Culvana
Culvana combines point of sale, inventory, recipe costing, purchasing, books and payments in one browser-based platform.
What Culvana is
Culvana combines point of sale, inventory, recipe costing, purchasing, books and payments in one browser-based platform. Its invoice automation reads vendor invoices, updates ingredient costs and stock, posts journal entries and flags price changes. Recipes and sub-recipes can include item, material and labor costs, yields, allergens and food-cost percentages. Sales through its cloud POS deplete inventory and update food cost in real time.
Restaurants and other food operators can use Culvana in a browser on a PC, tablet or phone, without installing software. Operators can keep Clover or Square terminals and connect their sales to Culvana’s costing and inventory layers. Franchise groups get a shared recipe and menu library, location-level access controls and roll-up reporting. The Professional plan is $199/location/mo, billed monthly, with 2,000 AI Credits per month; unused monthly credits do not roll over. Optional payment processing costs 2.5% + $0.10 per transaction, and customers may keep their own processor.
Good
- Combines POS, inventory, recipe costing, purchasing, books and payments.
- Invoice automation updates ingredient costs and stock.
- Recipe costing includes labor, yields and allergens.
- Works in a browser on PC, tablet or phone.
- No hardware is required, according to the company.
Watch out
- Professional costs $199/location/mo.
- Monthly AI credits do not roll over.
- Optional payment processing costs 2.5% + $0.10 per transaction.
- No free plan.
Who it suits
Culvana suits food businesses such as restaurants, caterers, cafés, bakeries, hotels and institutions that need costing, inventory and point-of-sale functions together. Its multi-unit tools are relevant to franchise groups.
Verdict
Culvana brings food costing, inventory and sales functions into a single platform, with tools for individual operators and franchise groups. Consider the location-based plan cost, monthly credit limit and optional processing fee when evaluating it.
Plans and prices
From Culvana's own pricing page, checked 1 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Culvana Professional | $199 a month | one plan · no tiers · no per-seat fees · 2,000 AI Credits/month · unused monthly credits do not roll over · $199/location/mo |
The facts
Each one read from Culvana's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI credit overage
- Additional AI credit packs are listed as 500 for $25, 1,250 for $50, 3,000 for $100 and 8,000 for $250.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Data location
- The privacy policy says personal information is primarily processed and hosted on servers in the United States.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Hardware
- The company states that Culvana requires no hardware and no paper.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Existing operators can keep Clover or Square terminals and integrate their sales with Culvana's costing and inventory layers.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Invoice automation
- Its AI reads vendor invoices, updates ingredient costs and stock, posts journal entries, and flags price changes.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Multi-unit
- Franchise groups get a master recipe and menu library, location-level access controls and roll-up reporting.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Payment processing
- Optional payment processing is priced at 2.5% + $0.10 per transaction, and customers may keep their own processor.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Product scope
- Culvana combines point of sale, inventory, recipe costing, purchasing, books and payments in one platform.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says the company uses firewalls, data encryption, physical data-center access controls and information-access authorization controls.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site says demo requests receive a call within a day and provides phone support at 305-982-7075.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Supported industries
- The maker lists restaurants, caterers, bars, cafés, bakeries, meal-prep businesses, hotels, institutions, cruise lines, schools and hospitals among its users.checked 1 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser access
- Culvana runs in a browser on a PC, tablet or phone, with nothing to install.checked 1 Oct 2026
- POS
- Culvana includes a cloud POS where sales deplete inventory and update food cost in real time.checked 1 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker history
- Culvana is the new name for Recipe Costing Software, whose team says it has costed recipes for food operations for over ten years.checked 1 Oct 2026
Money
- Recipe costing
- Recipes and sub-recipes include item, material and labor costs, yields, allergens and food-cost percentages.checked 1 Oct 2026
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