CHRGD vs FranchiseSoft

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.

FranchiseSoft is a web platform for franchise sales, marketing, and ongoing operations, serving franchisors and franchisees. Its Sales CRM follows candidates from inquiry through signing, with customizable pipelines, lead qualification, and automated workflows. Marketing tools support email and SMS campaigns, dynamic contact groups, drip campaigns, and performance metrics; a permission-based Digital Library holds marketing collateral for franchisees. Operational modules cover franchisee management, onboarding, training, audits and compliance, ticketing and support, finance and royalty management, and franchisee CRM. A broker CRM tracks one candidate across multiple franchisors and includes a confidential questionnaire. It can connect to ChatGPT or Claude through MCP for candidate-record updates, deal-stage changes, opportunity creation, and note logging. The Sales CRM describes Gmail integration for candidate communication history, while the finance module can integrate with QuickBooks. The platform serves traditional, master, and area-rep franchise models, from emerging brands to enterprises with hundreds of franchisees. Broker CRM pricing is $49 a month after a 90-day free trial.