Tier System¶
Kiwi uses CircuitForge's standard four-tier model. The free tier covers the full pantry tracking workflow. AI features are gated behind Paid or BYOK.
Feature matrix¶
| Feature | Free | Paid | Premium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inventory | |||
| Inventory CRUD | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Barcode scan | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Receipt upload | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Expiry alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| CSV export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Recipes | |||
| Recipe browser | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pantry match (L1) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Substitution (L2) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Style templates (L3) | BYOK | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full generation (L4) | BYOK | ✓ | ✓ |
| Leftover mode | 5/day | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Saved recipes | |||
| Save + notes + star rating | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Style tags (manual) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| LLM style auto-classifier | — | BYOK | ✓ |
| Named collections | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Meal planning | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| OCR | |||
| Receipt OCR | BYOK | ✓ | ✓ |
| Account | |||
| Multi-household | — | — | ✓ |
BYOK = Bring Your Own LLM backend. Configure a local or cloud inference endpoint and these features activate at any tier. See LLM Setup.
Pricing¶
| Tier | Monthly | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — |
| Paid | $8/mo | $129 |
| Premium | $16/mo | $249 |
Lifetime licenses are available at circuitforge.tech.
Self-hosting¶
Self-hosted Kiwi is free under the MIT license (inventory/pipeline) and BSL 1.1 (AI features, free for personal non-commercial use). You run it on your own hardware with your own LLM backend. No subscription required.
The cloud-managed instance at menagerie.circuitforge.tech/kiwi runs the same codebase and requires a CircuitForge account.
Free key¶
Claim a free Paid-tier key (30 days) at circuitforge.tech. No credit card required.