5-Out vs Durby Intelligence

5-Out is a web-based restaurant forecasting and automation platform founded in 2013. It uses machine learning to forecast sales from historical sales and guest patterns, day-part trends, menu mix, weather, local events, and operational data. Forecasts are available hourly, daily, and weekly. The platform turns forecasts into automated prep lists, predictive Smart Pars, purchasing recommendations, inventory and recipe management, labor forecasting, and food-cost visibility. Restaurant operations tools include labor schedules and budgets, food budgets, purchase and prep lists, Smart Actions, forecasts, and custom reporting. Managers can adjust prep amounts, labor guidance, and purchasing recommendations for local events or promotions. 5-Out lists integrations including PAR Brink, Harri, MarketMan, Aloha, Square, Toast, 7shifts, SevenRooms, Craftable, MarginEdge, Micros, Restaurant365, Simphony, Tripleseat, and xtraCHEF. It supports restaurants from one location to 500 and connects to restaurant tools without manual setup or data entry. Pricing is on request, with a listed plan at $100 a month per location.

Durby Intelligence is a web-based AI operations platform for restaurants, combining inventory, demand forecasting and staff scheduling. Inventory tools track stock, consumption and purchasing to help manage waste and avoid stockouts. Forecasts use historical sales, patterns and operational signals. Staffing plans can account for expected demand, employee availability and operational requirements. The Durby Intelligence assistant answers operational questions using live data about inventory, costs, forecasts, menus and staffing. Other listed functions include order tracking, workforce compliance tracking, review insights, analytics, AI phone calls and social content scheduling. Connections and data sources include POS systems, supplier invoices, spreadsheets and CSV files, and reservations. Starter lists one POS integration; Growth and Pro list multiple integrations. AI Calls requires one-time setup with Durby’s team. Plans are billed monthly per location: Starter is €49 a month at the limited-time launch price, Growth 99.00 EUR, and Pro 179.00 EUR; each page also shows a higher reference price. Enterprise pricing is custom.