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Cloud kitchen software, and what it does at launch

Cloud kitchen software for the kitchen side of the business: the kitchen display, station tickets, recipes and food cost are ready for a kitchen with no dining room. Delivery-app orders are not, yet.

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Last reviewed 1 Oct 2026

The short answer Cloud kitchen software runs a kitchen that sells for collection or delivery rather than to a dining room. At launch CountStand covers the kitchen side: takeaway orders entered on the till, KOTs split by station, the kitchen display, recipes that deduct stock, food cost, and GST on the bills you issue. Swiggy and Zomato orders, and payout reconciliation, are not open at launch, so a kitchen that sells mostly through the apps should wait. Single, ₹2,999 a month, or ₹2,549 paid yearly.
Not yet#181#184Akira1Till2Hatch3Food cost4Shutter
  1. 1TillEntered as takeaway; each gets an order number
  2. 2HatchNo table: #181 and #184 are called by number
  3. 3Food costPer dish, worked out from the recipes
  4. 4ShutterDelivery-app orders are not open at launch
Fig. 0One takeaway at Akira, Surat, a sample outlet: from the till at the hatch to the delivery-app hatch, still shuttered.
  • Takeawayorders on the till, called by number at the pass
  • Food costper dish, worked out from the recipes
  • One brandper outlet at launch
  • Not yetSwiggy and Zomato orders
Fig. 1Takeaway tickets at 1:42 pmKitchen and bar · sample tickets from Akira
Fig. 1Two tickets at 1:42 pmSample tickets
  1. 1A takeaway leads with its order number.#184 and #181 have no table; the number is what the packer calls.
  2. 2Ready means waiting on the pass.#181 has been ready for a minute, and its clock now counts time on the pass.
  3. 3Drinks and food part ways.The bar makes K40 while the kitchen makes K41, for the same order.
  4. 4Allergens are printed, not remembered.The dabeli line carries “contains: peanut” in red.

01At a glance

What a delivery-first kitchen gets today.

  • Orders taken by phone or at the hatchEnter them on the till as takeaway; each gets an order number and goes straight to the kitchen.
  • A pass that clears in orderLate tickets first, then the oldest, with a red ring at 8 minutes.
  • Food cost by dishRecipes cost each dish from what its ingredients cost, so a price can be checked against it.
  • Stock that runs down with salesA dish sold takes its ingredients off, so a shortfall shows before the dinner rush.
  • Your own bills, done rightOrders you take yourself carry 5% GST on a proper invoice, numbered for the year.
  • No delivery-app orders yetSwiggy and Zomato orders, and their payout reconciliation, are switched off at launch.

02In detail

Is CountStand right for a cloud kitchen today?

If most of your orders come through Swiggy and Zomato, not yet. Those orders do not reach CountStand at launch, and billing them again as your own sales would put GST on food the app has already taxed. If your kitchen takes its own orders, by phone, at a hatch or for collection, the till, the kitchen display, recipes and GST work for you from the first day.

What does a cloud kitchen need from its software?

Four things: a way to take orders, a kitchen that works one queue without paper going missing, the cost of every dish so prices hold up, and GST that is right on every bill. The last three are kitchen problems, and CountStand handles them now. The first, for app orders, is the part that is not open at launch.

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03Questions

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04Also for the kitchen

Run the kitchen side on CountStand.

Takeaway, the kitchen display, recipes and GST are in Single.

From ₹2,999 a month per outlet, plus GST

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