GroceryDB
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Nutritionix alternative

The Nutritionix alternative built for food scanning apps

GroceryDB is a grocery product data API for teams who want predictable pricing and deep coverage. Send a barcode or a product photo and get image, manufacturer, ingredients, and nutrition back in one call, for nearly every product in the grocery store.

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One flat price, no MAU tiers

GroceryDB is $400/month billed yearly with linear overage. Nutritionix pricing climbs through MAU tiers that get expensive fast as your app grows.

Barcode and photo lookup

Your users can scan a UPC or snap a photo of the product. Either way you get the full record back in a single API call.

Coverage that keeps up

Over 90% of all products sold in grocery stores, with an instant AI fallback so your scanner never dead-ends on a missing barcode.

Caching allowed

Store responses on your side with no restrictive terms and no double billing, so your app stays fast and cheap to run.

Comparison

GroceryDB vs Nutritionix

Same job, very different bill, and we do things they don't.

GroceryDB
Nutritionix
Pricing model
$400/mo billed yearly, linear overage
MAU tiers, $5,988–$22,200+/yr
Data freshness
500+ new SKUs/week, crowd-sourced
Slower, centralized updates
Capture API (self-healing gaps)
Caching allowed
Restricted
Attribution
Single minimal line
Heavier requirements
MAU metering games