macave.io

What it is

maCave is a French online cellar management app positioned as a way to “manage your cellar in the cloud.” It is aimed at collectors of wine, cognac, whisky, rum, and liqueurs. The service can be accessed via desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers, using a responsive web design.

Core features

Its core function is managing an inventory of alcoholic beverages. Users can record the producer, appellation/region, specific bottle, area, vintage, classification, notes, price, and storage location. Around this inventory, the product also offers food-and-wine pairing lookup, search and sorting by appellation or region, stock-in/stock-out history, tasting ratings, undo actions, vintage charts and drinking-window recommendations, statistics charts, and external file import. Storage-area configuration helps users label bottle positions for easier stocktaking. A collaborative reference database includes information on hundreds of regions/appellations across multiple countries, which can be used to prefill details for new entries and reduce manual input.

Pricing and deployment

The site states that it has no ads and that membership is free, but no paid plans, capacity limits, professional edition, or enterprise edition are shown in the main content. It is deployed as a cloud-based online application, with data stored in France; no self-hosting information is provided. Payment methods are also not disclosed.

Security, integrations, and development

On security, the website says it uses SSL connections, stores data in France with daily replicated backups, and uses next-generation encryption. It also states that personal data will not be used for commercial purposes. However, the main content does not mention compliance certifications such as GDPR, ISO, or SOC. In terms of integrations, there is no description of connections to common third-party systems. The only related item mentioned is Cellar-Monitor, an Arduino-based cellar monitoring project that lets users view temperature, humidity, intrusion, and other data on the web. API and developer support are not disclosed.

Pros, cons, and who it is for

Its strengths are its strong focus on the cellar-management use case, covering entry creation, inventory, bottle locations, history, statistics, and drinking-window recommendations, while being free and ad-free. Its weaknesses are the lack of information around team collaboration, permission management, APIs, native mobile apps, a Chinese interface, and commercial support. It feels more like a personal or household collection tool than an enterprise inventory SaaS. It is suitable for users with a meaningful collection of alcoholic beverages who want a low-cost way to manage their cellar online. If you need a Chinese ecosystem, stable access from mainland China, invoicing, and local payment options, you could consider CellarTracker, Vivino, InVintory, or build your own inventory system with Notion, Feishu Base, or Excel. Access from China cannot be determined from the main content and is therefore marked as unknown.