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Choose Brewery Software

Compare brewery platforms, digital menu tools, and POS-integrated software — and pick the one that actually fits your taproom.

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A brewery owner sits at a taproom bar studying a laptop with a thoughtful expression, a glass of beer beside them — the quiet moment of weighing a software cost decision.

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The Untappd Price Hike: What It Means for Breweries

Untappd for Business has gone from $599 to as much as $1,199 a year in five years. Here's the full pricing timeline, what's driving it, and what it means at renewal.

7 min readOperatorOutcome: Understand the Untappd for Business pricing arc and what to weigh before your next renewal

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Brewlytics vs. Square Loyalty: A Craft Brewery's Honest Comparison

Comparing Brewlytics and Square Loyalty for craft breweries — what each does well, where they differ, and how to choose the right tool for your taproom.

9 min readOperatorOutcome: Understand exactly where Square Loyalty ends and where Brewlytics begins — so you can choose the right tool, or decide you need both.

Barley the AI bartender mascot behind a taproom bar, comparing a row of tablets each showing a different brewery menu layout — evaluating the alternatives.

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Best Untappd Alternatives for Breweries in 2026

Untappd price hikes have breweries shopping around. An honest roundup of the alternatives — BeerMenus, Evergreen, Brewlytics, DigitalPour — and how to pick.

10 min readOperatorOutcome: Shortlist the right Untappd alternative for your brewery — with an honest read on which tool wins for which kind of operation

Barley the AI bartender mascot holding a simple printed beer menu card in one hand and gesturing toward a glowing full-dashboard hologram on the other — a menu tool vs a platform.

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Brewlytics vs BeerMenus: When to Pick a Menu Tool vs a Platform

BeerMenus is a great, honestly-priced menu tool — and if menus are all you need, it's a good deal. Brewlytics is a brewery platform. Here's which one you need.

7 min readOperatorOutcome: Decide whether you need a menu tool or a brewery operating platform — and stop overpaying for either

Barley the AI bartender mascot in a focused craft brewery taproom in the foreground, with a sprawling multi-purpose food-service space visible behind a glass wall — brewery focus vs multi-vertical breadth.

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Brewlytics vs Evergreen: Brewery Platform or Multi-Vertical Menu Suite?

Evergreen is a strong multi-vertical menu platform. Brewlytics is built only for breweries. Here's the honest comparison — including where Evergreen wins.

9 min readOperatorOutcome: Decide between a multi-vertical menu suite and a brewery-only operating platform — with an honest read on where Evergreen leads today

Barley the AI bartender mascot at the bar between two TV menu displays — a plain template menu on one side and a vibrant, fully-branded menu on the other.

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Brewlytics vs Untappd for Business: An Honest Comparison for Breweries

Untappd brings a consumer network and bundled menus. Brewlytics is a brewery platform with a free tier, POS-grounded loyalty, and its own customer app.

9 min readOperatorOutcome: Decide whether Untappd, Brewlytics, or both belong in your taproom — with real pricing and an honest read on where each one wins