aid: crunchtime-information-systems
name: Crunchtime Information Systems
description: >-
  Crunchtime (Crunchtime Information Systems) is a Boston-based provider of AI-powered
  operations-management software for multi-unit restaurants, founded in 1995 and serving
  850+ restaurant brands across 150,000+ locations. Its platform unifies inventory
  management, labor scheduling, kitchen/operations execution, and analytics. Crunchtime
  publishes a public developer hub for its Inventory & Labor and Cruise data-integration
  REST APIs, letting partners and customers push and pull employees, locations, budgets,
  products, recipes, sales/menu mix, purchase orders, inventory counts, time clock, and
  forecasting data. Backed by Battery Ventures.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/crunchtime-information-systems/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://logo.clearbit.com/crunchtime.com
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- battery-ventures
x-tier: profiled
x-tier-reason: enrichment-pipeline
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Restaurant
- Food Service
- Hospitality
- Inventory Management
- Labor Scheduling
- Operations Management
- Back Office
- Supply Chain
- API
apis:
- name: Crunchtime Inventory & Labor APIs
  description: >-
    REST data-integration API for Crunchtime's Inventory Management, Labor & Scheduling,
    and Cruise products. GET and POST operations move employees, locations, budgets,
    categories, products, recipes, sales/menu mix, purchase orders, inventory counts,
    time clock, forecasting, and vendor data in and out of Crunchtime. Custom
    header-based token authentication; page-based pagination; documented rate limits.
  humanURL: https://developer.crunchtime.com/
  baseURL: https://webservices.net-chef.com
  tags:
  - Inventory Management
  - Labor Scheduling
  - Restaurant Operations
  - Data Integration
  properties:
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://developer.crunchtime.com/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.crunchtime.com/docs/introduction
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.crunchtime.com/reference
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.crunchtime.com/docs/getting-started-with-apis
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/crunchtime-information-systems-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/crunchtime-information-systems-conventions.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/crunchtime-information-systems-rate-limits.yml
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: changelog/crunchtime-information-systems-changelog.yml
  - type: Sandbox
    url: sandbox/crunchtime-information-systems-sandbox.yml
  - type: MCPServer
    url: mcp/crunchtime-information-systems-mcp.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.crunchtime.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developer.crunchtime.com/docs/introduction
- type: APIReference
  url: https://developer.crunchtime.com/reference
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.crunchtime.com/docs/getting-started-with-apis
- type: Support
  url: https://crunchtime.zendesk.com/hc/en-us
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.crunchtime.com/blog
- type: SignUp
  url: https://www.crunchtime.com/request-demo
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.crunchtime.com/integrations
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://trust.crunchtime.com/
- type: Compliance
  url: https://trust.crunchtime.com/
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/crunchtime-information-systems-llms.txt
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/crunchtime-information-systems-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/crunchtime-information-systems-conventions.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/crunchtime-information-systems-rate-limits.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/crunchtime-information-systems-changelog.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/crunchtime-information-systems-sandbox.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/crunchtime-information-systems-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/crunchtime-information-systems-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/crunchtime-information-systems-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence