Head-to-head · Restaurant Recipe Costing Software
Cucinovo vs Galley
Cucinovo leads on 4 checks, Galley on 0, and 1 is even. Who comes out ahead on the 5 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 featuresCucinovo · 4 of 5
Cucinovo scores higher on our rubric for restaurant recipe costing software: 9.2 against 5.0 out of 10; our editors rank them #6 and #8.
Cucinovo offers yield and portion scaling; Galley doesn't publish it. Cucinovo offers menu profitability; Galley doesn't publish it. Cucinovo offers ingredient price updates; Galley doesn't publish it. Cucinovo offers multi-location support; Galley doesn't publish it.
Cucinovo is the better fit for growing teams wanting scalable recipe operations. Galley is the better fit for operators needing purchasing and supplier connectivity.
- Cucinovo fits best
Growing teams wanting scalable recipe operations
- Galley fits best
Operators needing purchasing and supplier connectivity
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Side by side
| Feature | Cucinovo 9.2/10 Visit ↗ | Galley 5.0/10 Visit ↗ |
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| At a glance | ||
| Editor score | 9.2 | 5.0 |
| Ranking | #6 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software | #8 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software |
| Best for | Growing teams wanting scalable recipe operations | Operators needing purchasing and supplier connectivity |
| Pricing model | Free plan + paid | Free plan + paid |
| Starting price | Not published | $99/mo |
| Free plan | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Support | Email, Docs | Phone, Tickets, Docs |
| Integrations | 1 integrations | 25+ integrations |
| Built for | Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise |
| Features Cucinovo 4/5 · Galley 0/5 | ||
| Inventory tracking | Not published | Not published |
| Yield and portion scaling | ✓ (best) | Not published |
| Menu profitability | ✓ (best) | Not published |
| Ingredient price updates | ✓ (best) | Not published |
| Multi-location support | ✓ (best) | Not published |
| Specs | ||
| Recipe limit | Not published | Not published |
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| Our verdict | 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 → |
Galley is a culinary resource planning platform for restaurants, caterers, commissaries, contract foodservice providers, and multi-unit operators. It brings recipe and menu management together with ingredient costs, production planning,… Read the review → |
Strengths and trade-offs
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
Galley — where it wins
- Free plan includes recipe costing, menus, and production planning
- EDI, POS, supplier connections, and an open API support connected operations
- Covers recipes, inventory, purchasing, nutrition, allergens, and labeling
Where it doesn't
- Paid SMB pricing starts at $99 per month
- Larger operations go through a customized sales process
- Its wide feature set may exceed the needs of recipe-only teams
- 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 → - Galley5.0/10 · Free plan · paid from $99/mo
A broad foodservice platform with free recipe costing and paid purchasing workflows.
Visit GalleyFull verdict →
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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026