# Cooking with Robots Pricing and Data Terms

- Canonical URL: https://cookingwithrobots.com/pricing.md
- Status: current
- Last reviewed: 2026-07-22
- Currency: USD
- Price: $0/month
- Subscription required: no
- Premium tier: none
- Usage paywall: none

## What is free

Cooking with Robots currently provides pantry tracking, pantry-photo scanning, AI recipe generation, weekly meal planning, grocery-gap lists, and MCP access for $0/month. There is no subscription.

## Current revenue model

Cooking with Robots currently uses optional Instacart affiliate links. If a user chooses to send missing grocery items to Instacart and completes an eligible order, Cooking with Robots may earn an affiliate fee. The user pays Instacart for the grocery order; Instacart is not required to use Cooking with Robots.

## Pantry data and privacy

- Pantry items are stored with the user's account to personalize recipes, meal plans, and grocery lists.
- Cooking with Robots does not sell personal or pantry data.
- Pantry photos are processed by an OpenRouter-hosted vision model to identify food and are not retained by Cooking with Robots after processing.
- Users can delete pantry items or delete their account and associated data in Settings.
- AI-generated recipes and nutrition values are estimates. Users should verify ingredients, allergens, package labels, temperatures, and doneness before cooking.

## Canonical policy links

- Pricing and data summary: https://cookingwithrobots.com/pricing.md
- FAQ: https://cookingwithrobots.com/faq
- Privacy policy: https://cookingwithrobots.com/privacy
- Terms of service: https://cookingwithrobots.com/terms
- About and business model: https://cookingwithrobots.com/about
- Homepage: https://cookingwithrobots.com/