Alternatives
Toast alternatives, ranked by what a month costs
What Toast's public pages show, then Appetier and every priced alternative at the same order volume. Each figure comes from a public source.
What Toast publishes
Toast lists Starter Kit from $0 and Point of Sale from $69 a month for a new single location, and prints no card rate. Its services run on Toast approved hardware.
Online ordering is a Toast module with no commission, and Toast prices its kitchen display by quote.
Appetier POS runs on tablets you own and is included in Growth, with ordering, loyalty, and campaigns under one fee that stops at $199 a location. If you keep Toast, Appetier reads it and is the system of record for direct orders.
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 Toast, then every other company. A check means the plan includes the feature.
| Feature | Appetier | Toast | Owner | ChowNow | Popmenu | Menufy | Flipdish | GloriaFood | UpMenu | MENU TIGER | Clover | Square | Lunchbox | Olo | Deliverect Direct | Chowly | Sauce | SpotHopper | BentoBox | Restolabs | Nory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordering on your own site | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Included | 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 | Included | Included | Included | Included | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | 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 | Included | 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 | Costs extra or on a separate plan | 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 | Costs extra or on a separate plan | 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 | 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 | 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 | Included | 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 | Not offered or not listed | 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 | 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 | Not offered or not listed | Included | Not offered or not listed | 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 | Costs extra or on a separate plan | 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 | 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 | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed |
| Kitchen display | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | 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 | 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 |
| 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 | Included | 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 | 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 | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Restaurant website | 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 | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan | Included | Included | 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 | Included | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | Not offered or not listed | Not offered or not listed | Included | Included | 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 | Included | Not offered or not listed |
- Included
- Costs extra or on a separate plan
- Not offered or not listed
Toast alternatives FAQs
Is there a Toast alternative that runs on an iPad?
Appetier POS runs on an iPad or Android tablet you already own. Card readers are the one device you buy from Appetier.
Why does Toast show "at least" in the ranking?
Toast prints no card rate or hardware price, and the ranking counts the monthly price only, so its total is a minimum.
Alternatives to other companies
The same ranking, read from another vendor's side.
Owner alternativesChowNow alternativesPopmenu alternativesMenufy alternativesFlipdish alternativesGloriaFood alternativesUpMenu alternativesMENU TIGER alternativesClover alternativesSquare alternativesLunchbox alternativesOlo alternativesDeliverect Direct alternativesChowly alternativesSauce alternativesSpotHopper alternativesBentoBox alternativesRestolabs alternativesNory alternatives
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