Ratatool
Paris, France
What it is
Ratatool is web software for food-service businesses managing recipes, costs, production, purchasing, inventory, and traceability. Users build recipes from supplier ingredients and sub-recipes, calculate ingredient costs, food cost, and margins, and track supplier price history. Alerts can identify ingredients reaching a critical threshold. The product supports production planning, supplier orders, inventory tracking, yield and portion scaling, menu profitability, and ingredient price updates. Traceability records can include allergens, nutrition labels, expiration dates, and batch numbers. AI invoice scanning can help load initial data. Multi-site tools let organizations manage locations and invite employees with assigned rights. Recipe documents can be printed, with PDF, CSV, and Excel exports. CSV imports and Stripe payment processing are listed. A free ESSAI plan includes four recipes and 15 ingredients. Paid plans are billed annually at 24 € or 41 € per month, depending on plan.
For and against
For
- Recipe costing includes sub-recipes
- Tracks supplier price history
- Supports production planning and supplier orders
- Traceability includes allergens and batch numbers
- Multi-site users and permissions
Against
- ESSAI limits recipes and ingredients
- Paid plans require annual billing
- Phone support is listed only on Premium
- Subscriptions auto-renew
The verdict
Ratatool combines recipe economics with purchasing, stock, production, and traceability tools. Its free trial-style plan is tightly limited, while the paid tiers add broader operational coverage.
Who it suits
It suits restaurants and other food-service operators coordinating recipe costing, purchasing, inventory, production, and traceability across one or more locations.
Plans and prices
ESSAI
4 recipes · 15 ingredients · no subscription · no credit card
Read 7 Oct 2026 · fr.ratatool.com
PREMIUM
Production planning · unlimited menus · supplier orders · stock and inventory
Read 7 Oct 2026 · fr.ratatool.com
STANDARD
Maximum 2 menus · recipe costing · purchase orders · ingredient inventory
Read 7 Oct 2026 · fr.ratatool.com
On the record
- AI invoice scanning
- Ratatool says AI can scan invoices to help load initial data.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Cancellation
- Subscriptions auto-renew, and users can cancel, upgrade or downgrade their plan from their account at any time.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- Multi-site features let organizations manage locations and invite employees with assigned rights.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Exports
- The product supports recipe document printing and exports in PDF, CSV and Excel formats.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker’s pages describe CSV imports and Stripe payment processing; they do not name other software integrations.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Price tracking
- The product tracks supplier price history and can notify users when an ingredient reaches a critical threshold.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Production and ordering
- Users can plan production needs and turn production quantities into supplier orders.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Ratatool helps food-service businesses manage recipes, costs, margins, production, supplies, inventory and food traceability.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Recipe costing
- Users can build recipes from supplier ingredients, including sub-recipes, and calculate ingredient costs, food cost and margins.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says passwords are encrypted on its servers, payment pages use HTTPS with 128-bit TLS, and card data is handled by Stripe.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker describes responsive support; the listed plans include email and chat, with phone assistance on Premium.fr.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
- Traceability
- The product supports allergen information, nutrition labels, expiration dates and batch numbers.ratatool.com · read 7 Oct 2026
