ratatool
Ratatool is cloud software for costing recipes and menus in restaurants, bakeries, caterers, hotels and dark kitchens. It calculates cost and margin per recipe from supplier ingredient prices, and on higher plans adds production planning, supplier orders, stock, allergen and nutrition labels and multi-site sharing. It is operated by a French company and has a free plan limited to 4 recipes.
Last reviewed
- Best for
- Restaurants and kitchens replacing spreadsheets for food costing, Bakeries, caterers, hotels and dark kitchens
- Pricing
- From USD 24 per month, billed annually
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Restaurants and kitchens replacing spreadsheets for food costing
Recipe forms, sub-recipes, supplier prices and margins in one place instead of Excel sheets.
Bakeries, caterers, hotels and dark kitchens
The vendor has dedicated pages for bakery and pastry shops, caterers, hotel restaurants and dark kitchens.
Small operators who want to try before paying
A free Basic plan needs no credit card and allows 4 recipes and 15 ingredients.
What it does
Recipe costing with sub-recipes
Builds recipes from supplier ingredients and other recipes, with a cost breakdown per ingredient and a pie chart.
Margin and food cost
Enter a selling price to see profit margin and raw food cost per recipe and spot unprofitable recipes.
Loss and cooking variation
Applies loss or gain percentages to recipe weight and yield.
Supplier price history and alerts
Tracks ingredient price changes over time and notifies when a price reaches a critical threshold.
Menu and combo costing
Costs day or season menus and combos; unlimited on Enterprise, two on Professional.
Allergens and nutrition labels
Tags ingredients with the 14 known allergens, carries them to recipes automatically, and produces nutrition facts labels based on USDA data.
Expiry dates and batch tracking
Records expiration dates and batch numbers for traceability.
Production planning
Plans production needs for coming days, weeks or months and converts production notes into supplier orders.
Orders and deliveries
Creates order lists from recipe quantities, adjusts them against stock, checks deliveries and emails orders to suppliers.
Inventory
Manages ingredient and recipe stock, values it, and produces categorised inventory lists.
Estimates with margin indicators
Builds customer estimates that show margins (Enterprise plan).
Exports
Exports recipe forms, menu costing, orders and inventory lists to PDF, CSV and Excel.
Multi-site and team permissions
Shares data across locations and organisations with user permissions (Enterprise plan).
Bulk ingredient import
Loads many ingredients at once or imports them from a CSV template.
Pricing
- Starting price
- From USD 24 per month, billed annually
- Pricing model
- Subscription per account, with a free plan
- Minimum contract
- None stated; can cancel at any time
- Renewal
- Auto-renews at the end of each term
- Free plan
- Yes
Basic is free with no credit card (4 recipes, 15 ingredients). Professional is $24 per month and Enterprise $41 per month, both shown as billed annually with 2 months free. Payment is by credit card through Stripe. The vendor says plans can be cancelled, upgraded or downgraded at any time and offers a refund within the first days of a subscription.
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 24 per month. That is below 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.
- Has a free plan. All 1 products in this category that say whether they have a free plan do.
- Lists Web only. Among the 17 products in this category that state their platforms, 3 list an iOS app and 3 list an Android app.
Where and how it runs
- Languages
- English, French
- Platforms
- Web
- Hardware
- None required; the vendor says the cloud application works on mobile, tablet and computer.
The vendor does not name countries. It offers 120 currencies, USD pricing and nutrition data from USDA, and the site is available in English and French.
The company
- Company
- TEDIBYTE SAS
- Registration
- Paris Trade and Companies Register no. 844 361 873
- Headquarters
- Paris, France
Security and support
- Security and compliance
- Payments handled by Stripe; no card data stored by the vendor
- Support
- Email and chat support on Professional and Enterprise, phone support on Enterprise; the vendor calls its support team reactive.
Listing details
- Built for
- Restaurants
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- ratatool.com
- Also listed in
- Inventory Management
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ChefTec
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Parsley
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Founding year, founders, employee count and funding
- Named customers
- Named integrations with POS, accounting or suppliers
- Countries where it is sold
- Security certifications
- Whether native mobile apps exist
- Current starting price (a figure of USD 24 could not be confirmed, so none is shown)
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.
- Homepage featureshttps://www.ratatool.com/
- Plans and pricinghttps://www.ratatool.com/pricing
- Feature detailhttps://www.ratatool.com/overview
- Legal entityhttps://www.ratatool.com/termsconditions