Caterease vs SendOrder

Caterease is software for managing catering and event-planning operations, with customizable booking wizards, menu building, event prints, staff scheduling, recipes and packing lists. Customer records hold details and history; reminders, notes and to-do checklists support follow-up. Horizon Hub provides an AI assistant, dashboards, calendars, reports and access to live Caterease data from any device. Payment processing supports tokenized cards, customer payment links and batch processing. Event Portals let teams review event details remotely and share information with clients, while a free mobile app provides event review and a dashboard or calendar. Caterease offers optional add-ins and interfaces and describes integrations with tools customers already use. Documentation, onboarding, online user training, classes and videos are available. Express costs $99 a month billed annually, with no modules included and an additional-user charge of $28 a month. Standard costs $149 a month and Professional costs $199 a month, both billed annually and with no modules included. A 200.00 USD per-user launch fee applies to all plans.

SendOrder brings food costing, catering orders, invoicing, and kitchen preparation workflows together for food businesses. It calculates ingredient, recipe, and dish costs, then updates recipe and package costs when ingredient prices change. Paid invoices can become printable prep lists arranged by dish and quantity, while a dashboard tracks profit, expenses, and waste across jobs. It also lists menu and recipe management, inventory, staff scheduling, order workflows, and event execution tools. SendOrder is web-based and is presented for caterers, restaurants, cafés, bakeries, food trucks, pop-ups, and corporate or event caterers. Stripe and Square integrations are listed; Square is available on paid plans. Diamond + Ai includes a custom online ordering website, QR code ordering, team scheduling, CRM, and an AI agent. The Starter plan is free. Pro yearly costs $299 a year, and a 30-day free trial is offered. SendOrder is based in Sydney, Australia. Its terms say customers retain ownership of uploaded data, menus, and recipes and may request an export after termination.