Prep Station
Prep Station is operations software for caterers and foodservice teams, connecting storefronts, quotes, events, costing, kitchen production, and delivery on …
What Prep Station is
Prep Station is operations software for caterers and foodservice teams, connecting storefronts, quotes, events, costing, kitchen production, and delivery on one record. Recipe costing accounts for yield and combines vendor prices with prep recipes to calculate cost per portion and plate cost. Sales orders carry guest counts, menus, modifiers, and live plate cost, so quotes show margin before they are sent. Published menus stay aligned with prices, modifiers, dietary tags, and availability. Delivery Hub supports internal drivers and DoorDash Drive as a per-stop backup, while Stripe Connect lets customers pay through the operator’s Stripe account. Inventory tools support barcode and camera scanning for counts, purchasing, waste, and receiving, including offline modes. Nutrition labels are USDA-backed, with allergy flags and FDA-style label exports. The AI sous chef works with recipes, orders, and meal plans for costing, scaling, quote changes, and shopping gaps. Prep Station is web-based with API access on the Operations plan.
Good
- Connects catering workflows on one record.
- Calculates yield-aware recipe and plate costs.
- Inventory supports barcode and camera scanning.
- Includes USDA-backed nutrition labels and allergy flags.
- Free trial available.
Watch out
- No free plan.
- Storefront orders are limited to 10 service slots.
- API access and external sync are on the Operations plan.
- Additional kitchens cost $49 a month each.
Who it suits
Prep Station suits full-service and drop-off caterers, chefs, commissaries, multi-unit restaurants, institutional kitchens, senior centers, and churches. Its features cover teams coordinating menus, costing, production, and delivery.
Verdict
Prep Station links quoting, menu publishing, costing, production, and delivery for foodservice operations. The 79.00 USD monthly starting plan is Kitchen; API access and external system sync are listed on Operations.
Plans and prices
From Prep Station's own pricing page, checked 1 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Kitchen | $79 a month | recipes · recipe player · recipe books/public sharing · ingredients/allergens · nutrition and menus · meal/production planning · team discussion · reports · monthly |
| Catering | $99 a month | Kitchen features · online storefront · sales orders · group orders · Delivery Hub · delivery fees · promotions · customer payments · data imports · AI chat assistant · monthly |
| Operations | $249 a month | Catering features · CRM/opportunities · inventory · purchase orders · invoice OCR/matching · commissary transfers · attendance/time clock · tasks/checklists · API access · external system sync · first kitchen included · +$49/mo per additional kitchen · monthly |
| Kitchen | $790 a year | recipes · recipe player · recipe books/public sharing · ingredients/allergens · nutrition and menus · meal/production planning · team discussion · reports · annual billing |
| Catering | $990 a year | Kitchen features · online storefront · sales orders · group orders · Delivery Hub · delivery fees · promotions · customer payments · data imports · AI chat assistant · annual billing |
| Operations | $2,490 a year | Catering features · CRM/opportunities · inventory · purchase orders · invoice OCR/matching · commissary transfers · attendance/time clock · tasks/checklists · API access · external system sync · first kitchen included · +$49/mo per additional kitchen · annual billing |
The facts
Each one read from Prep Station's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI assistant
- The AI sous chef can work in context on recipes, sales orders, and meal plans for costing, scaling, quote changes, and shopping gaps.checked 1 Oct 2026
- API and sync
- The Operations plan lists API Access and External System Sync.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The product is for full-service and drop-off caterers, chefs, commissaries, multi-unit restaurants, institutional kitchens, senior centers, and churches.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Core workflow
- A branded storefront, self-serve quotes, multi-day events, costing, kitchen production, and delivery run on one record.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Delivery
- Delivery Hub supports internal drivers and DoorDash Drive as per-stop backup.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Inventory
- Inventory supports barcode and camera scanning for counts, purchasing, waste, and receiving, including offline modes.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Nutrition and allergens
- The product provides USDA-backed nutrition labels and allergy flags, including FDA-style label exports.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Payments integration
- Prep Station connects to Stripe Connect so customers pay through the operator's Stripe account.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Product
- Prep Station is operations software for caterers and foodservice teams.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Sales orders
- Sales orders carry guest counts, menus, modifiers, and live plate cost so quotes show margin before sending.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Security privacy
- Prep Station says it never sells data and logs full IP addresses for security and fraud prevention while an account is active.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Storefront
- Published menus stay synchronized with Prep Station prices, modifiers, dietary tags, and availability.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Storefront limit
- A storefront order can contain up to 10 service slots.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Prep Station lists [email protected] and (424) 234-6129.checked 1 Oct 2026
Money
- Recipe costing
- Yield-aware recipe costing rolls vendor prices and prep recipes into cost per portion and plate cost.checked 1 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Web app
- The live app runs at app.prepstation.io.checked 1 Oct 2026
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