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SSubstly

Substly

4.0/5
AApicbase

Apicbase

4.0/5
ROI categorycost reductioncost reduction
Time-to-ValueUnder 1 day (<30 min onboarding) (~1d)4-6 weeks with guided onboarding (~30d)
Typical annual TCO$2,520/yr$0/yr
Starting price$1,260/yr$0/yr
Implementation feeNoneNone
Seat tiersMonitor from $105/month and Optimize from $210/month on yearly billing; Custom plan quoted on requestGrowth: 5 library users and 3 location users per site, max 30 locations. Professional: 10 library users and 5 location users per site, unlimited locations.
Implementation friction1/53/5
Friction meter
Best forSMEs and scale-ups (roughly 20-500 employees) that need SaaS discovery and licence optimisation without enterprise bloat; IT, finance and procurement owners consolidating SaaS spend, contracts and renewals in one place; Companies that want shadow IT monitoring and safer, faster employee offboarding; Microsoft 365-heavy organisations looking to cut over-licensing down to individual licencesMulti-site restaurant groups and franchise networks standardising recipes, purchasing, inventory and COGS across every outlet.; Hotel chains and resort groups running several F&B outlets on one shared recipe and cost database.; Contract caterers and central production kitchens planning production, BOMs and supplier ordering from one hub.; Dark kitchen and delivery-only operators that need tight prime-cost control per unit.; Foodservice groups whose teams want to query live operational data through AI assistants via MCP.
Not forLarge enterprises needing deep IAM, SSO governance or full ITSM replacement; Teams looking for an identity provider or access-management platform rather than SaaS oversight; Buyers wanting a heavyweight enterprise SAM suite with deep, custom reporting out of the boxSingle-site independent restaurants and cafes with no group structure or central kitchen.; Operators below roughly five outlets, the entry point of the Growth plan.; Businesses looking for a POS, delivery or guest-facing reservation system.; Teams that want to buy software without any data setup or onboarding work.; Buyers who need published, self-serve pricing instead of a sales conversation.

Stack fit matrix

SalesforceNot supportedNot supported
AWSNot supportedNative
SnowflakeNot supportedNot supported
HubSpotNot supportedNot supported
Google WorkspaceIntegrationNot supported
Microsoft 365IntegrationNot supported
SAPNot supportedNot supported
SlackIntegrationNot supported
MCP (Model Context Protocol)Not supportedNative

Compliance

SOC 2
ISO 27001
GDPR
HIPAA
FedRAMP
ISO 42001
IAPP AIGPnamed staff

Company & support

Who is behind each solution, and how you reach support. “Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention a channel, not that it is unavailable.

Founded2018 (8 yrs)Not recorded
HeadquartersSwedenAntwerp, Belgium
PhoneNot listedNot listed
EmailNot listedNot listed
Live chatAll plansPlan not stated
Support portal / ticketsNot listedPlan not stated
Community forumNot listedNot listed
Help centre / docsNot listedPlan not stated
Dedicated account managerPlan not statedEnterprise only
In person / on-siteNot listedNot listed
Support hours24/7Not recorded
Response timeAll questions answered within 24 hoursNot stated

AI & MCP readiness

Whether each solution can join your AI stack, and what it asks of you to do so.

MCP connectionreaches AI clientsNot supportedOfficial server
AI featuresNot yet recordedCopilot / assistant; AI search; Predictive analytics; Document processing
Model keyNot recordedNot recorded
AI usage auditNot recordedFull audit trail

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Implementation friction × Verified buyer score

1.0/51.4/52.0/52.6/53.2/54.3/54.1/54.0/53.9/53.7/5Friction ← betterBuyer score better →Loved & EasyLoved & HeavyRisky & EasyRisky & Heavy

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