Better Cater 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Pricing and Plans
Features
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User Reviews

Overview

Better Cater

4.8

(33)

Pricing

Starting at $69.00 per month

About Better Cater

Better Cater is a cloud-based catering solution that is suitable for small and midsize catering businesses such as corporate catering, on-site catering, restaurants, event caterers, food trucks and large-scale food preparation. Key features include cost and time analysis, profit and costs calculations, contact management and proposals management.

The solution allows users to calculate cost and profits by automatically adding detailed ingredient information based on item quantities. Users can create professional templates and invoices customized with their branding.

Better Cater’s reporting feature allows users to create custom reports including kitchen prep lists, packing lists, shopping lists, banquet event orders and more. An event calendar provides a color-coded overview of all events happening within a month. Users can manage their customers and prospects using the customer relationship management feature.

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Better Cater Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $69.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Monthly

$69.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

BEO Templates
Calendar Overview
CRM Database
Customer Support
Custom Proposals
Email Archive
Kitchen Report
Mobile-Friendly
Order Labels
Pull Sheet Report

Yearly

$690.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

BEO Templates
Calendar Overview
CRM Database
Customer Support
Custom Proposals
Email Archive
Kitchen Report
Mobile-Friendly
Order Labels
Pull Sheet Report

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Better Cater Features

Popular features found in Appointment Scheduling
Appointment Management
Automated Scheduling
Calendar Management
Client Database
Group Scheduling
Mobile Access
Online Payments
Recurring Appointments
Reporting & Statistics
More features of Better Cater
Activity Dashboard
Alerts/Notifications
Banquet Management
Billing & Invoicing
Booking Management
Calendar Sync
Contact Database
Contact Management
Contract/License Management
Cost Management
CRM
Customer Database
Customizable Branding
Customizable Reports
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Electronic Signature
Event Calendar
Event Management
Event Scheduling
Facility Management
For Catering Businesses
Historical Reporting
Invoice Management
Kitchen/Menu Management
Order Management
Payment Processing
Proposal Generation
Quotes/Estimates
Real-Time Data
Real-Time Reporting
Real-Time Updates
Recipe Management
Recurring Orders
Reminders
Room Booking
Waitstaff Management

Better Cater Integrations

Signable

Google Calendar

Microsoft Outlook

Better Cater User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

85%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.8

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.6

Functionality

4.3

Mary M.

Verified reviewer

Restaurants

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2019

Great Program, easy to use

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This program has been so valuable for our busy golf course along with many small and large catering events that we do. It has been so helpful in staying organized and sending emails back and forth with clients along with the invoices is incredibly easy.

Cons:

I am not sure there is anything that I am not happy with about this software, it has taken care of all our needs.

Shahen M.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Good product, easy to use!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

It's very streamlined and easy to use. Very user friendly.

Cons:

I would like the option to change the status of multiple events at the same time. I don't like that I have to sit and do it one by one. Very time consuming.

Kevin H.

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2018

It Just... Doesn't Meet Expectations

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that I got the experience of using another catering software on my way to whichever one I finally end up with. The costing of menu items if you add each ingredient is pretty good. The ingredient listing is good. The calendar tool is pretty good.

Cons:

Customer service and is just not really great. They aren't available when you need them, and will surely send you an email, hopefully by the next day. Managing menu packages is terrible. The whole beverage section and the way you enter your beverages is just way out in left field. Tied in with the last two sentences: the beverage packages management is also terrible. The invoice is blocky and you can't customize the look of it, it just looks like a packing list. There is no customer facing side, so customers must be emailed all invoices and BEOs separately. The contract tool is useless. Miscellaneous charges are set charges, and have no option for changing, say, a delivery charge based on miles, or a set up charge for more than 100 people and less than 100. There is no app?!?! WOW. It is 2018 and they don't have an app! For what I pay per month, they need to be a lot better than they are.

Beth B.

Verified reviewer

Events Services

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Efficiency

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This program is so easy to use and very explainable to customers. I really like the way it is broken down into sections for their review.

Cons:

There isn't anything that I don't like. I like the software

Carol H.

Consumer Goods

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2017

Good service

I like better cater. It has helped me streamline my business and really give it the total professional look. I like that I can access it from anywhere, whether I am out shopping to putting together a bid for a client on the spot - its very convenient. There have been some issues though with the delivery of my proposals - their software if often sensed as spam and I have had NUMEROUS instances where my bids are not being received in a timely manner. This has been a detriment to me. I also wish I could get it to be synced with my quick books, which would make bookkeeping much easier and faster.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is easy to use

Cons:

cant sync with quickbooks

Lauren S.

Verified reviewer

Restaurants

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Organized my daily routine

Better cater has benefited our business in multiple ways.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Better Cater has helped organize my daily routine and my ordering for my restaurant. It’s streamed line my daily, weekly, and monthly procedures.

Cons:

Better cater takes time to set up, but once you have it set up initially it’s not hard to edit

Joshua B.

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2018

Took our catering business to the next level.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Great way to organize our job calendar. Works great to organize and categorize all of our menu options, customers and invoices.

Cons:

Invoices are professional looking but it would be nice to customize the look more. It would also be nice to have an app to quickly check the calendar without have to log in on a mobile browser.

Yolanda B.

Food & Beverages

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2017

I have had a wonderful experience with BC. I have been with them for over a year and I love them.

Central location for my clients information, Recipes, Quotes and product database

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use, professional quotes and the ability to add attachments and store all of my clients in one place. I can also look back on past orders which make it easy when a client requests a duplicate order.

Cons:

I wish they had suggestions on measurements in the recipe sections and the ability for clients to respond directly into the program instead of a separate email.

Chad G.

Used unspecified for unspecified

Review source

Reviewed April 2015

Better Cater - The best software system for growing catering operations, hands down!

The user friendliness of Better Cater is amazing! I was able to prepare professional proposals in minutes vs hours from my previous in house process, on the first day I started using Better Cater. This in turn allowed me to generate more business with less effort and time. My business was just myself and my assistant and now we have a staff of 20 including an Executive Chef, Special Events Manager and Business Manager. As a matter of fact, Dash and a Handful Catering is running so smoothly, I just bought a restaurant! Also, I can not say enough about the tech support. As I starting using Better Cater, I found I had a need for certain information to further streamline my business and gather information. I would pose my need to the support team and they were amazing! They would literally go to work and generate another report that offered me the information I requested. Better Cater listens to the needs of their clients and reacts! I would recommend their software system to any catering operation, from a startup to an existing operation looking to streamline the proposal and reporting process. Thanks Better Cater Team!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Gideon A.

Verified reviewer

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2017

Interesting and easy to use software