Honest comparison
Kelsius, an Irish company behind FoodCheck, pairs digital HACCP record-keeping with its own wireless temperature monitoring, Bluetooth probes and label printing — supplied and managed as one system, priced by quote. ProCafe takes the software-first route: £19 a month, published, with an open API for sensors when you're ready.
Competitor details are taken from their published websites and pricing pages, checked July 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll correct it.
One site · year one
Kelsius' site lists no prices — demo-request only (checked July 2026). ProCafe: £19 × 12, rolling — cancel any month.
If you want one vendor to supply the monitoring hardware, the probes, the label printer and the HACCP software together, Kelsius does that properly — it's the most complete hardware bundle in this space. But its price is a quote, not a number. If you'd rather start at a published £19 with the whole team on the app today — checks, allergens, deliveries, rotas — and add sensors through an open API later, that's ProCafe.
At a glance
Kelsius: demo and quote only
Supplied and managed — their genuine strength
ProCafe: Pro plan — PDFs sized for compatible A4 sheets and thermal label printers, no proprietary hardware. Kelsius: its own Bluetooth printers
Kelsius: allergen info handled via a separate app
✓ included · ◐ partial / via integration or a higher tier · — not offered
The detail
| ProCafe | Kelsius | |
|---|---|---|
| Published price | £19/month + £10 per extra location, on the pricing page | Not published — demo and sales quote |
| Monitoring hardware | None of our own — an open sensor API for compatible devices | Its own wireless sensors and Bluetooth probes, supplied and managed |
| Label printing | Kitchen labels on the Pro plan (£39/month) — day dots, use-by and prep labels as PDFs sized for compatible A4 sheets and thermal label printers; no proprietary hardware required | Bluetooth label printing for use-by and traceability labels — a real strength |
| Allergen management | UK 14-allergen matrix with a published customer-facing version, included | Handled via a separate app |
| Team operations | Rotas, time-off, handover, announcements, stock and tasks included | Not the product's focus |
What £19/month includes
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Common questions
Kelsius doesn't publish pricing — its site offers a free demo and a sales conversation (checked July 2026). ProCafe publishes its Core price: £19 per month per site, every Core feature included, rolling monthly.
Yes — on the Pro plan. ProCafe Pro (£39/month) prints kitchen labels — day dots, use-by and prep labels — as PDFs sized for compatible A4 label sheets and thermal label printers, with owner-confirmed shelf lives, computed discard dates and an immutable print history. The mechanism differs: Kelsius supplies and manages its own Bluetooth label printers as part of a quoted hardware bundle; ProCafe generates PDFs for compatible printers you own. Kitchen labels are part of Pro, not the £19 Core plan.
Through an open sensor API, yes — create a key, point compatible sensors at it, and readings plus out-of-range alerts flow in alongside manual checks. The difference is the model: Kelsius supplies and manages its own hardware under a quoted agreement; ProCafe lets you bring compatible devices on your own terms.
14-day free trial · no card required · then £19/month + £10 per extra location