ChefTec vs Galley Solutions vs Parsley

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. Parsley is kitchen management software that starts from recipes: it costs and scales them, produces nutrition facts and allergen lists, prints labels, and turns forecasts or events into prep lists, production plans and supplier orders. All three are listed under Recipe Costing & Menu Engineering. They differ in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    The vendors price on different terms. ChefTec at USD 2,995 one-off; Galley Solutions at USD 99 per month; Parsley at USD 129 per month. The amounts cannot be compared directly.

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: ChefTec: Independent restaurants and small chains; Galley Solutions: Contract dining and onsite foodservice; Parsley: Prepared meals, grab-and-go and packaged food.

  • platforms

    They do not run on the same platforms. ChefTec: Web, Windows; Galley Solutions: Web; Parsley: Web, iOS, Android.

  • integrations

    On integrations, ChefTec names 9 integrations, Galley Solutions names 14 integrations and Parsley names 4 integrations. No partner appears in every list.

Side by side

ChefTec vs Galley Solutions vs Parsley: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldChefTecGalley SolutionsParsley
What it isChefTec 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.Parsley is kitchen management software that starts from recipes: it costs and scales them, produces nutrition facts and allergen lists, prints labels, and turns forecasts or events into prep lists, production plans and supplier orders.
Best forIndependent 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 caterersPrepared meals, grab-and-go and packaged food; Caterers and contract or university dining; Restaurant and cafe groups
Pricing modelOne-off licenceSubscription (SMB plan published; other plans quote only)Subscription per account
Starting priceUSD 2,995 one-offUSD 99 per monthUSD 129 per month
Free planNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWeb, WindowsWebWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesUnited StatesUnited StatesNot published
LanguagesEnglish, French, SpanishNot publishedEnglish, Spanish
Number of integrations9144
CertificationsNot publishedNot publishedSOC 2 Type 2
Security practicesNot publishedNot publishedData encrypted in transit and at rest, backups every 24 hours kept at least 30 days
Founded1990Not publishedNot published
HeadquartersBoulder, United StatesNot publishedNot published
OwnerNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by ChefTec

  • FreshPoint Produce
  • Jonas
  • Maines Paper & Food Service
  • Performance Foodservice
  • QuickBooks
  • Reinhart Foodservice
  • Sysco
  • UNFI
  • US Foods

Named only by Galley Solutions

  • Buyers Edge Platform
  • Caterease
  • ChouxBox
  • Curate
  • DateCodeGenie
  • HubSpot
  • Leanpath
  • MarketPro
  • NiceLabel
  • Snowflake
  • Square
  • Topanga
and 1 more
  • Total Party Planner

Named only by Parsley

  • Dynamify
  • Shelf-2-Cart
  • USDA database

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.

Weaker fit: 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.

Parsley

Choose Parsley if you fit its listed audience: Prepared meals, grab-and-go and packaged food; Caterers and contract or university dining; Restaurant and cafe groups.

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

Parsley

  • Founding year, headquarters, team size and funding
  • Minimum contract term
  • Countries served
  • Names of most POS, supplier and accounting integrations (the vendor shows logos without names)
  • Free trial
  • Native app names in the stores

Go further

ChefTec profileGalley Solutions profileParsley profile

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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

  1. Homepage: products, editions, services, customershttps://www.cheftec.com/
  2. Company history, Boulder locationhttps://www.cheftec.com/about
  3. Indicative prices, address, languageshttps://www.cheftec.com/shopping-cart
  4. Distributor EDI integrationshttps://www.cheftec.com/edi-interface-suite-expands
  5. Modules and integrations historyhttps://www.cheftec.com/press
  6. Marketplaces and product indexhttps://www.cheftec.com/sitemap
  7. Product description and installationshttps://www.cheftec.com/download-from-the-cloud