costeasy.gr

What It Is

COST EASY is a cloud-based Food & Beverage cost management platform for hotels, restaurants, and catering service businesses. Its main goal is to help users manage recipes, menus, ingredients, suppliers, purchasing, labor, and operating costs, while improving profit margins through cost calculation and pricing control. The website also promotes menu development and cost control training, but the core product is the “COST EASY │ recipe costs and more” platform.

Core Features

Based on the collected content, its features cover multiple parts of F&B cost control: instant recipe and menu costing, menu planning, per-person F&B cost calculation, selling price and profit margin estimation, ingredient quantity calculation, loss/waste calculation, supplier management, purchase orders, invoice registration, event/banquet cost management, and labor and operating cost estimation and accounting. Higher-tier plans also include inventory, warehouses, departments, sales, and income/expense summaries. Allergen recording and automatic alerts are a practical highlight, useful for menu display and compliance with European guidelines.

Pricing and Trial

The product uses a free plan plus tiered subscription model. The Free plan has no time limit and supports 20 recipes, 100 items, and 1 license. Paid plans range from Basic to Business, with annual billing prices of €9.99, €29.99, €49.99, and €69.99/month; monthly billing is more expensive. Subscriptions must be paid by bank transfer at the start and are non-refundable. The pricing is relatively friendly for small F&B businesses, though the payment method is fairly traditional.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths are a clear vertical focus and features designed around F&B cost control, extending from recipe costing to supplier, purchasing, inventory, and event management. It is suitable for detailed cost control in foodservice operations, and also supports cloud access across multiple devices. The drawbacks are that public information does not mention third-party integrations, APIs, POS/accounting system connections, or details such as role permissions, audit logs, encryption, GDPR, or security certifications. Most plans include only 1 license, so team collaboration scalability is limited.

Who It’s For and Access from China

It is better suited to hotel F&B departments, independent restaurants, banquet catering businesses, and companies that need recipe/menu costing in Greece, Cyprus, and the wider European region. There is no clear information about access from China. Since payment is by bank transfer, cross-border purchasing may be less convenient than credit card or self-service SaaS checkout. If operating locally in China, users may want to compare it with domestic restaurant ERP, inventory, supply chain, and cost accounting systems, or international alternatives such as MarketMan, Apicbase, and Craftable.