Costing made calm
Know what every item
really costs you.
MarginDial turns your menu into a clear picture of cost and margin. Describe your recipes in plain words and see exactly where your money goes.
See it in action
Why this exists
Costing your menu shouldn't be this hard.
Right now your recipes live in your head, or in a spreadsheet nobody wants to open. When a supplier raises a price, your margins quietly slip and you don't find out for months.
There's a calmer way to do this.
How it works
Start simple. Add more when you're ready.
Eight small steps, in your own time. Set the basics in an afternoon. Add the rest as your business asks for it.
Create your menu
Upload your menu, talk through it, or type it out. Don't have a menu yet? MarginDial can help you build one from scratch and find the parts you'll reuse everywhere: a side of fries, a burger patty, a housemade sauce, a cold brew base, your house bread.
Just describe it
Tell MarginDial what goes into each item, by voice or by typing in plain words. No spreadsheets to fill in, no rows and columns.
Use everyday measurements
Say "one cup of chopped onion" and MarginDial sorts out the math. It learns your measurements once and reuses them across every recipe. You can adjust them anytime.
Counts what you actually use
MarginDial accounts for trim, waste, and batch loss, so your costs reflect what really goes onto the plate, not just what you bought.
Add your costs
Upload an invoice, type the prices in, or narrate them. MarginDial keeps a history too, so you can watch costs and margins move over time instead of guessing what they used to be.
Track sales (optional)
Upload a sales report or connect your point of sale. MarginDial shows you where you're actually making money and which ingredients are quietly costing you the most.
Track your inventory (optional)
Connect your inventory to keep an eye on what's running low, what's piling up, and what's being lost to waste or spoilage.
Dial in your margins
Ask MarginDial what-if. What happens if oat milk goes up 20%? What if avocados are short next month? What if you cut the butter in a cookie from two sticks to one? Or sell a hundred fewer lattes a week? See the answer before you change anything.
Your recipes already live in your head.
Just say them out loud.
Your recipes already live in your head and on recipe cards. No need to re-enter them. Just talk through them, the way you'd train a new hire.
Pricing
One simple price.
$20 a month. One plan, everything included. No tiers, no surprises.
Join the waitlist →- Unlimited menu items and ingredients
- Reads invoices from a photo
- Connects to your point of sale
- Inventory tracking, if you want it
Pre-launch
Be first to try MarginDial.
We're putting the finishing touches on it now. Join the waitlist and we'll let you know the moment it's ready.