Prep Station review
A broad catering operations suite with strong production and delivery coverage.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Prep Station is operations software for caterers and foodservice teams managing the path from recipe to event execution. It brings together recipe costing based on yields and vendor prices, menu management, sales orders, quotes, online storefronts, banquet event orders, production planning, purchasing, inventory, delivery coordination, staffing, time clocks, and customer payments. That breadth makes it a fit for full-service caterers, single kitchens, catering businesses, and multi-kitchen operations that need kitchen and front-of-house workflows in one web-based system.
Pricing is divided into three monthly plans. Kitchen costs $79 per month and includes recipes and recipe costing, menu management, meal and production planning, team discussion, and reports. Catering costs $99 per month and adds sales orders, an online storefront, group orders, Delivery Hub, customer payments, and an AI chat assistant. Operations costs $249 per month and adds CRM and opportunities, inventory management, purchase orders, attendance and time clock tools, tasks and checklists, and API access. Annual plans are listed at $790, $990, and $2,490 for Kitchen, Catering, and Operations respectively. There is no free plan, so the product is better suited to teams ready to pay for a connected operating system rather than a lightweight starter tool.
The strongest case for Prep Station is its coverage of execution details: BEOs for kitchen and front-of-house teams, multi-day event tickets, meal and production planning, purchasing and invoice matching, and Delivery Hub tools for dispatch, drivers, manifests, and DoorDash Drive. The AI assistant supports costing, prep, recipes, and quote drafting. The listed integrations are Stripe and DoorDash Drive, with API access on Operations. Choose Prep Station when production, delivery, staffing, and event workflows matter together; choose a narrower tool when limited scope, a free plan, or a different integration ecosystem is the priority.
Prep Station pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Connects recipe costing, menus, orders, production, and purchasing
- Supports BEOs, staffing, time clocks, dispatch, and event execution
- Includes storefronts, customer payments, AI assistance, and API access
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan is available
- Operations features require the $249 monthly plan
- Listed integrations are Stripe and DoorDash Drive
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