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Operations Manager

Process, integrations, and the systems that run between locations.

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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

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 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

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Square vs. Toast vs. Arryved for Brewery Loyalty and Customer Data

Square, Toast, or Arryved for your brewery? Compare loyalty depth, customer data portability, and Brewlytics integration across the three POS systems.

7 min readOperatorOutcome: Pick between Square, Toast, and Arryved with eyes open — and know what each one can't do on its own