What do I get when I sign up?

200 free credits — roughly $2 of AI usage — enough to try voice counting and the chat agent. No card required. When you need more, subscribe to Pro or Enterprise or top up credits à la carte.

How does voice counting work?

Hit record, lock your phone, count out loud: 'five gallons whole milk', '3 bags flour'. Stockcount matches what you say to your ingredient list and records the counts. You can review and correct matches. Manual entry is always available.

What is the AI agent?

A conversational assistant you chat with by text or voice. Use it to count inventory, log expenses, define recipes, generate shopping lists, and ask about your food costs. It replaces most form-based data entry with natural conversation.

Do I need Square to use Stockcount?

No. Stockcount works standalone with voice counting, expense tracking, recipes, plate costs, and shopping lists. POS integration (Square and Toast) for menu and sales import is in development.

How does Stockcount calculate my food costs?

Actual food costs from inventory counts and expenses (Beginning Inventory + Purchases - Ending Inventory). Plate cost per menu item from recipes and ingredient costs. Variance analysis compares what your counts say you used against what your invoices say you bought.

What's the difference between Pro and Enterprise?

Pro ($49.99/month) covers daily inventory: voice counting, expense tracking, recipes, plate costs, shopping lists, analytics, and invoice scanning — with 1,500 AI credits per month. Enterprise ($149/month) is for high-volume operations: 5,000 credits per month, priority support, and volume discounts on credit top-ups. Purchased credits never expire, and you can enable auto-refill so you never get interrupted.

Can I add team members?

Yes. Invite team members as Managers (inventory + recipes) or Counters (counting only). They share your subscription, no separate accounts needed.

For independent restaurants & cafés

Restaurant inventory software, run by an AI agent.

Stockcount handles the admin side — inventory counts, invoices, food costs, shopping lists — through an AI agent you talk to. You run the kitchen, the bar, and the floor.

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What do you need?

Ask anything or pick a suggestion below

Start a count

Upload an invoice

Log an expense

Check stock levels

Ask anything

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What do you need?

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Start a count

Upload an invoice

Log an expense

Check stock levels

Ask anything

Speak

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You already know you should be calculating your food costs. The process is the problem.

Clipboards by the walk-in. Old spreadsheets in your computer. A drawer full of invoices you haven't touched.

So you compromise. As long as you're making more than you spend, things are probably fine.

Until you decide to actually do it right. You or your manager spends 3–5 hours a week on inventory counts and data entry. That's roughly $5,000+ a year in labor for numbers that are already stale. Eventually, you burn out and go back to guessing.

The existing solutions? Weeks to onboard. $300/month per location. Built for chains, not for you.

70% of restaurant managers hate inventory counting. I was one of them. I spent 10 years in food service and the last thing I wanted to do after a long shift was stand in a cold walk-in with a clipboard. So I built the tool I wished I had.

Jeremy Dudet — Founder, Stockcount

How it works

Talk to it. It does the data entry.

Three steps. No implementation team, no setup fees.

Step 01

Tell it what you stock

Add ingredients by voice, text, or spreadsheet upload. Stockcount audits and cleans the data before it sticks.

Step 02

Count by voice

Walk your storage, count out loud. Stockcount records quantities, units, and timestamps. No clipboard, no typing.

Step 03

Know where your money goes

Food cost %, plate costs, and variance — calculated from your counts and invoices, updated every time the data changes.

What you get

The hard work made easy.

Voice, AI agent, real-time costs. Tap a tab on any phone below to try it.

Voice + AI Agent

Talk to it like a coworker.

Ask for your food cost, count by voice, log an invoice, update a recipe — all in plain language. The agent does the data entry and tells you what changed.

Count out loud in the walk-in — "five gallons whole milk, three bags flour"
Ask follow-ups: "what's my top cost this week?"
Voice and text share the same conversation

Guide to restaurant inventory counting

New Chat

What do you need?

Ask anything or pick a suggestion below

Start a count

Upload an invoice

Log an expense

Check stock levels

Ask anything

Speak

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Stock List

Search ingredients...

Filter

Chicken Breast

Protein · 2h ago

cases

Whole Milk

Dairy · 2h ago

gal

Tomatoes

Produce · 2h ago

0.5

cases

All-Purpose Flour

Dry Goods · 2h ago

bags

Atlantic Salmon

Protein · just now

cases

Olive Oil

Oils · 1d ago

bottles

Yellow Onions

Produce · 3d ago

bag

Chat

Smart Cycle Counting

Count only what matters.

Stockcount tracks which ingredients are active based on usage history and your current menu. It tells you what's overdue, what's low, and what can wait — so you never count a 50-item sheet just to find three numbers that changed.

Par levels flag items below threshold automatically
Overdue counts surface on the Today tab
Filter by category, vendor, or shelf location

How smart cycle-counting works

Real-Time Cost Tracking

This week's numbers, not last month's guess.

Food cost %, plate cost, top ingredients, variance — calculated from your actual counts and invoices and updated every time the data changes. No period-end surprises.

COGS % and variance vs. last week at a glance
Top costs by ingredient with trend comparison
Drill into any number to see the source count or expense

How to calculate food cost percentage

Thursday, May 21 · Bella's Café

Good morning, Maria

Finish setup

5/8

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Food cost up 2.8 pts

Tomatoes 40% above your 4-week average

Walk-in counts overdue

5 items haven't been counted in 3 days

Recent Activity

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12 items counted

AI2h ago

Added Atlantic Salmon

2 cases · $89/case

3h ago

Logged $386 to US Foods

AI5h ago

Chat

Everything else

Plus the boring stuff that has to just work.

Invoice & expense scanning: Snap a photo or upload a PDF. Stockcount parses line items, matches vendors, and updates ingredient costs.
Proactive alerts: Get notified about overdue counts, vendor price changes, missing revenue, and below-par items before they become problems.
Team collaboration: Real-time collaboration on counts. Role-based permissions so you control who sees costs and who just counts.
Bulk import & export: CSV and PDF bulk imports with AI-powered validation. Export anything, anytime.
Recipe & plate costing: Link ingredients to menu items. Plate costs update automatically as ingredient prices change.

Integrations

Works where you already work.

Talk to your agent from Telegram or Slack. POS sync for Square and Toast is in development.

Chat channels

Same agent. Same memory. Wherever you are.

Two-way chat

Text or voice-message your agent in a direct chat. No group chat support — DMs only.

Slack

Two-way chat

DMs or shared channels. The agent works alongside your team in the same conversation, so counts, expenses, and questions live where you already talk.

Point of sale

In development. Sales and menu data will sync so food cost and variance stay accurate.

Square

Coming soon

Menu items, modifiers, and sales will sync automatically to power food cost and variance.

Toast

Coming soon

Menu, modifiers, and daily sales, with no double entry or manual reconciliation.

More integrations on the way. Email j.dudet@gmail.com if there's one you need.

Simple pricing.

Cancel anytime. Top up credits à la carte. Purchased credits never expire.

Start free with 200 credits

Roughly $2 of AI usage — enough to try voice counting and the chat agent. No card required.

Get started for free

Starter

Best for food trucks, pop-ups, and solo operators.

$19/ month

500 credits / month

Covers roughly:

~1.5 hours of voice counting, or
~60 invoice scans, or
~250 chat messages

Mix and match — it’s one shared pool.

AI agent — voice & chat
Voice-powered inventory counting
Invoice & receipt scanning
Food cost tracking
Email support

Choose Starter

Cancel anytime. Purchased credits never expire.

Pro

Best for single-location cafés and small restaurants.

$49/ month

1,500 credits / month

Covers roughly:

~5 hours of voice counting, or
~180 invoice scans, or
~700 chat messages

Mix and match — it’s one shared pool.

Everything in Starter
Advanced analytics & reporting
POS integrations (Square)
Priority chat response

Choose Pro

Cancel anytime. Purchased credits never expire.

Business

Best for full-service restaurants and multi-location groups.

$149/ month

5,000 credits / month

Covers roughly:

~16 hours of voice counting, or
~600 invoice scans, or
~2,400 chat messages

Mix and match — it’s one shared pool.

Everything in Pro
Priority support
Volume discount on credit top-ups
Dedicated onboarding

Choose Business

Cancel anytime. Purchased credits never expire.

Find the right fit.

The right tool depends on who's using it and what they can maintain.

Recommended

Stockcount

Free, or from $49/mo

Best for: Independent restaurants & cafes

$250K to $1.5M annual revenue

You're the owner, the manager, and the one doing inventory after close. Stockcount gives you real food cost numbers without the spreadsheet, the data entry, or the $300/month software. Count by voice, track costs in conversation, and know where your money is going this week.

Start with 200 free credits — no card required
You wear every hat, including the inventory one
No dedicated finance person or bookkeeper
You need answers now, not a three-week-old report
Setup takes minutes, not days
No contracts, no setup fees, no implementation team

Built for independents, not enterprise chains. No corporate procurement, commissary management, or general ledger consolidation.

Spreadsheets

Excel / Google Sheets

Free

Best for: Getting started with something

Any size

The tool you already have. Someone built a template, you inherited it, and now you spend hours each week typing numbers into cells. It works until it doesn't, and by the time you calculate your food cost, the data is already stale.

No subscription cost
Familiar interface
Completely manual data entry
No real-time cost tracking

Heads up: The hidden cost is your time. 3-5 hours a week of counting and data entry adds up to over $5,000 a year in labor. And you still don't get real-time food cost numbers.

Craftable

From $99/mo

Best for: Bars & beverage-heavy operations

$1M+ with 40%+ beverage revenue

Purpose-built for liquor. Fractional bottle counts, batch cocktail costing, and pour-yield analysis. Great if your revenue is 40%+ beverage. Overkill and admin-heavy if you mainly sell food.

Cocktail bars, wine bars, hotel F&B
Fractional bottle tracking (e.g. 0.3 full)
Requires a dedicated bar manager to maintain
Significant daily admin per location

Heads up: Users report heavy daily admin to keep data accurate. If you don't have a dedicated bar manager, the data quality drops fast.

MarketMan

From $239/mo

Best for: Multi-unit chains with a procurement manager

$30K+ monthly food spend per location

A procurement engine for chains. Automated ordering, commissary transfers, centralized vendor catalogs. Powerful if you have the staff to run it. Most independents don't.

Built for QSR, fast-casual, ghost kitchens
Needs a Director of Ops or Procurement Manager
Standardized menus, not seasonal or chef-driven
$500+ setup fee to get started

Heads up: Designed for multi-unit operations with dedicated staff. Solo operators report the admin burden outweighs the benefits.

MarginEdge

$330/mo

Best for: High-volume independents with a bookkeeper

$1.5M to $10M annual revenue

Scans invoices and pushes line-item costs into QuickBooks or Xero. A bridge between the kitchen and the ledger. You still need a bookkeeper on the other end.

Unlimited invoice processing included
Requires an external bookkeeper or fractional CFO
Real-time vendor price alerts
$330/mo before your bookkeeper's fee

Heads up: The real cost is $330/mo plus your bookkeeper. Invoice scanning requires clean photos and consistent vendor formatting, which takes practice to get right.

Restaurant365

From $469/mo

Best for: Enterprise groups needing a full back-office ERP

$5M+ total group revenue

Accounting, payroll, scheduling, and inventory in one platform. Built for CFOs and Controllers managing 10+ locations. The UI reflects that.

10+ locations or franchise networks
Needs a dedicated back-office or accounting team
Weeks of onboarding and implementation
Replaces QuickBooks, scheduling apps, and standalone trackers

Heads up: Enterprise pricing, enterprise complexity. BBB complaints cite failed onboarding and difficulty canceling. Not built for someone who just needs to count stock and know their food cost.

Pricing and features may be outdated or inaccurate. Contact each platform directly for the latest information.

Frequently asked questions

Can't find what you're looking for? Reach out to our support team.

What do I get when I sign up?: 200 free credits — roughly $2 of AI usage — enough to try voice counting and the chat agent. No card required. When you need more, subscribe to Pro or Enterprise or top up credits à la carte.
How does voice counting work?: Hit record, lock your phone, count out loud: 'five gallons whole milk', '3 bags flour'. Stockcount matches what you say to your ingredient list and records the counts. You can review and correct matches. Manual entry is always available.
What is the AI agent?: A conversational assistant you chat with by text or voice. Use it to count inventory, log expenses, define recipes, generate shopping lists, and ask about your food costs. It replaces most form-based data entry with natural conversation.
Do I need Square to use Stockcount?: No. Stockcount works standalone with voice counting, expense tracking, recipes, plate costs, and shopping lists. POS integration (Square and Toast) for menu and sales import is in development.
How does Stockcount calculate my food costs?: Actual food costs from inventory counts and expenses (Beginning Inventory + Purchases - Ending Inventory). Plate cost per menu item from recipes and ingredient costs. Variance analysis compares what your counts say you used against what your invoices say you bought.
What's the difference between Pro and Enterprise?: Pro ($49.99/month) covers daily inventory: voice counting, expense tracking, recipes, plate costs, shopping lists, analytics, and invoice scanning — with 1,500 AI credits per month. Enterprise ($149/month) is for high-volume operations: 5,000 credits per month, priority support, and volume discounts on credit top-ups. Purchased credits never expire, and you can enable auto-refill so you never get interrupted.
Can I add team members?: Yes. Invite team members as Managers (inventory + recipes) or Counters (counting only). They share your subscription, no separate accounts needed.

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