Updated: August 2026
From commission-free food ordering platforms to robust restaurant delivery software solutions, here are the best tools for 2026, including options built for multi-location restaurants and budget-conscious independents.
Updated for 2026: we refreshed this guide with the latest features and pricing insights, and expanded the list to 15 online ordering platforms to reflect the market today.
1. Toast Online Ordering – Best for Restaurants Using Toast POS
A seamless solution for restaurants already on the Toast ecosystem
Key Features:
- Fully integrated with Toast POS
- Real-time menu updates & inventory sync
- Tableside ordering via QR codes
- Customer loyalty programs
- Integrated online payments
- Supports curbside pickup and delivery
- New self-ordering kiosk support and better cross-device syncing
- Works as part of an online ordering system for multi-location restaurants if all locations are on Toast
Pricing:
Requires a Toast POS subscription
Online ordering is available in higher-tier plans
Pros:
Seamless POS and online ordering experience
Guest profiles help track ordering habits
Delivery and pickup options
Marketing features to engage customers
No commissions on first-party orders
Strong restaurant delivery software module with driver tracking
Cons:
Limited for restaurants not using Toast POS
Customer support delays reported
Limited menu flexibility with nested modifiers
Upcharges for advanced analytics and reporting
Bonus for resellers:
Perfect as a turnkey upsell for existing Toast clients. Resellers benefit from easier onboarding, fewer support tickets, and Toast’s bundled approach to loyalty, marketing, and restaurant ordering software. But it’s Toast-only, don’t pitch it to clients on Square or Revel.
2. Olo – Best for Multi-Location Chains
A high-end solution for enterprise-level restaurants
Key Features:
- Aggregates orders from multiple platforms (Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, etc.)
- Custom branded online ordering page
- POS and loyalty program integrations
- Analytics dashboard for real-time insights
- Multi-location menu syncing
- API-first platform for large-scale restaurant delivery software projects
- Online ordering system for multi-location restaurants with full control over modifiers and pricing
Pricing:
Custom pricing based on restaurant size
High setup and monthly fees
Pros:
Built for large chains with multiple locations
Eliminates manual entry errors with direct integrations
Custom API options for deeper customization
Reliable menu throttling to avoid kitchen overload
Direct integration with loyalty programs and CRMs
Cons:
Expensive for small businesses
Requires technical expertise to set up
Long onboarding process
Support is tiered and slower for smaller clients
Bonus for resellers:
Ideal for resellers working with franchises or enterprise brands. Use Olo’s API stack to build custom dashboards, or combine it with KitchenHub for advanced restaurant POS integration across platforms. Strong value-add for large accounts.
3. ChowNow – Best for Commission-Free Online Ordering
Keep more profits by eliminating third-party commissions
Key Features:
- Zero-commission online ordering
- Branded mobile app
- Google and Yelp menu integration
- Automated email & SMS marketing
- Works with multiple payment processors
- Facebook, Instagram, and search menu sync support
- Connects to Square and Toast for integrated online ordering with POS
Pricing:
Starts at $149/month (flat fee)
Pros:
No pre-order commissions
Encourages direct customer orders
Custom-branded website and app
Cons:
No built-in delivery drivers (you need to manage your own)
Basic design options
No real-time driver tracking
Limited control over upselling flows
Bonus for resellers:
ChowNow is perfect for resellers working with independents and small chains. It’s a low-barrier entry into online ordering software with white-label options and built-in loyalty, a great base for more advanced food ordering platforms down the road.
4. DoorDash Online Ordering – Best for Restaurants Already on DoorDash
Commission-free orders with DoorDash’s driver network
Key Features:
- No commission fees on direct orders
- Branded online ordering page
- Uses DoorDash’s driver network
- Built-in marketing & promotions
- Order tracking and confirmation with real-time updates
- Online ordering software with native driver dispatch logic
Pricing:
Free to use for direct orders
Delivery fees apply
Pros:
Leverages DoorDash’s driver network
Zero commission on direct orders
Simple setup
Familiar to customers already using DoorDash app
Integrated promotions engine with seasonal templates
Cons:
Still charges service fees
Less control over customer data
Customer data stored with DoorDash, not the restaurant
Custom branding is limited compared to white-label tools
Bonus for resellers:
Great add-on for clients already using DoorDash. Combine it with your POS offerings or platforms like KitchenHub for better restaurant POS integration. You don’t need dev time to launch, which makes it a quick win for resellers.
5. Uber Eats Online Ordering – Best for Marketplace Exposure
Tap into Uber’s massive user base
Key Features:
- Free online ordering setup
- POS integrations
- Access to Uber Eats' marketplace
- Flexible delivery options
- Built-in upselling, promo codes, and loyalty modules
- Available API for restaurant ordering software integrations
Pricing:
No setup fee, but Uber Eats takes a commission
Pros:
Huge customer base
Built-in marketing and promotions
Works with third-party POS systems
User-friendly interface for restaurants and diners
Optional upgrades for ad placements and featured listings
Cons:
High commission fees
Limited branding control
No access to customer emails or direct marketing
Add-on fees can become expensive quickly
Bonus for resellers:
Uber Eats is best pitched as a visibility tool. Resellers can help restaurants balance high-exposure with commission-free tools, and then offer integrated online ordering with POS via systems like KitchenHub or Owner.com for better data control.
6. Square Online Ordering – Best for Small Restaurants and Cafes
Simple, budget-friendly online ordering
Key Features:
- Free online ordering setup
- Mobile-friendly interface
- Social media integrations
- Works with Square POS
- Built-in tools for curbside, pickup, and dine-in QR menus
- Simple inventory and item availability logic
Pricing:
Free basic plan, paid plans start at $29/month
Pros:
Easy to set up
No monthly fees on free plan
Works with in-person POS
Great for social and Instagram sales
Cons:
Basic features compared to enterprise solutions
Limited customization
No support for complex menu modifiers or multiple price points
Bonus for resellers:
Square Online is an easy entry point for digital-first cafés and pop-ups. Resellers can bundle this with payment setup, hardware, or add online ordering software layers from third parties for more advanced clients.
7. Menufy – Best for Budget-Friendly Setup
Get started with no upfront costs
Key Features:
- Zero monthly fees
- Integrated delivery services
- Easy website integration
- Text and email marketing
- Supports self-managed drivers or external couriers
- Includes basic reporting and restaurant ordering software feature
Pricing:
Customers pay a $1.75 per order fee
Pros:
No setup costs
Easy to implement
Built-in loyalty program
Simple onboarding and no long-term contracts
Fast setup for takeout-focused operations
Cons:
Customer pays the fees
Not as feature-rich as others
Limited branding customization
No built-in upselling or dynamic pricing features
Bonus for resellers:
Great starting point for small or budget-conscious clients. Resellers can later upsell POS integration, analytics, or replace it with more advanced food ordering platforms like BentoBox or Owner.com.
8. ezCater – Best for Catering Businesses
Optimized for large catering orders
Key Features:
- Bulk order scheduling
- Automated invoicing
- Corporate order tracking
- Delivery management
- Access to a large network of corporate buyers
- Focused tools for invoicing and client account management
- Software for restaurant delivery and pickup with catering-specific workflows
Pricing:
Commission-based pricing
Pros:
Best for catering orders
Attracts corporate clients
Efficient large-order management
Built-in support for recurring events and subscriptions
Detailed analytics for enterprise clients
Cons:
Not for daily takeout orders
Commission-based fees
No direct customer relationship tools
Branding options are minimal
Bonus for resellers:
Offer ezCater as part of a bundled service for multi-channel restaurants. Then build value with restaurant POS integration and delivery tracking tools that help manage both catering and regular orders from a unified dashboard.
9. BentoBox – Best for Upscale Restaurants
A premium online ordering experience
Key Features:
- Custom restaurant websites
- High-end design focus
- SEO-optimized pages
- Integrated ordering, gift cards, and event bookings
- Includes customer profiles and loyalty tools
Pricing:
Custom pricing
Pros:
Beautiful designs
Optimized for upscale dining
Includes CMS for blogs, menus, and announcements
White-glove onboarding and migration support
Cons:
More expensive than basic options
Can be overkill for small operators
Not compatible with all POS systems
Bonus for resellers:
Best used as a premium upsell for fine-dining clients. While margins on software are limited, you can charge for setup, branding, and content services.
10. Owner.com – Best for Increasing Direct Sales
Drive more direct online orders
Key Features:
- High-conversion online ordering
- Loyalty programs
- Automated email & SMS marketing
- Integrated ad platform to bring in first-time customers
- Advanced upsell logic and one-click reorders
- Restaurant ordering software that reduces dependency on third-party apps
Pros:
Great for customer retention
Reduces reliance on third-party apps
Own your customer data fully
Everything is built around maximizing lifetime value
Cons:
Higher upfront cost
Learning curve for setup
Requires internal support or agency help for launch
Bonus for resellers:
A strong contender when clients want to own the customer experience. Combine Owner.com with restaurant delivery software logic from KitchenHub or your own POS integration to offer an end-to-end conversion machine.
11. UpMenu – Best for All-in-One Ordering and Restaurant Management
Streamline direct ordering and delivery in one unified system.
Key Features:
- Commission-free online ordering
- Branded mobile app
- Delivery and driver management
- Automated delivery dispatch with courier integrations
- Order and menu management system
- Restaurant marketing tools for email, SMS, promos, and campaigns
- Custom loyalty programs
- QR code ordering and digital menu
- POS and payment integrations
- Multi-location management
Pricing:
Tiered monthly plans with order-based limits
Add-ons available for branded mobile apps, loyalty, delivery dispatch, and driver management
Pros:
- All-in-one platform for ordering, delivery, and restaurant operations
- Commission-free direct sales
- Strong retention tools, including a loyalty program and marketing tools
- Great fit for restaurants wanting full control over data and delivery workflows
Cons:
- Advanced modules require higher-tier plans
- No built-in POS system yet (currently in development)
Bonus for resellers:
UpMenu is a strong option for resellers and consultants who want to offer clients a ready-made ordering, delivery, and marketing platform without custom development. You can focus on onboarding, strategy, and campaigns while the software handles the website, online ordering, and day-to-day operations.
12. Restolabs – Best for Multi-Location Direct Ordering With Flexible Payments
Commission-free direct ordering built for chains and multi-brand setups.
Key Features:
- Multi-location support with synced menus, central controls, and unified reporting
- Integrates with 50+ payment gateways (cards, wallets, etc.), so operators can keep their preferred processors
- Support for delivery, curbside, takeaway, and multi-restaurant/multi-store ordering models
- Can integrate with POS and loyalty platforms; used by chains processing high order volumes
Pricing:
Starts around $69/month per store (Basic), with higher tiers at roughly $99 and $199 per store; free trial available
Pros:
- Commission-free plus very flexible payments is a nice story for finance-focused operators
- Built with multi-location control in mind, not just single-site mom-and-pop use
- Good feedback on support and reliability at larger order volumes
Cons:
- Less polished visually than high-end design tools like BentoBox
- Brand is relatively unknown outside industry circles, so you’ll need to tell the story yourself
Bonus for resellers:
Restolabs is a solid choice when you’re working with a regional chain that wants to own direct ordering, keep specific payment gateways, and maybe run a multi-brand or marketplace-style model. Let Restolabs handle direct web orders while KitchenHub aggregates marketplaces and pushes everything into the POS and reporting layer.
13. Lunchbox – Best for Direct Digital Growth and Enterprise Catering
A growth-focused layer for brands that outgrew basic online ordering
Key Features:
- Multi-channel online ordering (web, mobile web, mobile app) built around high conversion and repeat visits
- Strong B2B and catering workflows, including large orders and corporate accounts
- Marketing CRM with email, SMS, and push automation, plus segmentation and offers
- Order aggregation from marketplaces into one system, with integrations to major POS platforms like Toast and Square
- Open API for custom integrations and enterprise restaurant delivery software projects
Pricing:
Quote-based; positioned for growing chains and enterprise, not mom-and-pop budgets
Pros:
- Built for brands that treat digital as a core P&L line, not a side feature
- Deep marketing and loyalty tools to improve lifetime value, not just “take orders”
- Strong catering support for large and recurring orders (a big gap in many online ordering systems)
- Integrates with major POS systems and communication tools, reducing manual reconciliation
Cons:
- Overkill for small independents that just need a simple widget and don’t have marketing resources
- Requires time and internal ownership to get full value from segmentation and campaigns
- No simple “$149/month” style pricing to quote in a quick sales conversation
Bonus for resellers:
Lunchbox is a good card to play when you’re talking to fast-casual or enterprise groups that already have online ordering, but want better performance from it. You can position yourself as the integrator who ties Lunchbox to POS, KitchenHub, and maybe Olo or ezCater for a full stack. That usually means higher project fees and ongoing consulting, not just a one-off install.
14. OrderEm – Best for Custom-Branded Apps on a Budget
White-label-ish apps and web ordering, especially strong in the Clover ecosystem
Key Features:
- Custom-branded mobile app and website with online ordering and loyalty programs
- Online ordering via web, app, and Facebook, for pickup and delivery
- Integration with Clover POS (and support for processors like Square, Stripe, PayPal through payment settings)
- Delivery management with driver assignment and real-time driver tracking
- Optional self-service kiosks as another ordering channel
Pricing:
- Basic online ordering from about $25/month per location
- Higher tiers add a custom mobile app and then a custom website, each with one-time setup fees
Pros:
- One of the cheaper ways to give small operators a branded app + web ordering combo
- Very attractive if your client already runs on Clover, thanks to direct integration and menu import
- Works for restaurants, food trucks, and small chains wanting multi-channel ordering without leaning on marketplaces
Cons:
- UI, docs, and overall polish lag behind newer VC-backed platforms
- A lot of the capability lives as separate modules and add-ons, so you need to design the stack carefully
Bonus for resellers:
OrderEm is handy when you want to be “the one who made the app” for a budget-conscious client, especially in the Clover world. You can own app/website configuration, tie in delivery workflows, and later bring in KitchenHub or other middleware if the operator adds marketplaces or more complex POS integrations.
15. FoodTec Solutions – Best for Pizzerias
FoodTec is a full-stack restaurant operating system designed especially for pizzerias and fast-casual chains. It combines online ordering, POS, delivery management, driver dispatch, inventory and ingredient tracking, marketing and loyalty – all in one unified platform.
Key Features:
- Integrated Online Ordering and branded mobile/web ordering platform
- POS designed for pizza operations (menu modifiers, combos, half-and-half pizzas, toppings, recipe scaling)
- Delivery & driver management: dispatch, routing, driver status tracking, delivery time estimates
- Inventory and recipe-based ingredient tracking (yields, food cost, stock management)
- Marketing tools: SMS and email campaigns, targeted promotions
- Multi-store / multi-location management (central control, consistent menu & pricing, aggregated reporting)
- Staff and employee management: roles, permissions, sales tracking per user
- Integration support (payment processors, accounting/export tools, possibly third-party services)
Pricing:
FoodTec offers tiered pricing based on number of locations and ordering volume. Typically a monthly subscription fee per location, with optional modules (e.g., delivery management, marketing) as add-ons. Custom enterprise pricing is available for larger multi-unit operators.
Pros:
- All-in-one, no need for multiple vendors (ordering, POS, delivery, loyalty, inventory)
- Designed specifically for pizza / chain-style restaurants, feature set aligns with pizza workflows
- Scales easily from single-unit to multi-location chains
- Unified data – sales, inventory, delivery and marketing data all in one backend
- Reduces complexity and vendor-management overhead
Cons:
- As a full-stack solution, might be more feature-rich (and potentially more expensive) than needed for very small pizzerias that just want basic ordering
- Users migrating from simpler / legacy systems may require training to fully leverage all features
- Not a lightweight plug-and-play ordering widget – optimal benefit is when multiple modules (POS, delivery, inventory) are used in tandem
Bonus for resellers:
FoodTec is especially well-suited for multi-unit pizza chains, franchise operators, or pizzerias looking to scale, because of its unified backend and multi-store management. For resellers or consultants helping restaurants modernize or expand, FoodTec offers a robust “platform” to build around (ordering, delivery, loyalty, operations) rather than stitching together disparate tools.
Every vendor on this list will tell you how fast onboarding goes. None of them will volunteer what happens the day a client wants out. Ask these questions before the contract, because the answers stop being negotiable afterward.
Who owns the domain? Some platforms register the ordering domain inside their own account as part of setup. It looks like a convenience. It means the restaurant is renting its own address, and the move to a new provider starts with a transfer request the outgoing vendor has no reason to rush.
Can order history leave the building? Ask for the export format, not a yes. A CSV of line items with timestamps is portable. A PDF report is a souvenir. Order history drives everything a new platform needs to be useful on day one — repeat-customer segments, item mix, daypart patterns — and rebuilding it from scratch means running blind for a quarter.
Does the guest list come with proof? Email addresses and phone numbers matter less than the consent records attached to them. A phone number without a timestamped opt-in record is a legal liability rather than a marketing asset (see the next section). If the platform holds the consent logs and won't export them, the list arrives unusable.
Who owns the app listing? For any platform selling a branded mobile app, ask whose Apple Developer and Google Play accounts the app lives in. If the answer is the vendor's, the restaurant loses its install base, its reviews, and its rating on the way out, and starts from zero downloads with a new provider.
What are the notice terms? Auto-renewal with a 30- to 60-day cancellation window is standard, and operators discover it three weeks too late. Get the renewal date and the notice period in writing at signing, then put both in a calendar.
Where do gift cards and loyalty balances go? Outstanding balances are a liability the restaurant owes its guests regardless of which vendor holds the ledger. If the platform can't export balances, someone has to reconcile them by hand, and every unhappy guest at the counter is a service problem the operator inherits.
Does the SEO come with you? An ordering page hosted on the vendor's subdomain builds authority for the vendor. On the restaurant's own domain, it builds authority for the restaurant. Over three years the difference shows up in search traffic that either transfers or evaporates.
One structural note worth flagging to clients: the marketplace-owned direct tools in this list store the customer data on the marketplace side. That's a reasonable trade for the reach, but it makes the ordering channel harder to unwind than a self-hosted one.
Online ordering software creates two forms of exposure that don't appear on a pricing page. Both are actively litigated. Both land on the restaurant, not the vendor.
Restaurant Websites Are the Most-Sued Category in Web Accessibility
The precedent is a pizza chain. In Robles v. Domino's Pizza, a blind customer couldn't complete an order using a screen reader. The Ninth Circuit held in 2019 that ADA Title III reaches the website and app of a business with a physical location, the Supreme Court declined to review it, and Domino's settled in 2022. The Eleventh Circuit has gone the other way in Gil v. Winn-Dixie, so the law splits by circuit, which does nothing to slow the filings.
The volume is concentrated on food service. EcomBack found restaurants and food service accounted for 34.65% of ADA web accessibility lawsuits in the first half of 2025, up roughly 80% year over year and ahead of every other industry. Counts of total federal filings vary by tracker, from around 3,100 to over 5,100 for 2025 depending on methodology, but every source shows the same direction. Four states carry about two thirds of the cases: New York, Florida, California, and Illinois. California operators face an additional exposure, since the Unruh Civil Rights Act carries statutory damages starting at $4,000 per violation on top of the federal claim.
There is no official technical standard for private businesses under Title III, and courts have settled on WCAG 2.1 Level AA as the reference anyway. For a restaurant, the recurring failure points are specific and cheap to check: a menu published as a scanned image or an untagged PDF, an ordering widget that can't be operated by keyboard, food photos without alt text, a reservation form with unlabeled fields, and modal windows that trap a screen reader.
One thing worth telling clients directly: an accessibility overlay widget is not a defense. The FTC reached a $1 million settlement with a leading overlay vendor over claims about what its product delivered, and plaintiff firms now treat overlay-dependent sites as easier targets rather than harder ones.
Every Platform Here Sells SMS Marketing. Almost None Explain the Consent Rules
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act gives each recipient a private right of action worth $500 per message, rising to $1,500 for willful violations, with no cap on class size. A single non-compliant blast to 10,000 numbers is a theoretical exposure of $5 million to $15 million. Class action filings under the statute ran up nearly 95% year over year through mid-2025.
Marketing texts require prior express written consent, and the standard is stricter than most opt-in forms meet. The disclosure has to name the specific business, sit in plain view, state that consent isn't a condition of purchase, note that message and data rates apply, and be accepted by an affirmative act. An unchecked box the guest ticks qualifies. A pre-checked box does not. Bundling the SMS opt-in with an email signup does not. Plaintiff firms look for exactly these patterns, and a checkout flow that collects a phone number for order updates has not collected consent to send promotions.
The operational rules have moved recently. The FCC's opt-out rule took effect April 11, 2025, requiring businesses to honor revocation requests promptly and to accept them in any reasonable form rather than only the magic word STOP. The broader "revoke-all" requirement, under which opting out of one message type would apply to all, was pushed back again in January 2026 and is now set for January 31, 2027. Quiet hours run 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the recipient's local time zone, which matters for any brand operating across time zones from one dashboard. Carriers separately require A2P 10DLC registration, and unregistered traffic gets filtered without anyone needing a court order. Several states have passed their own mini-TCPA statutes with their own damages, so a national campaign faces more than one rulebook.
The practical question for a reseller evaluating any platform on this list: does it timestamp and store consent records in an exportable form, does it enforce quiet hours by the recipient's time zone rather than the restaurant's, and does it recognize an opt-out phrased in plain English instead of only a keyword. Those three answers separate a marketing feature from a liability.
This isn't legal advice. Operators with real exposure should talk to counsel , but the questions above are the ones to bring to that conversation.
The “right” tool depends on who you’re selling to and what they care about most.
- For POS resellers:
Toast Online Ordering and Square Online are ideal when your client already runs on those POS systems. For more complex, multi-location setups with deeper controls, look at Olo, Restolabs, or Orders.co. - For independent restaurants:
If the goal is more direct orders and fewer commissions, ChowNow, UpMenu, and StoreKit are solid picks. For brand-conscious operators with bigger budgets, Owner.com and BentoBox add premium design and stronger upsell flows. - For large chains and franchises:
Olo, Lunchbox, Restolabs, and Orders.co work best when you need centralized menus, APIs, and serious reporting. Uber Eats Online Ordering and DoorDash Online Ordering then become additional reach channels, not the whole strategy. - For catering-heavy concepts:
ezCater is still the go-to for corporate and large scheduled orders. Lunchbox or StoreKit can complement it when the brand also wants direct catering orders from its own channels. - For small businesses and first-time digital operators:
Square Online and Menufy are good low-cost starting points. UpMenu, OrderEm, or StoreKit (especially in the UK/EU) make sense when the owner is ready for a bit more branding, loyalty, and marketing without jumping to enterprise-level pricing.
More restaurants are quietly rethinking their approach to online sales. Exposure on Uber Eats or DoorDash still matters, but the real value is in owning the customer relationship. High fees and lack of access to data have pushed operators to explore hybrid models: marketplaces for discovery, direct channels for repeat orders.
For POS resellers, this shift opens up a clear opportunity. The most useful solutions now are those that combine visibility with control: menu syncing, automation, and flexibility around pricing and delivery. In the end, it’s not just about getting more orders. It’s about building something that scales without giving away your margins.
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