Margin Edge combines an easy to use inventory and COGS platform, a kitchen recipe viewer, and a data entry service.

Excellent product that is, for the most part, very intuitive and easy to use. Customer service is amazing.

It can sometimes be difficult to pull raw data out of the platform.

MarginEdge eliminates so much data entry, tracking down invoices, tracking down item prices, integrates with so many POS systems, integrates with QuickBooks Online and the Bill Pay service is AMAZING.

I think the recipe building and costing functions are great.

There are lots of things we can do in ME and I like most about MarginEdge integration with third party like POS and posting invoices in ME.

MarginEdge has been a great addition to our office - not only is the interface super easy to work with, but so is their team who is always there to help.

The A/P component in and of itself paid for the product in reduced time spent inputting invoices/receipts. The inventory side, while there is a learning curve, has been great now that we are setup.

Customer-service and margin edge product itself proven to be one of the best decisions we’ve made in our decade long restaurant journey. We are so thankful for what they have done for us.

In a matter of days, MarginEdge increased our accounting and financial reporting efficiencies literally by an order of magnitude.

It seamlessly integrates with Quickbooks, helps in managing time, cost of goods/inventory, etc. to significantly assistant the restaurant owners in managing their business.

Always a pleasure to talk to support over there and they always have a solution. If they don't then they will find one for you.

ME is great because it can do invoice management and inventory management for front and back of house.

It made a huge difference in costing out our menu.

I was very skeptical to start using this software since we have always input data ourselves.

I find the team at Margin Edge extremely open to feedback about the product and very responsive to support emails. From an administration standpoint, the software is user friendly and direct.

Being able to easily scan and upload invoices from a mobile phone is the best.

Only drawback is no labor module currently available. This is in development so only a minor negative.

In addition to having a major problem with some electronic payments.

Invoices coding are great, helps with manual entry. Theoretical costs are great, really delve into how each item is used in various recipes.

Marginedge can provide best service in compare to other software.

This software provides insight into your business like  no other. I will show you opportunities to improve your profitability and more than pays for itself.

Our managers really appreciate the additional time they are able to spend on the floor instead of in the office entering invoices.

The group at ME are outstanding, incredibly responsive and helpful among the best I've ever worked with.

MarginEdge was built by a restauranteur for restauranteurs. It really helps provide your teams a solid foundation of important information to make critical operational decisions.

Most 'missing' features in the past have been added.

It creates additional profit well above any cost involved.

The ability to see actual invoices is vital for our company with locations in two states and an off-site accounting office. Customer service staff is very responsive and the best we've worked with.

This product offered a very user-friendly solution to inventory management and data entry. I also really enjoy the comprehensive reporting features.

Sometimes the OCR technology is not able to break down complicated invoices. Example: Tshirts with different sizes on the same line instead of broken out as separate lines.

The layout features and user friendly interface are vital to daily use.

Menu Analysis using gross sales rather than net. We integrate with Toast and it may be a function of what Toast makes available.

We signed only one of our concepts up to start as a trial in the beginning -  we have now set up almost all of our concepts (10 of them) to be integrated. 10 would recommend this product.

On app tutorials walk you through everything with outstanding customer service for the bigger issues.

It is really easy to set up, the price is way better than the other systems in the market, it works with wifi and you can use it on your laptop,  Ipad, smartphone.

I loved how in depth and detailed one could get and that it considered things like substitutions and such.

Overall, I've found this software to be user friendly. It solves many organizational issues that restaurants face.

Overall, Square is incredibly useful for our ability to manage payment and make things easy for our customers.

Any time that we did rung into something it was solved by customer service and was usually user error.

Square has been great for our food trailer. Ours came with a card swiper and we purchased the chip reader for less than $50.00.

Not a software, but a very minor inconvenience with the round  jack. The reader would occasionally turn during a card swipe, causing a read error.

However, the worst thing about this program was the Tipping Section. Customer's can't read the fine text at the tip checkout phase.

Simple and easy POS for small businesses like the food truck.

Sending refunds, looking up transactions, or sending coupons is super fast and way easier than any other system I have used.

It is so easy to use and is always quick to use, never issues with it. This is important in the restaurant.

Easy to buy local at Best Buy, easy to set up and great menu. I also love the daily sales report that I get via email.

The software makes it more accessible for small businesses to stay competitive in the era of pick up and delivery.

So Simple and way easy to use. Really helps out small businesses everywhere.

I have enjoyed using it overall as a user to save time and be efficient.

Square was a huge help for us as a restaurant this year. With covid-19 businesses had to move really fast to the online market and Square provides the tools to get there really fast and easy.

Easy to use at any restaurant, dont have to carry cash when you are traveling convenient and easy to use.

The user interface is clear and simple. It works perfectly well for our servers.

HR, on-boarding, benefits, payroll, CC processing all built in is very convenient.

The back of house reporting is a disaster. Ve never worked with a more complicated, obtuse, confusing reporting function.

It’s sleek, modern, and up to date with the rest of the community’s technology. It puts me a step above the competition because my POS helps me streamline our productivity in many different ways.

What I like the most about square processing payments is that it makes it very easy to restore that customer's information such as email, phone number and past transaction history and payments.

If you lose wi-fi, you'll be scrambling to put in place an ad hoc system. I have also heard managers complain about the cost of the software.

Excellent and not had any breaches yet but always a worry.

No way to start tabs, back end reports are not helpful, occasional payments disappear, not real support set-up, no real-time off site reports available.

If you purchase the full upgrades you try in the trial. The reality of the free version is woefully inadequate.

I love how they offer the CRM tool and even more I love how easy is to create a website for your restaurant with them.

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MarginEdge is a restaurant management software that uses POS integration and invoice data to show you your food and labor costs in real-time, so you can make impactful decisions in the moment. 

MarginEdge helps restaurants of all sizes radically streamline key activities like invoice entry and vendor bill payment, while providing powerful tools for live budget and cost-tracking, inventory and recipe management, and online ordering. 

Here’s how it works:
1) You connect your POS and accounting- we support more than 60 POS systems and all the big accounting systems
2) Send us your invoices- send photos with our app, in email files or through EDI integrations. Even if they’re hand-scribbled or spilled on, we’re flexible. The best part, no more manual data entry!
3) Get immediate cost tracking- We take the sales from your POS and the data from your invoices to give you real-time food and labor costs. You also get a daily P&L, theoretical usage reports, and a whole lot more. Plus, information flows seamlessly into your accounting system.

We give you tools to be more efficient and more profitable.

Save time with automated invoice processing:
Submit invoices via photos through our app, emailed files, platform uploads, or EDI integrations—whatever works best for you! We capture all the line item data in 24-48 hours, even handwritten scribbles and notes.

See it all in one place:
We automatically import sales and labor data every night, then export that data in real-time to accounting.

Spend less time and make a bigger impact:
We help streamline your inventory process and analyze food usage with your counts. Doesn’t mean you’ll like doing inventory more, but it will make it suck a little less.

A centralized solution for ordering:
Place orders through vendors right from MarginEdge. We update your order guides based on your invoices, so you can track orders from start to finish in one place.

Make paying your bills cheaper and easier:
Pay your bills directly through MarginEdge, and sync the data straight to your accounting system. MarginEdge Bill Pay is included and unlimited, so no surprise costs from us at the end of the month.

Set up price alerts for key items:
MarginEdge automatically sends you an email as soon as prices on invoices come in at unexpected costs. You can customize price thresholds for any item.

Digitally manage and display recipes for the kitchen:
Our easy-to-use interface shows recipes on tablets along with photos, videos, and customizable yield conversions (don’t worry, we do the math!)

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Nutrition Analysis

Real Time Analytics

Employee Management

Forecasting

Purchase Order Management

Electronic Payments

Order Entry

Kitchen/Menu Management

Cost Management

Customizable Reports

Access Controls/Permissions

Order Management

Menu Planning

Online Ordering

Recipe Management

Sales Trend Analysis

Data Import/Export

Offline Access

Multi-Location

Mobile Access

Online Payments

Cost Tracking

Sales Reports

Inventory Tracking

Real Time Data

Performance Metrics

Cost Analysis

Labor Cost Reporting

Real-Time Notifications

Real-Time Updates

Alerts/Notifications

Reporting & Statistics

Customizable Templates

Billing & Invoicing

Accounting Integration

Delivery Tracking

Real Time Reporting

Reporting/Analytics

Stock Management

Built-in Accounting

Order Tracking

Point of Sale (POS)

Purchasing & Receiving

Third-Party Integrations

Inventory Management

Search/Filter

Inventory Optimization

Activity Dashboard

Food & Beverage Management

Email/Help Desk

FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

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11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1000

1000+

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Square for Restaurants is a cloud-based solution designed to help restaurants of all sizes manage menus, tables, orders, payments and other administrative operations via a unified portal. The platform enables organizations to design a personalized website to handle online orders, delivery services and curbside pickups.


Square for Restaurants’ table management functionality lets supervisors customize floor plans, monitor occupancy and organize sitting for bars, dining rooms, and parties using a drag-and-drop interface. Features include discount management, real-time order tracking, multi-device data synchronization, remote device management, order entry and more. Additionally, managers can gain insights into kitchen performance, staff shifts and sales by item, category or payments via reports.


Square for Restaurants supports integration with various third-party applications such as Homebase, TapMango, Deputy, BentoBox, TSheets, and more. It is available for free and on monthly subscriptions and support is extended via email, FAQs and other online measures.



Split Checks

Separate Checks

Credit Card Processing

Time Clock

Gift Card Management

Clock In/Out

Sales Tax Management

Tips Management

Cash Management

Receipt Management

Discount Management

Inventory Control

Order Processing

Loyalty Program

For Restaurants

Table Management

Third Party Integrations

Free + 2/6% + 10 cents processing rate for in-person & invoice pamyents or 2.9% + 30 cents for online payments. 

Plus: $60 per location, per month, plus $40/month per additional POS &  2/6% + 10 cents processing rate for in-person & invoice pamyents or 2.9% + 30 cents for online payments. 

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