The Catermonkey alternative for caterers & event venues
Univents brings bookings, kitchen, staff and finances into one system. Here is how Catermonkey compares head-to-head.
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What is Catermonkey?
Catermonkey is a Belgian-Dutch all-in-one app for caterers, food trucks and event venues that bundles the journey from quote request through automatic production lists to the final invoice in one system.
Highly polished, customer-configurable quoting plus Benelux localisation with Peppol e-invoicing and links to local suppliers (Sligro, Hanos)
Univents vs Catermonkey in detail
- 1Catermonkey keeps the email history per request and order in the system; the product page does not describe a mailbox that an AI reads along (as of 5 Oct 2026).
- 2Online payments run through the built-in Stripe integration.
- 3Peppol e-invoicing and a Lexware Office connection are available; Catermonkey does not list XRechnung, ZUGFeRD or DATEV (as of 5 Oct 2026).
- 4Catermonkey uses AI for importing (orders from customer emails and PDFs, menus, price lists); the product page does not describe an assistant for day-to-day work (as of 5 Oct 2026).
- 5Interface in German and English; multilingual finance documents from the Growth plan.
- 6According to the product page, the AI extracts order details from a customer email or PDF and brings them into Catermonkey (as of 5 Oct 2026).
- 7Catermonkey offers an API key, documentation and webhooks; an MCP interface is not described (as of 5 Oct 2026).
Why teams choose Univents
Univents is DACH-first with XRechnung, DATEV and GoBD-compliant accounting plus German-language support. Catermonkey is built for the Benelux region (Peppol, accounting tools such as Yuki, WinBooks or Visma, suppliers such as Sligro and Hanos); from the German market it connects Lexware Office, but Catermonkey does not list DATEV or XRechnung (as of October 2026).
Univents includes an AI assistant for day-to-day work (voice memo to event, a connected mail inbox it reads, chat commands, trained on your data). According to its product page, Catermonkey uses AI for importing – for example to bring in orders from customer emails and PDFs, menus or price lists.
Univents offers staff and shift scheduling in the same system – a dispatch board, automatic staffing suggestions and replacement search. Catermonkey advertises staff as an availability request and points to connected tools such as Shiftbase or CrewBrain for shift scheduling.
With Univents, multilingualism, inventory and integrations are included in the product, whereas Catermonkey charges these as paid add-ons (multilingualism EUR 95, material inventory EUR 20, integrations EUR 19.50/month) on top of the plan.
Pricing compared
7-day free trial, no credit card. Then from €55/month for quotes or from €299/month for the full platform — fair and transparent.
Public pricing (excl. VAT): Starter EUR 62.50/month, Fully Digital EUR 125/month, King EUR 246/month; monthly cancellation, 14-day free trial without a credit card. Several capabilities are paid add-ons: multilingualism EUR 95/month, material inventory EUR 20/month, integrations EUR 19.50/month, WooCommerce connection EUR 32/month, mileage fee EUR 20/month, additional brand EUR 95/month, extra management account EUR 37.50/month; one-time Carefree Package EUR 995. (As of October 2026.)
FAQ: Univents vs Catermonkey
Is Catermonkey a good Univents alternative?
Catermonkey is strong if your business is based in the Benelux countries and you need polished quoting with local supplier and Peppol connections. If you need XRechnung, DATEV and GoBD, an AI assistant and a connected mail inbox, Univents is the better fit.
Does Catermonkey offer German compliance like XRechnung and DATEV?
Catermonkey supports Peppol e-invoicing and accounting tools mainly from Belgium and the Netherlands such as Yuki, WinBooks and Visma; from the German market it connects Lexware Office. Catermonkey does not list DATEV, XRechnung or ZUGFeRD (as of October 2026). Univents, by contrast, is explicitly built for DACH compliance.
How much does Catermonkey cost?
Catermonkey has public pricing (excl. VAT): Starter EUR 62.50/month, Fully Digital EUR 125/month and King EUR 246/month, cancellable monthly with a 14-day free trial. Capabilities such as multilingualism (EUR 95), material inventory (EUR 20), integrations (EUR 19.50) and the WooCommerce connection (EUR 32/month) are paid add-ons; the one-time Carefree Package costs EUR 995. (As of October 2026.)
Has anyone switched from Catermonkey to Univents yet?
Yes. In October 2026 an event caterer from Germany moved from Catermonkey to Univents. During the move we rebuilt its quote and invoice templates in the familiar look and set up its order form for seasonal packages as a Univents booking page. Discount codes on the booking page and online signatures on quotes are available in Univents as well.
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