Flat pricing. No games.
No setup fees. No cut of your payments. No per-quote quotas. Just flat, honest pricing you can plan around.
Founding pricing — your first 12 months
Join early and your first 12 months run at a founding rate: Solo $39/mo · Pro $69/mo · Team $99/mo.
Open to the first 100 paying businesses, or for 90 days after launch — whichever comes first. It's a discount, not a different price: when it ends you roll to the list price above — the price you sign up at is the price you keep.
Free
$0
forever · no card required
The trial that never expires. No card, no countdown.
- 2 new events a month
- 15 recipes
- 5 AI imports a month (menus & receipts)
- Public page & inquiry form (contact unlocks on accept)
- See your real margin on your first quote
- Shopping, prep & pack lists that work offline
- Documents carry a small "Made with CaterKit" footer
- Export everything, always
Recommended
Solo
$59/mo
or $566/yr — save ~20%
Win the job. Unlimited events, quotes, and recipes — documents in your brand, and quotes that chase themselves.
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited events, quotes & recipes
- Your documents carry only your brand
- 50 AI imports a month (menus & receipts)
- Self-quote composer — 1 published menu
- Auto follow-ups chase unanswered quotes for you
- Email support, 1 business day
The client suite
Pro
$99/mo
or $950/yr — save ~20%
The whole client experience. A booking portal, e-signatures, and the real P&L on every event.
- Everything in Solo
- Client portal & e-signature
- Event P&L + Reports + accounting CSV
- Self-quote composer — unlimited menus, page photos & customization
- 150 AI imports a month (menus & receipts)
- Email support, 1 business day
Best for teams
Team
$149/mo
or $1,430/yr — save ~20%
Run the operation. Seats for your crew, the biggest import pool, and priority support.
- Everything in Pro
- 3 seats included · add more for $15/seat/mo or $144/seat/yr (up to 15)
- Staff in day-of mode — your crew see the lists, never your margins
- 400 AI imports a month (menus & receipts)
- Priority support, same-day
Everything, side by side
| What you get | Free | Solo $59/mo | Pro $99/mo | Team $149/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New events | 2 / month | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Recipes | 15 total | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| AI imports (menus & receipts) | 5 / mo | 50 / mo | 150 / mo | 400 / mo |
| Documents | Small "Made with CaterKit" footer | Clean — your brand only | Clean — your brand only | Clean — your brand only |
| Public page + inquiry form | Yes — contact unlocks on accept | Yes — uncapped accepts | Yes | Yes |
| Self-quote composer | — | Yes — 1 published menu | Yes — unlimited menus | Yes |
| Page photos & customization | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| Auto follow-ups | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rebooking reminders | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Client portal & e-sign | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| Event P&L + Reports (accounting CSV) | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| Year-in-review report | — | — | Yes | Yes |
| Seats | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 included · +$15/seat/mo or $144/seat/yr · up to 15 |
| Support | Help center | Email, 1 business day | Email, 1 business day | Priority, same-day |
| Platform chrome ("Powered by CaterKit") | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Always included, every plan
- Shopping, prep & pack lists that work offline
- Push & reminder notifications — know the moment they view or accept
- PDF download of every document
- Export everything, free, on every tier, forever
Downgrading or cancelling never deletes anything. Your data stays readable and editable, and you can export all of it at any time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there setup fees?
No setup fees. Ever. You sign up, you photograph a menu, you send a quote the same evening.
Do you take a cut of my payments?
No. Clients pay you directly. CaterKit never touches client funds, and we'll never penalty-price you into using our payment processor. Add your own Stripe, Square, or Venmo links and the money goes straight to you.
Is there a limit on quotes or proposals?
No per-proposal or per-lead quotas, on any plan. Send as many quotes as it takes to win the job.
Will my price go up later?
Existing customers are never repriced. The price you sign up at is your price. CaterKit keeps getting richer over time at the same price.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
Export everything — recipes, clients, events, quotes — as CSV or JSON, free, on every tier, forever. Your data is yours, subscribed or not. If you cancel, nothing is deleted: your account moves to the free tier and everything stays readable and editable.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Monthly plans cancel anytime from Settings. No phone call, no retention script. Annual plans run to the end of the paid year.
Does CaterKit email my clients?
Only when you tell it to, and always in your name — never ours. You send the quotes and follow-ups. Auto follow-ups (Solo and up) send one polite nudge in your voice when a quote goes unanswered for a few days, and stop the instant your client replies — one nudge, never a drip campaign, and you can switch it off per quote or entirely. CaterKit never emails your clients on its own and never markets to them.
Can my clients place orders or pay through the app?
No — and that's deliberate. Your public page and self-quote composer let clients tell you what they want and see a rough estimate, but nothing books itself and nothing prices itself. Every request lands as a draft you review, adjust, and send: you approve every quote, and clients pay you directly through your own payment links. CaterKit is your quoting tool, not a marketplace that sits between you and your customer.
What is founding pricing?
Join early and your first 12 months run at a founding rate: Solo $39/mo, Pro $69/mo, Team $99/mo. It's open to the first 100 paying businesses, or for 90 days after launch — whichever comes first. It's a discount, not a different product: when it ends you roll to the list price, and existing customers are never repriced.
How does the free tier work?
It's not a time-boxed trial. You get 2 new events a month, 15 recipes, and 5 AI imports (menu and receipt scans). No card required, and it never expires. On free, your documents carry a small "Made with CaterKit" footer; on any paid plan, your documents carry only your brand — your logo and color. A small "Powered by CaterKit" line still sits in the page chrome around your documents on every plan (more on that below).
Will CaterKit show up in front of my clients?
Only as a small "Powered by CaterKit" line in the page chrome — on the share-page footer, the client portal, and the e-sign and payment moments — on every plan, paid included. It sits in the frame around your work, never inside your documents: your quotes and contracts carry only your brand. It's there for the same reason the payment and signing tools you already trust show their name — it tells your client the page is real and safe to sign and pay on.
Still have a question before you start? Contact us.