Why we built Casacabe
Most restaurant software is built for chains, accountants, or SaaS companies that want a monthly fee forever. Independent owners end up with Toast for sales, QuickBooks for accounting, and spreadsheets in between. None of them talk to each other. The owner becomes the glue.
Casacabe is one app on your computer for the numbers you already track manually. Revenue, labor, expenses, invoices, and prime cost — in one dashboard, without another subscription.
Local-first by design
Your restaurant data lives on your Mac or PC. We do not host your data in the cloud. We cannot see your revenue, your staff wages, or your vendor invoices. That is a feature, not a limitation, if you care about privacy and control.
No account on our servers. No sync toggle. No "we'll hold your data hostage if you stop paying." You install the app, you own the data, you back it up however you want.
Pay once, use forever (v1)
Founding member price is $149 one time. That includes the app and all updates through v1. No subscription. When the 50 founding seats are sold, the price goes to $249. We are not running fake countdown timers — the limit is real because we want a small group we can support well while the product matures.
Who Casacabe is for
This is for you if...
- You run an independent restaurant with one location
- You do your own admin and backoffice
- You want to know if the month was profitable before your accountant tells you
- You are tired of paying monthly subscriptions for tools that do not connect
- You want your financial data on your computer, not in someone else's cloud
- You track prime cost and labor percentage manually today
This is NOT for you if...
- You run a chain or multiple locations
- You need live POS sync with Toast, Square, or similar
- You need built-in payroll tax filing or direct deposit
- You need full accountant-grade general ledger features
- You need inventory management or recipe costing
- You want a cloud app you can access from any device
Our philosophy
Honest limits beat fake features. We tell you what Casacabe does not do before you buy. No "coming soon" integrations that never ship. No marketing copy that implies live Toast sync when there is none.
Owners deserve software that respects them. No dark patterns. No surprise price hikes on v1. No chat bots pretending to be humans. Real email support from a real person.
Simple beats comprehensive. Casacabe does one job well: help one independent owner see their restaurant numbers clearly. It is not trying to be an ERP, a payroll processor, or a POS system.
Support
Questions before or after purchase: support@casacabe.com. We answer by email, usually within one business day. No phone trees. No ticket systems that go nowhere.