BatchBoost
by BatchBoost
UK food production software for small food makers, co-packers, café kitchens and market traders. It covers recipe costing with sub-recipes, production runs with batch numbers and best-before dates, multi-site stock with automatic deductions, lot traceability and recall search, SALSA templates and labels. Free for 5 recipes; stock starts at £30 a month.
Why it is classified this way
We call this a Light manufacturing product. Has bills of materials or recipes, consumes stock when you build, and tracks production, but time-phased planning is not verified.
It is not labeled Full MRP because we have not verified that it accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule; nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming; explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials; uses lead times or required dates; and produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations. That is a statement about the evidence we found, not a claim that the product is weak, see the capability table and the sources below.
The six Full MRP tests, and how BatchBoost does on each (1 of 6)
- YesIt represents a bill of materials, recipe, or formula.Evidence: batchboost.com › How to run a production batch(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Plans(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › How to scale a recipe(opens in a new tab)
- PartialIt accepts dated demand, sales orders, a forecast, or a master production schedule.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- PartialIt nets that demand against stock on hand and orders already incoming.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
- UnknownIt explodes requirements through at least one level of the bill of materials.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- UnknownIt uses lead times or required dates.Not established. No evidence found yet.
- PartialIt produces dated buy, make, transfer, release, or reschedule recommendations.Not established. Only partly shown: the evidence covers some of this but not all of it, so the test is not established.
These rules are applied identically to every product and enforced at build time, a record cannot be published as Full MRP unless all six pass with a source attached. Read the methodology.
Best for
- UK artisan food makers who need batch numbers, best-before dates and a recall trail for SALSA
- Market and event traders who plan stock around markets and want sales tracked per event
- Small kitchens that build products from sub-recipes such as sauces, bases and fillings and need cost per unit to follow
Not a fit when
- Anyone who needs dated purchase planning; the shopping list works from fixed ideal stock levels
- Bookkeeping through Xero or QuickBooks today; both are marked Coming Soon
- Teams above five people or more than three sites, where the plans stop
Pricing facts
What it costs to do manufacturing in this product.
Free plan
5 recipes, 2 users and no sites. Free covers recipe management, nutrition and labeling, allergens, traceability, margin analysis and the AI tools, with a 30-day trial of the stock and events module; stock tracking itself is not on Free.
Advertised from
£0/month
Useful entry price
£30/month
Billing basis
Flat rate
Why the useful price is higher
The Free plan keeps recipes, production runs and batch numbers but no stock: ingredient stock, automated deductions and the bill of materials are "Not available on Free". Grow at £30 a month (£25 billed yearly) is the cheapest plan where a production run takes ingredients out of stock. FEFO multi-lot tracking, purchase orders, the Shopify and Square integrations and the API start at Standard, £60 a month.
Free trial: 14 days.
What moves the real bill
- Onboarding fee. Optional 1-on-1 onboarding session "from £250".
Plans
| Plan | Price | Add-ons and setup |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | — |
| 5 recipes, 2 users, no sites. No stock tracking. Free has no stock, so production runs do not deduct ingredients; it is a recipe-costing and labeling tier. | ||
| GrowBilled monthly | £30/mo · 2 users included · up to 2 users | — |
| 50 recipes, 2 users, 1 site, 20 compliance documents, 50 MB storage. "1-on-1 onboarding session from £250". | ||
| GrowBilled yearly, shown per month | £25/mo · 2 users included · up to 2 users | — |
| 50 recipes, 2 users, 1 site, 20 compliance documents, 50 MB storage. £300 a year, shown as £25 a month. "1-on-1 onboarding session from £250". | ||
| StandardBilled monthly | £60/mo · 3 users included · up to 3 users | — |
| 100 recipes, 3 users, 2 sites, 50 compliance documents, 200 MB storage. "1-on-1 onboarding session from £250". | ||
| StandardBilled yearly, shown per month | £50/mo · 3 users included · up to 3 users | — |
| 100 recipes, 3 users, 2 sites, 50 compliance documents, 200 MB storage. £600 a year, shown as £50 a month. "1-on-1 onboarding session from £250". | ||
| PremiumBilled monthly | £90/mo · 5 users included · up to 5 users | — |
| 150 recipes, 5 users, 3 sites, 200 compliance documents, 1 GB storage. "1-on-1 onboarding session from £250". | ||
| PremiumBilled yearly, shown per month | £75/mo · 5 users included · up to 5 users | — |
| 150 recipes, 5 users, 3 sites, 200 compliance documents, 1 GB storage. £900 a year, shown as £75 a month. "1-on-1 onboarding session from £250". | ||
Cheapest paid plan that manufactures, by paid users
- 1 user: Grow, £25 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year £300.
- 5 users: Premium, £75 a month (billed yearly, shown per month); first year £900.
Pricing detail
Read from the rendered plans page with UK pricing on 2026-10-09: Grow £30, Standard £60, Premium £90 a month billed monthly, or £25, £50 and £75 a month billed yearly (£300, £600 and £900 a year, "Save 17%"). "All prices are ex VAT". Plans cap users (2, 2, 3, 5), recipes (5, 50, 100, 150) and sites (0, 1, 2, 3). A banner offers a "14-day Premium trial". The site prices by visitor country: a US visitor sees $36, $60 and $120 a month, so check the currency you are shown. The static text served before the page loads, and the homepage footer, still say "Grow (£15/month), Standard (£30/month, best value), and Premium (£60/month)" and "Paid plans from £15/month"; the rendered plans page and the FAQ ("Paid plans start from just £30/month") give the higher figures, which we use.
Checked on October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com(opens in a new tab). Prices change. Check before you buy.
Manufacturing capability
19 of 25 fields resolved. "Unknown" means we have not found first-party evidence. It is not a No.
Planning
Working out what to buy or make, and when.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Accepts dated demandYou can tell it what is due and when, sales orders with dates, a forecast, or a production schedule. | Partial | Two kinds of dated plan exist, neither of them demand that drives purchasing. Events carry sales forecasts: "For each event, you can add recipes/products, forecast sales, set revenue targets, and track actual results". Production runs can be scheduled on a calendar as drafts. Manual sales orders start at Standard. Nothing shows these feeding a requirements calculation.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › How to schedule production runs on the calendar(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Plans(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Nets against stock on handIt subtracts what you already have before telling you to buy more. | Partial | The shopping list compares stock with a target level: "Generate draft POs grouped by supplier from your current stock vs ideal levels — perfect for weekly ordering." It nets against a fixed ideal level per ingredient and site, not against planned production.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › How to auto generate purchase orders from planned batches(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Counts incoming ordersIt knows about purchase orders and production orders already placed, so it does not tell you to order twice. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing open purchase or production orders included in the supply picture.Know the answer? |
| Uses lead timesIt works backwards from when you need something to when you must order or start it, using supplier and production lead times. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation showing lead time fields that shift a suggested order or start date.Know the answer? |
| Produces dated buy/make suggestionsThe output is an actionable list with dates, order this much by this date, start this batch on this date. | Partial | Low-stock alerts and the shopping list produce draft purchase orders grouped by supplier, with no order-by dates. "PO reorder suggestions" appear in the plan table on Premium only and are not described further.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › How to auto generate purchase orders from planned batches(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Plans(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Capacity planningChecks whether your people and machines can do the work in the time available. | Partial | Only a visual calendar: "Plan your week's bakes/cooks visually and balance load across your team." Nothing compares work against people or equipment capacity.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › How to schedule production runs on the calendar(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Production
Recipes, bills of materials, and running the work.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Bill of materialsA list of the parts and quantities needed to make one of something. | Yes | Recipes are the bill of materials, and production runs consume them: "A production run consumes ingredient stock, creates a finished product lot, and locks the recipe state for traceability." Packaging can be attached at recipe level. Stock deduction and the plan table's "Bill of Materials (BOM)" row start at Grow.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › How to run a production batch(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Plans(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Multi-level BOMSub-assemblies inside assemblies, a part that is itself made from other parts, nested as deep as you need. | Yes | The FAQ says "BatchBoost supports hierarchical recipes, so you can use a finished recipe (like a pastry cream or sauce) as an ingredient in another recipe." Cost, allergens and nutrition roll up through the chain, and circular references are blocked.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › How to use a recipe as an ingredient in another recipe(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Recipes & formulasBatch-style production by weight, volume, or percentage, including scaling a batch up or down. | Yes | Recipes scale: "You can adjust batch yields and BatchBoost will recalculate all ingredient quantities, costs, and margins instantly." A batch calculator sizes a one-off run without changing the recipe. Batch scaling is on every plan.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › How to scale a recipe(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Work / manufacturing ordersA record authorising and tracking the making of a specific quantity. | Yes | Production runs are records with a draft and confirmed state: "A production run creates a batch from one of your recipes. BatchBoost automatically deducts the required ingredients from your stock, assigns a batch number, calculates best-before dates, and tracks the finished products." Drafts can be scheduled without deducting stock.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › How to run a production batch(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Routings & operationsThe ordered steps a product goes through, and which machine or station does each one. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of operation sequences or routings attached to production.Know the answer? |
| Shop-floor trackingOperators report progress, time, and completions as the work happens. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of a shop-floor, operator, or terminal interface for reporting production.Know the answer? |
| Quality controlsChecks, tests, holds, and non-conformance records tied to production or receiving. | Partial | Compliance rather than production QC. The features page lists "per-site recurring checks" and SALSA document templates, and the plan table lists "Pre-Dispatch Checks" on Premium only. No in-process batch inspection or non-conformance record is described.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Features(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Plans(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Inventory & traceability
Knowing what you hold and being able to trace it.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Batch & lot traceabilityWhich incoming material lots went into which finished batch, and where those finished goods went. | Yes | Forward and backward traceability is on every plan: "Backward traceability lets you trace a sold product back to its exact ingredient sources and batch numbers". Supplier lot capture starts at Grow, FEFO multi-lot tracking at Standard, and the recall search screen ("Trace any lot end-to-end — from supplier through production through every sale where it shipped — in seconds.") is a Premium feature in the plan table.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › How to run a recall search(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Plans(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Expiry & shelf lifeBest-before dates on materials and finished goods, with warnings before they lapse. | Yes | Best-before dates are on every plan and the finished batch inherits its date from its ingredients: "The finished product BBE inherits the earliest input lot's BBE". An Expiring Lots view ("The default view is lots expiring within 7 days") starts at Standard in the plan table, and FEFO lot suggestions in production are Premium.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › How to understand fefo and lot tracking(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › How to view expiring stock(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Plans(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Serial numbersUnique identifiers on individual units, for warranty or field service. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of serial number tracking on individual units.Know the answer? |
Commerce & accounting
Costs, purchasing, storefronts, and the books.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Product costing & COGSWhat it costs you to make one, and the cost of the goods you sold. | Yes | "BatchBoost automatically calculates the cost per batch and cost per unit based on your ingredient prices." Packaging, wastage and, from Standard, labor are added to cost per unit; COGS tracking and margin analysis are on every plan.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › How to cost a recipe(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| PurchasingRaising and tracking purchase orders to suppliers from inside the system. | Yes | Purchase orders with check-in against delivery: "Draft a PO so a supplier knows exactly what you need, and so BatchBoost can match the delivery to the order on check-in." The plan comparison table marks purchase orders as Standard and Premium only, although the Grow plan card lists "Purchase Orders".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › How to create a purchase order(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Plans(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Accounting connectionSends financial data to bookkeeping software, or includes its own general ledger. | No | Not available yet. The features page lists Xero and QuickBooks under Finance Integrations, each marked "Coming Soon".Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| Ecommerce connectionPulls orders and pushes stock levels to a storefront or marketplace. | Yes | Shopify and Square: "Sync your Shopify store with BatchBoost so online sales deduct stock and land in fulfilment automatically." The FAQ says "BatchBoost integrates directly with Square Point of Sale." Both start at Standard in the plan table. A branded wholesale ordering portal is on Grow and above.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › How to connect shopify(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Faq(opens in a new tab); batchboost.com › Features(opens in a new tab)Question this |
Openness & your data
Getting data in, out, and away if you leave.
| Capability | Finding | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| APIA documented programming interface so other software can read and write your data. | Yes | A documented REST API: "OpenAPI 3.1 spec rendered with Swagger UI. Every endpoint, request schema, response schema, and example." The developers page adds "API and MCP are available on Standard and above." The API does not delete records: "No DELETE, no archive, no account closure."Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Developers(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| WebhooksThe system can notify other software the moment something changes. | Yes | The developers page lists "HMAC-signed webhooks" among the API's standards. Which events are available is not listed on the page we read. Standard and above.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Developers(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| MCP supportA Model Context Protocol server, letting an AI assistant read or act on this data. Useful, but it has nothing to do with whether the product plans materials. | Yes | A first-party MCP server: "21 tools, 4 resources, 3 prompts. Streamable HTTP transport, OAuth 2.1 + PKCE." Standard and above.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Developers(opens in a new tab)Question this |
| CSV exportYou can get your lists out as spreadsheet files. | Unknown | Not yet researched. We would need: documentation of csv or spreadsheet export.Know the answer? |
| Full data exportYou can take everything, including history and relationships, not just a few screens' worth of rows. | Partial | The FAQ says "BatchBoost allows you to export your recipes, ingredients, production runs, and other data." The format and whether it covers the whole account in one export are not stated.Reviewed October 9, 2026. Source: batchboost.com › Faq(opens in a new tab)Question this |
On the vendor's roadmap
The vendor's own account of what is coming, dated. A plan changes nothing in the table above, which records what we saw working.
- Xero and QuickBooks integrations are listed as "Coming Soon", to send dispatched sales as invoices, production batch costs as COGS entries and purchase orders as bills. No date is given; the date here is when we read the page. Vendor statement, October 9, 2026.
Deployment, licensing and your data
- Deployment
- Cloud (hosted for you)
- Licensing
- Proprietary SaaS
- Team sizes
- Just me, 2–5 people
- Manufacturing styles
- Batch & recipe products
Integrations
- Shopify
- Square
- Stripe Connect
Industries
Jobs this product qualifies for
Derived from the capability table above, not hand-assigned.
Editorial notes and cautions
Things we would want a friend to know before buying.
- The site shows three different price lists. The rendered plans page and the FAQ say Grow is £30 a month (£25 billed yearly); the static text on the homepage and in the footer still says £15. US visitors are shown dollar prices that are not a straight conversion. Confirm the price in your own currency at sign-up.
- The Free plan has no stock. Production runs on Free record a batch but do not deduct ingredients; that starts at Grow.
- Many of the features a food business looks for sit on Standard or Premium: FEFO lot picking, the recall search screen, purchase orders, Shopify and Square, and the API. Price the plan that has what you need, not Grow.
Alternatives to BatchBoost
An alternative is always an alternative for a reason. There is no universal replacement.
Wherefour is a US food and beverage batch system that names lead times in its planning and connects to QuickBooks Online and Desktop today, where BatchBoost's accounting links are still coming.
Kerno is another batch and lot tool for formula-driven makers, with QA records and expiry on batches; it is priced in US dollars and is not food-specific.
Evidence and verification
Why this record is not Verified. The vendor's own pages give conflicting prices (£15 against £30 for Grow), and its knowledge hub is marked as under review. It stays Partially verified until the price is settled and the plan gating is confirmed.
BatchBoost is a JavaScript single-page app: a plain fetch of any page returns the same static summary, so the plans page, FAQ, features page, developers page and knowledge hub articles were read in a headless browser on 2026-10-09. The plans page was read with UK pricing selected. The knowledge hub carries a banner saying "Knowledge Hub is currently under review", and its articles are short. Plan gating is read off the plan comparison table, where a cross marks the plans that lack a feature.
Sources we checked (12)
batchboost.com
- Home page(opens in a new tab)
- Plans(opens in a new tab)
- Faq(opens in a new tab)
- Features(opens in a new tab)
- Developers(opens in a new tab)
- How to run a production batch(opens in a new tab)
- How to use a recipe as an ingredient in another recipe(opens in a new tab)
- How to understand fefo and lot tracking(opens in a new tab)
- How to run a recall search(opens in a new tab)
- How to auto generate purchase orders from planned batches(opens in a new tab)
- How to connect shopify(opens in a new tab)
- How to create a purchase order(opens in a new tab)
What we still want to confirm
We publish our gaps rather than hiding them. If you can point us at a first-party page for any of these, we will update the record and credit the correction.
- Settle which price list is current. The rendered plans page and the FAQ say £30, £60 and £90 a month; the static homepage text says £15, £30 and £60.
- Confirm whether the shopping list or PO reorder suggestions count planned production runs or open purchase orders. The article titled "How to Auto-Generate Purchase Orders from Planned Batches" describes only current stock against ideal levels.
- Confirm whether purchase orders are on Grow. The Grow plan card lists them; the comparison table marks them Standard and up.
- Confirm whether CSV export exists per list, and what the full data export contains.
- Confirm the webhook events available, and whether Shopify sync is limited to Standard as the features table suggests.
- Watch for the Xero and QuickBooks integrations to move from Coming Soon to shipped.
Still unknown: counts incoming orders, uses lead times, routings & operations, shop-floor tracking, serial numbers, csv export.