Avero Slingshot
Restaurant business intelligence & analytics software
Hospitality software
Restaurant software
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$300 per location per year
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What is Avero Slingshot
Avero Slingshot is a restaurant and hospitality analytics platform that consolidates point-of-sale and related operational data into dashboards and reports for performance monitoring. It is used by restaurant groups and hotel food-and-beverage teams to track sales, labor, menu performance, and location-level trends. The product focuses on business intelligence workflows (standardized reporting, benchmarking, and exception monitoring) rather than running day-to-day front-of-house transactions.
Hospitality-focused BI reporting
Slingshot centers on analytics for restaurant and hotel F&B operations, with reporting oriented around sales mix, labor, and unit performance. This makes it a better fit for teams that need standardized operational reporting across multiple venues. It supports management use cases such as identifying underperforming shifts, categories, or locations from consolidated views.
Multi-location performance visibility
The platform is designed for operators managing multiple outlets and needing consistent KPIs across sites. It enables comparisons across locations and time periods to support benchmarking and variance analysis. This is useful for regional managers and corporate teams that require repeatable reporting rather than ad hoc spreadsheets.
Data consolidation from POS
Slingshot’s core value is bringing POS-derived data into a single analytics layer for analysis and distribution. Centralizing this data reduces manual report compilation and helps align stakeholders on the same definitions for metrics. It also supports recurring reporting cadences for leadership and operations teams.
Not an operational system
Slingshot is primarily an analytics product and does not replace POS, online ordering, reservations, or kitchen execution tools. Operators typically need additional systems for transaction processing and guest-facing workflows. This can increase the number of integrations and vendors in the overall stack.
Integration dependency on data sources
Reporting quality and timeliness depend on the completeness and consistency of upstream POS and operational data. If item mapping, revenue centers, or labor codes are inconsistent across locations, analytics outputs can require ongoing data governance. Organizations may need internal effort to maintain clean mappings and definitions.
Advanced analytics may require setup
Teams often need time to configure reporting structures, user access, and KPI definitions to match how the business operates. For complex concepts like menu engineering or labor productivity, interpretation and operational follow-through still require experienced analysts or operators. Smaller single-location restaurants may find the overhead less justified than simpler reporting tools.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $0 (FREE) | Free POS integration (for most common POS systems); unlimited users and locations; mobile app access; Avero Logbook; configurable dashboards; scheduled email reports; in-product guides, knowledge base, chat bot & support. |
| Essentials | Starting at $300 / location / year | All Starter features plus real-time mobile data, service team insights, individual server scorecards, contest management, hourly sales breakdown, advanced group analytics, promos & voids breakdown, labor insights. |
| Professional | Starting at $600 / location / year | All Starter & Essentials features plus payroll report & export, overtime tracking, labor-by-hour, advanced service analytics, promos & voids analytics, table performance, item sales by hour. |
Seller details
Avero, LLC
New York, NY, USA
Private
https://www.averoinc.com/
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