$49/mo per location
Founder: $24.50/mo year oneBasic daily organization for smaller kitchens and bars.
- Prep and task lists
- Basic 86 alerts
- Recipes and reminders
- Schedule Builder
- Basic 86Voice
Pricing
90 days free. No credit card. No purchase required.
A limited group of independent restaurants can test 86 Chaos on real shifts, receive free setup help, shape the product before paid launch, and get 50% off the first location for the first paid year.
Free setup during betaHelp shape the app50% off first location
Best fit for most kitchens
Smart Kitchen
The strongest value for most serious kitchens: AI-assisted ordering, Menu Intelligence, forecasting, invoice price warnings, waste/par insights, prep prediction, and Manager Brief intelligence.
Sales pricing comparison
One kitchen layer instead of a pile of separate apps.
86 chaos
Compare the daily kitchen work managers actually chase: prep, 86s, ordering, invoices, schedules, labor visibility, and manager priorities.
86 Chaos
Kitchen Management OS
$179
/mo per location 7shifts
Scheduling and labor
$39+
/mo, plan varies HotSchedules
Scheduling and labor
Active
employee billing MarketMan
Inventory and purchasing
$199+
/mo MarginEdge
Invoice and food cost
$350+
/mo/location Restaurant365
Back-office suite
$489+
/mo/location Daily prep / task tracking
✓
×
×
×
×
×
86 alerts + menu impact
✓
×
×
◐
◐
◐
AI-assisted order drafts
✓
×
×
◐
×
◐
Invoice price warnings
✓
×
×
◐
✓
✓
Inventory, waste + par visibility
✓
×
×
✓
✓
✓
Scheduling / availability
✓
✓
✓
×
×
◐
Time clock / labor visibility
✓
✓
✓
×
×
◐
Voice/text kitchen commands
✓
×
×
×
×
×
Daily Manager Brief
✓
×
×
×
◐
✓
Back Office Suite / owner tools
◐
×
×
×
◐
✓
POS integration
Planned
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Varies
Public prices can change. POS integrations for 86 Chaos are planned and being worked on.
Legend: ✓ included, × not included / not the focus, ◐ partial or depends on setup. Competitor names are used for market comparison only. Public pricing and features may vary by plan, billing term, add-ons, implementation, employee count, location count, POS/payment setup, or contract.
Cost reality
Buying separate apps adds up fast.
86 chaos
Separate app stack
$589-$1,033+/mo Scheduling app + inventory/order app + invoice/food-cost app + back-office tools, before payment processing, hardware, implementation, payroll add-ons, or active-employee billing.86 Chaos Smart Kitchen
$179/mo One kitchen-operations layer for prep, 86s, ordering support, inventory visibility, invoice warnings, Manager Brief, 86Voice, and unlimited users.Example stack uses public price signals from the apps compared above. It is not a quote and does not include every possible add-on, contract term, implementation cost, payroll add-on, hardware cost, POS/payment cost, or multi-location discount.
Tier comparison
Plan capabilities at a glance.
Simple daily organization starts with Shift. The full AI and intelligence layer begins with Smart Kitchen.
Tier comparison
Plan capabilities at a glance.
86 chaos
Start simple with staff and kitchen coordination, then add labor, financials, AI ordering, Back Office Suite, QuickBooks review workflow, and owner tools as the restaurant grows.
Shift
Basic staff + kitchen coordination
$49
/mo/location Operations
Scheduling, labor + daily close
$99
/mo/location Smart Kitchen
AI ordering + food-cost intelligence
$179
/mo/location Owner Pro
Back Office Suite + owner tools
$299
first location Unlimited staff users
✓
✓
✓
✓
Prep, tasks, recipes + reminders
✓
✓
✓
✓
Basic 86 alerts + team communication
✓
✓
✓
✓
Schedule Builder
✓
✓
✓
✓
Time clock, labor + timesheets
×
✓
✓
✓
Daily Close, tips, sales + basic reports
×
✓
✓
✓
Basic inventory + Burn Log
×
✓
✓
✓
Food cost, vendor spend + P&L
×
×
✓
✓
Invoice/menu scan intelligence
×
×
✓
✓
AI Order Assistant + Smart Kitchen Intelligence
×
×
✓
Higher
Back Office Suite, approvals + vault
×
×
×
✓
QuickBooks review hub / preflight
×
×
×
Owner
Owner reports + multi-location tools
×
×
×
✓
Founder Beta: 90 days free, no credit card, free setup. First location gets 50% off the selected plan for the first paid year.
Legend: ✓ included, × not included at that tier. Smart Kitchen is the main food-cost and intelligence tier. Owner Pro adds the Back Office Suite, QuickBooks review hub/preflight, approval queue, document vault records, owner reports, and multi-location tools. QuickBooks tools are review-first during beta: preflight checks, mapping review, accountant packets, exports, and owner-approved drafts. 86 Chaos does not live-post to QuickBooks during Founder Beta.
AI creates suggestions, drafts, alerts, analysis, and reports. Managers approve actions that change business records.
Why Smart Kitchen matters
The full intelligence layer helps with the expensive parts of kitchen chaos.
Smart Kitchen connects ordering, inventory, invoices, waste, par levels, prep needs, events, recipes, and menu impact so managers can review better recommendations before small issues become expensive.
AI order draftsReviewable vendor-grouped drafts from stock, par, events, prep, waste, invoices, and vendor info.
Cost signalsPrice warnings, invoice intelligence, waste/par insights, and recipe/menu costing signals.
Menu impactSee which menu items are affected when ingredients are low or 86’d.
Manager reviewAI helps do the thinking work, but managers approve the real business actions.
Pricing model
Simple monthly pricing by location.
Founder Beta restaurants receive 90 days free with no credit card and no purchase required, then 50% off the first location for the first paid year. Owner Pro additional locations stay full price at $129/month.
Every plan includes unlimited staff users. No per-user fees for cooks, bartenders, managers, or part-time staff.
$99/mo per location
Founder: $49.50/mo year oneTime clock, labor, request-off workflows, close workflows, and manager control.
- Everything in Shift
- Time Clock
- Request off and availability
- Labor and tip tools
- Daily Close workflows
- Sales breakdown + basic reports
$179/mo per location
Founder: $89.50/mo year oneThe main plan for AI ordering, food-cost visibility, menu impact, and manager attention.
- Everything in Operations
- AI Order Assistant
- AI Forecast
- Menu Intelligence and 86 impact
- Invoice/menu scan intelligence
- Food cost, vendor spend + P&L snapshot
- Price, waste, and par insights
- Prep prediction and Manager Brief intelligence
$299/mo first location
Founder: $149.50/mo first location year oneAdditional locations: $129/mo each, not discountedOwner-level intelligence, higher limits, reporting, dashboards, and multi-location control.
- Everything in Smart Kitchen
- Higher AI scan/intelligence limits
- Owner-level reporting
- Deeper owner dashboards
- Back Office Suite, approval queue, and document vault
- QuickBooks review hub with owner-approved drafts
- Multi-location owner tools
- Priority support
Founder Beta90 days free. No credit card. No purchase required.
Free setupStart with one useful workflow and get hands-on help setting it up during beta.
Founder advantageHelp shape the product, get first access to new features where the selected plan allows, and receive 50% off the first location for the first paid year.
Important beta/legal note Beta features may change, fail, or be delayed. Restaurants should keep independent backups of business-critical records. AI and automation can suggest, draft, alert, analyze, scan, forecast, and report, but managers approve actions that change business records. See Legal / Terms.