About Kawsty
Kawsty is a management platform for independent bakeries and similar food shops. It brings recipe costing, ingredient tracking, production scheduling, labor and waste reporting into one web app, so owners can see the true cost and margin of each item instead of working from spreadsheets and estimates.
A Pulse dashboard shows totals for a chosen period next to cost of goods, labor, waste, profit and a daily break-even figure. Recipe costing recalculates when an ingredient price changes, and a per-item view shows the cost of something like a loaf or a bagel. Production scheduling builds the day around expected demand, while a staff view tracks who is clocked in and the labor cost of each shift.
Waste and inventory tools trace losses back to a recipe, a shift or a decision. Kawsty also offers an interactive demo on its homepage so you can explore sample data before signing up. It is a hosted service built for shop owners and managers rather than larger multi-site operations.
Key features
- True cost and margin for every recipe
- Ingredient tracking with automatic cost updates
- Production scheduling based on expected demand
- Staff clock-in with labor cost per shift
- Waste and inventory tracing by recipe or shift
- Pulse dashboard with profit and break-even
- Interactive demo with sample data
Good fit for
- Independent bakeries pricing their products
- Shop owners controlling labor and waste
Kawsty: questions and answers
- What is Kawsty used for?
- Kawsty is a shop management platform for bakeries and small food businesses covering recipe costing, production scheduling, labor and waste. It is a good fit for independent bakeries pricing their products, and shop owners controlling labor and waste.
- How much does Kawsty cost?
- Paid plans for Kawsty start at $149 per month, and there is no free plan. A free trial is available.
- Is Kawsty open source?
- No. Kawsty is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the ERP category, open-source options include Dolibarr, ERPNext and Snipe-IT.
- What are some alternatives to Kawsty?
- Kawsty competes with Katana, MRPeasy and Fulcrum.
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