FormulaMapsLet's start with the honest part: the Stadler Made pizza calculator is very good, and we admire how it is built. It is a web-based tool from Stadler Made — the outdoor pizza oven maker — covering Neapolitan, New York, Roman, Detroit, Focaccia and Pinsa Romana, which is one of the widest style ranges you will find in a single web calculator. More to the point, nearly every parameter links to a detailed article explaining the science behind it. That is exactly the philosophy we follow at FormulaMaps: explain the maths, don't hide it in a black box. This page is not an attack on a tool we respect — it is about where the two tools genuinely diverge.
FormulaMaps vs. Stadler Made at a glance
| Feature | FormulaMaps | Stadler Made pizza calculator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Complete: €6.90/month or €69/year (Latin America & Brazil: €2.90/month or €29/year) · free forever: 3 formulas + 10 AI uses/month, no card | Free basic tier; paid "Maker Club" membership — see their site |
| Where it runs | Any browser: Mac, Windows, tablet, the workshop PC | Web-based (no native mobile app) |
| Scope | 5 crafts: ice cream, pastry, bakery, turrón, cacao | Pizza dough |
| Pizza styles covered | Neapolitan pizza and pan pizza/teglia among 8 professional dough ranges | Neapolitan, New York, Roman, Detroit, Focaccia, Pinsa Romana |
| Advanced ingredients | Counts the real water in milk, egg and butter | Semolina, malt, sugar and different fat types |
| Educational content | Yes — published equations (van 't Hoff, Leighton) on the ice cream landing | Yes — an article explaining the science behind nearly every parameter |
| Saving recipes | Free plan keeps 3 formulas forever | Included in the paid Maker Club membership |
| Advanced parameters | Included, no gate | Included in the paid Maker Club membership |
| Costing | Yes — cost per batch and per unit | Not documented here |
| Commercial flour database | Not a branded flour database | General flour type selector, no commercial flour database |
| Use without an account | Public calculators, no signup — including pizza dough hydration | Free basic tier |
| Languages | 5 (EN · ES · IT · FR · DE) | Not documented here |
| AI assistant · API · MCP server | Yes — AI tutor over a deterministic engine, public API and native MCP server | Not documented here |
Stadler Made data from stadlermade.com and a February 2026 comparative review of dough calculators (retrieved 19 July 2026). FormulaMaps is not affiliated with Stadler Made. "Not documented here" means this page makes no claim either way. The Maker Club price is not published on this page — check their site for current terms. FormulaMaps data verified in the app itself.
What we genuinely admire
Most dough calculators hand you a number and expect you to trust it. Stadler Made does the opposite: nearly every parameter links to a detailed article explaining the science behind it, so you finish the calculation knowing a little more than when you started. We take the same position — the FormulaMaps ice cream landing publishes the equations the engine uses, van 't Hoff and Leighton, in the open, because a formulation tool you cannot audit is a tool you cannot fully trust. That is a real point of kinship, and it deserves saying before any comparison table.
The 10-second verdict
- Choose Stadler Made to learn pizza at home with theory linked to every slider — one of the best classrooms on the open web.
- Choose FormulaMaps for a professional workshop: open calculators with no membership, professional ranges, costing and 5 crafts.
- Either way: their free tier and ours cost the same. Compare with the dough below.
Why consider FormulaMaps
1. Scope: five crafts instead of one dough
This is the honest headline difference. Stadler Made does pizza dough, and does it broadly — six named styles in one calculator. FormulaMaps covers ice cream, pastry, bakery, turrón and cacao in a single tool. If pizza is the only thing you make, that breadth buys you nothing. If your workshop also turns out gelato, tarts, breads or chocolate work, it is the difference between one tool and four.
2. Professional ranges and costing
The FormulaMaps bakery engine works in baker's percentage with professional ranges per dough type — common bread, baguette, ciabatta, Neapolitan pizza, pan pizza (teglia), sandwich loaf, brioche and rustic sourdough — and it counts the real water contributed by milk, egg and butter, which is where hydration figures usually go wrong once a dough stops being flour-and-water. On top of that sits costing: what the batch costs and what each unit costs, which is the question that turns a recipe into a product.
3. The free tier works differently
Stadler Made is free at the basic level, with recipe saving, advanced parameters and the step-by-step pizza program behind the paid Maker Club membership. FormulaMaps splits it the other way: the public calculators need no signup at all — including pizza dough hydration — and the free plan keeps 3 formulas forever, with no card, plus 10 AI uses a month. Paid is the Complete plan at €6.90/month or €69/year (Latin America & Brazil: €2.90/month or €29/year), with a 15-day free trial. Neither model is wrong; they simply gate different things, and which one suits you depends on whether you want to save recipes or just run numbers.
4. Built by a family that makes the stuff
FormulaMaps is made by the Familia Llinares in Azuaga (Spain), working since 1947. The reference ranges the engine checks your formula against come from that background, and the whole thing runs in 5 languages with an AI tutor sitting over a deterministic engine — the AI explains, the maths stays reproducible — plus a public API and a native MCP server if you want to drive it from your own tools.
To be fair
If you make pizza at home and want to learn the theory as you go, Stadler Made is one of the best places to start. Six styles in one calculator, advanced ingredients like semolina, malt, sugar and different fat types, and an article explaining the science behind nearly every field you touch — that is a genuinely generous piece of work, and if pizza is what you make, there may be no reason to look further. FormulaMaps earns its place when pizza is one product among several, when you need professional ranges and costing alongside the hydration figure, or when you want to run the numbers without any account at all.
Test it with your own recipe
You do not need an account to compare. Open the free FormulaMaps pizza dough hydration calculator in your browser, enter a dough you already trust, and read the baker's percentages against professional ranges for Neapolitan or pan pizza. Five minutes, no signup — then run the same dough through Stadler Made and keep whichever one thinks the way you do.
The two-minute dare
Don't take our word for it — or theirs. Run this exact dough through both tools: 1,000 g strong flour (W300) · 620 g water · 28 g salt · 2 g fresh yeast. Both should read 62% hydration — then compare what each one tells you about salt, yeast and the professional range for your style. Do it here, no signup →
Frequently asked questions
Is the Stadler Made pizza calculator free?
It has a free basic tier. A paid Maker Club membership unlocks advanced parameters, recipe saving and a step-by-step pizza program; the membership price is not published here, so see their site for current terms. FormulaMaps' Complete plan costs €6.90/month or €69/year (Latin America & Brazil: €2.90/month or €29/year), with a 15-day free trial, and it also offers public calculators — including pizza dough hydration — that need no signup at all, plus a free plan that keeps 3 formulas forever and includes 10 AI uses a month.
Does FormulaMaps calculate pizza dough like Stadler Made does?
Yes, through a baker's percentage engine with professional ranges per dough type — common bread, baguette, ciabatta, Neapolitan pizza, pan pizza (teglia), sandwich loaf, brioche and rustic sourdough — counting the real water in milk, egg and butter. Stadler Made covers more named pizza styles in one place, including Roman, Detroit, Focaccia and Pinsa Romana.
Which one should I use?
If you make pizza at home and want to learn the theory as you go, start with Stadler Made. FormulaMaps makes sense when pizza is one product among many: five crafts, costing, professional ranges, 5 languages, and public calculators that require no account.
What's new at FormulaMaps
3 formulas free forever when you sign up · 10 free AI uses every month (no other tool in this space gives AI away) · add a card and get 15 days of the Full plan free. From €69/year — in Latin America, €29/year.
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