DishMath vs Qvian

DishMath gives independent restaurants a way to examine the costs and margins of individual menu items, then sends weekly recommendations by SMS. It calculates food cost, labor cost, and contribution margin from POS sales and supplier invoices. Its weekly menu analysis sorts dishes into Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, or Dogs according to popularity and margin. Listed connections include Toast, Square for Restaurants, Clover, QuickBooks Online, and Xero, as well as labor tools, supplier invoice sources, and services such as DoorDash and OpenTable. TouchBistro, Lightspeed, and Revel connections are labeled beta; CSV import is offered as a fallback. The product runs on web and provides an API, including rate-limited REST access and webhooks for agencies and accountants. Group costs $149 a month, billed month-to-month; Solo costs $199 a month, billed month-to-month. Annual billing is listed as two months free. There is no free plan, but a 14-day trial is available.

Qvian is connected business-management software for restaurants, hotels, retailers, dive centres, professional-service businesses, and non-profit organisations. Its restaurant tools carry orders from seating or QR menus through kitchen preparation and bill settlement. Staff can take orders with modifiers and covers, while the kitchen display shows tickets, dishes, and elapsed preparation time. Recipes connect menu items to ingredient costs; when a dish sells, its ingredients are deducted from stock and food cost is shown against menu price. Dine-in, takeaway, and delivery orders share a kitchen flow and stock. Diners can order by scanning a table QR code or use the Consumer App to browse, order, pay, and track orders live. Qvian also lists profitability analysis, item performance reports, menu pricing analysis, and placement analysis. Its QuickBooks Online integration sends accounting entries in one direction. The Public Booking API connects availability, services, and bookings to external websites or applications. Restaurant/Cafe pricing is 2,500 MVR a month per location, with unlimited users included; new organisations start with a trial, and monthly billing can be cancelled anytime.