CompliChef Pricing Explained — What You Get at Every Plan Level

Transparent pricing for every stage of growth

One of the most common frustrations food business owners have with compliance software is pricing that's hard to understand — enterprise tools that require a sales call to get a quote, or platforms that look affordable until you realise the features you actually need are add-ons.

CompliChef is built on transparent, published pricing with no long-term contracts and a 30-day free trial on all plans. You know exactly what you're paying and exactly what you get.

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The three core plans

Single Site — £29/month

Designed for independent food businesses with one location and up to 10 staff members.

**What's included:** **KitchenPortal — all 10 modules:**

• Temperature logging (fridges, freezers, cooking, hot-hold, cooldown)
• HACCP digital documentation (CCDFSM / SFBB framework)
• Allergen management (all 14 allergens)
• Opening and closing checks
• Cleaning checklists and daily diary
• Delivery and supplier checks
• Waste records
• Pest control logs
• Maintenance records
• EHO Access Management

**StaffPortal — full HR module:**

• Staff directory with 9-tab profiles
• 7-day rota with split shift support
• Right-to-work checks with document storage
• Training management (custom courses, quizzes, completion tracking)
• Finance and payroll overview
• Holiday tracking
• Multi-site-ready structure (upgrade path to Growing Restaurant is seamless)

**Best for:** Independent restaurants, cafés, takeaways, small care homes, pubs, and any single-site food business subject to HACCP requirements. **The honest case for this plan:** At £29/month, a single CompliChef subscription costs less than a box of printed temperature log forms after a year. It replaces not just those forms, but the HACCP folder, the training records spreadsheet, the allergen matrix document, the cleaning schedule on the wall, and the HR file. For most single-site businesses, the time saved on compliance administration alone is worth the subscription within the first month.

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Growing Restaurant — £149/month

Designed for food businesses scaling to multiple locations, with unlimited staff and room to grow.

**Everything in Single Site, plus:**

• Up to 5 sites on a single subscription
• Unlimited staff across all sites
• Multi-site dashboard with cross-site visibility
• RecruitPortal access — recruitment management built for food businesses
• 20 recruitment credits per month

**What is RecruitPortal?**

RecruitPortal is CompliChef's recruitment management tool. It provides a managed pipeline for finding, screening, and onboarding kitchen and front-of-house staff — addressing one of the biggest operational challenges in food businesses: sourcing quality people quickly. Each credit supports a recruitment action (posting a role, accessing candidate profiles, etc.). Growing Restaurant plan includes 20 credits per month.

**Best for:** Small restaurant groups, multi-site café chains, care home operators with 2–5 homes, pub groups, and any food business actively expanding its location footprint. **The honest case for this plan:** At £149/month for 5 sites, this works out to £29.80/site — effectively the same as the single-site plan, with multi-site management and RecruitPortal included at no extra cost. If you're running 2 or more sites and paying £29/month per site, the Growing Restaurant plan already makes financial sense.

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Multi-Site Operator — £699/month

Designed for established food groups and operators with a significant multi-site footprint.

**Everything in Growing Restaurant, plus:**

• Up to 10 sites on a single subscription
• Unlimited staff across all sites
• 40 recruitment credits per month
• Priority support — direct access for rapid response
• Dedicated onboarding assistance for new sites

**Best for:** Restaurant groups, hotel groups, large care home operators, healthcare catering businesses, schools and academy trusts, and any multi-site operator where compliance consistency across locations is a strategic priority. **The honest case for this plan:** For 10 sites, this works out to £69.90/site — a fraction of what a food safety consultancy visit would cost for a single site. With priority support and dedicated onboarding, new sites can be brought onto the platform quickly as the business grows.

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The Labels add-on

**CompliChef Labels** is available as an add-on to any plan:

• £30/month — includes Sunmi device rental and 1,500 labels per month
• £200 refundable deposit on the Sunmi device
• Requires an active KitchenPortal subscription

Labels auto-populates from your KitchenPortal menu data, prints Natasha's Law compliant PPDS labels, use-by date labels, allergen labels, and QR scan labels. The deposit is fully refundable when you leave or upgrade.

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Free trial and no long-term contracts

Every CompliChef plan includes a 30-day free trial — no credit card required to start. You can explore every module, add your menu, set up your HACCP records, and run your kitchen on the platform before committing.

After the trial, plans run month-to-month with no minimum term. Cancel at any time. There are no setup fees, no onboarding fees, and no charges for adding new staff members (within plan limits).

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Choosing the right plan

| | Single Site | Growing Restaurant | Multi-Site Operator | |---|---|---|---| | Price | £29/month | £149/month | £699/month | | Sites | 1 | 5 | 10 | | Staff | Up to 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited | | KitchenPortal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | StaffPortal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | RecruitPortal | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | | Recruitment credits | — | 20/month | 40/month | | Priority support | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | | Dedicated onboarding | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |

Labels (any plan): +£30/month

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*Not sure which plan is right for you? [Start your free trial](https://portal.complichef.co.uk/signup.php) on any plan and upgrade as your business grows. No commitment, no credit card required.*