Comparison · 2026
alkatera vs Zevero for drinks brands.
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The short answer
Both are carbon platforms used by UK drinks brands, and both cover Scope 1, 2 and 3. alkatera is built only for drinks producers, includes product footprints (per bottle, can or keg) on every plan, and adds water scarcity, land use, packaging and green-claims checks. It is self-serve, with the alkatera team on hand to help you get set up, from £99 a month with a 30-day free trial. Zevero covers food and beverage alongside other sectors, works with an expert team, and is sold by quote on a one-year minimum, with product footprints as an add-on from £500 per product. If you want a drinks-native tool you can start today, choose alkatera. If you want an expert-led service across several sectors, or a verified EPD, Zevero may suit you better.
The two at a glance.
| alkatera | Zevero | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it is built for | Drinks producers only: breweries, distilleries, wineries and soft drink brands | Food and beverage brands, plus manufacturing and professional services |
| Company carbon footprint | Scope 1, 2 and the Scope 3 categories that matter to a drinks producer (1 to 7, 9, 11 and 12) | Scope 1, 2 and 3, with all 15 Scope 3 categories on every plan |
| Product footprints | Included on every plan (10, 30 or 100 LCAs). Cradle-to-gate, -shelf, -consumer or -grave, per bottle, can or keg | Add-on, from £500 per product |
| Beyond carbon | Per product: blue, green and grey water, AWARE water scarcity, land use, eutrophication, acidification, ecotoxicity, packaging and waste | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Data quality | Data-quality scoring and an uncertainty range on every LCA | Not stated on the pages we read |
| Green-claims checks | Checks web pages, documents and copy against the CMA Green Claims Code, the UK DMCC Act and EU Directive 2024/825 | Not stated on the pages we read |
| B Corp | B Corp readiness tool (B Lab Standards V2.2), included | B Corp audit add-on from £750 |
| Social and governance | People and culture, community impact and governance, included | AI-powered ESG reporting add-on from £1,000 |
| Verified EPDs | Not offered. LCA reports are structured to ISO 14044 and ISO 14067; any independent review or verification is arranged by you | Add-on, from £10,000 per product |
| Standards | Company: GHG Protocol and ISO 14064. Products: ISO 14067 and ISO 14044 | Methodology aligned with GHG Protocol and ISO 14064 |
| How you work with it | Self-serve software you run yourself, with help from the alkatera team | Software with an expert team that reviews your method |
| Help getting set up | Calls and email with the alkatera team as you get set up; guided set-up that starts from your website; a set-up checklist in every room; Rosa, the in-app assistant | Guided onboarding on every plan; an expert reviews your method at set-up and key milestones; more hands-on support on higher plans |
| Price | Seed £99, Blossom £249, Canopy £599 a month (founding partner rates) | By quote. Zevero Lite (Scope 1 and 2) from £1,500 a year |
| Trial and contract | 30-day free trial. You save a card, but it is never charged automatically | No free self-serve trial; one-year minimum on all plans |
| Time to a first footprint | You build your first product LCA yourself, during the free trial | Typically 8 to 12 weeks, per Zevero |
| Named integrations | Drinks production: Breww (breweries) and vintrace (wineries). Accounting: Xero, Sage and QuickBooks. People: CharlieHR. Inventory: Unleashed (beta) | ERP and core systems; Unleashed and Xero named in a case study |
| Where it is based | UK (Avallen Solutions Ltd, trading as alkatera) | London, Singapore and Tokyo |
Zevero facts are from zevero.earth, read 7 November 2026. “Not stated” means the pages we read did not say, not that Zevero cannot do it. Prices exclude VAT where the source does.
Where alkatera is the better fit.
alkatera is made only for drinks. The ingredients, packaging formats and production steps of a drink are already modelled: barley, grapes, agave and cane; glass, aluminium, kegs and PET; the brewhouse, the still and the cellar. That is why every plan includes product-level footprints rather than charging for each one.
- You need a footprint for every product, not one or two. A range of ten or more SKUs is where per-product pricing adds up.
- You want more than carbon. For each product alkatera also measures blue, green and grey water, water scarcity, land use, packaging and waste, with a data-quality score and an uncertainty range.
- You make environmental claims on pack or online. alkatera checks your web pages, documents and copy against the CMA Green Claims Code, the UK DMCC Act and EU Directive 2024/825 before they go out.
- You want to start now and on a monthly plan. The trial is 30 days and free, and you can build your first product LCA in it.
- You run a brewery or a winery. Breweries get the brewhouse and wineries get the winery, each a free room on every plan, and alkatera connects to the production software they already use: Breww for brewers and vintrace for winemakers. See carbon footprint software for breweries.
Where Zevero may be the better fit.
A fair comparison says when the other option is better. Based on what Zevero publishes, Zevero may suit you better if:
- Your business spans several sectors, not only drinks. Zevero serves food and beverage, manufacturing and professional services.
- You want an expert team closely involved in your footprint. alkatera helps you get set up and answers your questions, but you do the work in the software. Zevero’s plans include expert method reviews at key milestones, and its higher plans add data preparation and more hands-on support.
- You need a third-party verified Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) handled for you. Zevero offers this end to end. alkatera gives you the LCA report, and verification is up to you.
- You have teams in Asia. Zevero has offices in London, Singapore and Tokyo.
How alkatera helps you get set up.
alkatera is software you run yourself, but you are not left alone with it. The help comes in two parts.
- People. The alkatera team talks with brands every week. We help you get set up, answer your questions, and work through your first footprints with you. Email hello@alkatera.com or book a call.
- Guided set-up in the app. Set-up starts from your website and builds draft products for you to check. Every part of the platform has its own set-up checklist and a help panel.
- Rosa, the in-app assistant. Rosa answers questions about your data, reads your bills and documents, proposes entries for you to confirm, and can raise a support request for you.
This is lighter than an expert-led service. If you want a specialist to collect your data and review your method at every step, an expert-led platform or a consultancy will do more of the work for you.
Price and contract, side by side.
alkatera publishes its prices. Every plan is the whole platform; the plans differ by size (people, products, sites and reports). Annual billing is ten months for the price of twelve. See plans and pricing.
Zevero’s three main plans (Essential, Leading and Premium) are sold by quote, so we do not state a price for them. Zevero publishes these starting prices for its other products:
| Zevero product | Starting price (as published) |
|---|---|
| Zevero Lite (Scope 1 and 2) | From £1,500 a year |
| Product carbon footprint | From £500 per product |
| AI-powered ESG reporting | From £1,000 |
| Decarbonisation strategy | From £2,000 |
| B Corp audit | From £750 |
| Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) | From £10,000 per product |
Source: zevero.earth/pricing, read 7 November 2026. Other sites quote figures for Zevero’s main plans; Zevero does not publish them, so neither do we.
Drinks brands that use each.
Zevero names several drinks customers on its site, including Jubel, DEYA, Stroud Brewery, Alliance Wine and Artisan Drinks. Zevero is a capable choice that a number of UK breweries use.
alkatera works only with drinks producers. Read how UNROOTED Drinks modelled all 11 of its products to ISO 14067, and what changed when the footprint was rebuilt from real data.
Frequently asked questions.
Is alkatera or Zevero better for a drinks brand?
For a drinks-only brand that wants a footprint on every product, plus water, packaging and green-claims checks, alkatera is built for the job and starts at £99 a month. For a business across several sectors, or one that wants an expert-led service or a verified EPD, Zevero may be the better fit.
How much does Zevero cost compared with alkatera?
alkatera publishes its prices: £99, £249 or £599 a month, with a 30-day free trial that is never charged automatically. Zevero sells its main plans by quote on a one-year minimum. It publishes starting prices for add-ons, such as product carbon footprints from £500 per product and Zevero Lite (Scope 1 and 2) from £1,500 a year.
Do both cover Scope 3?
Yes. Both measure Scope 1, 2 and 3. Zevero states that all 15 Scope 3 categories are on every plan. alkatera calculates the Scope 3 categories that matter to a drinks producer (1 to 7, 9, 11 and 12) and builds them up product by product, which is where most of a drinks brand’s footprint sits. The rest can be marked as excluded, with a reason.
Which standards do they follow?
alkatera builds company footprints to the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064, and product LCAs to ISO 14067 and ISO 14044. Zevero says its methodology is aligned with the GHG Protocol and ISO 14064.
Does alkatera help you get set up?
Yes. The alkatera team talks with brands every week to help them get set up, answer questions and work through their first footprints. In the app, set-up starts from your website, every room has a set-up checklist, and Rosa answers questions and reads your documents. It is lighter than an expert-led service such as Zevero’s, where an expert reviews your method at key milestones.
Can I switch from Zevero to alkatera?
Yes. alkatera can import accounting data from Xero, Sage or QuickBooks, inventory from Unleashed (in beta) and production data from Breww or vintrace, and Rosa can read your bills and documents. Check your Zevero contract terms first, as Zevero states a one-year minimum on all plans.
Sources.
Facts about Zevero come only from Zevero’s own pages, read on 7 November 2026. Facts about alkatera come from alkatera’s own pages. If anything here is out of date, email hello@alkatera.com and we will correct it.
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