OrderNow Inventory review
Broad restaurant inventory workflows with a free menu tier and paid inventory features.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
OrderNow Inventory is a cloud-based inventory module for restaurants, cafés, hotels, cloud kitchens and multi-location food operations. It tracks ingredients, raw materials, semi-finished items, recipes, stock balances, purchasing, goods received, suppliers, waste, transfers and inventory reports. Recipe-linked sales can calculate ingredient usage and stock deductions, while operators can review food cost, COGS, stock value, usage, shortages and reorder needs. The broader OrderNow platform also connects inventory with POS, QR ordering and kitchen workflows.
The published plans separate the free menu experience from the inventory functions. Free costs $0 per month and includes a contactless QR menu, up to 12 menu items, unlimited scans and page views, and a view-only menu. Pro costs $44 per month and adds unlimited menu items and categories, QR self-ordering, dine-in, takeaway and pickup modes, kitchen order tickets, sales reports and multi-staff logins. Ultra costs $95 per month and includes cloud POS, multi-station KDS, live stock inventory, low-stock alerts, recipe and ingredient costing, and up to 2 locations. The official pricing page lists the inventory module in Ultra. Enterprise adds multi-branch franchise control, unlimited locations and outlets, custom payment gateway and ERP integration, API and webhook access, a dedicated account manager and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
Its strongest fit is for operators that want inventory depth alongside restaurant ordering and kitchen workflows rather than a narrow stock ledger. Features cover purchase orders, goods received notes, supplier pricing visibility, warehouse workflows, multi-location transfers, waste logging and POS-linked deductions. Listed connections include POS, QR ordering, online ordering, KOT, Stripe, PayHere, thermal printers, API and webhooks, although integration capabilities on the feature page are marked as coming soon. Choose OrderNow when recipe costing, purchasing and operational reporting belong in one restaurant platform. Choose another option if you need inventory in a free plan or require every listed integration to be immediately available.
OrderNow Inventory pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Recipe-linked ingredient deductions and food-cost reporting
- Purchasing, receiving, waste, transfers and reorder workflows
- POS, QR ordering and kitchen workflow connections
- Where it doesn't
- The Free plan is limited to a view-only QR menu
- Inventory is listed in the Ultra plan at $95 per month
- Some integration capabilities are marked as coming soon
OrderNow Inventory fact sheet, pricing and score →
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