Avero

AnalyticsFree / from $300/location/year

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Avero is restaurant analytics software that connects to 40+ POS systems and turns sales, labor, void, and menu-mix data into operator dashboards.

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Key Features

40+ POS integrations (Toast, Square, Micros Simphony, Aloha, Clover, Lightspeed, TouchBistro, Revel, POSitouch and more) plus 7 time-and-attendance systems (ADP, Kronos SQL, UKG Dimensions), with free integration setup.

Slingshot analytics core: configurable dashboards, flexible check-level search, menu mix trends, payment-type breakdown, and scheduled email reports - available even on the free Starter tier.

Avero Logbook: a digital manager logbook for shift notes and internal communication, accessible from the mobile app and included free.

Service Team module: individual server scorecards and staff sales contest management to track and incentivize upselling.

Loss Prevention module that flags suspicious void, comp, and discount patterns in POS data to detect potential theft and fraud.

Labor analytics on the Professional tier: labor by hour, overtime tracking, and payroll report/export.

Group Analytics for multi-location comparison across restaurant groups, hotels, and casinos, including summarized group sales and revenue-management reporting.

Pricing

Free / from $300/location/year

Contact Avero directly for detailed pricing information, custom plans, and enterprise quotes.

What is Avero?

Avero is a restaurant business-intelligence platform that pulls sales, labor, and check-level data out of 40+ POS systems and turns it into reporting on menu mix, server performance, promos/voids, and potential theft. Founded by Damian Mogavero (an ex-restaurant-group CFO who launched the product in 2002 with early customers like Danny Meyer's Gramercy Tavern), it is now used by 43,000+ operators in 75 countries and is especially entrenched in hotels and casinos - the vendor says nearly 90% of Las Vegas Strip casinos and 13 of the top 15 hotel brands use it. Unlike back-office suites such as Restaurant365, Avero is analytics-first (no accounting or inventory core), and despite common "AI" labels it markets itself as a BI/reporting tool, not an AI product.

Avero pricing

Plan	Price	Notes
Starter	Free	"Free for any users and locations you want." Includes free POS integration, unlimited users, mobile app, Avero Logbook, check search, menu mix trends, configurable dashboards, scheduled email reports.
Essentials	From $300 / location / year	Price increases based on annual sales volume. Adds real-time mobile data, server scorecards, contest management, hourly sales breakdown, advanced group analytics, promos & voids breakdown, labor insights. Aimed at QSR/FS
Professional	From $600 / location / year	Price increases based on annual sales volume. Adds payroll report/export, overtime tracking, labor by hour, advanced service analytics, table performance, item sales by hour. Aimed at hotels, casinos, nightlife, larger g

Pricing verified July 2026 from the vendor website and public sources; plans and rates can change - confirm with the vendor before purchase.

Avero pros and cons

Pros

+Easy to navigate and turns raw POS data into clear graphs and reports - Capterra reviewers rate ease of use 4.2/5 and praise being able to "log in from anywhere and access the information I need".
+Consolidates sales data in one place across departments; G2 reviewers call it "a huge time saver for having all sales information in one place" with everyone working from the same numbers.
+Mobile Logbook makes daily manager contributions easy, and item-sales-by-period reporting helps operators quickly see what sells and what doesn't (G2/Capterra reviews).

Cons

−Customer support is the most-criticized area: Capterra support rating is just 3.1/5, with reviewers reporting issue resolution taking "weeks to months" and phone help limited to business hours (8-5 M-F).
−Reliability and performance complaints: reviewers report slow logins, searches ending in error screens, and outages ("it goes down all the time"), with one reviewer noting downtime is not credited against billing.
−Dated-feeling interface with limited customization and few pre-made dashboards; overall Capterra rating is a middling 3.6/5 (9 reviews) versus 4.6/5 on G2 (10 reviews), and the review base is thin on both platforms.

Top Avero alternatives

Restaurant365

G2's top-ranked Avero alternative - better if you want accounting, inventory, scheduling, and reporting in one back-office suite instead of an analytics-only layer on top of your POS.

Craftable

Connects purchasing, recipes, inventory, and sales with accounting and daily prime-cost reporting - better when food and beverage cost control matters as much as sales analytics.

Tenzo

A more modern, AI-forecasting analytics platform with 90+ integrations across POS, labor, inventory, and reviews - better for multi-site operators who want demand forecasting (weather, events, holidays) and real-time mobile scorecards.

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Avero FAQ

How much does Avero cost?

As of July 2026 Avero has a genuinely free Starter plan for unlimited users and locations (including free POS integration and the Logbook). Paid tiers start at $300/location/year (Essentials) and $600/location/year (Professional), and - unusually for this category - the price scales up with your annual sales volume, so high-revenue venues pay more.

What is Avero used for?

Avero extracts data from your POS and turns it into restaurant analytics: sales and menu mix trends, hourly sales, server scorecards and sales contests, labor and overtime tracking, promo/void analysis, and loss-prevention alerts that flag suspicious voids and comps. It also includes a digital manager logbook and multi-location group reporting.

Which POS systems does Avero integrate with?

Over 40, including Toast, Square (and Square for Restaurants), Micros 3700/Simphony, Aloha, Clover, Lightspeed, TouchBistro, Revel, POSitouch, Squirrel, and PAR PixelPoint, plus seven time-and-attendance systems such as ADP and UKG Dimensions. Avero sets up the POS connection for free, and some integrations support real-time reporting.

Who is Avero best for?

Its sweet spot is hotels, casinos, nightlife, and multi-venue restaurant groups - the vendor says nearly 90% of Las Vegas Strip casinos and 13 of the top 15 hotel brands use it. Independents can start on the free tier, but operators who need inventory, invoicing, or accounting built in should look at Restaurant365 or Craftable instead, since Avero is analytics-only.

Pricing and feature details verified July 2026 from vendor websites and public review platforms. Adoption figures come from RestaurantTools.ai's scan of US restaurant websites and reflect detectable integrations only.