i-curate vs MarketMan

i-curate is a procurement platform connecting supplier search, ordering, approvals, receiving, credits, invoicing, payments and reporting. Buyers can combine products from approved suppliers in one basket, then use favourites, templates and recurring orders. Rules can control approvals and budgets by user, site, department, cost centre, product, category or value. Receiving workflows match goods, delivery notes, catch weights and supplier amendments to orders, while transaction histories support credit requests. Reporting breaks spending down by site, group, supplier, category, product or user and can highlight exceptions. Finance, ERP, stock and supplier data connect through API and EDI. Amazon Business products can be included in consolidated purchasing and invoicing. Direct Pay links eligible supplier payments to their orders and audit trails, subject to agreement and eligibility. Role-based permissions, restrictions and activity history are included. i-curate is presented for care, hospitality, pubs and facilities management, including multi-site organizations. Pricing is available on request.

MarketMan is a cloud-based restaurant management platform for inventory control, purchasing, expense tracking and recipe costing. It manages inventory and purchase orders, supports mobile ordering and suggests order quantities. Recipe costing breaks ingredient costs down by menu item in real time. Smart Ordering uses predictive analytics to forecast demand. Starter includes 50 AI-powered invoice scans per month, while Growth includes unlimited invoice scanning. Listed integrations include Toast, Square, Lightspeed, QuickBooks, Xero, Sysco and Performance Foodservice. The platform is available through a browser and iOS and Android apps. It serves quick-service and full-service restaurants, cafes, bars, ghost kitchens, and single-location operators and multi-unit chains. Multi-unit tools include centralized reporting, inter-location inventory transfers, commissary kitchen management, standardized recipe libraries and comparative dashboards. Starter costs $249 a month, Growth costs $299 a month and Enterprise costs $449 a month. Enterprise includes read-only API access limited to 5,000 calls per month. Vendor EDI integrations are listed for the US, Canada and UK, with plan limits of one for Starter, two for Growth and unlimited for Enterprise.