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Appetier vs Sauce

What Sauce charges next to Appetier: no commission, and a flat monthly fee capped at $199. Every figure comes from a public page.

Appetier and Sauce at a glance

Sauce sells ordering, websites, marketing, order aggregation, and a delivery service for high-volume kitchens. Appetier covers ordering, a site, and marketing with no commission and no lock-in, and books couriers with no markup for your own orders. POS and kiosk come with Growth.[4][10][1]

Appetier is best for

Kitchens that already have delivery covered, through marketplaces or their own drivers, and want their own ordering site.

Sauce is best for

Operators who want delivery on their own site without hiring drivers, paid as a flat fee per order.

Pricing and fees

Pricing and fees as each vendor publishes them. Confirm current terms with each vendor.

Plans and fees: Appetier Growth and Sauce
FeatureAppetierSauce
PriceNo subscription and no commission. Growth is nothing under $500 of monthly direct sales and never more than $199 a location.By quote. Sauce lists no public price.getsauce.com
Feature
Appetier
Sauce
Setup and onboarding
No setup fee. Upload a logo and a photo of the menu, and a first location goes live in minutes.Appetier pricing
Not listed publicly; confirm with the vendor.Sauce pricing
Contract terms
Month to month, with no minimum term.Appetier pricingAppetier terms of service
Not listed publicly; confirm with the vendor.Sauce pricing
Notes
A month with no direct orders costs nothing. DoorDash and Uber Eats orders carry no Appetier commission or markup.Appetier pricing
Third-party directories list several Sauce prices that Sauce doesn't publish, so none are quoted here.Sauce pricing

How the features compare

Feature
Appetier
Sauce
Direct ordering
Ordering on your own domain and branded apps, with catering. No commission on direct orders and no fee on the guest's bill. Cards run on Appetier Pay at 2.9% + 30¢ online, or on any PCI compliant processor you keep. Marketplace orders are never charged, and Uber Direct couriers deliver with no markup.[1][6][7]
Branded online ordering, with delivery sent to national and local courier companies.[4]
Website and local SEO
Guests find you on Google and land on your checkout. Location pages and Google Business updates publish on a schedule. A weekly check keeps Apple Maps, Yelp, and Facebook matched, and Sous replies to Google reviews while low ratings go to you.[3][8]
The homepage promotes SEO-focused ordering sites and orders from Google and Apple listings.[4]
Loyalty and CRM
You keep your guests' contact details and order history. Loyalty and gift cards sit inside checkout, and winback and birthday campaigns run inside limits you set. Each location includes 1,500 marketing texts and 10,000 marketing emails a month.[1][9]
The homepage promotes automated offers aimed at repeat orders.[4]
POS sync
Run the counter on tablets you bring. Appetier POS and the self-order kiosk come with Growth. Keep your own POS instead and prices, hours, and sold-out items update from it on your site and apps. Appetier Pay takes cards in person on readers bought from Appetier, or you keep your provider's readers if they connect. Appetier also sells kiosk and kitchen display hardware at cost, and card readers.[2]
The homepage names two POS partners.[4]

Twenty features, side by side

The same table as the comparisons page, for Appetier and Sauce.

Where the companies you picked differ from Growth
FeatureAppetierSauce
Ordering on your own siteIncludedIncluded
Branded iOS and Android appsIncludedNot offered or not listed
POS menu syncIncludedIncluded
Marketplace orders in one queueNot offered or not listedNot offered or not listed
LoyaltyIncludedNot offered or not listed
Gift cardsIncludedNot offered or not listed
Text and email campaignsIncludedIncluded
An AI agent that does the workIncludedIncluded
AI phone orderingIncludedNot offered or not listed
Google Business listing upkeepIncludedIncluded
Review repliesIncludedNot offered or not listed
Search-ready menu pagesIncludedIncluded
Catering ordersIncludedNot offered or not listed
Reservations and waitlistIncludedNot offered or not listed
Kitchen displayIncludedNot offered or not listed
QR table orderingIncludedNot offered or not listed
Delivery dispatchIncludedIncluded
Restaurant websiteIncludedIncluded
Free website auditIncludedNot offered or not listed
Setup from your site or a menu photoIncludedIncluded
Included
Costs extra or on a separate plan
Not offered or not listed

Where Sauce is stronger

What Sauce's public pages show it does better than Appetier. Each line links the page it comes from.

  • Its delivery page offers access to several delivery companies with managed order support, which suits a kitchen that sends many deliveries a day.[10]
  • Order aggregation is a product of its own, listed beside online ordering and websites.[4]

Choosing between Appetier and Sauce

Find the row that sounds like your restaurant.

Restaurant type
Better fit
Why
A high-volume kitchen that ships deliveries all day
Sauce
Sauce's delivery product pairs several delivery companies with managed support.[10]
A restaurant that wants ordering and marketing under one fee
Appetier
Appetier's fee follows direct sales and stops at $199 a location, with ordering, a site, and marketing in it.[1][3]
A restaurant with its own drivers
Appetier
Appetier dispatches your own drivers or a courier with no markup, and delivery fees don't count toward the Growth fee.[3][1]

Comparison FAQs

Does Sauce help restaurants show up on Google?
Sauce's homepage promotes SEO-focused ordering sites and orders taken through Google and Apple listings.[4]
Who delivers Sauce orders?
Sauce sends each delivery to an available driver from national and local courier companies. The restaurant pays a flat fee per delivery, and Sauce doesn't list the amount.[4]

How this page is built

  • Public pages only. Every figure and feature comes from the company's own pages, linked above.
  • Each plan shows the day we checked it, and we check again every 14 days.
  • Reported means the figure comes from a third party's page or a dated one, not the company's current page.
  • A feature we could only read from such a page shows as not listed.
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Restaurant online ordering systems compared, side by side

Each page lines up direct ordering, SEO, loyalty, POS sync, and fees, and lists the public sources behind it.

Sources

About these comparisons

  • All trademarks, product names, and logos belong to their owners.
  • Appetier is not affiliated with Sauce. Sauce is a trademark of its owner.
  • Information is based on publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with each vendor before purchasing.
  • Pricing and fees can vary by plan, region, payment processor, order volume, and contract terms. Always verify current pricing with the vendor.
  • Last verifiedSep 28, 2026
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