CHRGD vs FranchiseMS

CHRGD automates franchise royalty calculations and collections from sales data in franchisees’ point-of-sale systems. Franchisors can configure royalty and marketing fund rules, including percentages, caps, minimums, deferrals, and grace periods. Collection runs nightly by default, with weekly and monthly schedules also available. A franchisee ledger shows daily sales, royalty calculations, transfer amounts, and transfer status. Active integrations listed include Square, FareHarbor, Stripe Connect, Clover, QuickBooks, and Xero; Lightspeed Retail, Lightspeed Restaurant, Loyverse POS, and Toast are listed as coming soon. Stripe Connect supports ACH and card collection, transfers to franchisor accounts, and platform fee handling. CHRGD describes the product as a progressive web app that works across devices, and its developer portal documents an OAuth 2.0 with PKCE API for live sales, financial, and franchise data. The Free Forever plan has no monthly fees, but a small transaction fee applies to royalty payments processed through the platform. It includes unlimited franchisee locations, POS integrations, automated calculations, and email support.

FranchiseMS brings franchisor head-office and franchisee-unit operations into one system. Its core platform includes an operations manual, royalty management, communications, support, analytics and benchmarking, and legal and agreement management. Royalty calculations use recorded activity such as jobs, sales, takings, and card payments. Statements show how royalties were calculated; when a unit has multiple recorded views of the same revenue, the calculation uses the highest. Franchisees can connect Stripe for card payments and accounting software such as Xero to feed revenue into calculations. Stripe payments go directly to the franchisee's bank account, with a 0.29% platform fee deducted at payment. Optional modules cover development CRM, onboarding, audits, training, local marketing, AI services, territories, field operations, customer messaging, and certificates and equipment. Field operations supports scheduling, dispatch, GPS, photo and signature proof, offline capture, and a calendar feed. The core platform is £15 per location per month, plus a £25 monthly head-office fee; the example estimate includes one-time onboarding of £500. VAT is excluded, add-on modules cost extra, and more than 100 locations requires a tailored quote.