Head-to-head · Restaurant Recipe Costing Software
Chefy vs Cucinovo
Chefy leads on 1 check, Cucinovo on 0, and 5 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 6 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.
Our verdict
- Highest scoreCucinovo · 9.2/10
- Free planboth
- Most featuresChefy · 5 of 5
Cucinovo scores higher on our rubric for restaurant recipe costing software: 9.2 against 9.0 out of 10; our editors rank them #6 and #2.
Chefy offers inventory tracking; Cucinovo doesn't publish it.
Chefy is the better fit for restaurants needing broad costing and operations. Cucinovo is the better fit for growing teams wanting scalable recipe operations.
- Chefy fits best
Restaurants needing broad costing and operations
- Cucinovo fits best
Growing teams wanting scalable recipe operations
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Side by side
| Feature | Chefy 9.0/10 Visit ↗ | Cucinovo 9.2/10 Visit ↗ |
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| At a glance | ||
| Editor score | 9.0 | 9.2 |
| Ranking | #2 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software | #6 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software |
| Best for | Restaurants needing broad costing and operations | Growing teams wanting scalable recipe operations |
| Pricing model | Free plan + paid | Free plan + paid |
| Starting price | $12/mo | Not published |
| Free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Support | Email, Docs | Email, Docs |
| Integrations | 1 integrations | 1 integrations |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise | Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Features Chefy 5/5 · Cucinovo 4/5 | ||
| Inventory tracking | ✓ (best) | Not published |
| Yield and portion scaling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Menu profitability | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ingredient price updates | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-location support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Specs | ||
| Recipe limit | Not published | Not published |
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| Our verdict | Chefy is a web-based hospitality costing platform for kitchens, bars and multi-venue restaurant groups. It combines nested recipe and sub-recipe building with live recipe and menu costing, supplier product and price management, inventory,… Read the review → |
Cucinovo is a web-based recipe management and food-costing platform for home cooks, restaurants, caterers, and multi-location kitchen groups. It organizes recipes and ingredients, calculates cost per portion, scales yields and events,… Read the review → |
Strengths and trade-offs
Chefy — where it wins
- Free core costing plan with recipes, wastage and real-time updates
- Connects Square sales with menu-item cost and margin analysis
- Supports procurement, stocktakes and multi-venue oversight
Where it doesn't
- Paid capabilities are split across separate monthly modules
- Square is the only listed integration
- Formal SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications are not currently held
Cucinovo — where it wins
- Unlimited recipes, ingredients, and categories on the Free plan
- Sub-recipes, yield scaling, and automatic cost-per-portion calculations
- Pro and Enterprise plans support purchasing and multi-location operations
Where it doesn't
- Restaurant plans start at €24 per month with annual billing
- The Free plan is limited to one household and one user
- The product is available through the web, with Gmail listed as its integration
- Chefy9.0/10 · Free plan · paid from $12/mo
A broad restaurant costing platform with modular pricing for recipes, stock and procurement.
Visit ChefyFull verdict → - Cucinovo9.2/10 · Free plan · paid from €7/mo (annual) · 14-day trial
A scalable web platform covering recipe costs, purchasing, menus, and multi-location work.
Visit CucinovoFull verdict →
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026