Flipdish alternatives, and the notice clause to read first. Zayos included.
Flipdish publishes $149 a month for a website, $249 with a mobile app and $99 for a kiosk, billed per site. Its own terms set a twelve month initial term that auto renews, with three months of written notice. Alternatives include ChowNow, Owner.com, Menufy, Square, Toast and Zayos.
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Contract language on this page is quoted from Flipdish’s own published Terms and Conditions, read 4 Oct 2026. This is not legal advice. Read your own signed agreement, which may differ.
Source for the prices and rates in this section: Flipdish pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
When can I actually leave Flipdish?
Most operators start comparing features and only discover the exit date on the way out. Flipdish publishes its terms in full, which is more than most vendors do, so the answer is knowable today. Four clauses, quoted, then what each one means on a calendar.
The Agreement starts on the Effective Date and continues for 12 months, unless as otherwise stated in the Client Agreement
You are in for a year from signature. Not from launch, from the effective date on the agreement, which is usually earlier than the day your site actually went live.
It then auto-renews for 12-month periods
Silence renews it. Nobody has to send you anything. If you do nothing at month twelve, you are in until month twenty four.
you notify us of termination, in writing, at least 3 months before the end of the Initial Term or any Renewal Term
Your decision window is month nine, not month twelve. Miss it by a week and the next exit date is twenty one months away. Put it in a calendar the day you sign.
termination compensation of the monthly average of the previous 6 months of fees multiplied by the number of months remaining in the Term
Leaving mid-term is priced, not free. The formula is your own average monthly fees times the months left, plus any outstanding charges, so the earlier you leave the more it costs. Work it out on your own invoices before you decide.
The one action to take today
Find the effective date on your signed agreement, add nine months, and put a calendar reminder on that date with the words "decide on Flipdish, written notice due in 3 months". If that date has already passed this year, you now know your real shortlist deadline, and you have time to price alternatives properly instead of in a panic.
Why do restaurants look for a Flipdish alternative?
Five questions that come up over and over, all answerable from Flipdish’s own published pages. None of them is a scandal. All of them are things to settle in writing before a renewal date decides for you.
Why does my price multiply when I open a second location?
Because Flipdish prices per site. Its published US pricing is $149 per month for Website ($119 billed annually), $249 per month for Website and Mobile App ($199 annually) and $99 per month for the Self-Service Kiosk ($79 annually), each explicitly "Billed annually, per site". A three location group on the Website and Mobile App plan is at $747 a month before hardware. That is a legitimate model, and it is the one that surprises groups who budgeted a single subscription.
What is the actual card processing rate?
Flipdish handles card processing for its customers and its pricing page says the transaction rates are transparent with no hidden fees, but it does not print a number next to that sentence. Meanwhile the Terms and Conditions describe Flipdish retaining commission, charges and fees payable to it from payment card sales. Neither statement is contradictory. Together they mean the rate exists and you have to ask for it. Get the percentage, the per-transaction amount, and whether it differs by card type, in the same document as the monthly fee.
What do setup and hardware actually cost?
Not published, and the pricing page says so plainly: "There may be upfront costs for Flipdish hardware and implementation. These costs vary depending on your specific needs." It also offers to spread setup and hardware across monthly instalments. That flexibility is genuinely useful for cash flow. It also makes the monthly number on the pricing page an incomplete picture, so ask for the twelve month all-in figure including implementation before you compare it against anything else on this page.
Why is the exit date not the date I choose?
This is the single most common Flipdish surprise, and it is entirely public. Twelve month term, automatic twelve month renewal, three months of written notice required before the end of any term. Practically, you can only leave on one date per year, and you have to decide three months before it. The contract is not unusual for European hospitality software. It is unusual next to the month-to-month terms that Owner.com, Menufy and Zayos publish, which is why it feels sharper when you compare.
Is support close enough to my timezone?
Flipdish was founded in 2015 by brothers Conor and James McCarthy, is headquartered in Sandyford, Dublin, and lists offices in Dublin, London and Karachi. For an Irish or UK operator that is a real advantage: local hours, local payment rails, local knowledge. For a US operator it is a question rather than a problem. Ask which office covers your account, what hours it works in your timezone, and who answers at 7pm on a Friday when orders stop coming through.
Which alternative fits which reason for leaving?
Each entry carries its contract term next to its price, because on this page the term is the reason. Zayos is entry six and the entry says so.
ChowNow
ChowNow is the closest US equivalent to what Flipdish sells: a branded ordering site, a branded mobile app on the higher tiers, and no percentage of your food revenue. ChowNow lists Launch $249, Grow $349, Elevate $449 per month, or $229, $319 and $409 billed annually, plus a $119 to $499 setup fee, 2.95% + $0.29 per transaction, $7.98 per order on Flex Delivery, a $99 annual Apple developer fee for the branded app and $250 to $420 for a printer. Honest read: it costs more per month than Flipdish Website and it prints its processing rate, which Flipdish does not. Direct ordering only, so marketplace tablets stay separate.
ChowNow cost breakdown →Owner.com
Owner.com is the option if the reason you are leaving is that the site never generated demand. It bundles an AI-built website, automated SEO pages, a branded app, loyalty and marketing automation, and its pricing page states plans are "month-to-month with no long-term contracts", which is the direct answer to the Flipdish notice window. The cost is shape rather than size: $249 a month Flexible carries a 5% restaurant fee per order, $499 a month Flat Rate carries none, and on both plans guests pay a 5% order support fee at checkout. Setup and processing rates are not published. Honest read: you trade a term for a percentage.
Owner.com alternatives →Menufy
Menufy sits at almost exactly the Flipdish Website price with a genuinely month-to-month option, which for an operator leaving over the notice clause is the whole point. Menufy lists $179 per month month to month with no agreement required and cancel anytime with no penalty, or $149 per month on a twelve month agreement with free equipment included, described as having no per-order commissions. Honest read: Menufy does not publish the diner-facing convenience fee amount or its card processing rate. Ask both questions before signing.
Menufy alternatives →Square for Restaurants
Square is the fastest way to be out of any term contract at all. Free plan, no setup fee, no commitment, hardware you can buy in a shop. Square publishes online processing at 3.3% + 30 cents on the Free plan and 2.9% + 30 cents on Plus and Premium, in person at 2.6%, 2.5% and 2.4% + 15 cents by plan, and manual entry at 3.5% + 15 cents. Honest read: you give up the things Flipdish is actually good at. No kiosk product at this price, thinner restaurant-shaped marketing, and a storefront that looks like a Square storefront rather than your brand.
Zayos vs Square →Toast
Toast is worth listing only if the register is also in scope, because it replaces the whole operation: POS, payments, kitchen screens, payroll and ordering, with third-party delivery integrations included. Toast lists a Starter Kit from $0 a month and a Point of Sale plan from $69 a month, with online ordering as an add-on and no price shown. Its pricing page lists no processing rate and no contract length. Honest read: if you are leaving Flipdish because of a twelve month term, get the Toast term and the early termination terms in writing so you do not walk into a longer one by accident.
Toast ordering alternatives →Zayos
Our platform, so weigh it accordingly, starting with the thing that will decide it either way: Zayos is more expensive per month than Flipdish and it is month to month with no setup fee, so there is no notice window, no auto-renewal and no termination formula to calculate. Pricing is $399, $499 or $599 per location per month, published, no quote required. What that covers is the direct channel end to end, a branded ordering site on your own domain with SEO schema, a customer list you own, and on the $499 Operator + Tablet plan, the kitchen tablet plus Otter ingestion so Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub orders land on the same screen as direct orders. Per-order economics are flat rather than percentage: the diner pays $0.99 pickup, $0.99 delivery, $0 dine-in and 10% on catering, and the restaurant keeps 100% of food revenue, and 100% of tips on pickup and dine-in. On delivery the tip goes to the driver. Honest counterweights: there is no self-service kiosk product, so if the kiosk is why you are on Flipdish we do not replace it. And Zayos is the newest platform here, with Naya Grill (Pompano Beach, FL) one of the restaurants live and taking orders on it today.
Zayos pricing in full →Sources for the prices and rates in this section: Flipdish pricing; ChowNow pricing; Owner.com pricing; Menufy pricing; Square pricing and plans; Toast pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
Flipdish and its alternatives, one table.
The contract column is second, not last, because on this page it is usually the deciding one. Every price was read off the vendor’s own pricing page on 4 Oct 2026.
| Platform | Published entry price | Contract term | Per-order economics | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flipdish | $149 website, $249 website and app, $99 kiosk, per month per site | 12 month initial term, auto renews 12 months, 3 months written notice | Card processing by Flipdish, rate not published | Operators who want a published-price self-service kiosk |
| ChowNow | $249 / $349 / $449 per month plus $119 to $499 setup | Monthly or annual pricing published | 2.95% + $0.29, $7.98/order Flex Delivery | Branded site and app with no cut of food revenue |
| Owner.com | $249/mo plus 5% per order, or $499/mo flat | Month to month, no long-term contract | Guest pays 5% order support fee, processing not published | Demand generation done for you |
| Menufy | $179/mo month to month, $149/mo on a 12 month agreement | Month to month available, cancel anytime with no penalty | No per-order commission stated, diner fee amount not published | Same price band without the notice window |
| Square for Restaurants | Free, Plus or Premium plan | No contract | Online 3.3% + 30 cents on Free, 2.9% + 30 cents on paid plans | Getting out of a term contract immediately |
| Toast | $0 Starter Kit or $69/mo Point of Sale | Not on the pricing page | Processing rate not listed | Replacing the register at the same time |
| Zayos | $399 / $499 / $599 per location per month, no setup fee | Month to month | Diner pays $0.99 pickup, $0.99 delivery, $0 dine-in, 10% catering | Direct orders and marketplace tablets in one kitchen flow |
Sources for the prices and rates in this section: Flipdish pricing; ChowNow pricing; Owner.com pricing; Menufy pricing; Square pricing and plans; Toast pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
When is Flipdish the right answer?
When you want a kiosk. Flipdish is the only vendor on this page that sells a first-party self-service ordering kiosk at a published monthly price, $99 per site per month or from $79 billed annually. If counter queues at lunch are your actual bottleneck, nothing else here solves it, including us.
When you are in Ireland or the UK. Flipdish was founded in Dublin in 2015 and lists offices in Dublin, London and Karachi. Local payment rails, local hours and local product decisions are worth real money to an operator on that side of the Atlantic, and a US-first vendor will not match them.
When you value published terms. Flipdish prints its contract in full: term, renewal, notice period and the termination formula. Several vendors in this category publish none of that. A tight contract you can read beats a loose one you cannot, and it is the reason this page could be written at all.
Source for the prices and rates in this section: Flipdish pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
Sources
- Flipdish US pricing page: Website $149 billed monthly and from $119 a month billed annually; Website and Mobile App $249 billed monthly and from $199 a month billed annually; Self-Service Kiosk $99 billed monthly and from $79 a month billed annually; per site; "There may be upfront costs for Flipdish hardware and implementation" (read 4 Oct 2026).
- Flipdish Terms and Conditions: 12 month initial term from the effective date, auto-renewal for 12-month periods, written notice at least 3 months before the end of the initial or any renewal term, termination compensation based on the monthly average of the previous six months of fees multiplied by the months remaining, and Flipdish retaining commission, charges and fees from payment card sales (read 4 Oct 2026).
- Flipdish, about us: founded 2015 by Conor and James McCarthy, registered office at 2A Blackthorn Exchange, Sandyford, Dublin 18, offices in Dublin, London and Karachi (accessed July 2026).
- ChowNow official pricing page: Launch $249, Grow $349, Elevate $449 per month ($229/$319/$409 annual), $119 to $499 setup fee, 2.95% + $0.29 per transaction, $7.98/order Flex Delivery, $99 annual Apple developer fee, $250 to $420 printer (read 4 Oct 2026).
- Owner.com official pricing page: $249/month Flexible plus a 5% restaurant fee per order, $499/month Flat Rate "with no additional restaurant fees", 5% guest order support fee, "month-to-month with no long-term contracts" (read 4 Oct 2026).
- Menufy official pricing page: "$179 / month" month to month with "No agreement required" and "Cancel anytime, no penalty", "$149 / month" on a 12 month agreement with "Free equipment included", "no per-order commissions" (read 4 Oct 2026).
- Square pricing and plans: online 3.3% + 30 cents on Free and 2.9% + 30 cents on Plus and Premium, in person 2.6% / 2.5% / 2.4% + 15 cents by plan, manual entry 3.5% + 15 cents (read 4 Oct 2026).
- Toast pricing page: Starter Kit from $0 a month, Point of Sale from $69 a month, online ordering shown as an add-on with no price, no processing rate listed (read 4 Oct 2026).
- Zayos pricing: the $399, $499 and $599 per location tiers, no setup fee, and the flat diner-paid service fee quoted above.
Sources for the prices and rates in this section: Flipdish pricing; ChowNow pricing; Owner.com pricing; Menufy pricing; Square pricing and plans; Toast pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
Flipdish alternatives, answered.
How much does Flipdish cost?
Does Flipdish have a contract, and how do I get out of it?
What is the best alternative to Flipdish?
Does Flipdish charge commission on orders?
What does Flipdish do better than the alternatives?
Is Zayos a Flipdish alternative?
Sources for the prices and rates in this section: Flipdish pricing; ChowNow pricing; Menufy pricing; Owner.com pricing; Square pricing and plans, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.
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