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Head-to-head · Restaurant Recipe Costing Software

OpenKitchen vs RistoBrain

  • Updated Sep 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 6 checks side by side
OpenKitchen #4 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software —/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 5 features Visit OpenKitchen
Higher score RistoBrain #5 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software 8.8/10 Free plan · paid from €19/mo Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit RistoBrain

OpenKitchen leads on 0 checks, RistoBrain on 4, and 2 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 scoreRistoBrain · 8.8/10
  • Free planboth
  • Most featuresRistoBrain · 5 of 5

Our editors rank OpenKitchen at #4 and RistoBrain at #5 for restaurant recipe costing software; OpenKitchen has no rubric score yet (facts researched, not yet scored), so the checks below decide.

RistoBrain offers inventory tracking; OpenKitchen doesn't publish it. RistoBrain offers yield and portion scaling; OpenKitchen doesn't publish it. RistoBrain offers menu profitability; OpenKitchen doesn't publish it. RistoBrain offers ingredient price updates; OpenKitchen doesn't publish it.

OpenKitchen is the better fit for technical teams wanting open-source costing. RistoBrain is the better fit for small restaurants wanting AI-assisted costing.

  • OpenKitchen fits best

    Technical teams wanting open-source costing

  • RistoBrain fits best

    Small restaurants wanting AI-assisted costing

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Side by side

Feature OpenKitchen —/10 Visit ↗ RistoBrain 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score — 8.8
Ranking #4 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software #5 in Restaurant Recipe Costing Software
Best for Technical teams wanting open-source costing Small restaurants wanting AI-assisted costing
Pricing model Free Free plan + paid
Starting price Not published Not published
Free plan ✓ ✓
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud, Mobile
Platforms Web Web
Support Docs, Community Email
Built for Small business, Mid-market Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features OpenKitchen 1/5 · RistoBrain 5/5
Inventory tracking Not published ✓ (best)
Yield and portion scaling Not published ✓ (best)
Menu profitability Not published ✓ (best)
Ingredient price updates Not published ✓ (best)
Multi-location support ✓ ✓
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.
  • Automatic food-cost calculation from recipes and supplier prices
  • Invoice extraction supports XML, PDF and photo uploads
  • Menu engineering, inventory tracking and AI-assisted recommendations
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.
  • The Free plan supports only 1 location, 30 recipes and 50 ingredients
  • Advanced menu engineering starts with the €49-per-month Pro plan
  • Multi-restaurant teams and roles require the €99-per-month Business plan
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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RistoBrain is browser-based software for restaurants that need to calculate dish food costs, monitor ingredients and evaluate menu profitability. It connects recipes, ingredient quantities and supplier prices to automatic food-cost…

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  1. OpenKitchenRestaurant Recipe Costing Software —Free plan
  2. RistoBrainRestaurant Recipe Costing Software 8.8Free plan · paid from €19/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.

  • RistoBrain — where it wins

    • Automatic food-cost calculation from recipes and supplier prices
    • Invoice extraction supports XML, PDF and photo uploads
    • Menu engineering, inventory tracking and AI-assisted recommendations

    Where it doesn't

    • The Free plan supports only 1 location, 30 recipes and 50 ingredients
    • Advanced menu engineering starts with the €49-per-month Pro plan
    • Multi-restaurant teams and roles require the €99-per-month Business plan

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Sep 2026