The 2026 Restaurant Inventory Software Benchmark
We analyzed all 81 inventory, recipe-costing, AP-automation, food-waste, procurement and analytics tools in our independent directory — their real pricing, third-party ratings, integrations and company history — to map what restaurant software actually costs and delivers in 2026.
Updated June 7, 2026 · 81 tools · 13,671 third-party reviews · how we score
Key findings
- The median restaurant inventory software costs $99/month, with most tools priced between $49 and $179/month.
- Only 56% of vendors publish a starting price — the other 44% require a custom quote.
- 65% of tools carry verified third-party ratings (G2/Capterra), spanning 13,671 reviews and averaging 4.4/5.
- QuickBooks is the most common integration (32 of 81 tools); the average tool lists 4.4 integrations.
- 15% offer a free tier and 27% a free trial.
- The median vendor has been operating for 13 years (founded around 2013).
What restaurant software costs in 2026
Median monthly price by category
Median starting price (monthly-equivalent) among tools with published pricing in each category.
Free tiers & trials
Ratings & quality
Top-scored tool in each category
The integration landscape
The average tool lists 4.4 integrations. The most common connections across all 81 tools:
The market landscape
Tools by category
Tools serving each operator type
How we compiled this
Every figure is computed directly from our independent directory of 81 restaurant inventory and back-office tools, last refreshed June 7, 2026. Pricing medians use each tool's published starting price normalized to a monthly equivalent; quote-only tools are excluded from price medians but counted in the transparency figures. Ratings are sourced from G2 and Capterra with attribution on each listing — we never fabricate a number. See our full methodology for the scoring rubric. You're free to cite these statistics with a link back to this page.
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