Kitchen CUT vs PurchasePlus

Kitchen CUT is hospitality management software that brings operational tools and live data together for businesses, stakeholders, and customers. Its menu engineering analyzes sales data to flag high- and low-performing items and inform profitability decisions. KC Lite includes recipe and menu costing, product and price management, and cost modelling. The software manages allergen and nutrition details for recipes and menus, including the main 14 allergens and sub-allergens. Purchasing and supplier management connects businesses with more than 3,000 suppliers; other tools cover inventory, stock control, PAR levels, waste, purchase orders, and location transfers. Digital menus can be published at a unique URL for customers to browse or order. Kitchen CUT supports hundreds of integrations, including sales and POS links and compatibility with QuickBooks and Xero. EPOS sales data integrations may require agreement with the provider and may incur setup or ongoing fees. KC Lite is designed for single-site independent hospitality businesses. It runs on Android, iOS, and web, with API listed. Monthly KC Lite costs £75 a month for one site and one user, with limits of 50 recipes, sub-recipes, and menus.

PurchasePlus is a purchasing platform for hotels and restaurant groups, covering requisitions, purchase orders, receiving, invoices, payments, inventory, and POS connections. Approval workflows span the purchasing cycle. AI extracts invoice headers, lines, totals, and tax from Peppol e-invoices, PDFs, scans, EDI files, and other formats. The system compares invoices with purchase orders and goods receiving notes, flagging discrepancies. Approved journal entries can be exported to accounting systems including Xero, NetSuite, Dynamics 365, MYOB, and Sage. POS connections use an API, while supplier integrations support REST API, EDI, and CSV catalog uploads. Scheduled reports can be emailed as PDF, XLSX, or CSV, with OData connections for Power BI and Tableau. PurchasePlus runs in a modern browser with reliable internet and requires no installation. It states ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 Type 2 auditing. Enterprise Pricing is $650 a month, billed Per Month; other plans have usage-based listed terms.