# Crunchtime (Zenput) vs Paddl Canonical: https://paddl-ai.co/compare/zenput Last reviewed: 2026-09-11 by the Paddl team Zenput, now Crunchtime Operations Execution, is a task, audit and food safety execution platform for large restaurant chains, paired with Crunchtime's inventory and labour tools. It is built for North American multi-unit operators and sold by quote. ## In one sentence Paddl is food safety, compliance and operations software for UK hospitality: digital SFBB, HACCP plans, allergens ready for Natasha's Law, temperature, cleaning and training records, and an EHO-ready audit pack. £69 per location per month with every feature included, a 30-day free trial and no contract. Crunchtime (Zenput): Quote-led; Capterra lists from US$40 a month. ## Crunchtime (Zenput) pricing Crunchtime (Zenput): Not published; Capterra lists Zenput from US$40 a month. Part of Crunchtime; sold to multi-unit restaurant brands on quote. Not published by the vendor. Checked 2026-09-11 against https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/139348/zenput. Paddl: £69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. 5 owner and manager users per location included, £2.99 a month for each extra; staff do not take a seat. ## Crunchtime (Zenput) reviews 4.7 out of 5 from 52 reviews on Capterra (https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/139348/zenput), read 2026-09-11. ## Where Crunchtime (Zenput) and Paddl differ 44 features compared; 21 are in Paddl and not in Crunchtime (Zenput), checked against Crunchtime (Zenput)'s published feature list on 2026-09-11. **Food Safety & Compliance** Paddl has, Crunchtime (Zenput) does not: Digital SFBB Packs, AI HACCP Generation, EHO Report Generation, Fire Safety - Drills, Certificates & Expiry Alerts, COSHH Management. Crunchtime (Zenput) covers in part: HACCP Plans, Allergen Management, Risk Assessments, One-Click Audit Packs. **Operations & Equipment** Paddl has, Crunchtime (Zenput) does not: AI Equipment Anomaly Detection. Crunchtime (Zenput) covers in part: Equipment Tracking, Maintenance Swimlanes, Supplier Management, Delivery Checks. **Team & Training** Paddl has, Crunchtime (Zenput) does not: Rota Building & Publishing, Shift Swaps & Open Shifts, Holiday & Leave, Timesheets & Payroll Export, GPS Check-in, Shift Handovers / EOD Reports. Crunchtime (Zenput) covers in part: Training Tracking, Staff Inductions, Team Chat & Direct Messages. **Documents & Knowledge** Paddl has, Crunchtime (Zenput) does not: Licence Management, Insurance Gap Detection, Lease & Property Management. Crunchtime (Zenput) covers in part: Document Management, Knowledge Hub, Digital Signatures. **Reporting & Incidents** Paddl has, Crunchtime (Zenput) does not: Complaint Monitoring, EHO Visit Dashboard, AI Legal Guidance & Evidence Packs. **Platform & AI** Paddl has, Crunchtime (Zenput) does not: AI Assistant, AI That Carries Out Tasks, AI Document Extraction. Crunchtime (Zenput) covers in part: Mobile Manager View, Offline Mode. Where Crunchtime (Zenput) is stronger: Proven at hundreds of units; Task execution, audits and corrective actions with strong reporting; Temperature monitoring with sensors and probes; Ties into Crunchtime inventory and labour. ## Choose Crunchtime (Zenput) if - You run a very large chain and already use Crunchtime for inventory and labour - Brand execution and audits across franchisees are the priority - You have an implementation team ## Choose Paddl if - You are a UK group and need SFBB, UK HACCP, allergens and Natasha's Law labels - You want a published price and to be live in days - You want licences, insurance and lease tracked per site alongside compliance - You run 3 to 50 sites, not 300 ## What matters most **Built for different countries** Zenput was built for US chains, where food safety is framed by the FDA Food Code and health department inspections. Paddl is built for UK operators, where the inspector is the EHO, the system is SFBB or HACCP, allergen labelling follows Natasha's Law and the rating goes on the door. Both do tasks and audits across sites; only one speaks the UK inspector's language. **Scale and price** Crunchtime is priced and implemented for very large estates. Paddl is £69 per site at any size and a 10-site group is live within a fortnight. ## Switching from Crunchtime (Zenput) to Paddl - Built for UK regulation: SFBB, UK HACCP, Natasha's Law allergen labels, COSHH and the EHO inspection - Published pricing at £69 per site per month with every feature; no enterprise quote - A daily compliance score per site with an all-locations view and an audit pack per site - Licences, insurance, lease and rates tracked per site from uploaded documents - Live in days for a 3 to 50 site group, with a setup call A UK group leaving Zenput exports its task and audit history, sets up sites and scoped managers in Paddl, lets the AI draft the HACCP plan and SFBB pack, pilots one site and switches the rest in waves. Sensors and probes are optional in Paddl, so no hardware needs replacing. ### How the switch works 1. Export task, audit and temperature history from Zenput and file it in Paddl documents 2. Create the account with your site count and give managers the sites they run 3. Build the template library and let the AI draft the HACCP plan and SFBB pack from your menu 4. Pilot one site alongside Zenput for a week, then assign to every site 5. Switch sites in waves and end the Crunchtime contract at renewal What you keep: Daily task execution with photo evidence; Audits and corrective actions across sites; Temperature monitoring (probes and manual readings); Multi-site reporting for head office What you give up: Crunchtime inventory and labour modules; Zenput's own sensor hardware programme ## Alternatives to Crunchtime (Zenput) for UK hospitality | Product | Category | Pricing | | --- | --- | --- | | Paddl | Food safety, compliance and operations | £69 per location per month, every feature included, 30-day free trial. No tiers and no volume discount. | | Operandio (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/operandio) | Operations and multi-site execution | Quote-led, by locations or users and modules | | Mapal OS (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/mapal) | Operations and multi-site execution | Suites on quote, sized to the estate | | Trail (by Access) (https://paddl-ai.co/compare/trail) | Food safety and compliance | From £38 per site per month on a 12-month term (Team); £75 Standard, £82.50 Trail Evo; unlimited users | ## Questions **How much does Zenput cost?** Crunchtime does not publish Zenput pricing; Capterra lists it from US$40 a month, and enterprise deals are quoted. Paddl is £69 a location a month with every feature. **What do Zenput reviews say?** Zenput has 4.7 from 52 reviews on Capterra UK, mostly from multi-unit US brands praising task visibility and audits. **Is Zenput available in the UK?** Crunchtime sells internationally, but the product and its food safety content are built for North American regulation. UK groups using it typically build their own SFBB and allergen processes around it. **What does Paddl do that Zenput does not, for a UK group?** SFBB packs, UK HACCP plans drafted by AI, the allergen matrix and PPDS labels under Natasha's Law, COSHH, licences and the DPS per site, insurance and lease tracking, and a published price.