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Margin-aware software for caterers & restaurants
You quoted $24 a plate. It really cost $11.40.
Most caterers find out their real margin after the event, if ever. CaterIQ connects your food costs, proposals, and sales data so every quote shows the gap before you hit send.
No credit cardQuote in under 5 minutesBuilt in a real kitchen
Proposal · Johnson Wedding120 guests
Grilled Salmon Plate ×120
You quoted
$24.00
True plate cost
$11.40
Your margin on this event52.5%
You saw this margin before the quote went out, not in a spreadsheet after the event.
Guest count changes? See the new pricing and margin before the revised quote goes out.
3 layers
Ingredient → recipe → plate, costed end to end
< 5 min
From event details to a sent proposal
Instant
Photograph an invoice and turn the details into usable ingredient costs
14 days
Full access free, no card required
How it works
Cost. Quote. Improve.
Most caterers quote from memory and disconnected spreadsheets. CaterIQ closes the loop between what you charge and what it actually costs.
01
Cost
Import or photograph invoices and CaterIQ builds the chain from ingredient purchase price through recipe yield to real plate cost.
02
Quote
Describe the event, pick menu items, and CaterIQ drafts a branded proposal with real prices and live margin already attached.
03
Improve
Connect Clover or import sales. The Menu Matrix shows what to reprice, push, or retire based on real margin and volume.
Built in a real kitchenHosted by Howell
We built CaterIQ to quote our own events at Hosted by Howell. Now every proposal goes out with the real margin attached, so we stopped finding out which jobs lost money after they were already over.
Bobby Howell
Founder, Hosted by Howell
The system
Everything you need to quote smarter and protect margin.
A connected cost engine, AI proposals, the Menu Matrix, and a Sous Chef that watches your margins so you don't have to.
Full cost engine
Three-layer costing from ingredient price through recipe yield to final plate cost. Know your margin before the quote goes out.
AI proposals
Describe the event, pick menu items, and CaterIQ drafts a complete branded proposal with your terms and real pricing.
Menu Matrix
Every item plotted by profitability and popularity. Spot your Stars, fix your Dogs, decide with data instead of hunches.
Pricing
Start where your workflow is breaking first.
Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial. No credit card, no auto-charge when it ends.
Free trial
$0
14 days of full access. Send real proposals, build your cost engine, keep your data when you subscribe.
Start free trialStarter
$79 /mo
Faster proposals with real cost context behind every quote. Branded output and menu-level pricing.
Choose StarterMost completePro
$149 /mo
The full system: 3-layer cost engine, AI importers, Menu Matrix, margin alerts, and sales sync.
Choose ProCompare every feature on the full pricing page →
Know your margin before you hit send.
14 days free. No credit card. Start with a proposal or build your cost foundation. CaterIQ meets you where you are.