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Restaurant365 alternative for small restaurants
Patrono is a Restaurant365 alternative for a restaurant that wants food safety logs, the staff schedule and recipe costing in one app at $149 per location per month. Restaurant365 is the better fit if you want accounting and other back-office work on one platform. Restaurant365 pricing is on request: its pricing page asks you to get a custom quote (restaurant365.com/pricing, read November 2, 2026).
What Restaurant365 does well
- It puts accounting and other back-office work on one platform, for one location or hundreds.
- Its recipe costing sits alongside waste and transfers.
- Its scheduling has drag-and-drop and sales forecasting, with shift swaps, time-off requests and alerts for staff.
- It has custom reports across locations, brands or concepts.
- It connects with POS systems, vendor management and banks.
What Patrono does
- Patrono refuses an out-of-range temperature reading until someone enters a corrective action.
- A saved temperature or HACCP record cannot be edited or deleted, and every record shows who entered it.
- An owner or manager can print any month's log for a location.
- Staff confirm their shifts and ask for swaps in the browser.
- A new ingredient price recalculates every dish at once.
- The price is published: $149 per location per month, or $119 a month billed annually ($1,428 a year), plus applicable sales tax.
Patrono and Restaurant365 side by side
| Feature | Patrono | Restaurant365 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $149 per location per month, or $119 billed annually. No setup fee. | Pricing on request (restaurant365.com/ |
| Accounting | No. Your bookkeeper keeps doing that. | Yes |
| Inventory and purchasing | No. Patrono costs each recipe from the ingredient prices you enter. | Yes |
| Payroll and time tracking | No. Patrono adds up the planned hours on the schedule. | Yes, built in |
| Staff schedule | Yes, staff confirm shifts and ask for swaps in the browser | Yes, with sales forecasting and shift swaps |
| Recipe costing | Yes, a new ingredient price recalculates every dish | Yes, with waste and transfers |
Which one to pick
Pick Restaurant365 if you want accounting and the other back-office tools in the table on one platform.
Pick Patrono if you need temperature logs, a staff schedule and recipe costing at a price you can read before you talk to anyone.
Questions about Restaurant365 and Patrono
What is an alternative to Restaurant365 for one or two locations?
Patrono is one. It covers food safety logs, the staff schedule and recipe costing for $149 per location per month.
How much does Restaurant365 cost?
Pricing is on request. Its pricing page asks you to get a custom quote (restaurant365.com/pricing, read November 2, 2026). Patrono is $149 per location per month, or $119 billed annually.
Does Patrono replace my accounting software?
No. Your bookkeeper keeps doing that. Patrono covers food safety logs, the staff schedule and recipe costing.
Does Patrono need a POS?
No. Patrono works with no POS connected. It does not ring up sales or take card payments, and your POS keeps doing that.
Sources
Read on restaurant365.com on November 2, 2026. If something has changed, email support@getpatrono.com and we will correct it.
- Restaurant365 pricing: restaurant365.com/pricing
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