Recipe costing for real kitchens

Know your food cost. Run a tighter kitchen.

misencost connects your vendor invoices, recipes, and sales data so you always know what each dish costs to make — and what it costs you when prices change.

No credit card required · Free plan available

30%

avg food cost reduction

< 5 min

to upload an invoice

100%

web-based, no install

unit conversion chains

What's inside

Every tool a kitchen operator needs

From vendor invoices to client billing — misencost covers the full financial picture so you can spend less time on spreadsheets.

Invoice Parsing

Upload vendor CSVs and map SKUs to canonical ingredients in seconds. Price history is tracked automatically so you always know what changed.

Recipe Costing

Build recipes from ingredients and get live food cost percentages. Unit conversions (1 cs = 20 lb) let you cost any recipe regardless of how vendors sell.

Sales Reports

Upload POS exports to track menu performance. Spot your highest-margin dishes and flag recipes going negative before it hurts the bottom line.

Accounts Receivable

Invoice your catering clients, track payments, and generate professional PDFs with your logo — right from the same tool you use to manage food cost.

Vendor Management

Keep all your distributors in one place. Compare pricing across vendors for the same item and get alerts when costs jump between invoice cycles.

Menu Engineering

Build menus from your costed recipes. Set target food cost percentages and see which items hit the mark — and which ones need a price or portion adjustment.

How it works

Three steps to a tighter margin

01

Upload invoices

Drag in your vendor CSVs. Map SKUs to your canonical ingredients once — misencost handles the rest going forward.

02

Build recipes

Compose recipes from ingredients. Set yield quantities, menu prices, and target cost percentages.

03

Watch the numbers

Costs update automatically when new invoices come in. See exactly which dishes took a hit and by how much.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

Start free and upgrade when you're ready. No long-term contracts, cancel anytime.

Starter

$0/forever

Everything you need to start costing recipes — no card required.

  • Up to 20 recipes
  • 3 vendors
  • Invoice CSV upload
  • Recipe costing
  • Basic unit conversions
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Pro

$39/per month

$375 per year - 2 months for free!

  • Unlimited recipes & menus
  • Unlimited vendors
  • Sales report uploads
  • Price mover dashboard
  • Accounts receivable module
  • PDF invoices with logo
  • Priority support
Start free trial, $39 charged after 2 months

All plans include SSL, automatic backups, and GDPR-compliant data handling.

“You can't run a profitable kitchen on intuition alone.”

Built by operators, for operators.

Get in touch

Questions? We're real people.

Whether you need help getting set up, want a walkthrough of the Team plan, or just have a feature request — reach out.

Frequently asked

Can I import from any vendor?

Yes. Any vendor that can export a CSV of their invoices works. You map the column headers once, and misencost remembers the format for future uploads.

What POS systems do you support for sales reports?

Any POS that exports a CSV with item name and quantity sold. We've tested with Toast, Square, and Clover, but the import is format-agnostic.

Does it handle multi-unit conversions?

Absolutely — that's a core feature. Define chains like 1 case = 6 cans = 96 oz and recipes can be costed in any unit in the chain.

Is my data private?

Yes. Your organization's data is fully isolated. We use Neon PostgreSQL with row-level tenant isolation, and we never share or sell your data.