Fourth Inventory vs growyze

Fourth Inventory is a web and API platform for restaurant procurement, supply-chain management, and inventory operations. It consolidates suppliers, supports supplier engagement, and enables direct ordering with predictive purchasing. Automatic stock tracking follows depletion to ingredient level across menus, while the mobile app updates central inventory records in real time. Recipe and menu engineering include ingredient costing, nutritional values, portion sizes, and plating guidance. Production and prep tools use demand forecasts and digital instructions to manage preparation and track waste. POS integrations update stock information and show on-hand inventory; listed partners include Aloha, Toast, Simphony, Revel, PAR POS, and Lightspeed U Series. APIs cover inventory, recipe and menu engineering, menu cycles, and POS gateway integrations. The purchase-to-pay and inventory solution comes in four editions with different control levels. It supports multi-location operations, purchase orders, transfers, labor and payroll tools, compliance, allergen tracking, and nutrition information. Pricing is on request.

Growyze is an app for managing hospitality back-of-house work, from stock and purchasing to invoices, waste and recipes. Barcode scanning and digital stocksheets support stock counts; the product says this can reduce stocktake time by 60%. Automated checks compare orders, deliveries and invoices to flag discrepancies. Dashboards cover expected versus actual COGS, gross profit and item price changes. Recipe tools include costing, margin calculations and allergen details. Growyze runs on iOS, Android and desktop browsers. Its product page displays integrations for Square, Clover, Go-EPOS, Newbridge, Xero and Sage. A free plan is available, with limits on stocktakes, orders, suppliers, delivery notes, invoice validations, recipes, dishes, waste records and reports. Pro costs $79 a month and includes 25 automated invoice validations, then £0.50 per invoice. The maker also advertises a 30-day trial without requiring a card, with setup available on or off site upon request.