Best restaurant accounting software
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| Vendor | Best for | Starting price | Closes the books | Multi-unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Restaurant365 Restaurant software | Multi-unit teams that will run accounting, inventory, and scheduling in one restaurant system. | Not published | No | Yes |
 QuickBooks Online General ledger | A restaurant whose accountant already closes a general ledger and does not need restaurant inventory in the same login. | Not published | No | Not established |
 MarginEdge Back office | Operators who already have someone closing the books and need invoices, inventory, and food cost. | 350 USD | No | Yes |
 xtraCHEF Back office | Toast restaurants in the United States that want invoices and food cost inside the Toast account. | 179 USD | No | Yes |
| Craftable Back office | Groups that want inventory, purchasing, recipes, and invoice capture synced to an accounting system. | Not published | No | Not established |
| Kit by KitchenSync Managed back office | Multi-unit groups that want accountants on a back-office platform, with a published price per location. | 1,500 USD | Yes | Yes |
| Paperchase Accounting firm | Restaurants and hotels that want a firm to run the books, including location-level statements. | Not published | Yes | Yes |
| FORCS Accounting firm | Independent restaurants through multi-unit groups that want outsourced books, payroll, and operations support. | Not published | Yes | Yes |
| The Fork CPAs Accounting firm | Owners who want restaurant bookkeeping through a controller, including weekly numbers and prime cost. | Not published | Yes | Not established |
| Harmony Group Accounting firm | Restaurants that want a US accounting team to close the month and file the taxes. | Not published | Yes | Not established |
How the rows differ
Restaurant365 and QuickBooks Online can hold the books. MarginEdge, xtraCHEF, and Craftable capture invoices and food cost and then hand the result to a ledger. Kit by KitchenSync, Paperchase, FORCS, The Fork CPAs, and Harmony Group are people who run the accounting, with or without their own software. The starting price is filled in only when the company publishes one.
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