How Stockpot compares
The only platform here that gives you a free-forever plan and full recipe costing at the entry price, not gated three tiers up.
Built for independent restaurants, not enterprise chains.
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Stockpot
self-serve, free to start
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Foodrazor
aimed at multi-outlet operators
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MarketMan
incumbent platform
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| Free-forever plan | check_circle | cancel | cancel |
| Entry price | £0 free → £25/mo | $59 / outlet / mo | $199-249 / mo |
| Recipe costing (the reason food-cost software exists) | Included from £25 | Top tier only ($149 / outlet / mo) | Included |
| AI invoice reading (how it is metered) | 150 reads / mo on Starter 750 on Pro |
60 pages / mo on the $99 tier, then $0.45-0.90 per extra page |
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| Recipe costing depth (yield / trim %, prep sub-recipes, unit conversions, pack sizes) | Full | Basic | Good |
| Demand forecasting (sales → dish demand → reorder list) | check_circle | Not offered | - |
| Cross-supplier price benchmarking | check_circle | Price-change alerts only | - |
| Suppliers email invoices in directly | Not yet (on the roadmap) | check_circle | - |
| Native mobile apps | Responsive web + phone camera | check_circle | - |
| Xero accounting integration (one-way bill push on Pro) | check_circle | check_circle | check_circle |
| Setup fee | £0 | $99 call · $499 onboarding | ~$500+ |
| Contract | Monthly | Monthly | 12-month |
| Built for | Independents & small groups | Multi-outlet operators | Enterprise chains |
Recipe costing is included in our £25 plan. Elsewhere it starts at $149 per site, per month.
Compiled from publicly listed pricing and feature pages, August 2026: Foodrazor's Lite / Plus / Pro tiers and add-on rates, and MarketMan's published plans. A dash (-) means the vendor does not publish that detail, not that the feature is absent. Stockpot prices in GBP (£); competitor prices shown in their own listed currency (USD, $) and not currency-converted. Foodrazor and MarketMan are trademarks of their respective owners, referenced here for identification only. Competitor pricing and features may change; check their site for current terms.