UK foodservice and hospitality businesses that combines recipe and menu costing, allergen and nutrition labelling, stock and inventory, supplier ordering, HR and finance reporting.

  Runs on Web, against Web, iOS and Android for Upserve Inventory.

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

• Upserve Inventory vs IndiCater
• Upserve Inventory vs COGS-Well
• Upserve Inventory vs Craftable
• Upserve Inventory vs MarketMan
• Upserve Inventory vs StockTake Online
• Upserve Inventory vs Supy
• Upserve Inventory vs Craftable vs MarketMan
• Upserve Inventory vs Craftable vs MarketMan vs Supy

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Price of the Inventory add-on
• Names of the 6 supplier integrations
• Headquarters, legal entity, employee count and countries served
• Security certifications
• Contract term

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 and positioninghttps://www.upserve.com
2. Inventory management featureshttps://www.upserve.com/products/restaurant-management
3. Plans, add-on inventory features, integrationshttps://www.upserve.com/pricing
4. POS, iPad hardware, paymentshttps://www.upserve.com/products/point-of-sale
5. Upserve Live apphttps://www.upserve.com/products/upserve-live
6. Add-ons and Epson KDShttps://www.upserve.com/products/add-ons-more
7. History and ownershiphttps://www.upserve.com/resources/about-us
8. Skyview Equity ownershiphttps://www.upserve.com/blog/upserve-new-ownership
9. Independence and product focushttps://www.upserve.com/blog/upserve-is-back
10. Support hourshttps://www.upserve.com/support