# Parsley Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Parsley Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Food Service Management products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/165010/Parsley --- # Parsley Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on December 12, 2025 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Parsley ## What is Parsley? Parsley is a modern, intuitive, cloud-based ERP for food production, used for corporate and university dining, by independent and coop grocers to manage their culinary operations and commissaries, and by prepared meal and prepared food companies, to manage their recipes, including nutrition facts, plan meal cycles, menus, and production runs, obtain production plans by prep station or serving stations, take inventory, and do purchasing and receiving. Parsley frees chefs to focus on food and customer satisfaction. Parsley saves its users 10-20 hours a week, reduces food cost by 5-15%, improves consistency, customer satisfaction, profitabililty & revenue while allowing chefs to focus on the work they love - in the kitchen. ## What is Parsley used for? [Food Service Management](https://www.capterra.com/food-service-management-software/)[Restaurant Management](https://www.capterra.com/restaurant-management-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 8 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $79 Per Feature, Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Parsley?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=https://www.parsleycooks.com/&name=Parsley) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Parsley 4.9 (8) VS. [4.6 (47)](https://www.capterra.com/p/187718/MarginEdge/reviews/) Starting Price $79 Per Feature, Per Month Starting Price $330 Flat Rate, Per Month Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 5.0 (8) Ease Of Use 4.5 (111) Value For Money 5.0 (8) Value For Money 4.5 (102) Customer Service 5.0 (8) Customer Service 4.5 (107) ## Parsley alternatives [4.5 (1,270)](https://www.capterra.com/p/121248/When-I-Work/reviews/) Starting price $2.50 Per User, Per Month Highest Rated [Marketman](https://www.capterra.com/p/136439/Marketman-Restaurant-Inventory/) [4.7 (112)](https://www.capterra.com/p/136439/Marketman-Restaurant-Inventory/reviews/) Starting price $199.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/136439/Marketman-Restaurant-Inventory/) [Gofrugal](https://www.capterra.com/p/71693/GoFrugal-POS-Software/) [4.4 (198)](https://www.capterra.com/p/71693/GoFrugal-POS-Software/reviews/) Starting price $7.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/71693/GoFrugal-POS-Software/) [MYR POS](https://www.capterra.com/p/174862/myr-pos/) [4.5 (115)](https://www.capterra.com/p/174862/myr-pos/reviews/) Starting price $80.00 Per User, Per Month [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/174862/myr-pos/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Cost Management 5.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Manage budgets, track and optimize spending and align capacity to workload demand Forecasting 5.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Form predictions based on past and present data/trends Purchase Order Management 5.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Create, send, and track purchase orders and their statuses Recipe Management 5.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Store recipes, enable recipe modification, and generate data required for production records Accounting Integration Integrate with a third-party accounting system Activity Dashboard Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Parsley 32 features Integrate with a third-party accounting system Dashboard to view the status of ongoing processes, identify current incidents and track past activities Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Create, manage, and send invoices or bills to customers Manage catering operations/processes Manage budgets, track and optimize spending and align capacity to workload demand Process to track, record, and analyze expenses that occurred over the entire duration of a given project Add customized logos and colors to align with company branding Alter the layout and content of reports Pre-designed layouts that can be customized to match preferences and requirements Import and export data to and from software applications For businesses handling food & beverage operations Form predictions based on past and present data/trends Track and manage inventory levels to maintain proper supply Track and monitor inventory items, such as raw materials, unfinished goods, and ready-to-sell items Allows users to view inventory and build a menu that's appropriate List of food items to serve in any type of meal including main dishes, side dishes, and desserts. Manage and support multiple locations Scientific process of assessing the types, amount & nutritional content, including calories, vitamins & minerals for food/food products Manage and track customer orders for goods, investments, or any other purchases Track orders throughout the fulfillment process Accept and process customer payments for products or services using hardware and software Create, send, and track purchase orders and their statuses Workflows that help acquire inventory, issue purchase orders and receive and store items in required quantity Receive data and information in real time Receive system updates as soon as any changes are made Store recipes, enable recipe modification, and generate data required for production records Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Reports specific to sales analysis for trends and strategies Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.6 (8) 4.6 Based on 8 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 5.0 (8) Free Trial Basic $79.00 Per Feature,Per Month Value for money 5.0 (8) 5.0 Based on 8 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 5.0 (8) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 5.0 (8) 5.0 Based on 8 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.9 Based on 8 reviews Filter by rating 5(7) 4(1) 3(0) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent JM Jesse M. Founder & CEO Food Production ### "Parsley has helped our business" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 2, 2022 Prior to using Parsley, I used ChefTec - I had a horrible experience. The software was prehistoric and the customer support was rude and almost non-existent. Upon switching to Parsley, I quickly saw how focused on user experience the \[SENSITIVE CONTENT\] was. Their customer support is wonderful and they are always eager to help. They are constantly making updates and improving the software based on customer feedback. Pros Parsley allows for us to create and update recipes, print by batch sizes, and forecast complex production efforts through systematic subrecipe and recipe management. We use Plans and Purchasing very often, as well as purchase orders and menu planning. It is easy to use, with a little studying and training, and they are constantly updating the software based on feedback. Great team and product overall. Cons The only things I wish the software had was the ability to categorize subrecipes by station when they print out, so that they could be organized onto clipboards and assigned to specific team members. They way we currently have our production organized, it requires manual organization each week that is prone to errors. But this is not a huge deal as long as teams are trained and communicate effectively. It would also be great when adding items to a production plan, if the total number of items was tallied up at the end. (For example, if you know you're doing 1,000 meals, after you add all your numbers into the production plan, it would be great if at the end, it said "Items: 1,000" so you could verify the correct count is added. Other than that, not much negative to say! Switched from [ChefTec](https://www.capterra.com/p/2310/ChefTec/) Cheftec's software was very clunky and extremely unintuitive. Their customer support was very robotic and rude, so I was looking for better food production management software. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. KM Katharine M. Owner Food Production ### "Outstanding Food Software!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 7, 2020 Parsley software has enabled me to run my small scale food production business so much more effectively and efficiently. I find the software intuitive and user friendly. Pros I love using Parsley! I can now keep track of all our recipes, monitor our food costs, create weekly purchase orders and update nutritional labels. Best of all the customer support is outstanding. Any questions I've had are answered quickly by a follow up phone call or email. Cons I wish Parsley had the option of scaling by batches, not just servings. Reasons for choosing Parsley I spoke to the \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] who sold me! She was very helpful and understanding of our needs. If I could have created my own food software program in-house, it would be Parsley! Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor October 15, 2020 Hi Katherine, thank you for the great review! And we do have the option to scale by batches. I'll follow up and show you how Thanks again! Gabe E. Executive Chef/Owner Food & Beverages ### "Cuts down on admin/office time tremendously" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 August 17, 2019 I own a office lunch catering business that features three rotating menus every week, in addition to the rest of our catalogue. Parsley makes it really easy to plan, purchase, and produce all of our menus, eliminating hours and hours of admin. What else is great, being the chef and the owner, is that when I need to do ad hoc recipes, its very easy to estimate how to make a hotel pan of something, enter that recipe into parsley, and then check your work by scaling up to a 100 person batch (whoa, that's way too much garlic) and then down to a 6 pan (not enough mayo!). This has really let me delegate things I don't have a written recipe for, or am making up as I go, without having to personally make it myself. Pros It's very fast and easy to enter recipes, and if you need to add or edit ingredients you can do so without leaving the recipe, which is different then most other programs. It's also very easy to estimate recipes, and check your own work by scaling them up and down. The fact that so many common inventory items come pre-loaded into the system is a huge value add, and really lets you hit the ground running the first day entering in menus and recipes. We have over 600 inventory items, and it took a few hours one afternoon to add everything that was missing, using the import function. Cons It's still pretty new, so some parts are missing and still in development, but I am really impressed with how many features have been added since I started using it 3 months ago. It would be nice if it integrated with more programs, but I imagine it will in due time. Switched from [Caterease](https://www.capterra.com/p/2280/Caterease/) Caterease has an extremely dated interface (multiple windows that need to be opened, saved, closed, etc). It is like using windows 98. Parsley has a much more modern interface (a nav bar along the top and side, with a large work area) Alternatives considered [ChefTec](https://www.capterra.com/p/2310/ChefTec/) [CaterZen](https://www.capterra.com/p/82293/Restaurant-Catering-System/) [Total Party Planner](https://www.capterra.com/p/2278/Total-Party-Planner/) [PeachWorks](https://www.capterra.com/p/125698/PeachWorks/) Reasons for choosing Parsley None of these products are built for back of house the way parsley is, including ChefTec Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Heather E. Founder Food & Beverages ### "Parsley has optimized our business" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 31, 2019 Our customer rep. is always an email or screenshare away. She has been instrumental in getting us off the ground. Thanks for a wonderful product! Pros Parsley is the epitome of ease and functionality. From Ordering and Receiving, to Cost Analysis and Scaling recipes, everything makes sense without fluff. I've seen some competitors offer a seemingly "prettier" product, but the function of Parsley is 10 out of 10, and it's still very nice looking Cons I wouldn't call it a con, but I would like to see if an app comes out so that we can become even more fluid in the process. It works great on mobile now, but an app might make it more optimized. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. TD Tony D. Co-founder Food & Beverages ### "Parsley: Fantastic for Emerging CPG Brands" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 10, 2018 We manufacture nutritional snack bars and constantly use Parsley to develop new formulations. We check how the Nutritional Information Panel changes as we alter recipes, revise and iterate. Once we have the final formula, we save it and use Parsley for production runs. Pros It's simple (actually idiot-proof) and flexible. That's a rare combination. Cons I really can't think of anything. It's great. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. BL Brandon L. Co-Founder and Chef Food & Beverages ### "This program has been wonderful!! Saves money, creates lists, and manages our food spending." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 May 2, 2018 Pros Recipe measurement configurations, prep lists, 'event' forecasting, and nutritional information listing. This program really helps our company stay on task, and allows us to 'run lean' per se. Minimize our prepping and reduce our wastes. On top of all this, the support staff has been amazing with her customer service. We have spoken many times when I have had questions or did not understand something. She will screen share with me and walk me through everything, until I have full understanding. Cons Sometimes there are hiccups here and there. However, the support team continue to fix any issues as they arise. They respond quickly to an issue and get it fixed on the same day. At times I wish we could upload our CRM data directly into Parsley; instead of manually entering things. But that is okay. They have recently allowed downloading of select pieces from the program. This tells me they are continuing to make this program user friendly with other programs. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Michelle G. Owner/Executive Chef ### "Parsley makes my life SO much easier!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 24, 2017 This software has helped me single-handedly write recipes, menus, and purchase orders for a prepared meal delivery service operation from the startup stage. It's enabled me to put great detail into my recipes and it's given some much-needed structure and efficiency to the entire process. Pros The interface is very user-friendly, which is a big thing for me. Also, there are a lot of ways to customize each recipe entry to tailor it to exactly what I need, which is huge because there can be so much variance when it comes to writing, testing, and preparing different types of seasonal recipes. The menu and purchasing sections are an absolute life-saver! It takes about 1/4 of the time it used to take, which is huge when you work long hours especially. Another major plus is the fact that the service is fantastic. Too often these days, companies don't want to listen to their customers' feedback and products just don't get better. In the time that I've been using Parsley, I've received prompt responses in communication and they've even implemented some of my suggestions. There are regular updates as well as regular communication regarding new features, upcoming changes, and things of that sort. Overall a great product for anyone in the foodservice industry to stay organized and efficient. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. MM Mary M. kitchen lead - local catering company ### "So Happy to have found Parsley!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 August 13, 2017 Pros I have had the pleasure of working with Parsley for the past six months in my profession as a contract catering kitchen lead. I have found it to be a very robust and flexible platform for a variety of tasks, most notably recipe-scaling and prep list creation. I am continually amazed at how much it has reduced waste and improved my prep efficiency. I highly recommend this software for any chef, caterer and restaurant owner who is interested in a tool that has the potential to dramatically impact cost effectiveness. I know that I'm hooked! Cons Clearly, you must be prepared to invest the time to initially enter recipes, ingredients and vendors. However, once that investment has been made, recipe modifications, price updates and other adjustments are easily accommodated. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/165010/Parsley/reviews/) Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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