Honest comparison
Navitas Safety's real strength is its own monitoring hardware — Smart Pods, probes and door alerts, bundled with software on a long contract. ProCafe takes the opposite approach: £19 a month, rolling, with an open API so you can connect compatible sensors when you want them.
Competitor details are taken from their published websites and pricing pages, checked July 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.
One site · minimum commitment
Their published bundle from $125/month × 24-month minimum, July 2026. ProCafe: cancel any month.
If you want monitoring hardware supplied and managed under one contract, Navitas does that properly — that's what the bundle and the 24-month term buy you. If you'd rather not commit two years, ProCafe gives you the full operations suite at £19 rolling, with an open sensor API when you're ready to automate — bring compatible devices on your own terms.
At a glance
Navitas Smart Pods, probes, door alerts — their genuine strength
Navitas: 24-month minimum
✓ included · ◐ partial / via integration or a higher tier · — not offered
What a year costs
Published prices, July 2026. Currencies shown as each product bills them.
The detail
| ProCafe | Navitas Safety | |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | £19/month + £10 per extra location | Hardware bundle from $125/month |
| Contract | Rolling monthly | 24-month minimum |
| Monitoring hardware | None of our own — an open sensor API for compatible devices | Its own Smart Pods, probes and door-open alerts — a genuine strength |
| Daily checks, allergens & records | Included, with the published customer allergen view and inspection report | Included in its safety software |
| Rotas, handover & team operations | Included | Not the product's focus |
What £19/month includes
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Common questions
No — manual checks on a phone are how most cafes run, and EHOs accept them. Sensors automate the fridge readings; whether that's worth a 24-month hardware contract is the real question this page is about.
Yes — through an open sensor API: create a key, point compatible devices at it, and readings and out-of-range alerts flow in automatically alongside manual checks. We don't sell hardware or lock it to a contract.
Navitas' published bundle carries a 24-month minimum from $125/month. ProCafe is rolling monthly — the minimum commitment is one month at £19.
14-day free trial · no card required · then £19/month + £10 per extra location