Parsley

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. It also handles inventory and receiving. It is sold to restaurant and cafe groups, caterers, university and corporate dining, grocers and prepared-meal makers.

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Best for
Prepared meals, grab-and-go and packaged food, Caterers and contract or university dining
Pricing
From USD 129 per month
Runs on
Web, iOS, Android

Who it is for

  • Prepared meals, grab-and-go and packaged food

    Label templates pull price, ingredients, nutrition facts, expiry dates and barcodes from recipes.

  • Caterers and contract or university dining

    Production plans and purchasing driven by events and forecasts.

  • Restaurant and cafe groups

    Shared recipes and costs across locations, each able to add its own recipes and suppliers.

What it does

  • Recipe management and scaling

    Stores, edits and scales recipes with read-only accounts for kitchen staff and an AI-assisted recipe upload.

  • Recipe costing and pricing

    Costs recipes from ingredient prices and shows how changes affect margin, with automatic unit conversion.

  • Nutrition facts and allergens

    Produces USDA-style nutrition labels, ingredient lists, allergens and dietary characteristics; the USDA database can be searched for special ingredients.

  • Label design and printing

    An online label template editor for packaged and grab-and-go items, including barcodes and QR codes.

  • Prep lists and production plans

    Builds prep lists and production plans with exact quantities from forecasts or events.

  • Purchasing to par and receiving

    Prepares and places orders from par levels, events and current inventory, and supports receiving.

  • Inventory

    Inventory sheets generated from recipes, counted by location or GL in a mobile app, with automatic valuation.

  • Invoice scanning (add-on)

    Reads photographed invoices, updates pricing and flags price changes and quantity gaps.

  • Multi-location support

    Separate accounts per location that share recipes and cost data (Enterprise plan).

  • Lot tracking and FSMA 204 compliance

    Lot tracking and traceability, FSMA 204 compliance and carbon footprint are listed on the Enterprise plan.

  • Waste tracking

    Tracks waste, including overproduction, to sharpen forecasts.

  • Tiered user access

    Access levels such as read-only, operations and inventory-only.

Pricing

Starting price
From USD 129 per month
Pricing model
Subscription per account
Renewal
Fees are billed in advance on a recurring basis, monthly or annually depending on the plan chosen

Chef is $129 a month, Chef Plus $189, Business $379 and Enterprise is by quote. Invoice Scanning is a $69 monthly add-on. The page says users can try different plans and move between them without losing data.

How it compares

Compared with the 17 products in Recipe Costing & Menu Engineering that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Its starting price is USD 129 per month. That is above the category median of USD 31.59, taken from the 8 products in this category that publish a USD price per month. The median mixes prices quoted with and without tax, so treat it as a rough guide.
  • Names 4 integrations. The median in this category is 4.
  • One of 3 products in this category with an iOS app. One of 3 products in this category with an Android app. 17 products in this category state their platforms.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are QuickBooks, Square, Toast, Caterease, MarginEdge, NiceLabel, Nutrislice, Ottimate, Restaurant365, Sysco. Of these, this product's listing names Nutrislice.

Works with

Other
NutrisliceUSDA databaseShelf-2-Cart
Point of sale
Dynamify

Parsley has an open API, webhooks and a data uploader. Its integrations page groups partners (suppliers via EDI, POS, ordering, catering, accounting, waste) by logo, and most names are not written out in text.

Where and how it runs

Languages
English, Spanish
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Apps
Parsley mobile and tablet apps: Recipes, inventory counts and invoice scanning

The vendor does not state where it sells.

The company

Company
Parsley Software Inc.
Registration
A California corporation, per its terms of use
Customers named by the vendor
Good Eggs, Nourish, Salty, The Cafe Collective, Kowalski's Markets, Seasons Catering

Security and support

Security and compliance
SOC 2 Type II, Data encrypted in transit and at rest, backups every 24 hours kept at least 30 days
Support
A support page and phone line (415-858-0965) are listed. The vendor says its AI agent Herb speeds up onboarding and invoice processing.

Listing details

Vendor
Parsley Software
Built for
Restaurants
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
parsleysoftware.com
Also listed in
Inventory ManagementPurchasing & Procurement

Alternatives to Parsley

See all 41 in Recipe Costing & Menu Engineering

  • Galley Solutions

    Galley is cloud software for recipe management, food costing and menu planning, which it calls culinary resource planning.

    Starts at USD 99 per month, against USD 129 per month for Parsley.

  • ChefTec

    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.

    Runs on Web and Windows, against Web, iOS and Android for Parsley.

  • reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)

    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.

    Starts at USD 49 per month, against USD 129 per month for Parsley.

  • meez

    meez is web-based recipe management and food costing software for professional kitchens.

    Starts at USD 19 per month (billed annually), against USD 129 per month for Parsley. The two prices are quoted on different terms.

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • 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

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Homepage, features, customershttps://www.parsleysoftware.com
  2. Plans and priceshttps://www.parsleysoftware.com/pricing/
  3. Integrations and APIhttps://www.parsleysoftware.com/integrations/
  4. SOC 2 and securityhttps://www.parsleysoftware.com/security/
  5. Restaurant fithttps://www.parsleysoftware.com/restaurant-cafe-groups/
  6. Legal entity and billinghttps://www.parsleysoftware.com/terms/