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Craftable vs meez

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Craftable

Restaurants

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

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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meez

Restaurants

Recipe management and costing software

From
$19/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

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.; meez active devices are capped at 2 on Starter and 5 on Pro and Premium; unlimited devices require Enterprise
  • They diverge on capability: Craftable covers Weight based bottle counting, meez covers Recipe management.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Craftable and meez actually diverge.

Attributes where Craftable and meez differ
AttributeCraftablemeez
Starting priceOn request$19/month
Pricing modelquotesubscription
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Ios
FoundedUnknown2019

Identical on both: free tier (No), 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 meez

  • Recipe management
  • Food costing
  • Scaling
  • Nutrition facts
  • Training videos
  • Print formatting
  • MarketMan
  • BlueCart

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 meez
  • A hotel food and beverage department running several outlets and one central storenot meez
  • A restaurant group that needs supplier invoices coded and exported to Sage Intacct without manual entrynot meez
  • An operator who wants pour cost variance reported by bartender rather than only by venuenot meez

meez

  • Digitising and standardising kitchen recipes across a restaurant groupnot Craftable
  • Recipe costing and food cost tracking against live ingredient pricesnot Craftable
  • Producing nutrition labels and allergen tagging for menu itemsnot Craftable
  • Training kitchen staff from a shared recipe library on tabletsnot 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.

meez

  • Active devices are capped at 2 on Starter and 5 on Pro and Premium; unlimited devices require Enterprise
  • Monthly billing costs more than annual on every tier, for example $119 against $89 on Pro and $199 against $179 on Premium
  • Menu engineering, nutrition labels, allergen tagging and POS integration are Enterprise only
  • Extra recipe viewer locations cost $60 per month each
  • Cost feeds start at $179 to $199 per month per location on top of the plan fee
  • Priority phone support, Slack or Teams access and a dedicated success manager are Enterprise only
  • Enterprise pricing is custom with no published rate

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

meez

$19/month
  • Starter$19/month
    • Annual billing
    • Unlimited recipes
    • Basic costing
  • Starter (monthly)$24/month
    • Monthly billing
    • Unlimited recipes
    • Basic costing
  • Pro$89/month
    • Annual billing
    • Inventory management
    • 5 active devices
  • Pro (monthly)$119/month
    • Monthly billing
    • Inventory management
    • 5 active devices

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 meez if

  • You need recipe management.
  • You work on Web, Ios.
  • You also want food costing.
meez review

Questions people ask

Is Craftable or meez better?
Neither clearly leads. Craftable starts at On request and meez at $19/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Craftable or meez?
Craftable starts at On request and meez at $19/month.
Does Craftable or meez run on more platforms?
Craftable runs on Web, iOS, Android. meez runs on Web, Ios.
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 meez is typically brought in for.
What can Craftable do that meez cannot?
Craftable covers Weight based bottle counting, Invoice digitisation, Recipe and plate costing, Variance reporting. meez covers Recipe management, Food costing, Scaling, Nutrition facts.

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.

meez: How much does meez cost for small kitchen teams?

meez Pro tier costs $89/month with annual billing or $119/month with monthly billing. This tier includes inventory management, recipe scaling, and access to 5 active devices for kitchen use.

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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.

meez: Does meez offer add-on charges beyond the base subscription price?

Yes, meez charges $60 per month for each additional recipe viewer location and $199 per month for additional cost feeds on Premium tier. Professional services are available starting at $50 per hour with a 5-hour minimum.

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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.

meez: Can I try meez before committing to a paid plan?

meez offers a free trial with no setup fees. The trial allows potential customers to test the platform before selecting a subscription plan.

Source
Craftable: Can it handle multiple venues under one group?

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

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