Restaurants · head to head
Craftable vs Revel Systems
Craftable
Restaurants
Back of house inventory, invoice processing and costing built first for beverage led venues
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- On request
- Rated
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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.; Revel Systems requires 3-year contract with high early termination fees making it difficult to cancel
- They diverge on capability: Craftable covers Weight based bottle counting, Revel Systems covers iPad POS.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Craftable and Revel Systems actually diverge.
| Attribute | Craftable | Revel Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | On request | $99/month |
| Pricing model | quote | Unknown |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | iPad, Web |
| Founded | Unknown | 2010 |
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 Revel Systems
- iPad POS
- Inventory management
- CRM
- Employee management
- Delivery management
- Multi-location management
- QuickBooks
- Xero
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 Revel Systems
- A hotel food and beverage department running several outlets and one central storenot Revel Systems
- A restaurant group that needs supplier invoices coded and exported to Sage Intacct without manual entrynot Revel Systems
- An operator who wants pour cost variance reported by bartender rather than only by venuenot Revel Systems
Revel Systems
- Point of Salenot Craftable
- Order Managementnot Craftable
- Inventory Controlnot Craftable
- Staff Schedulingnot 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.
Revel Systems
- Requires 3-year contract with high early termination fees making it difficult to cancel
- System crashes and glitches frequently, especially at high transaction volumes
- Mandatory payment processing through Revel's Advantage processor with external processors heavily penalized
- Customer support quality is poor with Level 1 support described as ineffective
- Expensive upfront costs and numerous hidden fees for add-on features
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
Revel Systems
$99/monthNo published plan breakdown. See the Revel Systems review.
Which should you pick?
Choose Craftable if
- You need weight based bottle counting.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want invoice digitisation.
Choose Revel Systems if
- You need ipad pos.
- You work on iPad, Web.
- You also want inventory management.
Questions people ask
- Is Craftable or Revel Systems better?
- Neither clearly leads. Craftable starts at On request and Revel Systems at $99/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Craftable or Revel Systems?
- Craftable starts at On request and Revel Systems at $99/month.
- Does Craftable or Revel Systems run on more platforms?
- Craftable runs on Web, iOS, Android. Revel Systems runs on iPad, Web.
- 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 Revel Systems is typically brought in for.
- What can Craftable do that Revel Systems cannot?
- Craftable covers Weight based bottle counting, Invoice digitisation, Recipe and plate costing, Variance reporting. Revel Systems covers iPad POS, Inventory management, CRM, Employee management.
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.
Revel Systems: What does Revel Systems cost?
Revel pricing starts around $99 per month per terminal with a minimum 3-year contract requirement. Customers also pay for additional features like reporting, workforce management, integrations, and Advantage payment processing which is typically mandatory.
SourceCraftable: 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.
Revel Systems: How long does implementation take?
Revel implementation typically takes 2-4 weeks, including hardware setup, menu configuration, staff training, and system integration.
SourceCraftable: 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.
Revel Systems: What integrations does Revel support?
Revel integrates with multiple payment processors through Stripe and Square connectors, plus accounting, payroll, and ecommerce solutions. Payment gateways vary by region.
SourceCraftable: Can it handle multiple venues under one group?
Yes, with consolidated reporting across venues, but each venue is priced individually.
Revel Systems: What are Revel's contract terms?
Revel requires a minimum 3-year contract with high early termination fees. Use of Revel's Advantage payment processing is typically mandatory, and using outside processors is heavily penalized or not allowed.
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