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Appetier vs Square
What Square charges next to Appetier: no commission, and a flat monthly fee capped at $199. Every figure comes from a public page.
Appetier and Square at a glance
Square is a POS company. It sells readers, software, and payments together, and its online ordering is a profile on every Square plan. Appetier POS and the kiosk are included in Growth and run on tablets you already own, with no commission and no lock-in. Appetier writes to its own POS in full, so menu, stock, and orders stay in step. A restaurant that keeps Square gets read access to orders and sales, with Appetier as the system of record for direct orders.[7][2][6]
Appetier is best for
Owners who want the counter, the kitchen display, and the orders in one system Appetier can write to, with a fee that stops at a set amount.
Square is best for
Small restaurants that want a free start, Square's readers, and one account for the POS and payments.
Pricing and fees
Pricing and fees as each vendor publishes them. Confirm current terms with each vendor.
| Feature | Appetier | Square | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plan | Growth | Free | Plus | Premium |
| Monthly price | No subscription and no commission. Growth is nothing under $500 of monthly direct sales and never more than $199 a location. | $0 a month | $49 a month | $149 a month |
| Per-order fee | None. Growth takes no share of any order. | None | None | None |
| Guest fee | None. Appetier charges guests no service fee. | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Card rate | Appetier Pay at 2.9% + 30¢ online, or keep the processor you already have. | 3.3% plus $0.30 per charge | 2.9% plus $0.30 per charge | 2.9% plus $0.30 per charge |
| Source and check date | Appetier pricing | squareup.com | squareup.com | squareup.com |
Feature
Appetier
Square
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
Hardware starts at $59. Square Kiosk is $99 a device a month, and Kiosk Lite is $50 on Plus and $30 on Premium.Square for Restaurants pricing
Contract terms
Month to month, with no minimum term.Appetier pricingAppetier terms of service
Not published on the pricing page. Restaurants over $250,000 a year in card sales can ask for custom pricing.Square for Restaurants pricing
Notes
A month with no direct orders costs nothing. DoorDash and Uber Eats orders carry no Appetier commission or markup.Appetier pricing
Square KDS is $30 a device a month on Plus and $20 on Premium.Square for Restaurants pricing
How the features compare
Feature
Appetier
Square
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][9]
Every plan includes a branded online ordering page with pickup and local delivery. Online sales pay the online card rate, and no per-order fee is listed.[7]
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.[10][11]
A website builder with SEO tools comes on every plan.[7]
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][12]
Loyalty, email, and texts come with Plus and Premium, and Free leaves them out.[7]
POS sync
Appetier POS gets full write access to its own menu, prices, hours, stock, and orders, so nothing is re-keyed. Keep your own POS and Appetier works at the access it gives. Read and write access sends each order in as a ticket. With read access alone, Appetier is the system of record. Appetier Pay takes cards in person on readers bought from Appetier, or you keep your provider's readers if they connect.[2][5]
Twenty features, side by side
The same table as the comparisons page, for Appetier and Square.
| Feature | Appetier | Square |
|---|---|---|
| Ordering on your own site | Included | Included |
| Branded iOS and Android apps | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| POS menu sync | Included | Included |
| Marketplace orders in one queue | Not offered or not listed | Included |
| Loyalty | Included | Included |
| Gift cards | Included | Included |
| Text and email campaigns | Included | Included |
| An AI agent that does the work | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| AI phone ordering | Included | Included |
| Google Business listing upkeep | Included | Included |
| Review replies | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Search-ready menu pages | Included | Included |
| Catering orders | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Reservations and waitlist | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan |
| Kitchen display | Included | Costs extra or on a separate plan |
| QR table ordering | Included | Included |
| Delivery dispatch | Included | Included |
| Restaurant website | Included | Included |
| Free website audit | Included | Not offered or not listed |
| Setup from your site or a menu photo | Included | Included |
- Included
- Costs extra or on a separate plan
- Not offered or not listed
Where Square is stronger
What Square's public pages show it does better than Appetier. Each line links the page it comes from.
Choosing between Appetier and Square
Find the row that sounds like your restaurant.
Restaurant type
Better fit
Why
A small restaurant that wants to start at $0
Square
Square's Free plan costs nothing a month, and its readers start at $59.[7]
A kitchen that wants a display on every station
Appetier
An owner who wants the POS and ordering to share one menu with nothing mirrored
Appetier
Appetier POS writes to the menu, stock, and orders itself, so direct orders never wait on a sync.[2]
Comparison FAQs
How much does Square for Restaurants cost?
Square lists Free at $0, Plus at $49, and Premium at $149 a month. Hardware starts at $59 and is sold separately. Restaurants that process over $250,000 a year can ask for custom pricing.[7]
What does Square charge for cards?
How much is Square KDS?
Can I keep Square and use Appetier?
What does Square's access limit?
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.
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
- [1]Appetier pricingPricing
- [2]Appetier POS systemProduct page
- [3]Appetier POS hardwareProduct page
- [4]Appetier AI phone orderingProduct page
- [5]Appetier POS syncProduct page
- [6]Appetier Square integrationProduct page
- [7]Square for Restaurants pricingPricing
- [8]Square help: processing feesHelp Center
- [9]Appetier cateringProduct page
- [10]Appetier product overviewProduct page
- [11]Sous, Appetier's AI agentProduct page
- [12]Appetier restaurant marketingProduct page
About these comparisons
- All trademarks, product names, and logos belong to their owners.
- Appetier is not affiliated with Square. Square 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 verifiedOct 23, 2026
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