The market, in one honest table
A small food business shopping for labelling software is usually offered two kinds of UK tool: compliance suites built for a busier kitchen, where the allergen matrix and food safety logs live behind a higher tier (or a hardware purchase), and smaller label-only tools built for a business our size, which do less at a similar or higher price. ProvenBatch starts at £9 with the complete label engine in every tier, and does several things nobody else advertises at any price.
| Capability | ProvenBatch | FoodCore | AllergenKit | Label Daze | CompliChef |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPDS / Natasha’s Law labels, allergens emphasised | ✓ Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ Hardware |
| Allergen matrix + export | ✓ Starter | £65 tier | ✓ Free tier | ✗ | ✓ £39 tier |
| Recipe costing | ✓ Starter | £40 tier | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| QUID % and net quantity on the label | ✓ Starter | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Label derived from the actual batch (per-batch supplier selection) | ✓ Starter | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Second-opinion allergen scan + verification & freshness tracking | ✓ Starter | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Append-only compliance history | ✓ Starter | Audit trail | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Photograph a pack → declaration read for you | ✓ Starter | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Receipt scanning (photo, PDF, email-in) with price alerts | ✓ Standard | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial |
| Offline capture in the kitchen (installable app) | ✓ Starter | Read-only cache | ✗ | ✗ | Partial |
| Orders with prices | ✓ Standard | £40 tier | ✗ | ✗ | Click & Collect |
| Cash-basis accounts & monthly P&L | ✓ Standard | Insights only | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Stock control | ✓ Pro | £40 tier | ✗ | ✗ | Partial |
| Food safety diary (SFBB-style), HACCP plans & EHO pack | ✓ Pro | £65 tier | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ £39 tier |
| Overnight FSA recall watch against your own suppliers | ✓ Starter | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Read-only inspector access that expires by itself | ✓ Pro | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| UK price under £15/month | ✓ £9 | ✗ | ✓ £9 | ✓ £14.99 | ✗ |
| Trial | 30 days, no card (private beta) 30 days, no card | 7 days, no card | 7 days, no card | 7 days, no card | 30 days, no card |
Competitor pricing and features as published by each vendor, verified 16 Sep 2026; check their sites for current detail. A ✓ in the ProvenBatch column names the tier it's included from (Starter, Standard or Pro), since not everything ProvenBatch does is in every tier.
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Private beta until 30 September · Public free trial opens 1 October · From £9 a month Free 30 days, no card · Data held in the UK · From £9 a month