Platform comparison
Orderly is a broad enterprise platform for store operations and supply chains, serving restaurant and convenience chains as well as distributors. Edify is a best-in-class back-of-house specialist for multi-site restaurant groups: stock, ordering, deliveries and invoices, recipes and production, connected to your POS, rota and accounting. Choose on depth in the kitchen, not breadth.
The complicated stuff, done. Stock, ordering, recipes and production across every site, connected to the POS you already run.
Key: ✓ Listed on the vendor's site · ~ Partly or basic · Not listed = not stated on the vendor's public pages
| Capability | Edify | Orderly |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory and purchasing | ||
| Stock counting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ordering | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deliveries and invoices kept together | ✓ | ~(delivery tracking and delivery mismatch flags) |
| Waste and transfer management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recipes and production | ||
| Recipe management and costing | ✓ | ~(listed as basic recipe and product management) |
| Production planning | ✓ | Not listed |
| Automated prep sheets | ✓ | Not listed |
| Production waste control | ✓ | Not listed |
| Product allocation across sites | ✓ | Not listed |
| Operations | ||
| Customisable checklists | ✓ | ✓(compliance task management) |
| Reporting | ||
| Configurable dashboards | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom AI insights | ✓ | Not listed |
| Natural language analysis | ✓ | Not listed |
| Integrations | ||
| POS integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Accounting or finance integration | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rota integration | ✓ | Not listed |
| Pricing | ||
| Public prices | ✓ | Not listed |
Based on each vendor's public website as of 4 November 2026. Orderly notes that its feature availability depends on configuration, contract and setup.
Somewhere between your POS and your stock system is a manager with a spreadsheet. Edify replaces the spreadsheet.
Less time chasing numbers. More time running the business.
If your margin is won or lost in the kitchen, the stockroom and the delivery door, you want a specialist there. Edify goes deep on restaurant back of house and plugs into the rest of your stack, rather than trying to be everything to every kind of store.
Edify publishes its prices. Starter from £199 a month. Growth from £299 a month. Enterprise is custom pricing. Every plan includes POS, rota and accounting integrations.
Orderly does not list prices on its website. Its FAQ says implementation fees depend on your setup, so ask Orderly for a quote for your number of sites.
For multi-site restaurant groups that want depth in back of house, Edify is a strong Orderly alternative. It covers stock, ordering, deliveries and invoices, recipes and production planning, and connects to your POS, rota and accounting, so every site works from the same numbers.
No. Edify is a best-in-class back-of-house specialist. It does not replace your POS. It connects to your POS and the rest of your stack, then handles the stock, purchasing, recipes and production work that drives your margin.
Orderly is a broad enterprise platform covering store operations, forecasting and distribution across retail, convenience and restaurant chains. Edify is built specifically for multi-site restaurant back of house, with recipe management, production planning and prep sheets at its core.
Yes. Edify handles ordering and keeps orders, deliveries and invoices together, so your team can check what arrived against what was ordered and paid for, across every site.
Yes. Starter is from £199 a month, Growth from £299 a month, and Enterprise is custom. Every plan includes POS, rota and accounting integrations.