Foodcast vs Maya by Inputly

Foodcast is web-based software for restaurant sales forecasting, intended to help manage stock and staffing. It turns city events into expected covers and analyzes 24 months of sales history for seasonal and weekly patterns. Foodcast says it compares forecasts with actual sales daily and adjusts predictions in real time for weather, local events, holidays, and strikes; the site claims 95% forecast accuracy. Listed tools include proactive weather alerts, a local events calendar, and staffing recommendations based on customer flow. It automatically syncs historical sales data from a connected POS, and plans deliver forecasts by newsletter. Named POS integrations include Lightspeed, L'Addition, SumUp, Zelty, Innovorder, Jalia, Clyo Systems, MyPOS, PI Electronique, and Cashpad. Basic costs €49 a month, Pro €69 a month, and Enterprise €99 a month; the first month is free on each listed plan. Basic and Pro have capacity and seat limits and exclude multi-site management and API integration, both included with Enterprise. Per-service, per-dish, and per-channel forecasts and staffing recommendations are marked as coming soon.

Maya by Inputly connects restaurant sales, recipes, stock and purchasing to forecast demand and manage inventory and food cost. It tracks ingredient quantities and expiry by perishable lot, flags low stock and recommends reorder points. Recipes link menu items to ingredients; sales forecasts can be translated into ingredient needs, including batch yields and unit conversions. Maya drafts supplier purchase orders using forecast demand, current and in-transit stock, supplier lead times and pack sizes. Forecasts are trained on a restaurant's sales history and, according to Inputly, also consider calendars, holidays, paydays, weather and local events. Proposed actions require approval, with role-based access, audit trails, reversible actions and a kill switch among the listed controls. POS connections include Square, Toast, TouchBistro, Clover, SeroPOS and Lightspeed; a REST API and webhooks are also listed. Native apps are listed for Android, iOS, macOS and Windows, alongside web and API access. Maya is paid, with pricing listed from $249/mo, and has no free plan. Inputly says SOC 2 Type II is in progress.