Food photography cost & ROI calculator
Plug in your menu size, a photographer quote, and how many orders you expect. See estimated first-year cost and ROI for a pro shoot vs AI-generated food photos.
Plug in your restaurant's actual figures to see the comparison.
Current Baseline — No Photo Upgrade
Monthly Revenue
$35,000
Monthly Profit
$8,750
Annual Revenue
$420,000
Annual Profit
$105,000
Professional Photography
Traditional photo shoot
AI Food Photos
30 photos × $0.25 each
Annual profit under each scenario, after investment costs.
Axis starts at $96,600 to highlight differences
This is intentionally simple (no seasonality, no channel mix). Use it as a gut-check — then tighten assumptions with your own analytics.
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