Apicbase
Cloud kitchen management software
Restaurant business intelligence & analytics software
Restaurant inventory management software
Restaurant management software
Hospitality software
Restaurant software
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What is Apicbase
Apicbase is a cloud-based back-office platform for restaurants and foodservice operators focused on inventory, purchasing, recipe costing, and operational reporting. It is used by multi-site restaurant groups, dark kitchens, and hospitality operators to standardize recipes, control food cost, and manage supplier ordering across locations. The product emphasizes ingredient-level stock tracking tied to recipes and sales, with dashboards for cost and variance monitoring.
Recipe-to-inventory cost control
Apicbase links recipes, ingredients, and stock movements to calculate theoretical food cost and compare it with actual usage. This supports variance analysis and helps teams identify waste, over-portioning, and unrecorded stock movements. It is well-suited to operators that need consistent recipe costing across multiple sites.
Purchasing and supplier workflows
The platform supports purchasing workflows such as supplier catalogs, ordering, and invoice capture/processing to keep inventory and costs current. Centralized purchasing controls can help multi-location operators standardize items and pricing. This is a practical fit for organizations that manage many SKUs and frequent deliveries.
Multi-site operational reporting
Apicbase provides dashboards and reports for inventory valuation, cost trends, and performance by location. Standardized reporting helps compare sites using consistent definitions for recipes, units, and categories. This aligns with back-office analytics needs that are often separate from front-of-house POS operations.
Depends on integration quality
Accurate theoretical vs. actual analysis typically requires reliable integrations with POS and accounting systems, plus disciplined data entry for deliveries and stock counts. If integrations are limited or unstable in a given region or POS stack, operators may need manual workarounds. Implementation effort can increase when mapping menus, recipes, and units of measure.
Not a full restaurant suite
Apicbase primarily addresses back-office inventory, purchasing, and cost analytics rather than end-to-end restaurant operations. Organizations looking for a single system for POS, delivery aggregation, and guest-facing ordering may need additional products. This can add vendor management overhead and integration complexity.
Process change required
To get consistent results, teams must maintain recipes, keep supplier items mapped, and perform regular stock counts with correct units and yields. Operators with low operational maturity may see slower time-to-value until processes stabilize. Ongoing governance is often needed for multi-site menu changes and supplier substitutions.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Growth | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Designed for growing multi-outlet brands; includes Menu Engineering, Procurement, Inventory Management, Sales Analytics, Mobile App for Intake & Counts, Order to Par. "Starting from 5 outlets" noted on site. |
| Professional | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Everything in Growth plus Demand Forecasting, BOM Ordering, User Management, Custom Fields, SSO & 2FA. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing (contact sales) | Everything in Professional plus 99% uptime SLA, Dedicated Customer Success Manager, increased API limits, custom integrations, more storage; enterprise-grade SLAs and onboarding. |
Additional notes: Add-on modules (HACCP & Tasks, Internal Ordering, Production Planning, Traceability, API, Menu Planning, Carbon Tracking) are offered as paid add-ons. Billing is stated as annual (credit card); monthly billing is available with an additional 15% fee. Quantity/location discounts apply as locations increase.
Seller details
Apicbase NV
Ghent, Belgium
2017
Private
https://www.apicbase.com/
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