Shift4 POS Online Ordering alternatives

Pros

• Online ordering comes in Clover's restaurant plans, with no extra monthly fee, no setup fee and no fee per order.
• Online card processing is published: 3.5% + 10¢ per order.
• Customer profiles you can export, and Rewards loyalty in the Restaurant Growth plan, with a small fee per loyalty action.

Cons

• Clover's terms let it charge your customers fees for using Clover Online Ordering and change them at any time; it doesn't publish an amount.
• BentoBox websites are sold only to Clover POS customers and publish no prices.
• The processing contract, its cancellation fee and who pays for DoorDash delivery depend on who sells you Clover or aren't published.

Pros

• No extra monthly fee, setup cost or commission for online ordering on any Square plan, including Square Free.
• Month-to-month, with no cancellation fee.
• Customer Directory, a CRM at no extra cost, with customer export.

Cons

• Card processing on Square Free is 3.3% + 30¢ per online order, higher than on Square's paid plans.
• Loyalty, email marketing and your own domain need a paid Square plan.
• On Square Free, phone support is only for the first 90 days; after that, chat and email.

Pros

• Published price: $55 a month and a $200 setup fee, with no commission per order; you pay card processing on each order (3.79% + 20¢ on the All-In plan).
• Flat-rate delivery for your own orders through DoorDash Drive at $7.95 per delivery, and you choose how much your customer pays.
• Includes a listing in GoTo Place, SpotOn's app where diners find local restaurants, and orders from Google.

Cons

• DoorDash and Uber Eats integrations cost $25 a month each.
• Online card processing is 3.79% + 20¢ per order on the All-In plan.
• SpotOn's terms let you use your customers' data only during the contract, to market to them through SpotOn, and download it only for internal use; its help documents no customer export.

Pros

• No per-order commission on your own online orders; you pay card processing on each order (rate not published).
• The add-on includes Toast Delivery Services, with a flat fee per delivery that you can pass in part to your guests, and Local by Toast, Toast's ordering app for diners.
• Guestbook keeps your online and in-store guests, and you can download the list as a CSV.

Cons

• The online ordering add-on is priced by quote, so its cost can't be compared in advance.
• Toast doesn't publish its card rate for online payments: they pay the keyed-in rate in your agreement.
• Loyalty, email marketing and websites are other add-ons by quote.

Pros

• Online ordering comes in the base package, with no extra monthly fee and no per-order commission; you pay card processing on each order (rate not published).
• Delivery dispatch for your own drivers, with Uber Direct and DoorDash Drive couriers at a flat fee per delivery when you need more, and you decide how much your customers pay.
• DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub orders go straight into the POS.

Cons

• HungerRush doesn't publish its card rate, so the cost per online order can't be checked in advance.
• The branded app, loyalty and marketing are quoted modules.
• Long agreement: 36 months in the package, automatic 3-year renewals, and the remaining fees if you leave early. The 36-month price lock on the pricing page binds only if your quote includes it: the Terms let HungerRush revise prices after the first year.