DishMath vs Menu Engineering Studio
DishMath
dishmath.com
Menu Engineering Studio
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| Figure | DishMath | Menu Engineering Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $149/mo | $1,497/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 4 |
| Spec score · Restaurant Menu Engineering Software | 8.2 (#8) | 7.4 (#28) |
| Audience | The maker describes its core audience as independent restaurants with 1–5 locations, including full-service, fast-casual, café, and bar operators. | The product is described for full-service restaurants, fast casual restaurants, catering operations, and ghost kitchens. |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas, United States | Tampa, Florida, United States |
| Purpose | DishMath provides independent restaurants with dish-level financial analysis and weekly recommendations by SMS. | Maps menu items by contribution margin and popularity and recommends what to reprice, move, promote, or cut. |
| Support | DishMath lists live chat, email, and phone support daily from 7am to 9pm ET, with support included across tiers. | The product page invites users to book a 20-minute meeting to discuss the product. |
Plans
Menu Engineering Studio
- Foundation$1,497 a month
- White label and enterprise$2,500 a month
- Growth$2,997 a month
- Command$5,997 a month
In their own words
DishMath
DishMath gives independent restaurants a way to examine the costs and margins of individual menu items, then sends weekly recommendations by SMS. It calculates food cost, labor cost, and contribution margin from POS sales and supplier invoices. Its weekly menu analysis sorts dishes into Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, or Dogs according to popularity and margin. Listed connections include Toast, Square for Restaurants, Clover, QuickBooks Online, and Xero, as well as labor tools, supplier invoice sources, and services such as DoorDash and OpenTable. TouchBistro, Lightspeed, and Revel connections are labeled beta; CSV import is offered as a fallback. The product runs on web and provides an API, including rate-limited REST access and webhooks for agencies and accountants. Group costs $149 a month, billed month-to-month; Solo costs $199 a month, billed month-to-month. Annual billing is listed as two months free. There is no free plan, but a 14-day trial is available.
Menu Engineering Studio
Menu Engineering Studio has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.