Dishboard review
A free web tool for detailed recipe, portion, waste, and delivery profitability analysis.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Dishboard is web-based recipe costing and menu pricing software for restaurants, cafes, bakeries, food trucks, and delivery kitchens. It is designed for food businesses that need to understand the cost and profitability of dishes without adding a subscription. Recipes can include ingredients, packaging, prep recipes, and portion calculations, while the platform reports food cost percentage, gross profit, gross margin, and suggested pricing. Yield and waste adjustments also support more realistic dish costing.
The pricing structure is straightforward: Dishboard has a Free plan with unlimited menu items, ingredients, supplies, and prep recipes. That plan includes delivery profitability analysis, recipe cards, costing exports, shared workspaces, and shopping lists. The published features also include CSV ingredient import and costing-sheet exports, which can help move existing ingredient information into the platform or share calculations outside it. Recipe cards can hide cost figures from kitchen staff, separating preparation guidance from financial details.
Dishboard’s standout area is profitability analysis across changing inputs and sales channels. Ingredient price-change impact analysis shows how cost changes affect recipes, while delivery comparisons cover DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub, and custom channels. This makes it a practical choice for operators focused on menu pricing and delivery margins. It should not be selected as a replacement for inventory or broader restaurant operations software: it does not provide inventory counts, POS, accounting, payroll, supplier ordering, or staff scheduling. Businesses seeking focused, free costing should find the scope well aligned; those needing stock control or integrated back-office operations should choose a different product.
Dishboard pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Free plan includes unlimited menu items, ingredients, supplies, and prep recipes
- Analyzes ingredient, packaging, portion, yield, waste, and delivery-channel costs
- Exports recipe cards and costing sheets, with shared workspaces and shopping lists
- Where it doesn't
- No inventory tracking or inventory counts
- Does not include POS, accounting, payroll, or supplier ordering
- Web-based only, with no official multi-location capability
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