Stop guessing
your food cost.
Freecost gives your kitchen a single source of truth for ingredient prices, recipe costs, and margins — so you can price every plate with confidence.
Professional food costing. Zero cost.
Real usage across kitchens on our platform.
Recipe costing that keeps up with your kitchen
From a single ingredient price to a full menu's margin — Freecost keeps it all connected.
New to food costing? Start with the food-cost percentage formula·browse all 19 free guides·or open the food cost calculator.
Recipe Costing
See food-cost % on every recipe and menu item, instantly.
Ingredient Database
Prices, vendors, pack sizes, and allergens in one place.
Invoice Tracking
Log invoice prices; costs update themselves.
Order Guides
Build a clean order guide for every vendor.
Recipe Cards
Printable, kitchen-ready recipe cards.
Multi-Location
Run several kitchens from one account.
From spreadsheet chaos to one source of truth
Spreadsheet chaos
- Prices scattered across spreadsheets
- No idea what a dish actually costs
- Manual updates every time a price changes
- Margins are a guess
Freecost clarity
- Every price in one database
- Food-cost % on every recipe automatically
- Change a price once, everything updates
- Know your margin on every plate
See it in your kitchen
Price every plate with real numbers
Build entrees from your recipes and ingredients, and Freecost rolls the cost up automatically — so your menu pricing is grounded in what things actually cost.
- Live food-cost % per menu item
- Target-margin pricing suggestions
Learn the method: how to price a menu item·menu engineering basics·or run the numbers in the free menu price calculator.
One database for every ingredient
Track prices, vendors, pack sizes, and allergens in a single place. Change a price once and every recipe that uses it updates instantly.
- Vendor and pack-size aware
- Allergen tracking built in
Learn the method: how to cost a recipe·yield percentage explained·or check a trim loss in the free yield calculator.
Costs that keep themselves current
Log your invoice prices and Freecost updates your ingredient costs — and everything downstream — automatically. No more chasing price changes by hand.
- Price history on every ingredient
- Catch creeping costs before they bite
Learn the method: how to read a broadline invoice·where food cost actually leaks·food cost vs prime cost.
