Now in private beta
The butcher shop, end-to-end.
Cleaver replaces the spreadsheets, cut-sheet binders, scale tickets, and recall paperwork with one tool that knows the difference between a chuck primal and a Friday grind run.
The problem
Butcher shops run on paper.
It costs you.
Generic POS software treats meat like a t-shirt. It doesn't know what a primal is, can't track per-package weights, and offers no recall trail.
Cut sheets get lost
A binder of customer preferences works until the page Sarah needs for her half-share isn't where the cutter expects it. Then everyone improvises.
Scale tickets pile up
A drawer of taped weights waiting to be reconciled into POS. By Friday, half don't match a customer; by next week, no one remembers.
Recalls are guesswork
Health department asks 'which customers got product from Carcass A?' You look at last month's clipboard and try to remember.
The Cleaver way
From farm to register,
one trail.
Animals
Track every carcass from drop-off through aging to cutting. Buy from farmers via standard purchase orders that auto-create animal records on receipt — with cost basis attached for yield reporting.
Cuts
Cut sheets per customer, per carcass. Templates for common scenarios (half beef, whole hog, hunter deer). Pack & Label mints serialized stock with weights — so each package traces back to its source animal.
Register
POS configured for variable-weight items out of the box. Scan a Pack Label barcode and the cashier rings up the exact weight. Bulk products by the kg, deli case items by the lb.
Features
Built for how meat
actually moves.
Pack & Label
Per-package serials with real weights
When the cutter finishes a carcass, every package gets its own serial number with the weight, source animal, and use-by date printed on a Code 128 barcode. Scan it at checkout — POS sells exactly that package, not an average.
- Code 128 barcode labels, 10 per A4 sheet
- Per-pack weight stored on stock.lot
- Serial → carcass linkage for one-query recall
Beef Ribeye Steak
@ $32.00 / kg
Animal: CARC/0001 · Smith Family Farm
Packed: 2026-04-22 · Use by: 2026-05-06
SN 0000037
Bulk Batches
Grind runs that survive a recall
Pool trim from three carcasses into a 30 kg run of ground beef. Each carcass goes on its own line — yield per animal stays exact, and a recall picks out every contributor in one query.
- Per-carcass weight on every batch line
- Tag the primal (Ground Chuck vs. Ground Round)
- Mix species when the recipe calls for it — beef + pork blend
Batch PB00007
PostedOutput
Ground Beef 80/20
30.0 kg
Source contributions
PO bridge
Buy from a farmer, get an animal
Confirm a PO from the farm. When the receipt is validated, you get one cleaver.carcass record per animal — PO link, vendor, and cost basis attached. That cost flows straight into your yield-per-kg reporting.
- One animal per unit on the receipt — never lumped together
- Purchase cost ties to yield-per-kg reports automatically
- Standard Odoo accounting under the hood — no parallel ledger
Vendor
County Line Beef Co-op
Beef Carcass — Whole × 2
$4,400.00
On receipt validation: 2 animals created
Who it's for
Independent butcher shops
that take their craft seriously.
Custom processors
Customers drop off animals; you cut and wrap to spec. Cleaver captures preferences once per customer, drives the cut sheet, and bills Cut & Wrap by the pound.
Best fit
If half-shares and whole-hog orders are most of your week
Retail butchers
Buy carcasses from farmers, break down to the case, sell at the counter. Cleaver handles the PO → animal bridge, Pack & Label for premium cuts, Bulk Batches for the grinder.
Best fit
If your meat case turns over weekly and you sell to walk-ins
Hunter shops
Seasonal volume of deer, elk, and game. Cleaver's hunter intake captures field-dressed weights and customer info fast, with state-program reporting if you participate in donations.
Best fit
If November is 60% of your annual volume
Pricing
Pay for what you process.
Every feature on every plan. Pick the tier that matches your monthly throughput — move up only when the volume actually warrants it.
Starter
Small or low-traffic shops — rural, neighborhood, or owner-operated with 1-2 staff.
3,000 lb processed monthly
Overage: $0.040 / lb over
- All Cleaver features
- Unlimited Users
- Email support
- Shared cloud infrastructure
Pro
The typical neighborhood butcher and busy / premium shops with strong repeat clientele.
10,000 lb processed monthly
Overage: $0.035 / lb over
- All Cleaver features
- Unlimited Users
- Priority email + chat support
- Shared cloud infrastructure
Volume
High-volume retail with light wholesale — restaurants, whole/half animal processing, larger staff.
20,000 lb processed monthly
Overage: $0.025 / lb over
- All Cleaver features
- Unlimited Users
- Phone support, business hours
- Shared cloud infrastructure
Enterprise
Small processors, hybrid butchers (farmers + hunters + restaurant supply), and multi-store chains.
Unlimited
Overage: Negotiated
- Everything in Volume
- Unlimited Users
- 24/7 phone + dedicated CSM
- Dedicated cloud infrastructure
Every plan includes everything
The whole product, on every tier.
We don't gate features by plan. The tier you pick controls how much meat you can run through the system each month and what level of support you get — not what the software can do.
- Unlimited Users
- Animals & carcass lifecycle
- Cut sheets & templates
- Pack & Label barcode flow
- POS for variable-weight items
- Bulk batch / sausage / smoking
- Hunter processing module
- Yield reporting & cost basis
- Multi-branch / multi-warehouse
- Operations dashboard
- Daily backups & restores
- USA-hosted (US-East)
Pricing FAQ
The questions we get most.
Honest answers. If yours isn't here, email us — usually a same-day reply.
What counts as a 'pound' against my plan?
Every pound of meat that the platform helps you process: each retail package you weigh through Pack & Label, plus the output weight of every bulk run (sausage, ground beef, mixes) once you mark it Posted. Live and hanging weights of incoming carcasses don't count — only finished output. Voided packs are excluded automatically.
What happens if I go over my monthly plan?
You keep working — nothing breaks. Anything over your monthly quota is billed as overage at the rate listed on your tier ($0.040/lb for Starter, $0.035/lb for Pro, $0.025/lb for Volume). You'll see your real-time usage on the operations dashboard so there's never a surprise. We'll prompt you to upgrade if you cross a tier's break-even point three months in a row.
Can I downgrade if my volume drops?
Yes, anytime. If your monthly throughput drops below the next tier down for two months running, downgrade through the customer portal and your next bill reflects the new tier. No retroactive charges, no clawback of features.
When am I charged?
On the 1st of each month, for the previous month's usage. So your January 1 invoice covers December's base fee + any December overage. We use Stripe — automatic payment from a card or ACH on file. Failed payments retry on a Stripe dunning schedule and you get email notifications before service is affected.
Are there setup fees, contracts, or minimums?
No setup fees, no annual contracts, no minimum commitment. Pay month-to-month, cancel anytime. Each plan has a monthly throughput floor — that's your base fee, charged whether or not you process anything that month. Beyond that, no surprises.
Can I switch plans mid-month?
Yes. Upgrades take effect immediately — your remaining month is pro-rated against the new tier's base fee. Downgrades take effect on the next billing cycle so you don't lose features mid-month after you've already used them.
What's NOT included in my plan?
Hardware (scales, label printers, barcode scanners) — you bring your own. Payment processing fees if you take cards through POS — those are passed through at Stripe's published rates. Custom report development, on-site training, and white-label branding are available on Enterprise; they're outside the self-serve plans by design.
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Start running your shop on Cleaver.
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- Cancel any time
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