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Lineup.ai vs Nory

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Lineup.ai

Restaurants

AI-powered restaurant forecasting

From
$79/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Nory

Restaurants

Forecast driven scheduling, inventory and purchasing for multi site hospitality groups

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Lineup.ai pricing is per location per month, costs increase with each additional location; Nory the forecasting that justifies the product needs several months of clean point of sale history, so new openings and recently reopened sites get little value at first.
  • They diverge on capability: Lineup.ai covers AI sales forecasting, Nory covers Demand forecasting.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lineup.ai and Nory actually diverge.

Attributes where Lineup.ai and Nory differ
AttributeLineup.aiNory
Starting price$79/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
Founded2019Unknown

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 Lineup.ai

  • AI sales forecasting
  • Labor optimization
  • Schedule suggestions
  • Weather integration
  • Event tracking
  • Reporting
  • Toast
  • 7shifts

Only in Nory

  • Demand forecasting
  • Forecast driven rotas
  • Inventory and purchasing
  • Profit and loss reporting
  • Compliance and rota rules
  • Team app

What people use each for

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

Lineup.ai

  • Forecasting restaurant sales and building labor schedulesnot Nory

Nory

  • A group of ten to thirty sites where rotas are built on gut feel and labour percentage is discovered after the factnot Lineup.ai
  • An operator who wants purchase orders sized against forecast covers rather than last week actualsnot Lineup.ai
  • A finance team that needs site level profit and loss without waiting for month end accountsnot Lineup.ai
  • A hospitality group replacing a scheduling app, a stock spreadsheet and a reporting deck with one systemnot Lineup.ai

Where each one falls short

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

Lineup.ai

  • Pricing is per location per month, costs increase with each additional location
  • No free tier available; only 30-day risk-free trial with refund guarantee

Nory

  • The forecasting that justifies the product needs several months of clean point of sale history, so new openings and recently reopened sites get little value at first.
  • It replaces scheduling, stock and reporting together, which makes adoption an all or nothing project rather than a tool a single manager can trial.
  • Employment rules and rota compliance are built for the United Kingdom and Ireland, so groups with United States or continental European sites will find gaps.
  • The vendor is young and its integration list is short, so an operator on a less common point of sale or payroll provider may be waiting on a build.
  • Pricing is per site, which means small satellite units and kiosks cost the same as flagship venues despite far simpler operations.

Pricing, plan by plan

Lineup.ai

$79/month
  • Forecasts Only$79/month
    • Unlimited users and employees
    • Automated AI-generated forecasts
    • Custom Labor Allowance Budget
  • Forecasts + Scheduling$149/month
    • All Forecasts Only features
    • Schedule builder
    • Automated scheduling

Nory

On request
  • Nory$undefined/year
    • Quoted per site per month
    • Modules for labour, inventory and reporting sold as one platform
    • Onboarding includes point of sale history import and recipe setup

Which should you pick?

Choose Lineup.ai if

  • You need ai sales forecasting.
  • You also want labor optimization.
Lineup.ai review

Choose Nory if

  • You need demand forecasting.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want forecast driven rotas.
Nory review

Questions people ask

Is Lineup.ai or Nory better?
Neither clearly leads. Lineup.ai starts at $79/month and Nory at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lineup.ai or Nory?
Lineup.ai starts at $79/month and Nory at On request.
Does Lineup.ai or Nory run on more platforms?
Lineup.ai runs on Web. Nory runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is Lineup.ai best used for?
Lineup.ai is most often used for forecasting restaurant sales and building labor schedules. Of those, forecasting restaurant sales and building labor schedules is not what Nory is typically brought in for.
What can Lineup.ai do that Nory cannot?
Lineup.ai covers AI sales forecasting, Labor optimization, Schedule suggestions, Weather integration. Nory covers Demand forecasting, Forecast driven rotas, Inventory and purchasing, Profit and loss reporting.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lineup.ai: How much does Lineup.ai cost per location?

Forecasts Only plan is $79 per location per month. Forecasts + Scheduling plan is $149 per location per month. Both offer 10% discount with annual commitment.

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Nory: How much sales history does it need to forecast well?

Several months at minimum. With less than that the forecast is not reliable enough to size rotas or orders against.

Lineup.ai: Does Lineup.ai offer a free trial?

Yes, Lineup.ai offers a risk-free 30-day trial with a refund guarantee if forecasts do not meet expectations. No credit card required.

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Nory: Does it do payroll?

No. It produces the rota, hours and labour cost, and exports to payroll rather than running it.

Lineup.ai: Can I add more locations later?

Yes, customers can start with as many locations as needed and add more locations at any time at the monthly rate.

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Nory: Is it usable outside the United Kingdom and Ireland?

It can be, but the employment rules, compliance logic and integration coverage are built around those markets.

Lineup.ai: What integrations does Lineup.ai support?

Lineup.ai integrates with Toast, Brink POS, Square, Clover, Snowflake, and Omnivore.

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Nory: Does it replace my point of sale?

No. It reads sales from the point of sale and sits above it as the operations and reporting layer.

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