Bar Cop vs BevSpot.
BevSpot is a solid beverage inventory and ordering tool. Bar Cop counts inventory just as fully, then keeps going into labor, cash, profit, and the books. Here is the difference, straight.
What each one actually covers.
| BevSpot | Bar Cop | |
|---|---|---|
| Food and beverage inventory | Yes | Yes |
| Pour cost and variance | Top plan only | Included |
| How you count | Bottle slider, no scale | Fill sliders, no scale |
| Recipe and drink costing | Yes | Yes |
| Purchasing and ordering | Yes | Yes |
| Menu profitability reporting | Top plan only | Included |
| Labor, scheduling, tips, overtime | — | Yes |
| Shift cash, over and short, voids, comps | — | Yes |
| Profit recovery, leaks priced in dollars | — | Yes |
| On-demand audits that score and price leaks | — | Four, unlimited |
| Menu engineering and pricing | Costing | Full |
| 13-week cash flow forecast | — | Yes |
| Events and catering | — | Yes |
| Weekly and month-end books, P&L | — | Yes |
| Food and drink on one price | Priced separately | One price, both |
| Where it runs | Web and mobile app | Any browser, nothing to install |
| Built for | Inventory and ordering | The whole independent back office |
BevSpot's plans and features change over time. This compares the two on what each is built to do, based on BevSpot's publicly listed information. Check their site for their current details.
One tool, nearly our price.
BevSpot counts inventory the same way Bar Cop does, a bottle slider, no scale, and it handles ordering cleanly. But the reports that make counting worth the effort, variance, cost of goods, menu profitability, do not come on the cheap plan. Those sit on the top tier. The starter plan is counting and ordering with the analysis stripped out, which is the part you wanted in the first place.
That top plan runs around $219 a month, and food is priced apart from drink, so a bar with a kitchen pays again. Bar Cop is $249 flat for the same inventory plus labor, shift cash, profit recovery, cash flow, events, and the books, kitchen included. Near the same money, and seven more tools instead of one.