PlateSense
platesense.ai
What it is
PlateSense is restaurant inventory and recipe-costing software that uses supplier invoices to update food costs. It extracts invoice items, quantities, units and prices, and sends entries needing a decision for review before they affect inventory. Kitchens can track ingredient stock, purchase and count history, average inventory cost and latest delivery cost. Reusable prep recipes and menu build sheets link ingredient costs to dish food cost and contribution margin, recalculating as costs change. Its assistant, Sage, answers questions about invoices, ingredients and recipe costs and can help users navigate the app. The free plan reads 15 invoices per month automatically and includes inventory, recipes, menu costing, price alerts and Sage. PlateSense Pro costs $59 a month, billed per location, and includes unlimited invoices, inventory, recipes and menu items for a team on one account. New kitchens get a 30-day trial with everything included and no card; afterward the account pauses while its data remains available. PlateSense runs on Android, iOS and the web, with invoice submission by upload or email forwarding. It does not currently compare expected ingredient usage from sales with actual usage.
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- PlateSense is restaurant inventory and recipe costing software that uses supplier invoices to update food costs.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Audience
- The site names fine dining, cafes and coffee shops, fast casual restaurants, and food trucks as intended users.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Platforms
- PlateSense runs in a browser and has iPhone and Android apps with the same data.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Integrations
- The site describes invoice submission by upload or email forwarding and mentions Sysco in an example; it does not identify a named POS integration on the pages reviewed.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Security
- The privacy policy says data is encrypted in transit and at rest, uses Firebase Authentication and restaurant-level Firestore data isolation, and is stored on Google Cloud servers in the United States.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Support
- Support is available at [email protected], and the company says it aims to respond within a few hours during business days.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- AI assistant
- Sage answers questions about restaurant invoices, ingredients and recipe costs, and can help users navigate the app.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- AI data handling
- The privacy policy says business data is not used to train PlateSense’s own models and AI processing uses Google Gemini API under terms that prohibit training on submitted API data.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Free plan limit
- The docs describe a free plan with 15 invoices per month read automatically, plus inventory, recipes, menu costing, price alerts and Sage.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Inventory
- It tracks ingredient stock, purchase and count history, average inventory cost and latest delivery cost.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Invoice processing
- It extracts invoice line items, quantities, units and prices, and holds items needing a decision for review before they affect inventory.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Notable limit
- PlateSense says it does not currently compare expected ingredient usage from sales with actual usage.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Price monitoring
- PlateSense Pro includes price alerts and a weekly price report.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Recipes and menu costing
- It supports reusable prep recipes and menu build sheets, with dish food cost and contribution margin recalculated as ingredient costs change.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
- Trial and pause
- New kitchens receive 30 days with everything included and no card; after the trial, the account pauses and built data remains available.Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
Plans and prices
PlateSense Pro $59 a month $59 per location / month Unlimited invoices · unlimited inventory, recipes and menu items · whole team on one account Read 8 Oct 2026 · platesense.ai
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Free plan reads 15 invoices monthly.
- Tracks stock, purchase history and delivery costs.
- Recipe and menu costs recalculate as ingredient costs change.
- 30-day trial includes all features with no card.
Limits
- Does not compare expected usage from sales with actual usage.
- The trial account pauses after 30 days.
- Pro is $59 per month.
Who it suits
It suits fine dining restaurants, cafes and coffee shops, fast casual restaurants, and food trucks that want invoice-driven food costs, inventory and recipe costing. It is less suited to teams needing sales-based expected-versus-actual ingredient usage comparisons.
Verdict
PlateSense links supplier invoices to inventory and changing recipe and menu costs. Its stated gap is sales-based ingredient usage comparison, so kitchens needing that analysis should account for the limitation.
Where Specifiction places it
- Restaurant Back Office Software#6 of 357.9
- Restaurant Inventory Management Software#10 of 267.9
