Looking for a Chomp alternative?
Chomp is a polished NZ digital food safety product with a real hardware story and a 30-day money-back guarantee. This page lays out the published facts — prices, trial policy, hardware costs, and one clause from their terms that anyone moving four years of legally required records should read before signing up with any provider, ours included.
The published facts, side by side
Chomp figures are from chompfoodsafety.com (pricing, refrigeration-logger, FAQ and terms pages), checked 14 August 2026. Spot something out of date? Tell us or email [email protected] and we'll correct it.
| Chomp | KitchenSorted | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | NZ$959 + GST paid annually upfront (marketed as $80 + GST/month), or from NZ$92 + GST month-to-month. Per venue; multi-venue is "Let's talk". | Free plan: NZ$0 with no end date (1 site, daily logs, last 30 days of history visible). Verification-ready: NZ$390 + GST per site per year, flat. Multi-site: NZ$290 + GST per site per year at 3+ sites. |
| Try before you buy | No free trial, and no free tier is published — evaluation is a 15-minute sales demo or a month-to-month subscription, with a 30-day money-back guarantee if you change your mind. | Free plan with no end date — log real records for as long as you like before paying anything (your last 30 days stay visible; everything is retained and unlocks on upgrade). Paid plan also carries a 30-day money-back guarantee. |
| Temperature sensors | A genuine strength: loggers NZ$265 + GST each, gateway NZ$379 + GST, plus NZ$39 + GST per logger per year — automatic fridge monitoring wired into your records. | No hardware — software only. If automated sensor logging is a must-have, Chomp is the stronger fit today. |
| Cancelling | 30 days' written notice (their terms, clause 4); fees non-refundable outside the guarantee window, including part-used years (clause 5). | Cancel anytime from the billing page; the plan simply runs out its paid year. |
| Your records after cancelling | While subscribed, Chomp says records are stored for the four years the Food Act 2014 requires. On cancellation, their terms (December 2024, clause 4) state: “all of your data and content may be deleted from our systems immediately after we have provided you with a copy of your Food Control Plan and all data entered into the Apps in electronic form” and “Your content cannot be recovered once your Account is cancelled or expires.” You get one electronic copy. (Read their terms yourself — quoting, not paraphrasing.) | Records are never deleted. Stop paying and the account drops to the free plan — your history stays stored and unlocks in full if you ever upgrade again. You still owe your verifier 4 years of records whoever you use; we think the tool should carry that burden, not you. |
Chomp prices and terms last checked 14 August 2026 on their public pages. We re-check monthly while this page is live.
Honest guidance: who should pick which
Chomp is likely the better fit if…
- → Automatic fridge and freezer monitoring matters more to you than the subscription price — their sensor hardware is the real thing.
- → You'd rather start with a demo and a sales conversation than self-serve setup — Chomp offers a free 15-minute online demonstration.
KitchenSorted is likely the better fit if…
- → You'd rather prove the tool on a free plan with your real records than commit NZ$959 + GST upfront (or from NZ$92 + GST month-to-month).
- → Long-term record ownership matters to you — never-deleted history versus a one-time export on cancellation.
- → NZ$390 + GST flat per year fits your operation better than NZ$959 + GST per year (plus optional sensor hardware if you want it).
Whoever holds your records, hold them to the same standard: where they're stored, who can see them, and what happens when you leave. Here's our answers to those questions.
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