Researching Horeko usually means researching the wider question: which hospitality SaaS fits a Dutch restaurant best? Here's what Exact Horeko covers, what drives its cost, and an honest comparison with Culinary Cloud as a specialized Dutch alternative for food cost and supplier invoice automation.
Book a demo →Exact Horeko (formerly Horeko, now part of Exact) bundles hospitality operations with Exact's accounting software. It covers staff scheduling, kitchen management and recipe costing, and integrates tightly with Exact accounting — a mature product with established support and a strong presence among Dutch businesses already running Exact.
Exact publishes current Horeko pricing through its own channels; what you pay depends on the modules you take, company size and the accounting integration. When comparing hospitality SaaS in the Netherlands, the sticker price is only half the story:
Two different kinds of software: Horeko is broad (scheduling + kitchen + accounting bundle); Culinary Cloud specializes in the money side of the kitchen.
| Exact Horeko | Culinary Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Invoice processing | Indirect, via Exact's accounting modules; food cost depth depends on how invoices are entered there | Direct: forward supplier emails once — Bidfood, Hanos, Sligro and dozens more parsed automatically |
| Food cost per dish | Recipe costing included, less real-time than specialized tools | Live: cost price, food cost % and margin recomputed with your latest invoice prices |
| Supplier price alerts | No separate price-alert system | Built in: an alert on every price increase, including which dishes are affected |
| Staff scheduling | Yes, a core module | No — deliberately; we do the money side of the kitchen |
| Accounting | Bundled with Exact | Independent of your accounting package |
| Inventory & waste | Kitchen management modules | Count by phone (tap or voice), automatic valuation from invoice prices, waste and leakage reports |
| Best match | Businesses already on Exact who want accounting + ops bundled | Independent Dutch restaurants and groups who want best-in-class food cost and supplier insight |
Already fully on Exact and want one ecosystem? Horeko is worth evaluating. Want your food cost driven directly by the invoices themselves, independent of bookkeeping? That's what Culinary Cloud is built for.
Horeko — now Exact Horeko after its acquisition — is Dutch hospitality software that bundles restaurant operations with Exact's accounting suite. It covers staff scheduling, kitchen management and recipe costing, and integrates tightly with Exact accounting. It is a mature product with an established presence in the Netherlands, especially among businesses already running Exact.
Exact publishes current Horeko pricing through its own channels; the cost depends on which modules you take (staff scheduling, kitchen management), your company size and the Exact accounting integration. When comparing hospitality SaaS costs in the Netherlands, look beyond the monthly fee: include the staff time spent entering invoices, which is where the hidden cost usually sits.
Culinary Cloud is a specialized Dutch hospitality SaaS focused on the money side of the kitchen: supplier invoice emails (Bidfood, Hanos, Sligro and dozens more) are processed automatically and feed live food cost, margins and price alerts per dish — independent of your accounting package. Horeko remains worth evaluating if you already run Exact and want accounting and operations bundled in one ecosystem.
Indirectly: with Exact Horeko, invoices flow through the accounting modules, and food cost depth depends on how they are entered there. Culinary Cloud processes invoices directly — forward your supplier emails once and every invoice or delivery note is turned into order lines that immediately update your dish costs, with no accounting detour.
Culinary Cloud quotes per customer based on locations, number of suppliers and POS integration — built for independent Dutch restaurants, small groups and hospitality holdings, not an enterprise-pricing platform. Book a free 20-minute demo with your own suppliers and menu loaded in.
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