# Recipe Cost Calculator Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Recipe Cost Calculator the right Food Costing solution for you? Explore 17 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/207446/Recipe-Cost-Calculator/reviews --- Recipe Cost Calculator 4.9 (17) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/207446/Recipe-Cost-Calculator/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated February 10th, 2026 # Reviews of Recipe Cost Calculator Ease of use 4.8 Customer Service 5.0 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-17 of 17 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Kishoree B. Owner, Executive chef Food Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A Necessary Tool for Any Small Business Owner!" August 2, 2025 5.0 I can't say enough good things about it. I upgraded almost instantly and never looked back. I have advised many people in my industry to use it and those who have signed up have all agreed that it was a smart move for any small business. Pros Add the ingredient once and just type a few letters into a recipe and predictive text does the rest. Ability to update and track increasing costs over time, keeping track of vendors (this was a huge help when it came time for my staff to reorder and I was out of town), customer support is EXCELLENT. I recommend this software to anyone who expresses a need for a method to track costs and inventory. Cons For my purposes, it was sometimes tough to figure out how to input the correct data to get the correct per unit pricing (I work with chocolate molds or varying yields). This made things a bit complicated at first, but is most likely an issue singular to my industry. Review Source CT Collins T. Marketing Associate Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Recipe Cost Calculator for Helpful Services " December 3, 2024 5.0 Recipe Cost Calculator has maximum assistance in managing costs. Pros Recipe Cost Calculator ensure all costs are handled swiftly. Cons Recipe Cost Calculator makes every process attainable. Switched from [QuickScrip](https://www.capterra.com/p/100050/QuickScrip/) The inclusion of inventory management is well presented in the app. Review Source LC Laura C. Owner Food Production Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great product" November 6, 2020 4.0 Great customer service, great tool to use and organizing our recipes and getting pricing dialed. Pros Compared to other websites, I found this one easy to navigate. Cons I just needed something that had a little more functionality to it Review Source PH Peter H. Operations Analyst Food Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Outstanding value in recipe management software" October 13, 2020 5.0 Very happy for the price. Highly recommend. Pros \- Simple ingredient and recipe building - Fast and easy shopping list and production plan creation - Ability to create USDA nutrition fact panels - Outstanding customer service Cons \- Displaying large number of ingredients or recipes slows down interface Alternatives considered [ReciPal](https://www.capterra.com/p/173924/ReciPal/) Reason for choosing Recipe Cost Calculator USDA ingredient linkage and fact panel generation Review Source Response from Recipe Cost Calculator March 6, 2023 Hi Peter, Thanks so much for this review. Realizing that customers with thousands of ingredients and/or recipes was slowing down the interface we have drastically improved the performance, making it search-based and paginated instead of a single long list. Overall performance viewing recipes and ingredients in long lists is now almost instantaneous, regardless of how many ingredients or recipes you have in your account. Thanks again for the feedback! AK Amber K. Chef Food Production Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Recipe Cost Calculator Review " June 5, 2024 5.0 Recipe Cost Calculator is the perfect tool for anyone in the hospitality industry. It is a superior piece of software that does its job above and beyond. Pros Recipe Cost Calculator helped me get organised and feel more confident and professional during the stressful time of opening a cafe. It is very easy to use and troubleshoot. \[sensitive content hidden\] is always evolving and improving the functionality plus he is personally there to help out if you need it. I highly recommend this calculator, it is a very valuable business tool. Cons I did not have any negative experience using Recipe Cost Calculator. Typing in all your ingredients individually takes time but that is to be expected because the details are so thorough and once it’s done it is set up for good. Changing from there is easy and having all the detailed info about each ingredient saves you time down the track when menu planning. Review Source SC Sarah C. Owner Food & Beverages Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Recipe Cost Calculator 5 stars " February 17, 2023 5.0 This is a very valuable tool for me to manage my food cost. We are one year into owning our business and I think there is quite a bit more that I can do with this app that I have not explored yet. I look forward to using the other tools to see how they can be helpful as well. Most of all, I have had fantastic customer service from this company. They are kind, available and very helpful! Pros Recipe Cost Calculator is a great tool for my small business. It took us a little bit of time to figure out how to use the software but once we got used to it we fell in love. I really like that when you update any pricing for an ingredient it automatically updates all of your recipes using that ingredient. I also like that you can view your recipe in multiple ways. The pie chart of ingredient usage is a great visual to associate with what the costing looks like per recipe. You can also add ingredients as you are building a recipe with out leaving that page, huge time saver!! Cons Sometimes the conversions are tricky to incorporate. Some are an easy calculation and others you have to enter in a way that the software likes and remember how it is in when creating new recipes. For instance, eggs are in by weight not an each. So you have to multiply the weight to get the correct amount of eggs per recipe. The ingredient doesn't say that how it is entered so you have to remember or check. Reason for choosing Recipe Cost Calculator We were recommend RCC by another business owner. Review Source CR Christina R. ICT Manager Medical Devices Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Determined Inventory Managing Program " April 22, 2024 5.0 Pros The software has all the measures that foster costing, and ensure there is defined order management. Cons The attributes of this program are flawless and useful. Review Source RD Rina D. Owner Food & Beverages Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Have seen all the changes" June 8, 2023 5.0 Nothing but fabulous! Pros I have been using this software for a few years and have seen all the growth and changes it has gone through. It has been amazing! I asked for a particular feature and the owner has emailed me back to address my thoughts and ideas (I don't know any other company that has that type of customer support). The features just keep on growing! Cons It does have alot of functions that I do not use any longer since it has grown so much, but I continue to use it because it is so comprehensive and easy to use compared to any other program similar to this. Review Source JR Jana R. Owner/Operator Hospitality Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Success After Years of Searching!" October 28, 2020 5.0 All the information in one place! Having a representative right here in Canada and in my own Province! I now have easy access to all my ingredients and when an invoice comes in, I can easily add a new ingredient or update pricing if needed. My recipes are up-to-date; clean, costed, and with added graphs for clearer understanding, including the ever helpful profit margins from maker to distributer. Pros It has taken me years of searching to find a costing program that I could feel comfortable using, being straightforward enough for my skill level. I am a Pastry Chef first, not a computer person. And, while I was inputting information or setting up recipes it was very helpful to be able to ask for help in real time. They continue to work hard to see that this software encapsulates all aspects of hospitality. Cons As I became more comfortable with the software, I felt free to make suggestions, for eg. having a way to do inventory. So even though I did not come across anything to dislike, I could see that my suggestions were always heard. Review Source RK Richard K. Owner Consumer Goods Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Product" April 9, 2024 5.0 Any time that we had any issue with the program, we were able to receive immediate help and solutions to the problems. I sold the business and one of the biggest selling points for the buyer was that I was able to provide allergens and nutritional data for all of my recipes. Pros We found Recipe Cost Calculator extremely easy to set up and use. The ability to scale recipes based on different factors (the yield that we wanted to obtain most frequently, and sometimes having to scale based on ingredients that we were able to actually use!) quickly and easily was a life saver. Cons There were a few ingredients that we used in our recipes that were not "findable" in the nutrition database - this did slow us down somewhat but not to any great extent. Review Source ME Marla E. Owner/Manager Restaurants Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Highly recommend this software" October 12, 2020 5.0 Very happy with our experience Recipe Cost Calculator. The staff was very responsive to any questions or suggestions we sent to to them. We are no longer in operation, but if I were in a position to need this type of software again, I will definitely reengage their services. Pros We utilized many functions of this software. We used the software to calculate our nutrition labels for our premade meals and to determine our cost per meal. We used the shopping list function to facilitate our weekly ordering of raw ingredients. We relied heavily of the software in our day to day functioning of our restuarant. Cons No complaints regarding the software. Recommend watching the tutorials before first using the software. I tried to start without watching and was a bit challenged as it wasn't intuitive to me (I am not very tech savvy). But once I watched the tutorials, the software made perfect sense. Reason for choosing Recipe Cost Calculator Many functions were available and easy to use. Review Source ER Eileen R. Owner Food Production Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great Recipe Costing Software!" July 27, 2021 5.0 Loved it! Pros It was so easy to add ingredients, recipes, packaging materials, etc. to see the cost per serving/item. I could not have started my cottage food bakery business without it! I also really liked the ability to add ingredients with weight OR volume. I didn’t need to use all of the bells and whistles, but what I did need to use worked great! \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] was always available to answer questions and provide support when needed. AND, the price was right! I highly recommend this software. Cons The nutrition database didn’t always have the EXACT brand of product, or if it did, it might not have been easy to find, but this was not an issue. I could always find a brand that was very similar, close enough. Review Source EP Emiliana P. Program Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "La Cocina Curriculum Tool " November 24, 2020 5.0 I've been so happy with this tool. Really have nothing but good things to say. Pros I love that it is easy to use. I also really appreciate that it's always improving! Cons I sometimes find that it can be confusing to enter a recipe's yield. Perhaps there can be more explanation given or examples? Reason for choosing Recipe Cost Calculator It comes down to the human aspect. The fact that I was able to speak with \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] and the fact that still today if something comes up I can reach out to an actual human for support. Review Source Response from Recipe Cost Calculator November 15, 2022 Thanks so much Emiliana. I've taken your feedback about recipe yields and have made a video tutorial and help documentation specifically for that area of the software. PN Parisa N. Owner Food Production Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Excellent product with reliable customer service" March 1, 2023 5.0 Pros After 12 years in the food industry business, we feel like we have finally found a solution to help us manage costs and organize our countless recipes. The tutorial videos are very helpful and \[sensitive content hidden\] goes above and beyond to help with additional questions. We are looking forward to exploring Recipe Cost Calculator's inventory and nutrition features. Thank you for a wonderful product! Cons There has not been anything to note as of yet. So far, any issues I have come across have been resolved by watching a tutorial or reaching out to Recipe Cost Calculator via email. Reason for choosing Recipe Cost Calculator Easy to use and set up in a logical way for anyone including our staff to use and follow. Review Source PL Patty L. Owner Food Production Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Amazing!" October 7, 2020 5.0 Customer support is amazing and overall best purchase I've made for my new business! Pros This is such a powerful tool. I wanted something that could show my costs so that I could price my goods effectively, but it is so much more. Having my recipes and ingredients all in one place has been a complete game changer for me! Cons The only downside so far is that there is no easy way to add an ingredient on the fly. If you don't have it added yet, you need to close out of the recipe and go back in - not a big deal once you get used to it/as more ingredients get added, but frustrating for a new user. Review Source Response from Recipe Cost Calculator November 15, 2022 Thanks so much Patty. We love getting feedback from customers and have now built the ability to create ingredients on the fly while creating recipes. The feature has been very well received. AL Ariel L. Chef/Owner Food & Beverages Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "My #1 go to for costs" January 30, 2023 5.0 Every time I’ve reached out to customer service, I’ve gotten a prompt (and likable, lol) response. The software is also very straightforward so there’s no huge learning curve or anxiety when I use it. Pros I love how deeply it dives into the specifics of costs. From a part of an ingredient to an entire meal. Cons My only complaint is that I can’t integrate it with another system I currently use for recipe management. Review Source CD Colleen D. Owner Operator Retail Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great program; helpful for new in biz " August 14, 2023 5.0 Love it. Looking forward to getting ready for the 2024 season with the program. Pros Allowed me to effectively price my products without fear of loss Cons Not sure yet. It worked for me as a new owner. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.