Restaurant Profit Recovery
MarginGuard sits on top of the POS and invoices you already use, and shows you exactly where your profit is leaking — in plain English, in about 60 seconds. No accountant. No six-week setup. Just the money you didn't know you were losing.
Most owners find thousands in recoverable margin in the first month.
The problem
Vendor prices creep up. Portions drift. Waste piles up. None of it shows on your P&L until it's already normal — and costing you thousands a year.
The relief
Not another complicated dashboard for a corporate chain. MarginGuard is built for the owner who works the line and just wants to know what to fix first.
The edge
The enterprise platforms charge $400–$600 a month per location and take weeks to set up. MarginGuard does the part that actually makes you money, for a fraction of the price.
MarginGuard combines your sales, your invoices, and your recipes into one clear picture.
Toast, Clover, Square, or a simple spreadsheet. Snap photos of invoices and our AI reads them automatically.
MarginGuard compares what you sold against what it cost to make — and flags every place profit is slipping away.
Plain-English priorities ranked by dollars. Plus one-tap vendor rebid emails and price-fix suggestions.
Every screen answers
The big platforms are powerful — and priced and built for corporate groups with back-office staff. Here's the honest comparison.
| MarginGuard | MarginEdge | Restaurant365 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price / location | From $100 | ~$330–350 + Toast API fee | $435–635 |
| Built for 1–3 locations | Yes — that's the point | Workable | Often overkill |
| Setup time | Minutes | Days | 4–8 weeks |
| Plain-English leak alerts | Yes | Charts to interpret | Accounting reports |
| AI finds you a cheaper vendor | Yes — every plan | No | No |
| Needs an accountant | No | Helpful | Effectively yes |
Competitor pricing based on publicly available information, 2026. The big platforms do full accounting and bill pay — MarginGuard focuses on the profit-recovery part that puts money back in your pocket.
The math
= $9,600 a year
gone, quietly, before it ever shows up as a problem. MarginGuard is built to find and recover those leaks before they become your new normal — and it pays for itself many times over.
Find your leaks freeEvery plan starts with a free trial. No long contracts. Cancel anytime.
For a single location finding its first leaks.
For the owner who wants every tool to recover margin.
For groups, franchises, and restaurant + food-truck operators.
Annual billing saves ~2 months. Prices in USD.
See your first profit leak in minutes. No accountant, no commitment.