Alternatives
Lunchbox alternatives, ranked by what a month costs
What Lunchbox's public pages show, then Appetier and every priced alternative at the same order volume. Each figure comes from a public source.
What Lunchbox publishes
Lunchbox SMB, the page once called Essential, is marketed as free to the restaurant, with no sign-up fee and no commission. Lunchbox says the ordering site is built in under 30 minutes.
Guest fees and the card processing rate aren't listed publicly, so confirm both with Lunchbox. Loyalty and marketing sit in its Enterprise product.
SMB suits a new operator opening a direct channel with no upfront cost. An owner who has outgrown a bare ordering site is after the rest: loyalty, campaigns, POS sync, a Google listing that stays right. The table below shows which company includes each one. Appetier Growth takes no commission, caps its monthly fee at $199, and includes POS and kiosk.
One month at each company, lowest cost first
A month at 40 orders a day and a $30 average order, card processing included. Each company is on its cheapest plan at that volume.
Quote only, with no public price: Olo, Deliverect Direct, Chowly, Sauce, SpotHopper, BentoBox, Restolabs, Nory.
Prices checked Sep 28, 2026 · Sources
All in adds card processing at the company's published rate. A company that publishes none gets 2.9% + 30¢, the online rate on Appetier Pay.
Each company starts on its lowest-cost plan at your volume, and you can switch plans. One-time setup, hardware, and delivery costs are left out.
Popmenu sells online ordering as an add-on with no public price, so its total is a minimum.
Who includes what
Appetier's column comes first, then Lunchbox, then every other company. A check means the plan includes the feature.
| Feature | Appetier | Lunchbox | Owner | ChowNow | Popmenu | Menufy | Flipdish | GloriaFood | UpMenu | MENU TIGER | Clover | Square | Toast | Olo | Deliverect Direct | Chowly | Sauce | SpotHopper | BentoBox | Restolabs | Nory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordering on your own site | Included | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Branded iOS and Android apps | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed |
| POS menu sync | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Marketplace orders in one queue | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed |
| Loyalty | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Gift cards | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed |
| Text and email campaigns | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed |
| An AI agent that does the work | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included |
| AI phone ordering | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed |
| Google Business listing upkeep | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed |
| Review replies | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included |
| Search-ready menu pages | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed |
| Catering orders | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Reservations and waitlist | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed |
| Kitchen display | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed |
| QR table ordering | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Delivery dispatch | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Restaurant website | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed |
| Free website audit | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed |
| Setup from your site or a menu photo | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed |
- Included
- Costs extra or on a separate plan
- Not offered or not listed
Lunchbox alternatives FAQs
Is Lunchbox free for restaurants?
Lunchbox markets SMB with no sign-up fee and no commission for the restaurant. Guest fees and card processing aren't listed publicly, so confirm them with Lunchbox.
Does Lunchbox SMB include loyalty?
Lunchbox's public pages place loyalty and marketing in Enterprise, not in SMB.
Alternatives to other companies
The same ranking, read from another vendor's side.
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