Overhead

What Overhead is

Overhead is restaurant analytics software that brings sales, labor, food costs, expenses, and guest feedback into a shared view. Sales reporting can be organized by location, category, day part, or channel, with trends over time and comparisons against last year. Labor views show labor cost, sales per labor hour (SPLH), and hours by department and job code across locations. The product combines sales with purchasing and inventory information from back-office systems to give operators visibility into food and labor costs.

Users can compare locations, review rolling 30-day history, and measure results against the same period last year or their own targets. They can define revenue centers—including catering, private dining, bar, patio, takeout, and third party—and apply those rules to checks. Guest reviews are gathered in the product, where AI surfaces sentiment and themes and users can respond. Current integrations include Revel and Toast for POS data and MarginEdge for back-office data. Location permissions are assigned by user, with separate admin permissions for settings and user management. Overhead is described for use on phones and desktops, and the company says most operators are set up within a few days after connecting systems and mapping departments, revenue centers, and the fiscal calendar.

Who it suits

Overhead suits restaurant operators who need sales, labor, food-cost, and guest-review information across locations in one product. It is particularly relevant to teams using Revel or Toast for POS and MarginEdge for back-office data, or those who want to ask about other integrations during a demo.

Limits

There is no free plan. The Custom plan is quoted after a demo, with pricing based on the number of locations and integrations.

Getting started

1. Visit https://getoverhead.com/.
2. Request the roughly 30-minute product demo.
3. Connect the systems used for POS and back-office data.
4. Map departments, revenue centers, and the fiscal calendar.
5. Ask about integrations beyond Revel, Toast, and MarginEdge if needed.

Verdict

Choose Overhead if your restaurant needs combined sales, labor, food-cost, and review reporting, especially across locations. Ask about integration needs and pricing in a demo; the custom quote depends on locations and integrations.