SmartKitchen vs Too Good To Go vs Upshop

SmartKitchen is a Finnish service for commercial kitchens that combines digital HACCP self-monitoring with food waste tracking. Too Good To Go is a consumer app and marketplace where food businesses sell unsold food at a discount as 'Surprise Bags' that customers collect in store at a set time. Upshop is a SaaS platform for grocery, convenience and other food retailers. All three are listed under Food Waste Tracking & Reduction. They differ in audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: SmartKitchen: Hotel and multi-kitchen operators; Too Good To Go: Bakeries, cafes and restaurants with daily unsold food; Upshop: Grocery chains with large fresh departments.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. SmartKitchen: Web, Android; Too Good To Go: Web, iOS; Upshop: Web.

Side by side

SmartKitchen vs Too Good To Go vs Upshop: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldSmartKitchenToo Good To GoUpshop
What it isSmartKitchen is a Finnish service for commercial kitchens that combines digital HACCP self-monitoring with food waste tracking.Too Good To Go is a consumer app and marketplace where food businesses sell unsold food at a discount as 'Surprise Bags' that customers collect in store at a set time.Upshop is a SaaS platform for grocery, convenience and other food retailers.
Best forHotel and multi-kitchen operators; Kitchens replacing paper HACCP logs; School and public-sector kitchens measuring plate waste; Kitchens that want to cut food waste costsBakeries, cafes and restaurants with daily unsold food; Chains and grocersGrocery chains with large fresh departments; Retailers cutting food waste; Food retailers preparing for FSMA 204 traceability; Operators with a central commissary
Pricing modelQuote onlyPercentage of salesQuote only
Starting priceNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWeb, AndroidWeb, iOSWeb
CountriesFinland, NorwayNot publishedDenmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
LanguagesEnglish, Finnish, German, SwedishNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations4Not published9
CertificationsGDPRNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Founded20132016Not published
HeadquartersOulu, FinlandNot publishedAustin, United States
OwnerNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by SmartKitchen

  • Jamix
  • Lounastaja
  • Restolution
  • SafeDrying

Named only by Too Good To Go

Too Good To Go does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Named only by Upshop

  • DoorDash
  • Inmar Intelligence
  • Instacart
  • ReposiTrak
  • Swish Brand Experiences
  • Toast
  • UberEats
  • VusionGroup
  • Zebra

Which to choose

SmartKitchen

Choose SmartKitchen if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Hotel and multi-kitchen operators; Kitchens replacing paper HACCP logs; School and public-sector kitchens measuring plate waste.

Too Good To Go

Choose Too Good To Go if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Bakeries, cafes and restaurants with daily unsold food; Chains and grocers.

Upshop

Choose Upshop if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Grocery chains with large fresh departments; Retailers cutting food waste; Food retailers preparing for FSMA 204 traceability.

Weaker fit: Single-location restaurants. Upshop describes itself as a platform for food retailers with multi-store operations.

What we could not confirm

SmartKitchen

  • Any price, licence fee or contract term (quote only)
  • Whether KitchenHelper is listed in the App Store or Google Play
  • Security certifications and hosting location
  • Team size and funding
  • Countries served beyond Finland and Norway
  • Company registration number

Too Good To Go

  • Commission rate or fee amounts
  • Founding year: the history page says 2015 and the About page says 2016
  • Funding history
  • Details of Too Good To Go Parcels and Platform for businesses
  • Full country list and Google Play listing
  • Whether the Copenhagen founding location is also the headquarters

Upshop

  • Pricing
  • Founding year
  • Employee count
  • Security certifications
  • Contract terms
  • Restaurant use: the site is aimed at food retail

Go further

SmartKitchen profileToo Good To Go profileUpshop 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.

SmartKitchen, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepagehttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/frontpage/
  2. Food waste trackinghttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/food-waste-reducing/
  3. Waste scale and licencehttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/food-waste-reducing/products-and-licenses-to-reduce-food-waste/
  4. Digital HACCPhttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/digital-haccp-commercial-kitchen/
  5. HACCP products, licence, languageshttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/digital-haccp-commercial-kitchen/digital-haccp-products-and-licenses/
  6. Integrationshttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/integrations/
  7. Customershttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/customer-stories/
  8. Company historyhttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/about-us/
  9. Address, contacts, customershttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/contact/
  10. Legal entityhttps://smartkitchen.solutions/en/privacy-notice/

Too Good To Go, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Business marketplace page, FAQ, partner logoshttps://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-gb/surplus-food-marketplace
  2. Company scale, countries, leadershiphttps://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-gb/about-us
  3. Founding storyhttps://www.toogoodtogo.com/en-gb/about-us/our-history
  4. iOS app listinghttps://apps.apple.com/us/app/too-good-to-go-end-food-waste/id1060683933