STINGER CAGE

Inventory you count out loud. Included with every tier.

One inventory system for two kinds of stock: the liquor behind a bar or venue, and the parts in a job-site yard. Cage counts bottles and pallets the same way. Every count has a name on it, money doesn't move until you confirm, and a shortage shows up the moment you count short.

Live

Overview, on a real business.

Cage's overview shows The Marlin sample inventory inside the Blue Water demo workspace, including stock levels and shortages.

Cage's overview shows The Marlin sample inventory inside the Blue Water demo workspace, including stock levels and shortages. Review the stock position before moving into the shelf count or purchase order.

Missing stock

What the shelf denies.

The Marlin sample's missing-stock view lists inventory discrepancies for investigation.

The Marlin sample's missing-stock view lists inventory discrepancies for investigation. Review the count history before resolving a shortage so the stock decision stays attached to the missing item.

See it in action

The Marlin sample count view presents the stock being checked on the shelf. Enter the physical count during the walk so it can be compared with the inventory record.
The Marlin sample count view presents the stock being checked on the shelf. Enter the physical count during the walk so it can be compared with the inventory record.
The Marlin sample's missing-stock view lists inventory discrepancies for investigation. Review the count history before resolving a shortage so the stock decision stays attached to the missing item.
The Marlin sample's missing-stock view lists inventory discrepancies for investigation. Review the count history before resolving a shortage so the stock decision stays attached to the missing item.
Cage's overview shows The Marlin sample inventory inside the Blue Water demo workspace, including stock levels and shortages. Review the stock position before moving into the shelf count or purchase order.
Cage's overview shows The Marlin sample inventory inside the Blue Water demo workspace, including stock levels and shortages. Review the stock position before moving into the shelf count or purchase order.
The Marlin sample order view groups purchase quantities and costs by vendor, with Share list and Draft PO controls. Review the par gap and pack sizes before preparing the order so the purchase follows the stock requirement.
The Marlin sample order view groups purchase quantities and costs by vendor, with Share list and Draft PO controls. Review the par gap and pack sizes before preparing the order so the purchase follows the stock requirement.
The Marlin sample night sheet compares event requirements with the stock on hand, including the Noche Latina service. Check the needed quantities before pulling stock to the rail so the event demand is visible beside the count.
The Marlin sample night sheet compares event requirements with the stock on hand, including the Noche Latina service. Check the needed quantities before pulling stock to the rail so the event demand is visible beside the count.

A closer look

Scan a shelf to count it and the on-hand number updates against par. Use this view during the stock count to compare the shelf with the recorded quantity.
Scan a shelf to count it and the on-hand number updates against par. Use this view during the stock count to compare the shelf with the recorded quantity.
Cage Reports summarizes The Marlin sample's stock value, usage and variance. Review the period after counting to inspect where the recorded stock position changed.
Cage Reports summarizes The Marlin sample's stock value, usage and variance. Review the period after counting to inspect where the recorded stock position changed.

New in this release

Four features that shipped, each with the screen that proves it.

Barcode scan

Scan an item's barcode to find it, and attach a code to the right item when it does not match yet.

Label print

Print a shelf-label sheet for your items, each label carrying the name, SKU or barcode, and a Code 39 barcode.

Kits

Bundle items into a kit, or bill of materials, and see how many you can build from what is on hand.

Lot and expiry

Track lot numbers and expiry dates on an item, with a badge that flags stock nearing its date.

Look up a barcode, and attach an unmatched code to the right item. Match the scanned code during intake before treating it as an inventory item.
Look up a barcode, and attach an unmatched code to the right item. Match the scanned code during intake before treating it as an inventory item.
A printable sheet of shelf labels, each with the item name, SKU or barcode, and a Code 39 barcode. Print labels after assigning item codes, so the same identifiers can be used at the shelf.
A printable sheet of shelf labels, each with the item name, SKU or barcode, and a Code 39 barcode. Print labels after assigning item codes, so the same identifiers can be used at the shelf.
The Marlin sample Margarita service kit lists its components and the number buildable from stock on hand. Check the component quantities before using Build so the assembly starts from an available set of ingredients.
The Marlin sample Margarita service kit lists its components and the number buildable from stock on hand. Check the component quantities before using Build so the assembly starts from an available set of ingredients.
The Marlin sample ingredient desk shows expiry badges beside stock items and the selected item's pack details. Check these records before choosing stock so an expired item remains visible during handling.
The Marlin sample ingredient desk shows expiry badges beside stock items and the selected item's pack details. Check these records before choosing stock so an expired item remains visible during handling.

The problem

Bar inventory tools don't count parts. Parts tools don't count bottles. Cage counts both.

A bar's cage and a crew's yard, in one inventory system

A bar or venue counts liquor on a rail. A job-site crew counts parts in a yard. Cage tracks both (what's on hand, what moved, who last touched it) so you're not running two inventory systems.

Verbal first, camera when it matters

Talk it in: "Tito's four full, six tenths," "twelve trichlor pails." Point the phone camera at a shelf or a slip when it needs to be seen. If the camera isn't sure, it drops the read instead of guessing.

The van and the patio count too

The rail, the patio, the festival van, truck 12, a conex in the yard: each one is a real stock location you walk in the same order, not a leftover pile the system forgets.

Crew on the schedule

A crew screen shows who's on shift, so a handoff or a shift change has a name attached to it, not just a timestamp.

Shrinkage

How does Cage track shrinkage instead of just reporting it?

Missing-stock hunt

Every shortage keeps the last room it was seen in and the last person who counted it. It stays open, found, or written off, never just deleted.

Variance $ that actually moves

Overview shows Variance $ as missing quantity times unit cost, and it moves the moment you count short, not as a static report you check later.

Dead stock, flagged now

What has run out shows up the moment it happens, not at the next physical count.

Variance Timeline

Transfers, comps, waste, missing stock: all on one timeline, all with named people attached.

Receiving & ordering

How does Cage prevent double-counting a delivery?

Photo Receive

Photograph the invoice, confirm the count. If the same slip gets scanned twice, stock doesn't get counted twice.

Price check on receiving

A $0.29-per-unit price on a six-pack invoice is wrong until someone fixes the pack size. Cage flags it instead of posting it to the books.

Suggested orders

The gap below par plus sheet extras, rounded to pack, grouped by vendor. Purchase orders move draft to sent to partial to closed, and receiving against a purchase order cannot over-receive it.

Shift change: exceptions only, not a full recount

Open the floor, close the cage, load out, lock the yard: you touch only what changed, so a shift change doesn't mean a full recount.

What's real vs. what's roadmap

Money doesn't move until you confirm, and the screen is honest about what isn't connected yet.

The confirm step does not bend

Money, receiving, and shift-change release only on a typed or tapped confirm. Annabelle can queue an action; she cannot release one. A stock-counter cannot pretend to be the manager, and cannot change pack size, cost, the books, or orders.

Costs from list price, and it says so

Square sale intake is built and tested and links to the customer's Square account. Until that account is linked, cost figures are worked out from list price, and the screen tells you that plainly. Competitor pricing stays off the customer screen entirely.

Square and Bound: built and tested

Square sale intake and Bound bill retrieval are built and tested; connect your Square account and Bound books to use them. Native iOS/Android apps and a shared login with Command Center are staged next. Money still needs a human confirm when they land; that rule does not get rebuilt weaker.

How it compares

Cage against BinWise, MarketMan, and Sortly.

Every one of these three is built for one vertical (bar, restaurant, or trade), not both. Square sale intake and Bound bill retrieval are built and tested; Cage links to the customer's Square account and Bound books. Cage runs in any browser and installs as an app today; its native iOS and Android builds are scaffolded and not yet on the stores. The single-vertical players already have both.

Feature Cage BinWiseMarketManSortly
One system for both bar/venue liquor inventory AND trade/yard parts inventory Yes no: bar/liquor onlyno: restaurant/bar onlyno: general/trade only, no bar-specific features
Voice-based stock counting Yes Unclear from public pageUnclear from public pageUnclear from public page
Photo-based invoice receiving that flags implausible pricing before it posts Yes Partial: invoice upload exists, no pricing-sanity check statedyes: AI invoice scansUnclear from public page
A shortage becomes a persistent, named record, open until resolved, not just a report line Yes Partial: variance report, no case-record describedPartial: variance shown as a metric, no case-record describedHas low-stock alerts; no named shortage case
Point-of-sale integration for real-time cost data Square sale intake built and tested; links to your Square account yes: connects with 30+ POS and accounting systems, incl. 50 via Avero (checked live 2026-09-21, was "unclear" on the 3 Sep read)yes: Square, Toast, Lightspeed, CloverNo
Purchase-order workflow with over-receipt prevention Yes Partial: stages/prevention not detailedPartial: stages/prevention not detailedPartial: no draft state documented
Native iOS/Android app Runs in any browser and installs as an app today; native builds scaffolded, not yet on the stores YesYesYes
Monthly cost beyond your plan Included with every Command Center tier, no per-seat charges Not published: demo/quote only$249/mo (Starter)Free to $299/mo ($24/mo Advanced is a first-year promo, not the ongoing price)

Competitor figures pulled from each vendor's own pricing/feature pages, 2026-09-03. Cage features drawn from what's live today per this page and the internal capability catalog.

Works with the internet off

Your inventory keeps working if the internet drops.

Every screen you use day to day loads and shows your real data with no outside connection at all. Cage makes zero outbound calls once you are signed in.

In House

How Cage runs inside House.

In House, Cage is Chef's side: the walk-in, the count, the order that waits for Send. Prep follows the guarantee, not the hopeful headcount. House opens from Command Center.

Back to the House door

Get started

Start empty, or walk The Marlin first.

Sign in and name your own business (a venue or a yard) and import your spreadsheet. Or load the Stinger demo to see a fully seeded venue and yard before you commit a single real count.

Related: send counted costs straight into Bound for the books, or see Cage inside the full Stinger platform.

Talk to Vincent See the full lineup

On your phone and tablet

Cage's overview shows The Marlin sample inventory inside the Blue Water demo workspace, including stock levels and shortages. Review the stock position before moving into the shelf count or purchase order.
Cage's overview shows The Marlin sample inventory inside the Blue Water demo workspace, including stock levels and shortages. Review the stock position before moving into the shelf count or purchase order.
The Marlin sample's missing-stock view lists inventory discrepancies for investigation. Review the count history before resolving a shortage so the stock decision stays attached to the missing item.
The Marlin sample's missing-stock view lists inventory discrepancies for investigation. Review the count history before resolving a shortage so the stock decision stays attached to the missing item.
The Marlin sample night sheet compares event requirements with the stock on hand, including the Noche Latina service. Check the needed quantities before pulling stock to the rail so the event demand is visible beside the count.
The Marlin sample night sheet compares event requirements with the stock on hand, including the Noche Latina service. Check the needed quantities before pulling stock to the rail so the event demand is visible beside the count.
Cage's overview shows The Marlin sample inventory inside the Blue Water demo workspace, including stock levels and shortages. Review the stock position before moving into the shelf count or purchase order.
Cage's overview shows The Marlin sample inventory inside the Blue Water demo workspace, including stock levels and shortages. Review the stock position before moving into the shelf count or purchase order.
The Marlin sample's missing-stock view lists inventory discrepancies for investigation. Review the count history before resolving a shortage so the stock decision stays attached to the missing item.
The Marlin sample's missing-stock view lists inventory discrepancies for investigation. Review the count history before resolving a shortage so the stock decision stays attached to the missing item.
The Marlin sample night sheet compares event requirements with the stock on hand, including the Noche Latina service. Check the needed quantities before pulling stock to the rail so the event demand is visible beside the count.
The Marlin sample night sheet compares event requirements with the stock on hand, including the Noche Latina service. Check the needed quantities before pulling stock to the rail so the event demand is visible beside the count.

Locations, roles and stock moves

Rooms, roles, and stock that moves without going negative.

Locations and roles

Set up locations and rooms with walker, desk and administrator roles; the server limits what each role can change.

Stock transfers

Transfer stock between rooms, and record draws, waste and adjustments; a transfer that would go below zero is refused.

First-expiry-first-out

Stock with lot numbers is drawn oldest-expiry first.

Equipment custody

Check a tool out to a person, job or vehicle and back in, with condition and photos; serialized items need a photo at dispatch.

Receiving and the three-way check

Catching a bad delivery before it posts.

Invoice desk

At the desk, fix a pack size, apply it to the chosen purchase lines, set the category, and mark the invoice reviewed.

Three-way check

Compare what was billed, received, sold, lost and counted, and see shortages, overcounts and billed-but-not-received goods; a missing opening count stays unknown.

Duplicate-safe receiving

Receiving the same delivery twice is blocked, and invoice references and serials are saved.

Buy list export

Export or share the buy list as text. Cage does not place the order with the distributor.

Reports and connections

What's built, and what it needs to connect to.

Stock reports and labels

Print item labels, export CSV, and save a stock report or screen as PDF or image.

Square and Bound

Square sale intake and Bound bill retrieval are built and tested; they work once the customer's Square account and Bound books are linked.

Sortly and inFlow

Bring inventory over from Sortly or inFlow with column mapping and conflict handling once the accounts are connected.

One shared inventory book

Everyone on the team works from one saved inventory book; a save from an out-of-date screen is flagged as a conflict instead of overwriting.

On your machine

Get it on your desk

One click from the browser

Install it as an app

Install it straight from the browser in one click. It gets its own icon on your desktop and taskbar, and opens in its own window.

  • Chrome / Edge the Install icon in the address bar, or menu > Install (Apps > Install this site as an app).
  • Safari (Mac) File > Add to Dock.
  • Safari (iOS) Share > Add to Home Screen.

Android

Google Play

On Google Play, in review.

iOS

TestFlight

Via TestFlight, pending.

No app to install to see it, ask Vincent for the demo.

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