Bar Cop vs Craftable.
Craftable, once Bevager, is an inventory and AP-automation platform for restaurant groups. Bar Cop counts and costs just as fully, then runs the whole bar itself. Here is the difference, straight.
What each one actually covers.
| Craftable | Bar Cop | |
|---|---|---|
| Food and beverage inventory | Yes | Yes |
| How you count | Manual count | Fill sliders, no scale |
| Recipe and pour cost | Yes | Yes |
| Purchasing, receiving, ordering | Yes | Yes |
| AP automation, invoice matching | Yes | Import or key |
| Labor, scheduling, tips, overtime | Cost visibility only | Full |
| Shift cash, over and short, voids, comps | — | Yes |
| Profit recovery, leaks priced in dollars | Variance reporting | Recovery, priced in dollars |
| On-demand audits that score and price leaks | — | Four, unlimited |
| 13-week cash flow forecast | — | Yes |
| Events and catering | — | Yes |
| Weekly and month-end books, P&L | Syncs to your accounting | Full books |
| Where it runs | Web and mobile app | Any browser, nothing to install |
| Works with your POS | 100+ integrations, wired in | Any POS, drop the export |
| Built for | Groups with an AP team | The whole independent back office |
Craftable's plans and features change over time. This compares the two on what each is built to do, based on Craftable's publicly listed information. Check their site for their current details.
Built for an AP team.
Craftable, once Bevager, is a capable platform, and it has moved upmarket. Under the inventory and pour-cost counting sits its real pitch: accounts-payable automation, three-way matching that lines up each invoice against its purchase order and what actually showed up at the door, distributor EDI, approval routing. Their own line is that your accounting team catches errors instead of entering data. Read that again, it presumes an accounting team. Craftable is built for a group that runs one, on negotiated per-location pricing with implementation and tiered modules to match.
Bar Cop is built for the operator who does not have an AP department, because the operator is it. You count and cost the same way, match your own invoices without a matching engine to configure, then run everything Craftable leaves on the table: labor, tips, and overtime, shift cash, profit recovery that prices your leaks, events, and the weekly and month-end books. One price a month, nothing to negotiate, nothing to implement. Craftable automates your back office. Bar Cop is your back office.