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Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

See the cost before you sign up. Start free, then choose the plan that fits how you cook, save, and share recipes.

No surprise pricing after account creation.

Signup starts you on Home Cook. Monthly and annual plans are available for paid tiers. Paid plans are chosen after account creation from Account → Your plan.

Home Cook

Free

Free forever · No card required

Best for

Everyday home cooks, family members joining a Shared Space, and anyone centralizing recipes for the first time.

Includes

  • 25 recipes
  • 25 versions
  • 50 AI credits/month
  • Up to 5 lifetime public share links
  • Join Shared Spaces
  • Browse shelves
  • Table Talk
  • Fork from the shelf

Not included

  • Cannot create Shared Spaces
  • Cannot add recipes to a shared shelf
  • No version comparison
  • No activity timeline
  • No bulk import
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Start free with no card required.

Serious Cook

$5.99/month

or $59.99/year · Monthly and annual plans available

Best for

Family cookbook builders, dietary households, BBQ cooks, tailgate organizers, and people who keep improving recipes over time.

Includes

  • 250 recipes
  • 500 versions
  • 250 AI credits/month
  • Unlimited public share links
  • Version comparison
  • Activity timelines
  • Bulk import
  • Create Shared Spaces
  • Contribute recipes to shared shelves
Start free, then choose this plan

Paid plans are selected after account creation.

Recipe Creator

$10.99/month

or $109.99/year · Monthly and annual plans available

Best for

Recipe creators, community cooks, coaches, and publishers who want their audience to use, fork, and keep evolving their recipes.

Includes

  • 500 recipes
  • 1,500 versions
  • 800 AI credits/month
  • Everything in Serious Cook
  • Creator publishing/cookbooks
  • Component import/export
  • Deeper recipe insights
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Paid plans are selected after account creation.

Kitchen Lab

$17.99/month

or $179.99/year · Monthly and annual plans available

Best for

BBQ, smoker, pizza, bread, fermentation, and outcome-driven cooks who want repeatable results and deeper kitchen workflows.

Includes

  • Unlimited recipes
  • Unlimited versions
  • 8,000 AI credits/month
  • Everything in Recipe Creator
  • Kitchen Mode Pro Capture
  • Cross-recipe workflows/analytics
Start free, then choose this plan

Paid plans are selected after account creation.

How billing works

Start free with no card required. You begin on Home Cook when you create an account.

Paid plans are selected after account creation. Choose monthly or annual billing when you are ready.

Optional one-time AI credit packs are available in sizes of 100, 500, and 2,000 credits.

Best fit by cooking style

Everyday home cook

Start with Home Cook. Move to Serious Cook when Ponics’ Pantry becomes your regular place to plan, cook, and improve meals.

Family recipe keeper

Start with Home Cook. Move to Serious Cook when you need to create Shared Spaces and contribute recipes to a shared shelf.

Dietary or health-focused cook

Start with Serious Cook for version comparison, bulk import, and more room to branch recipes. Move toward Kitchen Lab when deeper workflows and analytics matter.

BBQ, smoker, pizza, bread, or fermentation cook

Start with Serious Cook. Move toward Kitchen Lab when Kitchen Mode Pro Capture and cross-recipe workflows become essential.

Tailgate, lake house, or recurring group organizer

Participants can start with Home Cook. Organizers are a natural fit for Serious Cook because they can create Shared Spaces and contribute to shared shelves.

Creator or community cook

Start with Recipe Creator when your recipes are meant to be published as cookbooks and used by an audience.

Restaurant or kitchen team

Kitchen Lab is the natural fit when unlimited library size, Pro Capture, and cross-recipe analytics matter.

Shared Spaces are built for groups, not just account owners

A family cookbook, tailgate crew, or event space only works if people can participate without friction.

That is why Home Cook users can join Shared Spaces, browse shelves, use Table Talk, and fork recipes into their own library.

Creating Shared Spaces and contributing recipes to a shared shelf starts with Serious Cook and above.

Giving back

Ponics’ Pantry donates 5% of subscription revenue to support No Kid Hungry.

It is a company contribution from paid subscriptions, not an add-on or checkout prompt.

Food is memory, tradition, comfort, and community. It should also be something more children can count on.

Start free. Grow when you need more.

Bring in your recipes, cook from them, and see where Ponics’ Pantry fits. No surprise pricing after account creation.

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