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Caterease vs Nowsta Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Caterease offers 3 solutions of varying complexity, from simple event booking and data-entry, to advanced menu management, staff scheduling, and reporting.

Nowsta is a cloud-based workforce management software designed to help businesses handle staff scheduling, communications, time or attendance tracking, and payroll processing, among other administrative operations. Supervisors can gain insights into workers' ratings, projected and actual costs.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

99

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

18000

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.4

111

5

4

3

2

1

73

21

6

5

6

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
56%
would recommend this app

4.9

283

5

4

3

2

1

246

34

3

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
96%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The ability to generate detailed kitchen prep lists, pack lists, and financial reports from a single data entry point is a massive time saver.”
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Maxwell P.

General Manager

“Furthermore, to access the best features you really need the expensive professional tier, and any custom web form integration usually requires calling customer service rather than doing it yourself.”
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Maxwell P.

General Manager

“Our chef loves the updating and managing his new and seasonal recipes within the software.”
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Mai M.

Managing Director

Pros

“The best platform to fill open positions for mass labor calls and keep track of people requests.”
KD

Keiry D.

HR

“I've been using Nowsta for our workforce management needs, and it has truly transformed the way we handle scheduling, time tracking, and communication within our organization.”
RS

Rafaela S.

Business Developemnt manager

“Love the event layout and the ability to move people to different events easily.”
GH

Graham H.

Director of Finance and Human Resources

Cons

“Hasnt been updated in years, needs an owners manual to use it and if you want a repair it take weeks to solve.”
DD

Daniel D.

Owner

“We do weddings and I currently Saturday and Sunday (today) can't access my event information.”
CB

Chad B.

Owner

“Currently I have not been able to log on for two days and when I did it was really slow. But them not having customer support on the weekend is unacceptable. ”
CB

Chad B.

Owner

Cons

“We cannot communicate 2 way with staff and cannot create a group chats with the team per event. Since we are here, also a section where you can have documents to give team.”
PM

Pablo M.

Director

“Not allowing workers to Opt to share their calendars across multiple employers means that employee calendars are not always up to date.”
JR

Jonathan R.

Director of Operations

“Sometimes can be glitchy but it could be internet access”
LC

Lauren C.

Recruiting Manager

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review18 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa year ago

Key features

  • Total features37
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Approval Process Control
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Attendee Management
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Availability Management
  • Banquet Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Booking Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar Sync
  • Candidate Management
  • Clock In/Out
  • Contract/License Management
  • Cost Management
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Discount Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Reminders
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Event Calendar
  • Event Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Facility Management
  • For Catering Businesses
  • For Cloud
  • For Staffing Agencies
  • Forecasting
  • Geofencing
  • Group Scheduling
  • Historical Reporting
  • Inventory Management
  • Job Posting
  • Kitchen/Menu Management
  • Labor Forecasting
  • Leave Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Location
  • Multiple Billing Rates
  • Online Booking
  • Online Ordering
  • Online Time Clock
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Order Management
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Integration
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Real-time Scheduling
  • Recipe Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Allocation
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SMS Messaging
  • Schedule Distribution
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Skills Tracking
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Variable Workforce
  • Waitstaff Management
  • Website Management
  • Weddings/Parties
  • Total features68
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Approval Process Control
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Attendee Management
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Automatic Time Capture
  • Availability Management
  • Banquet Management
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Booking Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar Sync
  • Candidate Management
  • Clock In/Out
  • Contract/License Management
  • Cost Management
  • Customer Database
  • Customizable Reports
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Discount Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Payments
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Reminders
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Event Calendar
  • Event Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Facility Management
  • For Catering Businesses
  • For Cloud
  • For Staffing Agencies
  • Forecasting
  • Geofencing
  • Group Scheduling
  • Historical Reporting
  • Inventory Management
  • Job Posting
  • Kitchen/Menu Management
  • Labor Forecasting
  • Leave Tracking
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Alerts
  • Mobile App
  • Multi-Location
  • Multiple Billing Rates
  • Online Booking
  • Online Ordering
  • Online Time Clock
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Order Management
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Integration
  • Payroll Management
  • Payroll Reporting
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Real-time Scheduling
  • Recipe Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Resource Allocation
  • Resource Scheduling
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SMS Messaging
  • Schedule Distribution
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Skills Tracking
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Tracking
  • Timesheet Management
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Variable Workforce
  • Waitstaff Management
  • Website Management
  • Weddings/Parties

Integrations

  • Total integrations9
  • Caterease
  • ClientPoint
  • Constant Contact
  • Curate
  • Docusign
  • Google Calendar
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • PayPal Payments
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • TapGoods Event Rental Software
  • Total Party Planner
  • Total integrations4
  • Caterease
  • ClientPoint
  • Constant Contact
  • Curate
  • Docusign
  • Google Calendar
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • PayPal Payments
  • QuickBooks Online
  • QuickBooks Online Advanced
  • TapGoods Event Rental Software
  • Total Party Planner

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