growyze vs Spec

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.

Spec is an inventory management platform for food and beverage programs at bars and restaurants. Its product library stores information about what a business carries, while recipe tools calculate ingredient, labor and sub-recipe costs. Users can assemble menus from products and recipes and analyze pricing effectiveness. Spec can draft text or email orders and divide bulk orders by vendor. Staff can use the mobile app to view recipes, product details and training materials. The Pro plan adds digitized invoices, product price alerts and invoice reports. Spec offers a free plan at free, limited to 30 ingredient costings, 30 labor costings, 30 sub-recipes and 10 menus, with no stock counts. Spec Pro costs $99 a month or $999 a year and includes unlimited costing and menus, stock counts, multiple inventory locations, and invoice and price-change reporting. A 30-day trial is listed. The platform supports Android, iOS and web. Businesses can email an inventory spreadsheet for ingestion by Spec’s team.