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Spec score 7.2 #17 of 27 in Franchise Management Software

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Product
KERNL is a franchise knowledge and compliance platform where franchisees can get AI answers sourced from franchisors’ uploaded documents.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Integrations
The product pages list Google Docs as a supported document source alongside PDF and DOCX uploads.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlappapp.com
Security
KERNL says traffic uses TLS, stored data uses AES-256 encryption, and documents are stored in private Cloudflare R2 storage behind short-lived signed URLs.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Privacy
KERNL says it does not use customer data to train AI or machine-learning models without separate written consent.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Support
KERNL says the team typically responds to email within one business day.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Headquarters
Sacramento, California, United StatesRead 28 Sep 2026 · kernlapp.com
Access controls
The homepage describes role-based, location-based, and document-level access controls for owners, managers, and staff.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
AI answers
Ask KERNL answers plain-English questions from the current version of uploaded manuals and policy documents, citing the source.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
AI model
The FAQ says KERNL uses OpenAI’s GPT-4o mini model and answers only from uploaded documents.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Compliance and data rights
KERNL describes its practices as GDPR and CCPA aligned, offers a Data Processing Agreement, and says users can export data or request deletion.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Compliance tracking
KERNL tracks document acknowledgments, training completion, and policy Q&A engagement across locations in a dashboard.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Data isolation
KERNL says every multi-tenant table has row-level security to isolate franchise networks’ data.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Document formats
The FAQ lists PDF and Microsoft Word (.docx) uploads up to 20MB each and says image-only scanned PDFs are not yet supported.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Intended customers
KERNL describes its audience as franchise networks and lists food service, retail, fitness, and service-based networks among the franchise types it serves.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Training
Training modules can contain video links, documents, or written content and can be assigned to locations or individuals with due dates and completion requirements.Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com

Plans and prices

Essentials (annual billing) $59 a year $59/mo billed annually — save 15% 5–20 locations · per location · unlimited users per location Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Essentials $69 a month $69/location/mo 5–20 locations · unlimited users per location · no setup fee Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Growth (annual billing) $75 a year $75/mo billed annually — save 16% 21–75 locations · per location · unlimited users per location Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Growth $89 a month $89/location/mo 21–75 locations · unlimited users per location · no setup fee Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com
Enterprise Priced on request Quote based on network setup 76+ locations · volume pricing · custom contracts Read 7 Oct 2026 · kernlapp.com

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