Square Online Ordering alternatives

Pros

• 0% commission and no monthly fee to the restaurant; you pay card processing, 2.9% + 30¢ unless your rate card says otherwise.
• DoorDash's couriers deliver your direct orders, and your customer pays the delivery unless you choose to pay part.
• A downloadable customer report with names and contact data.

Cons

• Only for restaurants with an active DoorDash Marketplace store.
• A website with your brand costs $99 a month, and an app and loyalty program $249 a month.
• Your customers pay the delivery fees DoorDash sets, plus a regulatory fee in California, New York City and Seattle.

Pros

• 0% commission and no monthly or setup fee to the restaurant; you pay an order processing fee of 2.5% + 29¢ per order.
• Uber's couriers deliver your direct orders, and your customer pays the delivery.
• A downloadable report with the name and email of the customers who opt in.

Cons

• Only for restaurants on Uber Eats' marketplace.
• Your customers pay the same fees as in the Uber Eats app, including a service fee (a percentage of the subtotal) on delivery orders.
• An ordering page on an Uber link, not a website on your own domain, and no app with your brand.

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

• Everything is published: $149 a month, $149 setup and a flat 3% + 20¢ per card order, with unlimited orders.
• Loyalty, coupons, announcements and email automation are included.
• Phone and email support 24/7, every day of the year.

Cons

• Your ordering page lives on an orderstart.com address; no website on your own domain or app with your brand.
• It only integrates with Lavu POS, and delivery app orders come in only if you use Lavu POS too.
• You cancel by phone before the renewal date, with no prorated refund.

Pros

• Published prices for everything, including card processing for US cards (2.79% + 19¢).
• Month to month with no setup fee and a 7-day trial without a card.
• You can download your customer list to Excel, and its terms say the customer data is yours (UpMenu processes it for you).

Cons

• The app ($49), loyalty ($19), marketing ($9) and delivery app orders ($9) are add-ons per location, so the full package costs more than the base plan.
• No refunds when you cancel; the plan runs to the end of the month.
• Chargebacks are yours: $14.90 each, taken from a funds reserve.

Pros

• No percentage commission; website, Google ordering, loyalty and email and text marketing are in every plan.
• Month to month at $179 with no penalty to leave, or $149 with 12 months and the equipment included.
• Support by phone and text, 24/7, and a success manager who reviews your results every month.

Cons

• A transaction fee of up to $2.50 on every order, on top of the monthly fee and processing: either you pay it or your customer pays it as a convenience fee.
• The exit terms of the 12-month option aren't published, and HungerRush's terms, which cover Menufy, make you owe the whole term unless your agreement says otherwise.
• HungerRush's terms give it a license to use data about your customers.

Pros

• A flat monthly fee with no per-order fees, and you keep your own card processor.
• Month to month, per its FAQ.
• Phone support and a support team it says is available 24/7.

Cons

• A $299 setup fee, and sending orders into your POS takes the $399 plan with $999 setup.
• Card processing depends on your own processor, so the full cost per order isn't published.
• Its published terms cover the website, not the subscription: refunds, notice and price changes aren't in writing.

Pros

• Published plans from $69 a month (Basic, billed monthly), with no commission, no fee per order and no setup fee shown.
• Month to month with no cancellation fee, and a 30-day trial with no card required.
• The terms say your order and customer data belong to you, and Restolabs commits not to sell it.

Cons

• The website ($29 a month) and branded app ($49 a month) are add-ons below the Pro plan ($199 a month).
• Card processing is paid to your own processor, so the full cost depends on the rate you get; Restolabs doesn't handle chargebacks.
• No refunds or proration when you cancel, and your data export is only by request within 30 days after you leave.

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

• $9.99 a month, with no commission, no setup fee and no order limit.
• Card payments go to your own Stripe account, and Menubly adds nothing on top.
• A mini website with your own domain and a QR menu are included.

Cons

• No POS integration, no delivery app orders and no courier service: orders arrive in its dashboard and you deliver yourself.
• No loyalty, marketing campaigns or app.
• Support by email and WhatsApp only, in English.

Pros

• No commission per order: online ordering is a $34.99 monthly fee, and you pay card processing on each order (rate not published).
• Website builder with your own domain, loyalty and email marketing at no extra cost.
• DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub orders in the same POS, plus DoorDash Drive delivery for your own orders.

Cons

• Shift4 publishes no separate card rate for online orders, so the cost per order can't be checked in advance.
• Tied to the Shift4 POS processing agreement: 36 months, a 90-day notice to avoid renewal and a per-device cancellation fee.
• From the first anniversary, the processing agreement lets Shift4 raise your total fees each year by the greater of CPI-U + 1% or 7%.

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.

Pros

• For restaurants already on it until the shutdown: the ordering plan costs the restaurant $0, with no commission and no order limit; online card payments cost $29 a month.
• Card payments go straight to your own gateway.
• You can export your customers' contacts and orders, which matters before the shutdown.

Cons

• It no longer accepts new restaurants, and Oracle shuts it down on April 30, 2027, with no direct replacement: any restaurant on it has to move.
• Card processing depends on your own gateway, so the full cost per order isn't published.
• Support by chat 24/5 and email, with no phone line.

Pros

• 0% commission and no hosting, setup or delivery fee to the restaurant; you pay only order processing.
• You can download all your customers' data and use it in Grubhub's campaign tools.
• Grubhub's drivers deliver your direct orders, and you manage them in the same portal as your Grubhub Marketplace orders.

Cons

• Only for restaurants on Grubhub's marketplace.
• Grubhub doesn't publish the processing rate for Direct, so its real cost per order can't be calculated.
• Grubhub doesn't publish what your customers pay, the Direct terms or the price of the enhanced version.