Platform comparison
Edify vs Supy
A clear view of how each platform supports the realities of multi-site restaurants.
The short answer: Edify and Supy both cover the restaurant back office: stock, recipes, ordering, waste and reporting. Edify is built for UK multi-site restaurant, QSR and coffee groups that want to ask questions of their data in plain English, get daily alerts on the sites that need attention, and run detailed production planning across a central kitchen. Supy offers a wide international integration list, native mobile apps and data-warehouse connections, and it serves operators across many regions.
Last checked: 9 October 2026
The difference in short
Specialist in inventory, production and reporting- Reporting: ask questions in plain English with Ask Edify, and get daily alerts from Custom AI Insights
- Inventory: predictive ordering, live stock and three-way invoice matching
- Production: runs, bench planning, hot production and hub-and-spoke planning with cut-offs
- Built for UK multi-site restaurant, QSR and coffee groups
- From £199/month; used by groups including Pret A Manger, Dunkin' and Watch House
Procurement, inventory and BI platform- Procurement, inventory management and business intelligence in one platform
- 50+ POS integrations, native iOS and Android apps, and data sharing into Databricks
- AI ordering, AI forecasting and AI invoice scanning are add-ons; from $250/month
Feature-by-feature comparison
The Supy column is based on Supy's own website, checked on 9 October 2026. "Not stated" means we couldn't find it on Supy's site, not that Supy can't do it.
Insights and reporting
| Capability | Edify | Supy |
|---|---|---|
| Ask questions in plain EnglishAsk Edify answers questions across all your sites, with simple charts. | ||
| Proactive alertsCustom AI Insights on your dashboard and by email, e.g. waste above its usual level, stock at par, production running long. Supy lists anomaly detection AI as coming soon. | Partial | |
| Daily cross-site performanceSales, gross margin, operational profit, cost of sales, ATV, discounts and waste, updated daily. | ||
| Menu profitability by itemPer site and compared across sites. | ||
| Actual vs theoretical varianceBy product, biggest gaps first. | ||
| Data accessCSV exports; open API on Enterprise. |
Forecasting and ordering
| Capability | Edify | Supy |
|---|---|---|
| Predictive orderingAI predictive ordering from sales history, stock on hand and par levels. The general manager approves every order. Listed as an add-on with Supy. | Partial | |
| Sales forecastingProduction forecasts from POS sales, with top-ups suggested during the day. Supy's AI sales forecast is listed as an add-on. | Partial | |
| Multi-supplier orderingOne basket across suppliers, with cut-offs, minimum order values and recurring orders. |
Production and central kitchen
| Capability | Edify | Supy |
|---|---|---|
| Production planningProduction runs, bench planning, hot production slots and product control reports. | ||
| Hub and spokeSpokes plan their quantities; the hub sees one combined total, plans lock at cut-off, and stock moves when the spoke confirms receipt. Supy's central kitchen ordering is listed as an add-on. | Partial | |
| ChecklistsDaily, weekly or on-demand checklists with temperatures, photos and follow-ups. |
Invoices and suppliers
| Capability | Edify | Supy |
|---|---|---|
| Invoice matchingThree-way matching: reads emailed invoices and matches lines to the purchase order and goods received note, flagging variances for approval. Supy offers AI invoice receiving with discrepancy detection; three-way matching not stated. | Partial | |
| Credit notesCredit requests raised at delivery and sent to the supplier. | ||
| AccountingConnects to Xero. Supy connects to Xero, QuickBooks, Oracle NetSuite, MYOB, Zoho Books and others. |
Platform and integrations
| Capability | Edify | Supy |
|---|---|---|
| POS integrations8: Square, Lightspeed, Toast, Revel, GoodTill, SumUp, Micros and EposNow. Supy lists 50+, including Square, Lightspeed, Toast, Revel and Oracle Micros. | ||
| MobileEdify is web-based; save it to your phone's home screen. Supy offers iOS and Android apps. | Partial | |
| Franchise managementOne portal across every franchise company. |
Supy ratings based on publicly available information at supy.io. N/A marks capabilities Supy does not offer or publish.
Which platform fits your group?
Edify is likely the better fit if:
- You run several sites in the UK and want each morning's picture of every site in one place.
- You want to ask questions in plain English instead of building reports.
- You want alerts for the things you care about, like waste above its usual level, without checking every dashboard.
- You run a central kitchen and need detailed production planning: runs, benches, hot production and hub-and-spoke cut-offs.
- Your POS is GoodTill, SumUp or EposNow.
Supy may be the better fit if:
- You operate across several countries, or your POS or accounting system is only on Supy's integration list.
- Your teams need native iOS and Android apps.
- You want to stream data into Databricks or plug straight into Power BI or Tableau.
- You want 14-day, item-level AI sales forecasts.
How Edify is different
"14 sites. You can't be everywhere." → We are.
- Answers, not just dashboards. Ask Edify answers questions across every site in plain English, e.g. "Which site's gross margin dropped most this week?"
- Issues come to you. Custom AI Insights watch the things you choose and alert you on your dashboard and by email.
- Built for the multi-site layer. You get daily sales, gross margin, operational profit, cost of sales, ATV, discounts and waste for every site, compared side by side, down to menu profitability by item.
- Production that matches how central kitchens really work. Edify covers production runs, bench planning, hot production, product control reports and hub-and-spoke planning with cut-offs.
- Human-First AI. Edify suggests orders from sales history, stock on hand and par levels, and your general manager makes the final call.
Edify is used by hospitality groups including Pret A Manger, Dunkin', Watch House, Soho Coffee, Yolk and Urban Baristas.
Why multi-site operators run on Edify
One real-time view, every location
Sales, gross margin, operational profit, cost of sales, ATV, discounts and waste for every site, compared side by side. Edify integrates with Square, Toast and Lightspeed, among others, and brings every site's sales into one real-time dashboard.
Predictive ordering, not guesswork
Edify reads your sales history, stock on hand and par levels and places the next order for you, and your general manager makes the final call. Cut-offs, minimum order values and recurring orders are built in.
Cut waste, overprep and stockouts
Production runs, bench planning, hot production slots and hub-and-spoke planning with cut-offs keep prep matched to real demand, from each site's bench to a central kitchen dispatching to every location.
Automate the admin nobody wants
Three-way invoice matching reads emailed invoices and matches lines to the purchase order and goods received note, flagging variances for approval. Credit requests are raised at delivery and sent to the supplier.
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Switching from Supy to Edify
Most of what you need to move is data you already have:
- Suppliers and products. Export them from your current system and import them into Edify by CSV.
- Recipes. Rebuild them in Edify from your products and sub-recipes. Edify then costs them automatically.
- POS. Connect your POS to Edify and confirm the item matches Edify suggests.
- Stock. Set up storage areas and complete your first stocktake. Live stock starts from there.
- Accounting. Connect Xero to push purchase orders and sync approved invoices.
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