ChefTec 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. 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 three are listed under Recipe Costing & Menu Engineering. The main differences are in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    The vendors price on different terms. ChefTec at USD 2,995 one-off; Jelly at GBP 129 per location per month; reciProfity (incl. CostGuard) at USD 49 per month. The amounts cannot be compared directly.

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: ChefTec: Independent restaurants and small chains; Jelly: Ambitious independent restaurants and pubs; reciProfity (incl. CostGuard): Independent restaurants.

  • platforms

    Listed platforms: ChefTec: Web, Windows; Jelly: Web; reciProfity (incl. CostGuard): Web.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. ChefTec names 9 integrations, Jelly names 7 integrations and reciProfity (incl. CostGuard) names 31 integrations. No partner appears in every list.

Side by side

ChefTec vs Jelly vs reciProfity (incl. CostGuard): side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldChefTecJellyreciProfity (incl. CostGuard)
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.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 forIndependent restaurants and small chains; Caterers, hotels and clubs; Multi-unit operations (ChefTec Ultra)Ambitious independent restaurants and pubs; Growing multi-site groups; Hotels and caterersIndependent restaurants; Multi-unit and central-kitchen operators; Retail prepared-food departments; Hotels and caterers
Pricing modelOne-off licenceSubscription per locationSubscription by tier
Starting priceUSD 2,995 one-offGBP 129 per location per monthUSD 49 per month
Free planNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedYes
ContractNot publishedNone on monthly plan; 12 months on annual planNot published
PlatformsWeb, WindowsWebWeb
CountriesUnited StatesUnited KingdomNot published
LanguagesEnglish, French, SpanishNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations9731
CertificationsNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedAES-256 encryption at rest and TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit, role-based access (no certification named)Not published
Founded1990Not publishedNot published
HeadquartersBoulder, United StatesLondon, United KingdomNot published
OwnerNot publishedNot publishedECRS (acquired reciProfity in August 2023)
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
  • Reinhart Foodservice
  • UNFI
  • US Foods

Named only by Jelly

  • Epos Now
  • Gmail
  • Lightspeed
  • Outlook
  • Xero

Named only by reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)

  • Accardis
  • Aldelo
  • Cake
  • CATAPULT
  • Caterease
  • CRS
  • Digital Dining
  • Focus
  • GFS
  • Harbor Touch
  • iControl
  • Info Genesis
and 15 more
  • Lavu
  • 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).

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.

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 are in one of these groups: Independent restaurants; Multi-unit and central-kitchen operators; Retail prepared-food departments.

Less suited to: 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

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

ChefTec profileJelly profilereciProfity (incl. CostGuard) profile

Other comparisons with these products

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

reciProfity (incl. CostGuard), reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Home: modules, segments, claimshttps://www.reciprofity.com
  2. Tiers, prices, trial, add-onshttps://reciprofity.com/pricing/
  3. Integrations and add-onshttps://reciprofity.com/integrations/
  4. Feature listhttps://reciprofity.com/software_features/
  5. Inventory controlhttps://reciprofity.com/our-solution/inventory-control/
  6. Segmentshttps://reciprofity.com/who-is-this-for/
  7. FAQ, support hours, scopehttps://reciprofity.com/resources/faqs/
  8. History, founders, ECRS acquisitionhttps://reciprofity.com/about-us/
  9. Customer nameshttps://reciprofity.com/testimonials/