- 1Runs onWeb
- 2CostsFree plan · paid from $4/mo
- 3Inventory trackingYes
- 4Yield and portion scalingYes
- 5Menu profitabilityYes
- 6Ingredient price updatesYes
- 7Multi-location supportYes
Overview
Chefy is a web-based hospitality costing platform for kitchens, bars and multi-venue groups. It tracks food costs and menu margins, with product price changes updating costs through recipes and menu items. Chefy Core supports nested recipes, standard products, wastage recording and approval workflows; its free plan includes one core venue, costing, recipes, bulk product import and real-time costing updates. Chefy can process supplier invoices with AI to extract prices. It syncs Square sales and menu items to costed recipes; Square is the POS it currently links to. Chefy Admin provides performance analytics, contribution margin, approvals and audit logs across venues. Chefy Go offers mobile-first tools for prep, wastage recording and stock counting on the floor. Margin threshold alerts and automated daily reports provide further monitoring. Chefy says data is encrypted at rest, hosted in Australia and automatically backed up, and that it does not hold formal certifications such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001. Core is free; modules start at $12.00 USD per month per module.
Who it is for
Chefy suits hospitality operators who need recipe and menu costing, from single venues to multi-venue groups. It may also suit teams seeking Square-linked sales data and floor tools for prep and stock counting.
What is good
- Free Core plan includes one venue and recipes.
- Product price changes update recipe and menu costs.
- AI invoice processing extracts supplier prices.
- Admin provides multi-venue analytics and audit logs.
- Margin alerts and daily reports support monitoring.
What to know first
- Currently links only with Square POS.
- Formal SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications are not held.
- Additional venues cost $65.00 USD per month each.
- Additional users cost $4.00 USD per month each.
Verdict
Chefy combines recipe costing, price updates and venue analytics, with a free Core plan for one venue. Check the separate module, user and venue charges, and note that Square is its current POS link.
Chefy plans and pricing
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- Free plan
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- Paid from
- $12/mochefyapp.com
- Inventory tracking
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- Yield and portion scaling
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- Menu profitability
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- Ingredient price updates
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- Multi-location support
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Facts
- Product
- Chefy is a hospitality costing platform that helps venues see food costs and margins in real time.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Recipe costing
- Chefy Core supports nested recipes, standard products, wastage recording and approval workflows.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Live costs
- Product price changes cascade through recipes into menu items and update their costs.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Invoice processing
- Chefy can process supplier invoices with AI to extract prices automatically.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Square integration
- Chefy syncs Square sales and menu items and matches sales to costed recipes; the site says Square is the POS it links to today.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Analytics
- Chefy Admin provides performance analytics, contribution margin, approvals and audit logs across venues.chefyapp · 29 Sept 2026
- Chefy Go
- Chefy Go provides mobile-first tools for prep, wastage recording and stock counting on the floor.chefyapp · 29 Sept 2026
- Reporting and alerts
- Chefy offers threshold alerts when margins breach targets and automated daily reports with key insights and trends.chefyapp · 29 Sept 2026
- Security
- Chefy says traffic uses HTTPS/TLS, data is encrypted at rest, hosted in Australia and backed up automatically.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Access controls
- Chefy says it provides granular per-user permissions and a full audit log of changes.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Payments
- Card payments are handled by Square and Stripe, and Chefy says it does not store card numbers.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Certifications
- Chefy states that it does not yet hold formal certifications such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Support
- Chefy describes its support as local and invites users to book a demo to see the product with their menu and numbers.chefyapp.com · 29 Sept 2026
- Intended users
- Chefy is built for hospitality venues, including kitchens, bars and multi-venue groups.chefyapp · 29 Sept 2026
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Sources
- chefyapp.com/about· checked 29 Sept 2026
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- chefyapp.com/integrations/square· checked 29 Sept 2026
- chefyapp· checked 29 Sept 2026
- chefyapp.com/security· checked 29 Sept 2026
- chefyapp.com/pricing/multi-venue· checked 29 Sept 2026