Oventab
Oventab is a web service for restaurants and other food businesses that tracks ingredient costs and dish profitability.
What Oventab is
Oventab is a web service for restaurants and other food businesses that tracks ingredient costs and dish profitability. It reads supplier invoices supplied as PDFs, photos, or electronic files, then updates ingredient prices and affected recipes. Recipes can include sub-recipes and yields, with cost per portion, food cost percentage, and profitability indicators. When a dish passes its food-cost target, Oventab identifies the ingredient and invoice behind the change. It compares prices among a customer’s own suppliers and recommends where to buy. The service is intended for restaurants, bars, cafés, bakeries, dark kitchens, and caterers, with plans covering one to ten locations. The one-location plan costs $49 a month and includes unlimited recipes, ingredients, invoice reading, deviation alerts, and supplier comparison. Plans for up to 2, 5, and 10 locations cost 89.00, 199.00, and $299 a month, respectively, and are marked coming soon. A 7-day trial requires a credit card.
Good
- Reads PDF, photo, and electronic invoices
- Calculates portion cost and food percentage
- Alerts on food-cost target deviations
- Compares prices across own suppliers
- Supports yields and sub-recipes
Watch out
- No free plan
- Trial requires a credit card
- Plans above one location marked coming soon
- More than ten locations require contact
Who it suits
It suits food-service operators managing recipe costs, supplier invoices, and menu profitability. Businesses with multiple locations can choose plans based on location count.
Verdict
Oventab focuses on invoice-driven recipe costing and supplier price decisions. Its paid plans and location limits should be weighed against the number of sites being managed.
Plans and prices
From Oventab's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| 1 location | $49 a month | 1 location · Unlimited recipes and ingredients · Unlimited invoice reading · Deviation alerts · Supplier price comparison · USD 49 /month |
| Up to 2 locations | $89 a month | Up to 2 locations · Unlimited recipes and ingredients · Unlimited invoice reading · Deviation alerts · Supplier price comparison · Coming soon · USD 89 /month |
| Up to 5 locations | $199 a month | Up to 5 locations · Unlimited recipes and ingredients · Unlimited invoice reading · Deviation alerts · Supplier price comparison · Coming soon · USD 199 /month |
| Up to 10 locations | $299 a month | Up to 10 locations · Unlimited recipes and ingredients · Unlimited invoice reading · Deviation alerts · Supplier price comparison · Coming soon · USD 299 /month |
The facts
Each one read from Oventab's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI processing
- PDF and image invoices are sent to OpenAI for extraction, while XML CFE invoices are parsed on Oventab's servers; the in-app assistant can read but not modify account data.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Account and business data is retained while an account is active and for up to 12 months after cancellation, subject to stated legal exceptions.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Google Drive
- Users can optionally connect a designated Google Drive folder for read-only access to invoice files.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Oventab says it is for restaurants, bars, cafés, bakeries, dark kitchens, and caterers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Invoice processing
- It accepts invoices as PDF files, photos, or electronic invoices and updates ingredient prices and affected recipes.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Location limit
- Plans cover up to 1, 2, 5, or 10 locations; businesses with more than 10 are asked to contact Oventab.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Oventab reads supplier invoices and recalculates dish costs to help restaurants control food costs.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says Oventab uses HTTPS, salted scrypt password hashes, hashed session tokens, AES-256-GCM encryption for third-party credentials, and business-level query isolation.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Supplier comparison
- It compares ingredient prices across the customer's own suppliers and recommends where to buy.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The privacy policy says Oventab provides support and troubleshooting, and support sessions are limited to reading and diagnosis.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Cost alerts
- It alerts users when a dish exceeds its food cost target and identifies the ingredient and invoice behind the change.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Recipe costing
- It calculates cost per portion and food cost percentage, with profitability indicators and support for sub-recipes and yields.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Trial and cancellation
- The 7-day trial requires a credit card, and cancellation during the trial incurs no charge.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Montevideo, Uruguaychecked 28 Sep 2026
- Operator and headquarters
- Oventab is operated by Liftoff S.R.L., whose registered office is in Montevideo, Uruguay.checked 7 Oct 2026
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