Apicbase vs Nory
These two restaurant tools start from opposite ends of the same kitchen. Apicbase begins with recipes, allergens, ingredients and stock, and works out what a plate costs. Nory begins with a sales forecast and uses it to draft the rota and the supplier orders. Neither publishes a price: Apicbase shows three named plans with the figures hidden, and Nory's pricing page offers only a chat or a demo. Country is not stated on either site, so the choice rests on which cost you want to control first.
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Choose Apicbase ifyou run several kitchens or a central kitchen and need one plate cost with allergen data attached. You also accept that every recipe must be entered before the numbers can be trusted.
Choose Nory ifyou plan labour against expected sales and want the forecast to feed the rota and the order list. You also have a POS on the supported list and can ask for reference sites at your size.
Apicbase and Nory side by side
| Apicbase | Nory | |
|---|---|---|
| Our restaurant management rank | #1 of 21 | #2 of 21 |
| Established in | Belgium | Ireland |
| List price, 10 November 2026 | Growth, Professional and Enterprise with prices hidden; annual billing by card, 15% extra for monthly | No plans or prices shown, only Book a chat and Book a demo |
| Free tier | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Self-hostable | — | — |
| Built for | Groups and central kitchens that need one true plate cost | Growing restaurant groups that plan labour against a sales forecast |
| Not for | A single site with a handwritten stock sheet | Single independents that only want a cheap stock sheet |
Both are reviewed in full in our restaurant management ranking: Apicbase and Nory.
Where they differ
Apicbase 3 · Nory 1 · open 2- 01
Starting from a recipe or starting from a forecast
Apicbase is organised around menu engineering, procurement, inventory management and sales analytics, with HACCP and tasks as an add-on, so the unit of work is the recipe and its ingredients. Nory starts from a Forecasting Assistant that predicts revenue and covers by the hour, refreshed daily, and then drives scheduling and ordering from it. Which tool fits depends on whether your pain is food cost or labour cost.
Depends on the buyer
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Plans with hidden figures versus a book-a-call page
Apicbase names Growth, Professional and Enterprise but shows no prices in any currency, and the listed figure is described as the start with 1 location, with the fee per location falling as sites are added. Annual billing is by card, and monthly billing adds a 15% fee. Nory's pricing page shows no plans, only Book a chat and Book a demo. Apicbase tells you more about how it charges.
Edge: Apicbase
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How many ingredients, recipes and users fit
Apicbase publishes limits. Growth allows 5,000 ingredients, 1,000 recipes, up to 30 locations, 5 library users and 3 location users per location, and starts from 5 outlets. Professional lifts that to 10,000 ingredients, 2,000 recipes, unlimited locations, 10 library users and 5 location users per location. Nory publishes no equivalent caps on the site, so sizing a rollout needs a call.
Edge: Apicbase
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Rota, payroll and invoice matching
Nory's homepage names a Scheduling Assistant built on forecast, budget and compliance, a Payroll Assistant and an Invoicing Assistant that matches invoices against purchase orders and delivery notes. Its Ordering Assistant checks stock against the forecast and drafts supplier orders, but is listed as live in beta. Apicbase has no rota, no till and no reservation book, so for staffing Nory is the one that covers it.
Edge: Nory
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Allergens, nutrition and who you plug it into
Apicbase's integrations menu lists POS, supplier, allergen and nutrition information, business intelligence, digital signage, label printing and carbon data. It also names AI that fills missing dietary data, barcode and voice stock counting, and API and MCP developer tools. Nory says it supports all major POS systems, yet no list is given on the site. For menu labelling and wider connections, Apicbase shows more.
Edge: Apicbase
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Trial, location and the claims to test
Free plans and free trials appear on neither vendor's pricing page. Apicbase's footer reads Apicbase NV and gives no country and no hosting model. Nory's footer reads Nory AI, offers a UK and US selector, and its terms and privacy pages returned 404 when we read them. Nory's 97-99% forecast accuracy and 7% labour cost reduction are vendor-reported claims, so ask for reference sites.
Depends on the buyer
When neither fits
If you run a single cafe and only want a cheap stock sheet, both are shaped for groups. Hubrise connects ordering channels to a till, and Planday focuses on staff rotas, so either may suit a smaller operation better.
Apicbase or Nory: questions
3 answersCan Apicbase replace my till or my staff rota?
No. Our data records that it has no rota, no till and no reservation book, and it expects a POS beside it for sales. It does list POS-integrated inventory tracking, so sales data can flow into stock.
What happens if my POS is not one Nory supports?
Nory says it supports all major POS systems, but no list is shown. Our notes warn that without a supported POS the forecast has nothing to learn from. Ask for the current list before you book a demo.
Is there any way to try either one for free first?
A free plan or trial is offered on neither pricing page. Apicbase points to its team for prices, and Nory offers a chat or a demo. Ask each vendor directly whether a pilot site is possible.
Sources
Checked 10 November 2026- Apicbase pricing page: plan names, ingredient and recipe limits, user counts, billing terms and the 15% monthly fee.
- Apicbase home page: the integration categories, AI dietary data, barcode and voice counting and developer tools.
- Nory pricing page: the absence of published plans and the two call-to-action buttons.
- Nory home page: forecasting, scheduling, ordering, payroll and invoicing assistants, the UK and US selector and the 404 policy pages.