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Head-to-head · Restaurant Recipe Costing Software

OpenKitchen vs Galley

  • Updated Sep 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 2 checks side by side
OpenKitchen #4 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software —/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 5 features Visit OpenKitchen
Higher score Galley #8 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software 5.0/10 Free plan · paid from $99/mo Free plan✓ 0 of 5 features Visit Galley

OpenKitchen leads on 1 check, Galley on 0, and 1 is even. Who comes out ahead on the 2 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreGalley · 5.0/10
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresOpenKitchen · 1 of 5

Our editors rank OpenKitchen at #4 and Galley at #8 for restaurant recipe costing software; OpenKitchen has no rubric score yet (facts researched, not yet scored), so the checks below decide.

OpenKitchen offers multi-location support; Galley doesn't publish it.

OpenKitchen is the better fit for technical teams wanting open-source costing. Galley is the better fit for operators needing purchasing and supplier connectivity.

  • OpenKitchen fits best

    Technical teams wanting open-source costing

  • Galley fits best

    Operators needing purchasing and supplier connectivity

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Side by side

Feature OpenKitchen —/10 Visit ↗ Galley 5.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score — 5.0
Ranking #4 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software #8 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software
Best for Technical teams wanting open-source costing Operators needing purchasing and supplier connectivity
Pricing model Free Free plan + paid
Starting price Not published $99/mo
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Docs, Community Phone, Tickets, Docs
Integrations 6 integrations 25+ integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features OpenKitchen 1/5 · Galley 0/5
Inventory tracking Not published Not published
Yield and portion scaling Not published Not published
Menu profitability Not published Not published
Ingredient price updates Not published Not published
Multi-location support ✓ (best) Not published
Specs
Recipe limit Not published Not published
Our review
Pros
  • Recursive costing covers ingredients, recipes and sub-recipes.
  • Tracks supplier prices, invoices, inventory variance and production usage.
  • Self-hosting, integrations and a JSON API support custom workflows.
  • 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
Cons
  • Purchase-order creation and tracking are outside the documented workflows.
  • Delivery-receiving workflows are not part of the described feature set.
  • Deployment under AGPL-3.0 requires technical ownership of the self-hosted option.
  • 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
Our verdict

OpenKitchen is open-source back-of-house software for independent restaurants, multi-site groups, commissary kitchens, caterers, bakeries and cloud kitchens. It brings ingredients, suppliers, recipes, food-cost calculations, inventory,…

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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,…

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  1. OpenKitchenRestaurant Recipe Costing Software —Free plan
  2. GalleyRestaurant Recipe Costing Software 5.0Free plan · paid from $99/mo

Strengths and trade-offs

  • OpenKitchen — where it wins

    • Recursive costing covers ingredients, recipes and sub-recipes.
    • Tracks supplier prices, invoices, inventory variance and production usage.
    • Self-hosting, integrations and a JSON API support custom workflows.

    Where it doesn't

    • Purchase-order creation and tracking are outside the documented workflows.
    • Delivery-receiving workflows are not part of the described feature set.
    • Deployment under AGPL-3.0 requires technical ownership of the self-hosted option.

  • 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
  • OpenKitchen—/10 · Free plan

    A free, open-source costing system with unusually broad inventory and supplier workflows.

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  • Galley5.0/10 · Free plan · paid from $99/mo

    A broad foodservice platform with free recipe costing and paid purchasing workflows.

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026