Marji

Overview

Marji links supplier invoice prices to recipe costs, helping independent food businesses see how ingredient changes affect dish economics. Its focus is useful for operators who want a tighter handle on menu costing without adopting a broader restaurant-management system.

The approach is deliberately narrow: invoice lines need review, and the product does not extend into stock counting, accounting reconciliation or bill pay. That makes it a more natural fit for cost visibility than for managing the full purchasing and inventory cycle.

Key features

Users can upload supplier invoices as photos or PDFs. Marji extracts the lines and suggests ingredient matches, but a person must review those suggestions; the workflow can reduce re-keying without removing the need to verify the source data.

Reviewed ingredient costs flow into recipes, where quantities, portions and yields determine dish costs. Margin alerts and pricing suggestions can help identify dishes to revisit after a supplier price change. AI recipe drafts are estimates, so quantities and supplier costs should be checked before relying on them.

The hosted QR menu includes live price edits, sold-out controls, a downloadable QR code and printable table tents. It remains free after the trial, which is a practical option for a single location needing a digital menu. Menu scanning is included during the trial.

The integrations page describes a Square OAuth connection for pushing an approved price change to a linked item, but Square write-back is currently unavailable. Toast, Clover, Lightspeed, SpotOn and TouchBistro integrations are not built yet. Marji also lacks waste tracking, purchase orders and automatic nested batch or sub-recipe dependencies, so businesses that need those workflows should look elsewhere.

Marji says restaurant data is scoped by restaurant, requests use HTTPS and sensitive actions are recorded in an append-only audit log. It does not hold SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA or PCI certification, and two-factor authentication is not available. Its privacy policy says customer data is not used to train AI models and personal data is not sold. Menu and cost data can be exported as CSV on any plan. Support is handled by a person, usually the same day, with a one-business-day target.

Pricing

QR Menu is free, billed per location / month, and is free forever for one location. It includes a hosted menu, downloadable QR code, live price edits, sold-out controls and printable table tents. This is the right tier for a single-location operator who needs the menu but not invoice-based costing.

Single is $59 a month, billed monthly per location. It adds supplier invoice scanning, recipe costing, margin alerts and pricing suggestions, and AI recipe drafts. The 14-day trial requires no credit card. For independent restaurants, cafés and bakeries wanting the invoice-to-recipe workflow, this is the core paid plan.

Operator is $149 a month, billed per location / month, and is available by invite. It includes Single, supplier price comparison and Competitor Watch. Its Square price write-back is built but unavailable, so that feature is not currently a reason to choose the tier. The free menu remains a separate option, but it does not provide the paid costing features.

Platforms

Marji is available on the web. The plans are priced per location, rather than per seat.

Who it's for

Marji is best suited to independent restaurants, cafés and bakeries that want supplier invoice costs connected to recipe quantities and dish costs. It can also serve a single location that only needs a free hosted QR menu. It is a poor fit for operators who need inventory counts, waste tracking, purchasing orders, accounting reconciliation, bill pay or automatic sub-recipe cost rollups.

Pros and cons

• Invoice costs feed recipe costing: reviewed supplier prices can be tied to quantities, portions and yields, helping operators spot menu items affected by cost shifts.
• Free hosted menu for one location: price edits, sold-out controls and printable table tents are included without an ongoing charge.
• Human review remains necessary: invoice ingredient matches are suggestions, and AI recipe drafts are estimates that require checking.
• Limited operational scope: no stock counting, waste tracking, purchase orders, accounting reconciliation or bill pay.
• Integration gap: Square write-back is unavailable, while several other major POS integrations are not built yet.
• Security trade-offs: Marji describes data-scoping and audit-log safeguards, but has no listed major security certifications and no two-factor authentication.

Alternatives

For a broader restaurant inventory shortlist, see Restaurant Inventory Management Software.

• OrderNow Inventory is worth considering if you want a freemium option with broad platform coverage and a Pro plan at $44 a month for unlimited menu items, ordering and KOT at one location.
• growyze may suit operators prioritizing stocktakes, supplier orders and delivery notes, alongside recipes and invoice validation in its free plan.
• Spec is an alternative for recipe and labor costing, with a free tier covering 30 recipe ingredient costing and 30 recipe labor costing, but no stock counts.
• ScanOrbit is a free web option during launch, with hosting included; its page says paid plans will come later.
• Galley is an option for recipes, menus and costing, with SMB Accelerator starting at $99/month and simplified onboarding.
• Craftable is a paid alternative for readers comparing restaurant software across Android, iOS and web.
• Nory is paid and asks prospective customers to book a chat for pricing details.
• PlateSense may fit teams seeking a $59 per location / month plan with unlimited invoices, inventory, recipes and menu items on one team account.

Verdict

Choose Marji if supplier invoice changes need to flow into recipe costing, or if one location needs a free hosted QR menu. Its strongest case is the direct connection between reviewed ingredient costs and dish costs. Look elsewhere if your operation depends on stock control, accounting or bill pay, automatic nested recipes, or working POS write-back.