LeanPath vs Lumitics

Leanpath is a food waste prevention system for commercial kitchens. Lumitics makes Insight, a smart bin that weighs food waste and uses a camera and AI image recognition to identify what is thrown away. Both are listed under Food Waste Tracking & Reduction. They differ in audience and company background.

Key differences

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: LeanPath: Contract caterers and multi-site foodservice accounts; Lumitics: Hotels and hotel groups.

  • company background

    LeanPath was founded in 2004 and Lumitics in 2017. By headquarters, LeanPath (Beaverton, United States) and Lumitics (Singapore, Singapore).

Side by side

LeanPath vs Lumitics: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldLeanPathLumitics
What it isLeanpath is a food waste prevention system for commercial kitchens.Lumitics makes Insight, a smart bin that weighs food waste and uses a camera and AI image recognition to identify what is thrown away.
Best forContract caterers and multi-site foodservice accounts; Hotels and gaming venues; Universities and healthcare kitchens; Restaurant groups and mid-market operatorsHotels and hotel groups; Large commercial kitchens and buffets
Pricing modelQuote onlyQuote only
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebNot published
CountriesNot publishedSingapore
LanguagesNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations3Not published
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
Founded20042017
HeadquartersBeaverton, United StatesSingapore, Singapore
OwnerNot publishedWinnow
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by LeanPath

  • CBORD
  • Galley
  • Nutritics

Named only by Lumitics

Lumitics does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Which to choose

LeanPath

Choose LeanPath if you are in one of these groups: Contract caterers and multi-site foodservice accounts; Hotels and gaming venues; Universities and healthcare kitchens.

Lumitics

Choose Lumitics if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Hotels and hotel groups; Large commercial kitchens and buffets.

Weaker fit: Small kitchens with little food output. The vendor says the solution is best suited to facilities that produce a large amount of food.

What we could not confirm

LeanPath

  • Any price or plan structure
  • Contract length and renewal terms
  • Which countries the product is sold in (the vendor says 45+)
  • Funding history and any parent company
  • Employee count
  • Security certifications
  • Which product languages exist: the products page says over 40 languages are supported but lists none
  • Whether the Leanpath mobile app is on iOS and Android: the products page mentions a phone app but no store listing is linked
  • Vendor performance claims (2 to 7 times return, food purchases cut by 2 to 6 percent) are unaudited

Lumitics

  • Price or contract terms
  • Software integrations
  • Employee count
  • Security certifications
  • Interface languages
  • Countries where it is installed
  • Whether the Lumitics brand will continue after the Winnow transition

Go further

LeanPath profileLumitics 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.

LeanPath, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: positioning, claims, testimonialshttps://www.leanpath.com/
  2. Tracker range, platform, integrations, languageshttps://www.leanpath.com/products/
  3. Kitchen waste trackershttps://www.leanpath.com/products/food-waste-tracking/
  4. Plate waste tracking and Sparkhttps://www.leanpath.com/products/plate-waste-tracking/
  5. Industries servedhttps://www.leanpath.com/industries/
  6. Founding, B Corp, founder, countrieshttps://www.leanpath.com/about/
  7. Offices and support contactshttps://www.leanpath.com/contact/
  8. Legal entity and headquartershttps://www.leanpath.com/privacy-policy/
  9. Page discoveryhttps://www.leanpath.com/sitemap_index.xml
  10. Restaurant-specific landing pagehttps://restaurants.leanpath.com/