Is Craftable or Deputy better?

Neither clearly leads. Craftable starts at On request and Deputy at $3.5/user/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Craftable or Deputy?

Craftable starts at On request and Deputy at $3.5/user/month.

Does Craftable or Deputy run on more platforms?

Craftable runs on Web, iOS, Android. Deputy runs on Web, Ios, Android.

What is Craftable best used for?

Craftable is most often used for a cocktail bar where liquor shrinkage is material and eyeballed bottle counts are not accurate enough, a hotel food and beverage department running several outlets and one central store, a restaurant group that needs supplier invoices coded and exported to sage intacct without manual entry, an operator who wants pour cost variance reported by bartender rather than only by venue. Of those, a cocktail bar where liquor shrinkage is material and eyeballed bottle counts are not accurate enough and a hotel food and beverage department running several outlets and one central store are not what Deputy is typically brought in for.

What can Craftable do that Deputy cannot?

Craftable covers Weight based bottle counting, Invoice digitisation, Recipe and plate costing, Variance reporting. Deputy covers AI scheduling, Time tracking, Demand forecasting, Compliance.

Restaurants · head to head

Craftable vs Deputy

Craftable

Restaurants

Back of house inventory, invoice processing and costing built first for beverage led venues

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

Deputy

Restaurants

Workforce management for restaurants

From: $3.5/user/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Craftable beverage and food are separately licensed modules, so a venue with a full bar and a full kitchen is quoted twice for the same address and the effective per venue cost is roughly double the headline.; Deputy a $30 monthly minimum applies to every plan, so a team of four on the $5 Lite plan pays for six
They diverge on capability: Craftable covers Weight based bottle counting, Deputy covers AI scheduling.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Craftable and Deputy actually diverge.

Attributes where Craftable and Deputy differ
Attribute	Craftable	Deputy
Starting price	On request	$3.5/user/month
Pricing model	quote	subscription
Founded	Unknown	2008

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web, iOS, Android), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Restaurants).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Craftable

Weight based bottle counting
Invoice digitisation
Recipe and plate costing
Variance reporting
Purchasing and ordering
Accounts payable export

Only in Deputy

AI scheduling
Time tracking
Demand forecasting
Compliance
Team communication
Performance tracking
Toast
Square

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Craftable

A cocktail bar where liquor shrinkage is material and eyeballed bottle counts are not accurate enoughnot Deputy
A hotel food and beverage department running several outlets and one central storenot Deputy
A restaurant group that needs supplier invoices coded and exported to Sage Intacct without manual entrynot Deputy
An operator who wants pour cost variance reported by bartender rather than only by venuenot Deputy

Deputy

Staff scheduling and shift management for hourly teamsnot Craftable
Time clocking, timesheets and labour cost trackingnot Craftable

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Craftable

Beverage and food are separately licensed modules, so a venue with a full bar and a full kitchen is quoted twice for the same address and the effective per venue cost is roughly double the headline.
Invoice digitisation only helps if your suppliers are covered and their documents are legible; a venue buying from small local producers with handwritten dockets will still key those in by hand.
Accurate variance depends on counting on a fixed cadence, and venues that slip from weekly to monthly counts get numbers too stale to act on, which is the most common reason implementations quietly fail.
Weight based counting needs connected scales at each venue, an unbudgeted hardware cost that grows with the number of bars in the building.
Implementation requires mapping every item to supplier catalogue codes and building recipes before the first useful report, typically several weeks of a manager time that nobody has allocated.

Deputy

A $30 monthly minimum applies to every plan, so a team of four on the $5 Lite plan pays for six
Auto scheduling, demand forecasting and labour optimisation all require a plan above Lite
SSO and custom access levels are Pro only at $9 per user per month
Payroll is an add on at $8 per user per month plus a $49 monthly base fee
Messaging and analytics are separately priced add ons at $1.95 and $1.50 per user per month

Pricing, plan by plan

Craftable

On request

Beverage module$undefined/year
- Bar inventory, pour costing and variance by product
- Priced per venue
- Scale hardware quoted separately
Food module$undefined/year
- Kitchen inventory, plate costing and purchasing
- Priced per venue and quoted in addition to the beverage module
Invoice and accounts payable$undefined/year
- Invoice digitisation with line item detail
- Ledger coding and export to the accounting system
- Volume of invoices affects the quote

Deputy

$3.5/user/month

Scheduling$3.5/user/month
- Scheduling
- Communication
Time & Attendance$3.5/user/month
- Time clock
- Timesheets
Premium$4.9/user/month
- Full features
- Reporting

Which should you pick?

Choose Craftable if

You need weight based bottle counting.
You work on Web, iOS, Android.
You also want invoice digitisation.

Craftable review

Choose Deputy if

You need ai scheduling.
You work on Web, Ios, Android.
You also want time tracking.

Deputy review

Questions people ask

Is Craftable or Deputy better?: Neither clearly leads. Craftable starts at On request and Deputy at $3.5/user/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Craftable or Deputy?: Craftable starts at On request and Deputy at $3.5/user/month.
Does Craftable or Deputy run on more platforms?: Craftable runs on Web, iOS, Android. Deputy runs on Web, Ios, Android.
What is Craftable best used for?: Craftable is most often used for a cocktail bar where liquor shrinkage is material and eyeballed bottle counts are not accurate enough, a hotel food and beverage department running several outlets and one central store, a restaurant group that needs supplier invoices coded and exported to sage intacct without manual entry, an operator who wants pour cost variance reported by bartender rather than only by venue. Of those, a cocktail bar where liquor shrinkage is material and eyeballed bottle counts are not accurate enough and a hotel food and beverage department running several outlets and one central store are not what Deputy is typically brought in for.
What can Craftable do that Deputy cannot?: Craftable covers Weight based bottle counting, Invoice digitisation, Recipe and plate costing, Variance reporting. Deputy covers AI scheduling, Time tracking, Demand forecasting, Compliance.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Craftable: Is Craftable the same product as Bevager and Foodager?

Yes. Those were the beverage and food product names before the platform was consolidated under the Craftable brand; they are now modules rather than separate products.

Deputy: How much does Deputy cost per user?

Deputy offers three plans: Lite at $5/user/month, Core at $6.50/user/month, and Pro at $9/user/month. All plans are billed upfront or in monthly installments in USD, excluding taxes.

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Craftable: Does it replace my accounting system?

No. It codes and exports invoices into an existing ledger such as QuickBooks or Sage Intacct rather than becoming the ledger.

Deputy: Is there a minimum monthly charge for Deputy?

Yes, there is a minimum spend of $30 USD/AUD or £20 GBP monthly per invoice, effective September 1, 2025.

Source

Craftable: Do I need the scale hardware?

Only for beverage. Weighing partial bottles is what makes liquor variance reliable; without it you are back to tenth of a bottle estimates.

Deputy: Can I change plans or cancel anytime with Deputy monthly billing?

Monthly plans allow changes anytime without penalty, effective the first of the current month. You can cancel by paying through the current billing period with no additional penalties.

Source

Craftable: Can it handle multiple venues under one group?

Yes, with consolidated reporting across venues, but each venue is priced individually.

Deputy: What happens if I cancel an annual Deputy plan before 12 months?

Annual plans do not offer refunds if you cancel before 12 months expire. You may cancel before the 12 months expire, but you forfeit any unused prepaid time.

Source

Deputy: Can I use Deputy without paying for every team member?

All admins and managers count as users and are subject to per-user charges. There is no option to exclude administrative staff from billing.

Source

Craftable vs Deputy

Craftable

Deputy

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Craftable

Only in Deputy

What people use each for

Craftable

Deputy

Where each one falls short

Craftable

Deputy

Pricing, plan by plan

Craftable

Deputy

Which should you pick?

Choose Craftable if

Choose Deputy if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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