ChefTec vs Galley Solutions vs Jelly vs reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)
ChefTec is back-of-house software from Culinary Software Services of Boulder, Colorado, for recipe and menu costing, inventory control, purchasing and ordering, nutritional analysis and production. Galley is cloud software for recipe management, food costing and menu planning, which it calls culinary resource planning. Jelly is a UK food and beverage cost-control system that reads supplier invoices and turns them into live recipe costs, inventory and gross-profit tracking. reciProfity is cloud software for recipe costing, inventory control and recipe management, sold to restaurants, hotels, caterers, multi-unit groups and retail prepared-food departments. All four are listed under Recipe Costing & Menu Engineering. The main differences are in price, audience and platforms.
Key differences
price
Starting prices: ChefTec at USD 2,995 one-off; Galley Solutions at USD 99 per month; Jelly at GBP 129 per location per month; reciProfity (incl. CostGuard) at USD 49 per month. The currency or billing basis differs, so they are not directly comparable.
audience
The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: ChefTec: Independent restaurants and small chains; Galley Solutions: Contract dining and onsite foodservice; Jelly: Ambitious independent restaurants and pubs; reciProfity (incl. CostGuard): Independent restaurants.
platforms
They do not run on the same platforms. ChefTec: Web, Windows; Galley Solutions: Web; Jelly: Web; reciProfity (incl. CostGuard): Web.
integrations
The integration lists differ. ChefTec names 9 integrations, Galley Solutions names 14 integrations, Jelly names 7 integrations and reciProfity (incl. CostGuard) names 31 integrations. No partner appears in every list.
Side by side
| Field | ChefTec | Galley Solutions | Jelly | reciProfity (incl. CostGuard) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | ChefTec is back-of-house software from Culinary Software Services of Boulder, Colorado, for recipe and menu costing, inventory control, purchasing and ordering, nutritional analysis and production. | Galley is cloud software for recipe management, food costing and menu planning, which it calls culinary resource planning. | Jelly is a UK food and beverage cost-control system that reads supplier invoices and turns them into live recipe costs, inventory and gross-profit tracking. | reciProfity is cloud software for recipe costing, inventory control and recipe management, sold to restaurants, hotels, caterers, multi-unit groups and retail prepared-food departments. |
| Best for | Independent restaurants and small chains; Caterers, hotels and clubs; Multi-unit operations (ChefTec Ultra) | Contract dining and onsite foodservice; Multi-unit restaurant groups; Small operators, commissaries and caterers | Ambitious independent restaurants and pubs; Growing multi-site groups; Hotels and caterers | Independent restaurants; Multi-unit and central-kitchen operators; Retail prepared-food departments; Hotels and caterers |
| Pricing model | One-off licence | Subscription (SMB plan published; other plans quote only) | Subscription per location | Subscription by tier |
| Starting price | USD 2,995 one-off | USD 99 per month | GBP 129 per location per month | USD 49 per month |
| Free plan | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Free trial | Not published | Not published | Not published | Yes |
| Contract | Not published | Not published | None on monthly plan; 12 months on annual plan | Not published |
| Platforms | Web, Windows | Web | Web | Web |
| Countries | United States | United States | United Kingdom | Not published |
| Languages | English, French, Spanish | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Number of integrations | 9 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Certifications | Not published | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Security practices | Not published | Not published | AES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit, role-based access (no certification named) | Not published |
| Founded | 1990 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Headquarters | Boulder, United States | Not published | London, United Kingdom | Not published |
| Owner | Not published | Not published | Not published | ECRS (acquired reciProfity in August 2023) |
| Last reviewed | 29 September 2026 | 29 September 2026 | 29 September 2026 | 29 September 2026 |
Integrations
No partner appears in every list.
Named only by ChefTec
- FreshPoint Produce
- Jonas
- Maines Paper & Food Service
- Performance Foodservice
- Reinhart Foodservice
- UNFI
- US Foods
Named only by Galley Solutions
- Buyers Edge Platform
- ChouxBox
- Curate
- DateCodeGenie
- HubSpot
- Leanpath
- MarketPro
- NiceLabel
- Nutrislice
- Snowflake
- Topanga
- Total Party Planner
Named only by Jelly
- Epos Now
- Gmail
- Lightspeed
- Outlook
- Xero
Named only by reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)
- Accardis
- Aldelo
- Cake
- CATAPULT
- CRS
- Digital Dining
- Focus
- GFS
- Harbor Touch
- iControl
- Info Genesis
- Lavu
and 14 moreshow fewer
- Maitre’D
- NCC
- Aloha
- Micros
- Brink
- Passport Accounting
- PlateIQ
- Posera
- PosiTouch
- Revel
- Sage 100
- Squirrel
- TouchBistro
- Upserve
Which to choose
ChefTec
Choose ChefTec if you are in one of these groups: Independent restaurants and small chains; Caterers, hotels and clubs; Multi-unit operations (ChefTec Ultra).
Galley Solutions
Choose Galley Solutions if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Contract dining and onsite foodservice; Multi-unit restaurant groups; Small operators, commissaries and caterers.
Less suited to: Operators wanting a POS, scheduling or front-of-house tools; Galley is a back-of-house recipe, cost and menu system and connects to a POS rather than replacing one.
Jelly
Choose Jelly if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Ambitious independent restaurants and pubs; Growing multi-site groups; Hotels and caterers.
Our profile lists a weaker fit: Businesses where nobody owns margin and acts on it weekly; the vendor says it works best when someone does.
reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)
Choose reciProfity (incl. CostGuard) if you fit its listed audience: Independent restaurants; Multi-unit and central-kitchen operators; Retail prepared-food departments.
Our profile lists a weaker fit: Businesses wanting POS, scheduling or tax tools in the same product: the vendor says it does none of these and focuses on recipe costing and inventory control.
What we could not confirm
ChefTec
- Edition-by-edition price list and subscription options
- Contract terms and renewal
- Current feature list per edition
- Security certifications
- Employee count and funding
- Whether the distributor EDI list from 2017 is still current
- Edition price list
Galley Solutions
- Prices above the SMB plan and whether $99 is per site
- Contract minimum term
- Headquarters, founding year, funding and team size
- Security certifications
- Countries of sale and languages
- Which distributors connect by EDI
Jelly
- Setup fee amount
- Founding year, founders, funding and team size
- App store listings
- Interface languages
- Countries outside the UK
reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)
- Contract term and cancellation terms
- Whether the CostGuard desktop program is still sold or supported
- Headquarters location and legal entity
- Team size and funding
- Security certifications and hosting details
- Countries where it is sold and interface languages
- Whether iOS or Android apps exist (the vendor says the cloud app works on phones, tablets and computers)
- The vendor's profit and time-saving figures on its home page
Go further
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.
ChefTec, reviewed 29 September 2026
- Homepage: products, editions, services, customershttps://www.cheftec.com/
- Company history, Boulder locationhttps://www.cheftec.com/about
- Indicative prices, address, languageshttps://www.cheftec.com/shopping-cart
- Distributor EDI integrationshttps://www.cheftec.com/edi-interface-suite-expands
- Modules and integrations historyhttps://www.cheftec.com/press
- Marketplaces and product indexhttps://www.cheftec.com/sitemap
- Product description and installationshttps://www.cheftec.com/download-from-the-cloud
Galley Solutions, reviewed 29 September 2026
- Homepage, positioning, customer storyhttps://www.galleysolutions.com
- Six moduleshttps://www.galleysolutions.com/crp-platform-overview
- SMB plan and pricehttps://www.galleysolutions.com/galley-for-smb
- SMB pricing articlehttps://www.galleysolutions.com/blog/new-pricing-for-smb-kitchens
- Integrations and partnershttps://www.galleysolutions.com/integrations-and-partners
- Multi-unit fit and customershttps://www.galleysolutions.com/multi-unit-restaurant-software
- Recipe costing detailhttps://www.galleysolutions.com/recipe-food-costing-software-for-foodservice
- Company story, founderhttps://www.galleysolutions.com/about-us
- Customer quoteshttps://www.galleysolutions.com/customer-love
- Legal entityhttps://www.galleysolutions.com/terms
Jelly, reviewed 29 September 2026
- Homepagehttps://www.getjelly.co.uk
- Pricing and FAQhttps://www.getjelly.co.uk/pricing
- Security policyhttps://www.getjelly.co.uk/security
- Legal entityhttps://www.getjelly.co.uk/terms
- Support hourshttps://www.getjelly.co.uk/support
reciProfity (incl. CostGuard), reviewed 29 September 2026
- Home: modules, segments, claimshttps://www.reciprofity.com
- Tiers, prices, trial, add-onshttps://reciprofity.com/pricing/
- Integrations and add-onshttps://reciprofity.com/integrations/
- Feature listhttps://reciprofity.com/software_features/
- Inventory controlhttps://reciprofity.com/our-solution/inventory-control/
- Segmentshttps://reciprofity.com/who-is-this-for/
- FAQ, support hours, scopehttps://reciprofity.com/resources/faqs/
- History, founders, ECRS acquisitionhttps://reciprofity.com/about-us/
- Customer nameshttps://reciprofity.com/testimonials/