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?

Start a session, 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. Connecting Square adds menu item import, sales-based food cost tracking, and variance analysis.

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. With Square, it compares what you should have used vs. what you actually used to find waste.

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.

Built for independents

Restaurant operations using AI & Automation.

The admin side, handled by an AI agent: counts, invoices, food costs, shopping lists. You run the kitchen, the bar, and the floor.

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Everything your agent handles.

Voice CountingAI AgentInvoice ScanningFood Cost TrackingPlate CostingRecipe ManagementShopping ListsVariance AnalysisProactive AlertsSquare IntegrationTeam Collaboration

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Built for

CafésIndependent restaurantsWine barsCocktail barsGhost kitchensSmall multi-unit groups

$250K–$10M annual revenue. Usually 1–5 locations.

Why this exists

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. 10 years in food service.

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.

We cannot fully automate this work away yet, but What if the tedious part just wasn't?

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200 free credits. No card required. Setup takes minutes.

How it works

Talk to it. It does the data entry.

Three steps. No implementation team, no setup fees.

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Tell it what you stock

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

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Count by voice

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

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Know where your money goes

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

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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

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Stock List

Search ingredients...

Filter

Chicken Breast

cases · Protein · 2h ago

Par: 15

Whole Milk

gal · Dairy · 2h ago

Par: 10

Tomatoes

cases · Produce · 2h ago

0.5

Par: 3

All-Purpose Flour

bags · Dry Goods · 2h ago

Par: 4

Atlantic Salmon

cases · Protein · just now

Par: 3

Olive Oil

bottles · Oils · 1d ago

Par: 3

Yellow Onions

bag · Produce · 3d ago

Par: 3

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

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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

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Analytics

This Week

This Month

Cost of Goods Sold

Total COGS

$2,847

Revenue: $10,024

COGS %

28.4%

↓ 2.8% vs last week

Top Costs by Ingredient

Chicken Breast$624

Atlantic Salmon$445

Whole Milk$198

Olive Oil$156

Tomatoes$134

Inventory Variance

Items Tracked

With Variance

Tomatoes-18%

Chicken Breast+6%

Whole Milk-4%

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.
POS integration: Connects to Square so sales, menu items, and modifiers flow in automatically.
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. Pull sales from Square or Toast without touching a thing.

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

Read-only. Sales and menu data sync so food cost and variance stay accurate.

Square

Read-only

Menu items, modifiers, and sales flow in automatically. Powers food cost and variance.

Toast

Read-only

Pull menu, modifiers, and daily sales. No double entry, no 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

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.

See how Stockcount compares.

Every tool makes trade-offs. Here's an honest look at what you get and what you don't.

Feature	Stockcount $49-149/mo	Spreadsheets Excel / Google Sheets $0/mo	Craftable $99+/mo	MarketMan $199+/mo	MarginEdge $330/mo	Restaurant365 $249+/mo
Monthly price (per location)	Free / $49+	Free	From $99	From $199	$330	From $249
Time to get started	Minutes	Hours of DIY	Days	Days	Weeks	Weeks
No long-term contract			Unknown
Voice inventory counting
AI conversational agent
Recipe costing & plate costs		Manual		$249+ plan
Invoice photo scanning
Variance analysis		Manual
Shopping lists by vendor		Manual
Mobile app		Limited
Waste logging		Manual		$249+ plan

Pricing and features as of early 2026. This may be outdated. Contact each platform directly for the latest information.

Stockcount

$49-149/mo

Monthly price (per location): Free / $49+
Time to get started: Minutes
No long-term contract
Voice inventory counting
AI conversational agent
Recipe costing & plate costs
Invoice photo scanning
Variance analysis
Shopping lists by vendor
Mobile app
Waste logging

Spreadsheets

Excel / Google Sheets

$0/mo

Monthly price (per location): Free
Time to get started: Hours of DIY
No long-term contract
Voice inventory counting
AI conversational agent
Recipe costing & plate costs: Manual
Invoice photo scanning
Variance analysis: Manual
Shopping lists by vendor: Manual
Mobile app: Limited
Waste logging: Manual

Craftable

$99+/mo

Monthly price (per location): From $99
Time to get started: Days
No long-term contract: Unknown
Voice inventory counting
AI conversational agent
Recipe costing & plate costs
Invoice photo scanning
Variance analysis
Shopping lists by vendor
Mobile app
Waste logging

MarketMan

$199+/mo

Monthly price (per location): From $199
Time to get started: Days
No long-term contract
Voice inventory counting
AI conversational agent
Recipe costing & plate costs: $249+ plan
Invoice photo scanning
Variance analysis
Shopping lists by vendor
Mobile app
Waste logging: $249+ plan

MarginEdge

$330/mo

Monthly price (per location): $330
Time to get started: Weeks
No long-term contract
Voice inventory counting
AI conversational agent
Recipe costing & plate costs
Invoice photo scanning
Variance analysis
Shopping lists by vendor
Mobile app
Waste logging

Restaurant365

$249+/mo

Monthly price (per location): From $249
Time to get started: Weeks
No long-term contract
Voice inventory counting
AI conversational agent
Recipe costing & plate costs
Invoice photo scanning
Variance analysis
Shopping lists by vendor
Mobile app
Waste logging

Pricing and features as of early 2026. This may be outdated. Contact each platform directly for the latest information.

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Find the right fit.

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

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.

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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?: Start a session, 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. Connecting Square adds menu item import, sales-based food cost tracking, and variance analysis.
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. With Square, it compares what you should have used vs. what you actually used to find waste.
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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