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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Chowly

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AChowly, headquartered in Chicago, integrates 3rd party online ordering apps with restaurant POS applications, providing a consistent ordering system.N/A

    CrunchTime!

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ACrunchtime! is a restaurant management platform from the company of the same name in Boston, combining workforce & labor management with inventory, ordering, and recipe management.N/A
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    ChowlyCrunchTime!
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    ChowlyCrunchTime!
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    ChowlyCrunchTime!
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    HotSchedules
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    ChowlyCrunchTime!
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    2.0
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    User Testimonials
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    Chowly
    I would not recommend Chowly to any restaurant that is trying to push orders through to their POS from a third party delivery site. Any restaurant would be much better off finding a third party site that integrates directly with their POS. Using Chowly was more of a headache than it needed to be and our company switched to Checkmate (also not great) after a year with Chowly.
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    CrunchTime!
    CrunchTime! is well suited for non-franchised restaurant brands. When you have control of the end-user it makes deployment and use much easier. It is less suited for franchised restaurants because of the inability for the franchiser to require its use. Without end-user interaction some data points are not available. Some of the recent changes in the software have addressed this.
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    Pros
    Chowly
    • Responsive support team
    • Their team's knowledge of Toast POS
    • Their sales team is aggressive and confident in their product
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    CrunchTime!
    • The integration to our Vendors is well done allow us to place orders and monitor vendors for contract compliance.
    • The integration to our POS was simple which allows us to easily exchange data.
    • There update cadence is short and they are always releasing system improvements.
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    Cons
    Chowly
    • Promises of ways to avoid mapping errors were never followed through on
    • Many mapping errors which required constant attention
    • To use requires multiple hidden modifiers in Toast, clogging up the menu
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    CrunchTime!
    • Until recently we were unable to get accurate data from franchisees that are unwilling to use the product. That is changing with some new feature releases.
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    Chowly
    Chowly was not as good as Checkmate, though I cannot in good faith recommend either. We ended up switching over to Checkmate after a year with Chowly due to our dissatisfaction with the service.
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    CrunchTime!
    We selected CrunchTime! many years ago because they were a relatively small company with a good product. We have grown with them. We have looked at competitors over the years and have not found a company that we would consider switching to.
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    Return on Investment
    Chowly
    • Required a lot of attention from upper management to maintain
    • Enabled orders from Caviar to go through to the POS without staff needing to enter the orders manually, saving on time and labor
    • Due to frequent changes in our menu, Chowly could not handle these and needed to remap every single time there was a menu change.
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    CrunchTime!
    • The software has allowed us to maintain consistency of our products while helping to keep food cost down.
    • The software has allowed us to maintain quality and determine which stores are not properly executing our recipes which allows us to do customized training.
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