Most operators already own good software — a POS, maybe a scheduler, a payroll processor, an inventory tool. Each is fine at its own job. The money leaks in the space between them, where no single tool can see. OpslyIQ is the layer that reads across all of them — deeper than any single tool, a fraction of R365. Here are the receipts, including who we're not for.
// capability by capability
| Capability | OpslyIQ | Restaurant365 | 7shifts / Homebase | Crunchtime / Delaget |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The un-copyable core — one connected dataset | ||||
| Clock-in photo + POS void + tip in ONE row | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Profit Leak: voids + inventory + labor connected nightly | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ~ |
| Cash-leak: bank deposits checked against cash sales | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Worst-offender answer across every signal, in one hop | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Labor & payroll | ||||
| Real-time TRUE labor % (wages + the taxes you pay) | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Native payroll tax engine (fed + FICA + state) | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Tip pooling + tip-credit make-up, block-at-write | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ |
| Auto-scheduler that minimizes fully-loaded cost | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ✗ |
| Compliance & anti-fraud | ||||
| Compliance enforced at write (block bad schedules) | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Anti-buddy-punch: GPS + photo + hard geofence | ✓ | ✗ | ~ | ✗ |
| Intelligence | ||||
| AI copilot across all your data — grounded, cites the rows | ✓ | ~ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Proactive demand forecast → the staffing $ at risk | ✓ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
| Scale & fit | ||||
| Franchise hierarchy + corporate rollups | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Setup time | ~15 min | Weeks (big setup) | Days | Weeks |
| Price / location / month | $99 flat | $435–$635 | $30–$120 | Enterprise / custom |
| Built for | 5–100 units | Enterprise | SMB scheduling | Enterprise |
✓ full · ~ partial / add-on · ✗ not offered. Comparison reflects published capabilities as of 2026 and our reading of each platform's architecture; verify current vendor features before a final decision. The point isn't that the incumbents are bad — it's that their data lives in separate products, so connecting it all is something they can't easily rebuild.
// giving each their due
StrongThe deepest restaurant accounting + inventory suite in the market. If you need a decade-mature GL, AP automation and food-cost back office today, R365 is the category leader.
The gapBuilt P&L-first, at enterprise price and enterprise setup. It holds the ledger — not the clock-in selfie next to the void next to the tip. And the mid-market pays enterprise money for it.
StrongExcellent, affordable shift scheduling and team messaging. For a single spot that just needs a schedule and a punch clock, they're purpose-built and cheap.
The gapScheduling tools, not ops platforms. They see the shift — not the void, the inventory variance, or the fully-loaded labor cost with employer taxes. No cross-signal leak detection to connect.
StrongEnterprise-grade inventory, food-cost and back-of-house ops — strong where product moves through the kitchen. Delaget is solid on POS-side loss reporting.
The gapInventory-first (Crunchtime) or POS-first (Delaget), each blind to the other and to labor. Enterprise-priced and enterprise-paced — the emerging 5–100-unit brand is priced out.
StrongA great POS with a growing app ecosystem. If you're all-in on Toast hardware, its native reports and payroll add-ons are convenient.
The gapIt sees its own voids — but can't compute the true labor % with the employer taxes you pay, and it's a POS you buy into, not a POS-agnostic ops brain. Lock-in, not correlation.
// the question before you switch
OpslyIQ is the layer that reads across the software you already run — not another tool to rip out.
OpslyIQ sits on top of Clover or Square, reading your sales and voids. It never replaces your register.
OpslyIQ hands finalized, fully-loaded numbers to Gusto, Finch or your CPA. It computes the estimate — it never tries to be the filer.
The pile of single-purpose add-ons and the late-night spreadsheet that were trying, and failing, to make everything agree.
Think of it as the layer that makes the tools you already trust finally talk to each other.
// the honest part most comparison pages skip
We'd rather you buy the right thing than churn in ninety days. If any of these is you, we're probably not your answer — yet.
Then 7shifts or Homebase are cheaper and purpose-built. Come back when the void, the tip and the labor cost start disagreeing with each other.
R365 is built for that today. Our franchise rollups and enterprise SSO are on the runway — real and coming, but not a decade-deep accounting ERP yet.
OpslyIQ is ops-first: it runs labor, cost, compliance and the leak engine, and exports clean numbers to your books. It isn't your GL.
We produce an honest, fully-loaded payroll estimate you hand to Gusto, Finch or your CPA. We hold the data and do the math — we don't move the money.
Everyone else — the 5–100-unit operator whose void, tip and labor cost should be in one look — is exactly who we built this for.
Connect your POS, see yesterday's voids and your real labor % the same day.