Rinvy vs MarginEdge
MarginEdge turns invoice processing into food cost and a daily P&L, connects to 50+ POS systems, and serves more than 13,000 restaurants. Rinvy reads invoices too, and adds counting as a team and prep lists that are included rather than an add-on, at a fraction of the price. Here is how they compare, with the vendor's own pages as the source.
Pricing, side by side
Rinvy
- Free$0Up to 50 products. Counting, receiving, waste, recipes and order lists.
- Standard$29/moUp to 300 products. Food cost and variance reports, invoice scanning, POS sales, prep lists. 30-day free trial.
- Pro$69/moUnlimited products. AI demand forecasting, forecast-driven ordering and prep, group rollup. 90-day free trial.
Per location. No setup fee, no contract, and Free needs no card. Pay yearly and two months are free, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
MarginEdge
$350/mo per location
- $350/mo per location
- Prep lists are a paid add-on
- One person per count sheet
Read from MarginEdge's own pricing page, September 2026. Vendors change prices; check the link before you decide.
Who each one is right for
Choose MarginEdge if…
- Invoice processing is the whole job and you want a daily P&L built from it, including EDI feeds from large distributors.
- You want an export to Sage as well as QuickBooks and Xero.
- You run several units and want a platform with 13,000+ restaurants and a large support organization behind it.
Choose Rinvy if…
- You want to stop guessing what to order. The forecast reads your sales, the weather and local events, and ends in an order list by supplier and a prep list, down to ingredient quantities (Pro).
- You want the whole team counting at once, area by area, on their own phones, with live progress. MarginEdge assigns one person per count sheet.
- You want food cost, menu engineering, waste by reason and this week against the same week last year from the counts and invoices you already log, while your accountant keeps the P&L (Standard and Pro).
- You would rather pay $29 or $69 a month per location than $350, or start on the Free plan with no card at all. Invoice scanning and prep lists are in the plan, not add-ons.
- You want a tool built by a restaurant owner who counts with it in his own kitchen every day and runs every order and prep list through it.
Feature comparison
The same rows as our full comparison, narrowed to these two. Plan labels show the lowest Rinvy plan that includes a feature.
| Feature | Rinvy | MarginEdge |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan, no setup fee | $350/mo per location |
| Several people counting at once | ✓ with live presence | One person per count sheet |
| Invoice capture (photo, PDF, email) | ✓Standard+ | ✓ |
| Sales forecasting | ✓ weather-aware, down to ingredientsPro | ✓ |
| Suggested order quantities | ✓ par or burn rate | ✓ par-based |
| Prep lists | ✓Standard+ | SmartPrep (paid add-on) |
| Recipe costing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Menu item food cost targets | ✓ | ✓ |
| Waste tracking by reason | ✓ | ✓ |
| Waste report | ✓Standard+ | ✓ |
| Theoretical vs actual variance | ✓Standard+ | ✓ |
| Price change alerts | ✓ | ✓ |
| POS connections | Toast direct; API, email or CSV from any POSStandard+ | 50+ POS systems |
| Accounting | QuickBooks Online / Xero bills CSVStandard+ | QuickBooks, Xero, Sage |
| Native mobile app | iOS + Android | iOS + Android |
| Multi-location reporting | ✓ group rollupPro | ✓ |
| Built for | Independent restaurants | Independent & multi-unit |
MarginEdge details checked against the vendor's own pages, September 2026. See all five tools compared, with sources.
About MarginEdge
MarginEdge
Invoice processing and food cost
MarginEdge automates invoice processing (photo, app, email or EDI) and turns that data into food cost and a daily P&L. It raised an $80M Series D in August 2026 and says it serves more than 13,000 restaurants. It added sales forecasting in 2025, and SmartPrep, a paid add-on, turns the forecast into prep lists. It connects to 50+ POS systems and to QuickBooks, Xero and Sage.
Questions people ask
Is Rinvy cheaper than MarginEdge?
Yes. MarginEdge lists $350 a month per location. Rinvy has a Free plan with no setup fee, Standard is $29 a month per location and Pro is $69, with free trials and no contract.
Does Rinvy read invoices like MarginEdge does?
Yes. Take a photo, upload a PDF or forward the email and Rinvy reads every line. Standard includes 40 scans a month and Pro 300, with no per-scan fees, and you review each one before it becomes a receipt. Pro can auto-approve invoices that match an order. MarginEdge goes further at scale, with EDI feeds and a daily P&L.
What does MarginEdge do that Rinvy does not?
A daily P&L, EDI invoice feeds, connections to 50+ POS systems, and an export to Sage. Rinvy syncs Toast directly, takes sales from any other POS by API, email or CSV upload, and exports bills to QuickBooks Online or Xero.
Can my whole team count at once in Rinvy?
Yes. One person starts a session, everyone counts their own area from their phone, and progress updates live. Each count is attributed to the person who entered it. MarginEdge assigns one person per count sheet.
Try it in your kitchen
Start free, with no setup fee, no contract and no credit card. After you sign up, one tap opens a demo kitchen with products, counts and recipes already in it.