Foodzilla vs Meal Garden | Meal Planning Software for Dietitians
Meal Garden is meal planning software for nutrition professionals, with recipes, branded PDFs, and a client experience. Foodzilla is the all-in-one nutrition platform: 1,500+ dietitian-approved recipes, smart auto-swap, magazine-style PDFs, bookings, video consults, intake forms, payments, and a client app under your brand. Sell through paid forms, paid bookings, invoices, subscription packages, or the Developer API on your own website. All of that is in one system.
Get paid five ways
Sell your services in one system
Most tools give you one checkout. Foodzilla lets you charge for a form, take payment when someone books, send an invoice, sell a subscription package, or provision access from your own website, without stitching Meal Garden onto five other products.
Paid forms
Put a price on any intake, assessment, or application. Clients fill it in and pay via Stripe to submit.
Paid bookings
Set a price on each appointment type. Clients pay when they book, with automatic invoicing.
Invoices
Send an invoice to a client or a new prospect, even if Stripe is not connected. Connect Stripe if you want them to pay a link. You do not wait for them to book or submit a form.
Subscription packages
Sell weekly or monthly packages through your branded app or portal. Access renews on its own.
Developer API
Sell on your own website or checkout. When someone buys, Foodzilla creates the client and switches their access on or off.
Paid forms, paid bookings, invoices, subscription packages, and a Developer API that signs members up from your own site. That combination lives in one product. You are not running a form tool, a booking page, an invoicing tab, a membership checkout, and a custom website side by side.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
Here's how Foodzilla and Meal Garden compare on the features that matter most to nutrition professionals.
| Feature | Foodzilla | Meal Garden |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Private-practice dietitians | Nutrition professionals |
| Dietitian-approved recipes | 1,500+ | 7,000+ recipes in library |
| Recipe library size | 100,000+ | 7,000+ |
| Smart auto-swap | Yes | Recipe swap |
| Magazine-style PDFs | Yes | Branded PDFs |
| White-label client app | Yes | Branded client app / portal |
| Bookings + video consults | Yes - Branded page, calendar sync, and paid bookings | Not a core feature |
| Intake forms + payments | Yes - Custom forms, e-signatures, and paid forms | Payments; intake via other tools |
| Client messaging | Yes | Optional chat |
| Grocery lists | Yes | Yes |
| AU / NZ food data | Yes | USDA-focused |
| Pricing | From $37/mo billed yearly | See vendor |
| Broadcast Emails & Messages | Yes - Email and in-app broadcasts | Limited |
| Invoices & Payments | Yes - Invoices with or without Stripe | Yes |
| Ways to sell | Yes - Paid forms, paid bookings, invoices, subscription packages, and a Developer API for your own site | No |
Why Nutrition Professionals Pick Foodzilla Over Meal Garden
Both platforms have their strengths. Here is where Foodzilla gives you an edge, including five ways to sell services in one system.
What Makes Foodzilla Different
Meal planning is the start. You can also sell through paid forms, paid bookings, invoices, subscription packages, and a Developer API on your own website.
AI Meal Plan Generation
Set macros, dietary preferences, and allergies. Get a complete, personalised meal plan in seconds. No other platform generates plans this fast or this accurately.
White-Label Mobile App
Publish your own branded iOS and Android app plus a web portal. Your clients see your brand every time they open it, not ours.
500K+ Food Database
Verified nutrition data from USDA, CoFID (UK), AFCD (Australia), NZFCD, and more, with common measurements like cups, slices, and pieces, not only grams.
Food AI Scan
Clients point their phone camera at any food to instantly log it. No searching, no typing. Snap and track.
100K+ Recipe Database
Dietitian-approved recipes with full nutrition breakdowns, auto-generated images, and step-by-step instructions. Filter by 40+ criteria.
Five ways to sell
Paid forms, paid bookings, invoices, subscription packages, and a Developer API for your own website. Get paid without bolting on extra tools.
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