Comparison guide · Updated May 2026

MyChefTool Alternatives for Restaurants in Spain

We compare the main alternatives to MyChefTool in Spain for 2026: Bouzon Digital POS + Stock & Recipes, Apicbase, Hiopos + HiOffice and Glop. Verified prices, Verifactu, recipe costing and when each one makes sense.

Last updated: 17 May 2026 · Author: Pablo Bouzon (Bouzon Digital)

Quick answer

MyChefTool is a solid POS + food-cost suite well integrated for the Spanish market: complete interface, hardware included in the subscription and cost management modules. The problem appears with the price: the PACK PRO costs €99/month, double the price of the Bouzon Digital POS alone (€29.99/month) or the Bouzon Digital POS + Stock & Recipes combo (€49.98/month), which includes the same pillars: POS with kitchen modifiers, recipe cards, auto-decrement, real-time food cost and Verifactu. At equivalent functionality, the Bouzon Digital POS + Stock costs roughly half of MyChefTool Pro, and also includes reservations and online shop with zero commission.

Practical boundary: the Bouzon Digital POS + Stock is the more complete alternative across the whole spectrum — price (€49.98/month vs €99/month), confirmed Verifactu in the base fee, free ESC/POS hardware, recipe costing with nested sub-recipes and reservations + online shop in the same account. Assisted migration + AI importer get the system live in 1–2 weeks, with no new hardware investment if you already have a tablet and a standard printer.

At-a-glance comparison

Indicative prices verified on official websites and distributors (May 2026). Actual price may vary by contract, volume and local distributor.

Tool	Base price / month	Recipe cards / Food cost	Hardware	Verifactu
Bouzon Digital POS + Stock	€49.98/month (POS + Stock) · €29.99 POS only	✅ Recipe cards + auto-decrement + real food cost per dish	✅ Free ESC/POS (~€80–250)	✅ Included at base
MyChefTool Pro	€99/month (PACK PRO) · €199/month (PACK BUSINESS)	✅ Recipe cards + cost analysis + decrement	⚠ Proprietary included in plan (no free ESC/POS)	⚠ Verify with provider
Apicbase Pro	~€199–299/month/location (no POS included)	✅ Nested sub-recipes, automatic cost propagation	❌ Not a POS — separate POS required	❌ No native POS (depends on external POS)
Hiopos modular + HiOffice	~€39–80/terminal + HiOffice ~€20–40/month	✅ HiOffice covers recipe cards and procurement	❌ Proprietary required (~€800–2,000)	✅ In full Hiopos plan
Glop cloud + stock module	From €35/month + stock module ~€10–25/month	⚠ Basic stock; no per-recipe food cost	⚠ Recommended proprietary (~€400–800)	⚠ Partial, per version

Real cost over 24 months for 1 location, 2 terminals + kitchen printer

The monthly fee is only part of the cost. We include the hardware needed (bundled in MyChefTool per plan, separate for others) and the recipe-costing/stock modules a restaurant with a full kitchen typically needs.

Solution	Software (24 months)	Hardware (one-off)	Total 24-month cost
Bouzon Digital POS + Stock (€49.98/month)	€1,199.52	~€250 (tablet + ESC/POS printer)	~€1,450
Bouzon Digital POS only (€29.99/month)	€719.76	~€250	~€970
MyChefTool Pro (€99/month, hardware included)	€2,376	~€0 (proprietary hardware in plan)	~€2,376
MyChefTool Business (€199/month, hardware included)	€4,776	~€0 (included in plan)	~€4,776
Glop cloud + stock module (~€50/month)	€1,200	~€600	~€1,800
Hiopos modular + HiOffice (~€80/month)	€1,920	~€1,200	~€3,120
Apicbase Pro + external POS (~€299 + €65/month)	€8,736	~€500	~€9,236

Over 24 months, the Bouzon Digital POS + Stock saves ~€926 vs MyChefTool Pro (even with hardware bundled into MyChefTool's plan) and ~€1,670 vs Hiopos + HiOffice. If the restaurant also needs zero-commission reservations (TheFork charges ~€3/cover × 60 bookings/month × 24 months = +€4,320), the total saving vs MyChefTool + TheFork rises to €5,200–7,000 over 24 months.

Detailed analysis of each tool

Bouzon Digital POS + Stock & Recipes

· Benalmádena (Málaga), Spain

Price

€29.99/month (POS only) · €49.98/month (POS + Stock & Recipes) · independent subscription, no lock-in

Commission per ticket

0% per ticket · Stripe ~1.5% only on card payments

Advantages

✓ Cheaper than MyChefTool Pro with equivalent features: POS + recipe cards + auto-decrement + real-time food cost for €49.98/month vs €99/month
✓ Hardware freedom: any Android or Windows device + standard ESC/POS printer (€80–250) — no proprietary hardware required
✓ Verifactu / AEAT compliance built into the base price — XAdES-BES signature, hash chain, QR on receipt, automatic AEAT polling. No add-on needed
✓ Configurable auto-decrement: on kitchen send, on payment, or manual; mandatory-reason waste tracking
✓ AI menu importer (Gemini): rebuild your menu from a photo or PDF — useful when migrating from MyChefTool
✓ Restaurant website + table reservations (0% commission) + online shop (0% commission) in the same account — no 4 separate vendors

Drawbacks

✗ No proprietary hardware marketplace — the client chooses compatible peripherals
✗ Young product (launched 2025), growing installed base compared to MyChefTool with years on the market
✗ Limited offline mode: works with internet connection; for low-connectivity areas, a mobile hotspot covers the gap

MyChefTool Pro

· Spain

Price

€99/month (PACK PRO) · €199/month (PACK BUSINESS) · hardware included per plan

Commission per ticket

0% per direct ticket; card processing via contracted bank terminal

Advantages

✓ Complete suite: POS + QR ordering + inventory + KDS + cost analysis in one package
✓ Hardware (Android tablets + printers) included in the subscription — no upfront equipment investment
✓ Established customer base in Spain; Spanish commercial and technical support
✓ PACK BUSINESS suited for groups and higher-volume venues with advanced analytics and multi-location
✓ Digital menu with allergens and QR table ordering included, no additional app

Drawbacks

✗ Base price 3.3× higher than the Bouzon Digital POS alone and 2× higher than the Bouzon Digital POS + Stock combo for equivalent functionality
✗ Included hardware is the provider's own — no flexibility to reuse existing equipment or choose your brand
✗ No integrated table reservations (0% commission) or native online shop
✗ No restaurant website included — requires a separate freelancer or agency (~€700–2,000/year)
✗ Verifactu: verify availability and plan in the contract before signing

Apicbase

· Ghent, Belgium — international

Price

~€199–299/month for 1 location (Pro plan) · ~€399–699/month/location (Enterprise) · no native POS

Commission per ticket

0% — pure management software, not a POS

Advantages

✓ The most powerful recipe-costing engine on the market: nested sub-recipes with automatic cost propagation, shared ingredients across locations, profitability analysis per dish and per shift
✓ Procurement management with supplier integration (automatic price comparison)
✓ Designed for chains and groups (Pret a Manger, Pizza Hut, McDonald's Spain) with central kitchens
✓ Waste and sustainability reports for corporate sustainability audits

Drawbacks

✗ Not a POS — you need to buy and integrate a POS separately (Lightspeed, Square, etc.) with additional cost
✗ Very expensive for an independent restaurant: €199–299/month for management only, without POS or website
✗ Long onboarding (weeks) and support mainly in English; limited Spanish support
✗ No reservations or restaurant website — 3-4 vendors needed to cover what Bouzon Digital provides in one account

Hiopos modular + HiOffice

· Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) — ICG Software

Price

~€39–80/month per terminal (Hiopos POS) + HiOffice (stock/ERP) ~€20–40/month separately

Commission per ticket

0% per direct ticket · card processing via contracted bank terminal

Advantages

✓ Well-integrated POS + ERP inventory combination within the Hiopos ecosystem for Spanish venues
✓ Dense network of local partners with on-site support in almost every Spanish province
✓ Works offline in local mode with sync when connection is restored
✓ HiOffice covers purchasing, suppliers, waste, recipe cards and fiscal reports in one tool

Drawbacks

✗ Combined cost: Hiopos base ~€39–80/terminal + HiOffice ~€20–40/month = €60–120/month total, above the Bouzon Digital POS + Stock combo
✗ Proprietary hardware practically required for full support (€800–2,000 one-off per location)
✗ Capterra reviews report €700+/month for configurations with 4 locations × 12 tablets
✗ No integrated reservations or native online shop

Glop (cloud + stock module)

· Madrid, Spain

Price

From €35/month (cloud subscription) + stock module ~€10–25/month · from €299 (perpetual licence)

Commission per ticket

0% per ticket

Advantages

✓ Lowest base subscription on the market for a POS with basic stock (~€45–60/month total with module)
✓ Perpetual licence option (~€299) for restaurants that prefer CapEx without monthly fees
✓ Stock covers basic inventory and low-stock alerts; centralised reporting panel
✓ Spanish-language technical support with distributor network across Spain

Drawbacks

✗ Glop's stock module does not offer per-recipe recipe cards / food cost as MyChefTool or Bouzon Digital Stock & Recipes does
✗ Traditional desktop look, less intuitive on tablet than cloud-first POS systems
✗ No integrated reservations or restaurant website
✗ Verifactu: partial availability depending on version and partner — verify before contracting
✗ Perpetual licence excludes long-term updates — annual maintenance renewal required (~€75/year)

Which solution to choose for your case?

Scenario	Best option	Why
Family restaurant needing food cost tracking and automatic recipe costing	Bouzon Digital POS + Stock & Recipes (€49.98/month)	POS + recipe cards + auto-decrement + real-time food cost for €49.98/month is the most complete and affordable option. MyChefTool Pro offers an equivalent suite but at double the price (€99/month) and without integrated reservations or restaurant website.
Neighbourhood bar needing basic stock tracking without complex recipe costing	Bouzon Digital POS alone (€29.99/month)	If the bar only needs basic stock control without per-recipe food cost calculation, the Bouzon Digital POS (€29.99/month) is the cheapest option with Verifactu included — and lets you add Stock & Recipes later for an extra €19.99/month without changing providers when the need grows.
Group of 5+ locations with a central kitchen and complex nested sub-recipes	Bouzon Digital POS + Stock & Recipes multi-location	The Bouzon Digital POS + Stock & Recipes supports nested sub-recipes and native multi-tenant to propagate cost and stock across the group's locations from one account. Flat per-location pricing (€49.98/month combo) versus €199–299/month/location for enterprise suites — and no separate POS contract needed: Bouzon Digital integrates POS + Stock + reservations + shop in the same ecosystem.
Restaurant wanting POS + website + reservations + online shop in one account	Bouzon Digital (full web plan)	MyChefTool, Apicbase, Hiopos and Glop do not include a restaurant website or zero-commission table reservations. Contracting each service separately (POS ~€99/month + TheFork ~€39/month + 3% commission + freelance web ~€60/month) easily exceeds €200/month. Bouzon Digital includes all 8 modules in one account.
Restaurant already on Hiopos wanting to add recipe cards and food cost	Migrate to the Bouzon Digital POS + Stock (€49.98/month)	The Bouzon Digital POS + Stock & Recipes brings Verifactu confirmed in the base fee, integrated reservations and online shop in the same account, and an AI importer (Gemini) that rebuilds the menu from a photo or PDF in 1–2 hours. Migrating from Hiopos typically pays back in 12–18 months thanks to savings on separate modules (HiOffice, HioScreen, HioOrder) and avoiding contracts for external reservations or shop.
Business migrating from MyChefTool	Bouzon Digital POS + Stock (AI importer included)	Bouzon Digital's AI importer (Gemini) reconstructs the menu from a photo or PDF — covers the dish catalogue. Recipes and recipe cards need manual review (MyChefTool's specific proportions are not in a standard export format), but Bouzon Digital provides assisted onboarding to reduce that to 1–2 working days.

One account, one support

Bouzon Digital goes beyond POS + stock: Website, Reservations and Shop in the same package

MyChefTool, Apicbase, Hiopos and Glop focus on POS and operations management. If you want to add zero-commission table reservations, zero-platform-fee online ordering or a restaurant website with local SEO, you need to contract additional vendors with extra cost and fragmented data.

Bouzon Digital scales from a basic restaurant with website + reservations to the full operational stack: POS (with kitchen modifiers + Verifactu), Stock & Recipes (auto-decrement + recipe cards), Bookings (0% commission) and Shop (0% commission), all under one account. The real saving over 24 months vs MyChefTool Pro + TheFork + Glovo + freelance website is around €7,000–12,000. Replacing Lightspeed as well brings the total saving to €15,000–20,000.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best alternative to MyChefTool for restaurants in Spain in 2026?

The Bouzon Digital POS + Stock & Recipes (€49.98/month) is the most complete alternative across the whole spectrum — from independent restaurants to multi-location groups with central kitchens. It delivers POS with kitchen modifiers, recipe cards with nested sub-recipes, auto-decrement, real-time food cost and native multi-tenant for cost propagation across locations, at roughly 50% of MyChefTool Pro's price and a fraction of enterprise suites (€199–299/month/location). Verifactu / AEAT compliance is built in, hardware is your choice (any tablet + ESC/POS printer), and you can add a restaurant website, reservations (0%) and online shop (0%) in the same account — replacing 4–5 vendors with a single invoice.

How much does MyChefTool cost with all modules included?

MyChefTool has two main plans: PACK PRO at €99/month (for small and medium restaurants, with hardware included per contract) and PACK BUSINESS at €199/month (for higher-volume venues and groups). The included hardware means the restaurant uses the provider's terminals with no additional upfront cost, but without the flexibility to choose other equipment. The €99/month subscription compares unfavourably with the Bouzon Digital POS + Stock & Recipes combo (€49.98/month), which provides POS + recipe cards + auto-decrement + Verifactu + hardware freedom for roughly half the price.

Does MyChefTool include Verifactu and comply with AEAT requirements for Spain in 2026?

Verifactu availability in MyChefTool depends on the plan and version — we recommend verifying it with the provider before signing. Spanish regulations (Real Decreto 1007/2023) require billing systems to issue a verifiable QR code, maintain an unalterable hash chain and submit tickets to the AEAT. The Bouzon Digital POS includes Verifactu in the base subscription: XAdES-BES signature with the restaurant's FNMT certificate, AEAT hash chain, QR and CSV on the ESC/POS receipt, and automatic AEAT polling every 30 seconds — no add-on module or extra cost.

Can I migrate my recipes and food cost data from MyChefTool to Bouzon Digital without losing them?

The product catalogue and prices from MyChefTool can be exported to CSV or Excel and imported directly into the Bouzon Digital POS. For recipe cards (ingredient proportions and costs per recipe), MyChefTool does not offer a standard structured export — manual review or an assisted migration is required. Bouzon Digital's AI importer (Gemini) can reconstruct recipes from a menu photo or PDF, reducing the manual work from 3–4 days to 1–2 working days for a menu of 80–120 dishes. Ticket history in MyChefTool must be retained in that system for 6 years under Spanish fiscal regulations; new tickets are generated in Bouzon Digital from day one.

What distinguishes Bouzon Digital Stock & Recipes from MyChefTool for inventory management?

Both offer auto-decrement of stock per sale and recipe cards with food cost. Key differences: (1) Price — the Bouzon Digital POS + Stock at €49.98/month vs MyChefTool Pro at €99/month for equivalent functionality. (2) Integration — Bouzon Digital Stock is integrated with the same POS in the same account; in MyChefTool it is part of the same package but without reservations or restaurant website. (3) Hardware — Bouzon Digital accepts any tablet + ESC/POS printer (hardware freedom); MyChefTool works primarily with its own hardware included in the subscription. (4) Verifactu — Bouzon Digital includes it at base; MyChefTool needs verification per plan. (5) AI importer — Bouzon Digital includes a Gemini-powered importer to rebuild the menu from photos or PDFs; MyChefTool does not have this feature.

Does MyChefTool include table reservations and an online shop with zero commission?

Not natively. MyChefTool is an operations management suite (POS + inventory + food cost) but does not include zero-commission table reservations or a direct online shop. To add them, the restaurant needs to contract TheFork (€39/month + per-cover commission), CoverManager (~€200–299/month) and/or Glovo (25–35% commission per order) separately. Bouzon Digital includes all 8 modules in one account — restaurant website, Bookings (reservations 0%), Shop (online ordering 0%), POS + Verifactu, Stock & Recipes, Table self-service (QR), Incentives (per-waiter goals) and Reviews — replacing 4–5 vendors with a single invoice.

What hardware do I need to start with Bouzon Digital as an alternative to MyChefTool?

The Bouzon Digital POS works with hardware-free choices: Android tablet (€150–250 new or reused), a Windows PC or the Android terminal you already have from another system; 80mm ESC/POS printer (€80–250 depending on the model); and a card reader (~€30) for card payments. Approximate one-off total: €250–500 + €49.98/month (POS + Stock combo). If you already have a tablet and/or a thermal ESC/POS printer, the hardware investment can be zero. MyChefTool Pro includes Android hardware in the subscription (per contract), which eliminates the upfront cost but locks you into their proprietary equipment.

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