A simpler MarketMan alternative—starting at $99

Get inventory, suppliers, purchase orders, forecasting, ingredient tracking, transfers, and multi-location control in Stash Pro. MarketMan starts at $249/month.

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WHERE STASH REMOVES THE LIMITS

More included. Fewer plan gates.

MarketMan is powerful restaurant software, but several high-value workflows sit behind higher plans or usage allowances. Stash Pro keeps the core inventory operating system together.

Stash Pro
$99 / location / month
$82 monthly equivalent when billed annually · up to 10 users per location · unlimited items · unlimited POs · unlimited suppliers
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What scales
Stash
MarketMan
Why it matters
Starting price
$99 / location / mo
$249 / mo Starter
Stash starts $150/mo lower
Annual price
$82 / location / mo
No public annual discount shown
2 months free with Stash annual
Users
Up to 10 per location
Not publicly specified
Stash pricing has no per-user fee
Items / SKUs
Unlimited
Not publicly specified
No item ceiling on Stash Pro
Purchase orders
Unlimited
Included
Unlimited on Stash Pro
Suppliers
Unlimited
Vendor workflows included
Unlimited supplier records in Stash
AI forecasting
Included
Smart Ordering starts on Growth at $299/mo
Forecasting is included in Stash Pro
AI invoice scans
Not the core workflow
50/mo on Starter; unlimited on Growth
MarketMan gates unlimited scanning to Growth
Vendor EDI integrations
POS / ecommerce / accounting integrations included
1 on Starter; 2 on Growth; unlimited on Enterprise
MarketMan expands EDI by plan
API access
Enterprise integrations on Scale
Read-only API on Enterprise; 5,000 calls/mo
MarketMan API is gated to Enterprise
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Plan details checked against public pricing and help documentation in October 2026. Competitor plans can change.
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Stash inventory dashboard showing out-of-stock and low-stock products by location

Business focus

MarketMan is built specifically for restaurants and foodservice. Stash serves restaurants and cafés too, but also retail and other physical multi-location businesses.
Stash sales chart used to support inventory forecasting

Restaurant cost control

MarketMan emphasizes recipe costing, waste management, invoice scanning, and theoretical-versus-actual reporting. Those restaurant-specific workflows are a core reason to consider it.
Stash multi-location inventory dashboard with location selector and stock coverage

Connected inventory operations

Stash connects stock, suppliers, purchase orders, receiving, transfers, forecasting, and supported POS sales data in one inventory workflow.
Stash purchase order screen with suggested quantities and days of stock

Purchasing and suppliers

Both support purchasing workflows. MarketMan adds restaurant-oriented vendor EDI and invoice automation, while Stash ties suppliers and purchase orders directly to stock and replenishment signals.
Stash reorder dashboard listing urgent items, quantities, suppliers, and days remaining

Forecasting and ordering

Stash includes AI forecasting and reorder signals. MarketMan offers Smart Ordering and order-by-recipe capabilities on higher plans.
Stash low-stock alert for an item at a specific location

Multi-location growth

Both can support multi-location operators. Compare the reporting, transfer, purchasing, recipe, and rollout workflows that matter to your exact location model.
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faq

Answers to your top questions

What is the biggest difference between Stash and MarketMan?

MarketMan is more specialized around restaurant back-office workflows such as recipe costing, waste, invoice processing, vendor EDI, and theoretical-versus-actual reporting. Stash is a broader physical inventory platform built around stock, purchasing, suppliers, forecasting, transfers, ingredients, and supported POS connections.

Which is better for restaurants?

It depends on the workflow. Restaurants that prioritize invoice automation, detailed recipe costing, waste workflows, and theoretical-versus-actual reporting should evaluate MarketMan closely. Teams that want a simpler connected inventory, purchasing, forecasting, and multi-location workflow should evaluate Stash.

Does Stash support ingredient-level inventory?

Yes. Stash supports ingredient and component tracking for recipe-based or bundled products, alongside counts, purchasing, suppliers, forecasting, and supported POS-linked stock workflows.

How should I choose between Stash and MarketMan?

List the workflows you cannot compromise on—recipe costing, invoices, waste, purchasing, forecasting, transfers, POS connectivity, and multi-location reporting—then test each product against those workflows using your own items and locations.

Compare with your real workflow

See whether Stash fits the way your team actually buys, counts, and replenishes inventory.

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