Who is Feast Analytics for?
Feast Analytics offers three different marketing products for independent restaurants.[1] The Revenue Analyzer trains a model on your sales history.[1] Remy operates as a content automation system for your restaurant.[2] The full Feast Analytics plan runs the campaigns for you.[1] Local content creators produce the ads for your marketing campaigns.[2] The full service manages campaign pages and guest follow-up texts.[1] Feast Analytics handles the execution while you make the decisions.[2]
The service also works for restaurants before their opening day.[2] Most of your work with the company happens over text.[2] You text a monthly sales goal to the Feast Analytics team.[2] The team builds a marketing plan around your own restaurant.[2] You approve the overall marketing strategies and the creator content.[2] Feast Analytics texts an approval link directly to your phone.[2] Nothing goes live without an approval from the restaurant owner.[2]
You set the dishes to feature and the shots you want.[3] Clients bring their slowest days and their current marketing efforts.[2] Feast Analytics shows you what the service would take over.[2] You control the budget and anything your guests will see.[2] The service texts you when a decision needs your judgment.[2] The team recommends the next move without waiting for you.[2] Feast Analytics supports businesses with more than one restaurant location.[1]
How do CreatoRain and Feast Analytics compare?
Who finds the creators?
Feast Analytics finds local content creators by running a recruitment ad.[3] Remy publishes a paid recruitment ad from a restaurant's own Meta account.[3] The recruitment ad is targeted around the specific restaurant location.[3] Influencers discover the recruitment ad while browsing on Facebook or Instagram.[3] Interested creators then apply to film content at the restaurant.[3] Remy handles the sourcing so nobody on the restaurant team looks for creators.[3] Feast Analytics states the first creator visit is booked in seven days.[1]
CreatoRain is built specifically for restaurants rather than for every kind of business, and CreatoRain's food creators review restaurants. CreatoRain has a food-creator network, ready before you sign up.
Feast Analytics states the first creator visit is booked in seven days, whereas a CreatoRain campaign does not wait for creators to be found.[1] Feast Analytics sources creators who apply through Facebook or Instagram ads, while CreatoRain's in-house team invites creators from its food-creator network.[3]
Who contacts the creators?
Feast Analytics uses Remy to handle every message with the creators.[3] A completed visit averages 25 messages between the restaurant and a creator.[3] Remy handles the booking, the reminders, and the follow-up for the footage.[3] Remy sends the brief to every approved creator before they arrive.[3] Remy collects the files for you after the creator finishes filming.[3] Any message that needs your attention comes with a reply already drafted.[3]
CreatoRain's in-house team runs the outreach, so you do not send a single email.
Feast Analytics uses Remy to handle every message, while CreatoRain's in-house team runs the outreach.[3] Any Feast Analytics message needing you has a drafted reply, whereas CreatoRain's in-house team handles every creator reply.[3]
How does a campaign get set up?
A restaurant starts with a one-time setup to connect marketing accounts and supported sales systems.[2] A client brings a sales target and current marketing details to the initial setup process.[2] Feast Analytics builds a plan around the restaurant and sends the offer for approval.[2] A restaurant sets the dishes to feature and the days and times to host creators.[3] Approved creators book themselves into the available time windows directly.[3] Feast Analytics prices its marketing service per individual restaurant location.[1] A client starts with one location and contacts Feast Analytics to add another.[1] Feast Analytics sets up the new location and provides pricing for the addition.[1] Feast Analytics requires a client to approve the creators and the content.[1]
You add a location, and the in-house team invites and pays the creators. Creators book their own visit directly in the CreatoRain app.
To add a location on Feast Analytics, a client asks the team to set it up, while a CreatoRain location can join a running campaign any day.[1] Feast Analytics builds a plan around each restaurant, while one CreatoRain campaign holds all your locations.[2]
Who runs the day-to-day work?
Remy handles every message after a content creator applies to your restaurant.[3] Approved creators book themselves into the specific days and times you set.[3] Remy sends the filming instructions and confirms every visit by text.[3] Remy collects the video files after the creator leaves your restaurant.[3] Anything requiring your decision comes with a reply already drafted.[3] You approve the marketing strategies and the final content for your brand.[2]
CreatoRain's in-house team runs the marketing campaign for every single client. What's left for you: host the visit, and confirm bookings unless auto-confirm is on. You provide one to two meals from your own menu per creator visit.
Feast Analytics asks you to approve marketing strategies and content, while on CreatoRain you host the visit and the in-house team handles the creators.[2] A Feast Analytics creator can earn a bonus if you run their video as a partnership ad, while on CreatoRain nothing is paid in cash on top of the price.[1] Remy collects the video files for you to approve, while CreatoRain's in-house team follows up until each video is posted.[3]
What do you see afterwards?
Feast Analytics matches campaign responses to completed visits and settled checks.[2] Supported point-of-sale systems are required to track the campaign results.[2] After every campaign finishes, Feast Analytics sends a text message to you.[1] The text message explains the campaign ad spend and the attributed revenue.[1] Tracked evidence helps Feast Analytics decide what to scale next.[2] Feast Analytics also uses the tracked evidence to cut weak offers.[1] Your completed analysis appears on the Revenue Analyzer dashboard for your locations.[1] The first result helps Feast Analytics design the second test.[2] Feast Analytics compares each campaign against previous tests to refine the strategy.[2] Around day ninety, Feast Analytics reviews the results with you.[2] You choose what to scale or improve based on the attributed revenue.[2] Testing continues until Feast Analytics finds a winning campaign for you.[2] The process wraps up by comparing the spend of each campaign.[2]
CreatoRain does not measure reach or views for the submitted videos.
Feast Analytics tracks completed visits and settled checks, while CreatoRain counts booked visits and approved videos.[2] Feast Analytics reports on attributed revenue and ad spend, while CreatoRain does not measure sales or ROI.[2]
What does it cost?
Remy costs $150 a month, plus about $150 a month of recruitment ads in your own Meta account.[1] The full Feast Analytics plan costs $750 a month plus your ad budget.[1] The full plan operates on a month to month basis.[1] Feast Analytics charges these prices per restaurant location.[1] Feast Analytics does not charge any per-creator fees.[1] Creators visit your restaurant for a dining credit you set.[1] An optional bonus applies when running videos as partnership ads.[1]
CreatoRain charges $300 a video, the creator's pay included. Feast Analytics bills its plans month to month, while CreatoRain charges no monthly fee.[1]
Feast Analytics prices subscriptions per location, and CreatoRain charges the same price for any number of locations.[1] Feast Analytics creators visit for a dining credit, and CreatoRain creators visit for one to two meals.[1]
When is Feast Analytics the better pick?
Feast Analytics is a better fit when a restaurant wants unlimited videos and paid ads made from them, with the ad budget moved to what works.[1] For one location that wants a steady stream of videos, Remy costs less, with unlimited videos and no per-creator fees.[1] Feast Analytics runs a recruitment ad from a restaurant's Meta account.[3] Marketing managers see each applicant's profile, followers, and engagement.[3] Managers tap to approve or deny each creator on Feast Analytics.[3] Approved creators book themselves into the times a manager sets on Feast Analytics.[3]
Feast Analytics builds an offer, a landing page, and guest follow-up texts for every campaign.[1] Feast Analytics moves the ad budget to what works and cuts weak offers.[1] Feast Analytics uses the first campaign results to improve the offer or audience.[2] Feast Analytics texts the manager when a decision needs their judgment.[2] Feast Analytics runs paid ads from the videos for every campaign.[1] CreatoRain does not measure sales or ROI. CreatoRain does not measure foot traffic, reach, or views. Feast Analytics sends the offer and budget for a manager to approve.[2]
Why does a restaurant chain pick CreatoRain?
Feast Analytics runs a recruitment ad to find creators, while CreatoRain's food-creator network is ready before you sign up.[3] A CreatoRain campaign does not wait for creators to be found. CreatoRain uses one campaign where you add your locations. A location can join a running CreatoRain campaign any day.
CreatoRain is a done-for-you service for restaurant chains and franchises with brick-and-mortar locations. You do not send a single email on CreatoRain. Feast Analytics handles booking and reminders through Remy, and CreatoRain's in-house team follows up until each video is posted.[3]
CreatoRain's report counts each creator's booked visit by location. CreatoRain also counts the videos submitted and approved. Feast Analytics tracks each full plan campaign to visits and sales in your point-of-sale system.[1] CreatoRain charges the same per-video price for every client, the creator's pay included.