Questions before you build your system?

SUMELO is costing and operations software for recipe-based food businesses. It connects purchase pricing, Ingredients, Recipes, Products, Materials, labor, overhead, production and profitability information in one system.

No. SUMELO is not accounting, bookkeeping, payroll, tax, legal or financial-advisory software and does not replace those professionals or services.

No. SUMELO organizes the costs, assumptions and pricing inputs you provide and shows the financial implications of the selling price you choose. You remain responsible for pricing decisions.

Recipe Cost reflects the cost of the Recipe itself. Production Cost can include the Recipe plus finishing Ingredients, Materials, packaging and active labor required for the Product. True Cost incorporates overhead for a broader operating view.

Yes. Ingredients and Materials can connect to source purchase information and Suppliers so costing can reflect the purchasing data you enter.

Yes. Products can include Materials, packaging and active labor as part of the Product cost structure.

Yes. Recipes can include quantities, yields, procedures, step-by-step instructions and photos so costing and operating standards can live together.

Production Batches support operational production work by carrying Recipe or Product standards into a batch-oriented production context.

Yes. Recipes and Products can store yield information, and Production Batches use those saved yields as scaling references.

Yes. Publication tools support preview, PDF, print and secure sharing for supported Recipe, Product and Production Batch references. Supported publications can also carry the business-scoped Created with SUMELO QR attribution used by the current referral system when the business is eligible.

Yes. V2 includes Solo, Crew, Kitchen, Scale and Enterprise paths with Primary owner, Admin and Member roles.

No. The primary business owner is included and does not consume an additional-user seat.

No. Pending invitations do not consume seats. Active additional users do.

Yes. The Member role is intentionally designed for production access without sensitive financial visibility such as selling price, costs, profit, margin, markup, labor cost, target margin, Expenses or financial dashboards.

EARN is the monetization hub for eligible primary owners. It brings together Sell with SUMELO and the SUMELO Affiliate Program in one place.

Eligible U.S. sellers can connect Stripe, create a single-item listing from one Recipe or Product or create a mixed bundle, choose Personal or Commercial Use licensing, publish a secure sales link and manage digital Orders inside SUMELO.

No. A buyer can open the seller's public listing and complete the purchase without creating a SUMELO account. After confirmed payment, SUMELO provides secure access to the purchased version.

The current SUMELO seller-commerce platform fee is 10% of the pre-tax product price unless a different fee is clearly disclosed before a future sale. Stripe processing fees, taxes and other seller obligations are separate.

Eligible primary owners receive a unique referral identity inside SUMELO. A referred customer receives 50% off the first monthly payment or 10% off the first annual payment, and a qualifying referral can generate a US$4–US$10 reward based on the referred customer's market.

The current qualification period is 30 days after the referred customer's successful payment. Monthly payouts become available once at least US$25 is qualified and available under the program rules.

SUMELO uses regional pricing for supported markets. Use the pricing section to see the current self-service plans and prices available for your market. For Enterprise access, contact SUMELO.

SUMELO offers a 7-day free trial with no credit card required to start.

V2 supports English, Spanish and Portuguese.

Yes. SUMELO supports metric, imperial and combined measurement preferences.

Yes. SUMELO is designed for desktop, tablet and mobile use. On supported devices and browsers, you can also install SUMELO for faster app-like access.

Yes. SUMELO supports multiple reporting currencies while each individual business maintains one active reporting currency at a time.