Owner.com alternatives for restaurants: 6 options compared

Published July 2026 · Updated October 4, 2026

The main Owner.com alternatives are ChowNow, Popmenu, BentoBox and Zayos for a direct ordering site, and Toast or Square ordering if you want it built into your register. They differ most on pricing model: a flat monthly fee, a percentage per order, or a fee the guest pays at checkout.

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What are the alternatives to Owner.com?

Six options. Competitor prices appear only where that company's own pricing page showed them on 4 Oct 2026. We build Zayos, so it is listed last with its limits.

Alternative	What it is	Published pricing	Best for
ChowNow	Direct ordering on your site, with a published price list.	$229 to $449 a month by plan and billing, a $119 to $499 setup fee, and 2.95% + $0.29 per transaction. Source: ChowNow pricing, https://get.chownow.com/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026.	Owners who want every price in writing before a sales call.
Toast Online Ordering	The ordering page built into Toast POS.	Toast publishes its current pricing at https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing.	Restaurants already on Toast that want one vendor.
Square Online	The ordering site built into Square.	A Free plan at $0 a month; paid plans and processing rates are at https://squareup.com/us/en/pricing (read 4 Oct 2026).	New or low-volume restaurants on Square.
Popmenu	A restaurant website and marketing product with ordering.	Popmenu publishes its current pricing at https://get.popmenu.com/pricing.	Restaurants buying marketing tools first.
BentoBox	A designed restaurant website with ordering attached.	BentoBox does not publish pricing; it quotes per restaurant (https://www.getbento.com/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026).	Restaurants where the look of the website comes first.
Zayos (we build it)	Commission-free ordering on your own branded site, with orders sent into the POS.	$399, $499 or $599 per location per month. No setup fee, no contract.	Independents who want a flat fee, a flat $0.99 diner fee and, at $499, marketplace orders on one tablet. Limits: ordering sites are English only, there is no branded mobile app, and Zayos is a young company.

Why do restaurants look for an Owner.com alternative?

Usually the fee structure. Owner.com is $249 a month plus a 5% restaurant fee per order, or $499 a month flat, and on both plans the guest pays a 5% order support fee (Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026).

A percentage fee grows with the ticket. On a $100 catering-size order the guest pays $5.00. Some owners want that fee flat, or want the guest to pay nothing extra.

Owner.com pricing, line by line

Which Owner.com alternative is cheapest?

It depends on your online sales. Work out the yearly total for each: subscription, per-order fees, setup fee and card processing. Owner.com's two plans cost the same at $5,000 a month in online sales, because 5% of $5,000 is the $250 gap between them.

A $0 plan with a percentage on every order can cost more than a flat plan once volume grows.

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How is Zayos different from Owner.com?

Zayos has no per-order plan. It is a flat $399, $499 or $599 per location per month. The diner fee is a flat $0.99 on pickup and delivery, $0 dine-in and 10% on catering, not a percentage of the order. The restaurant keeps 100% of food revenue, and 100% of tips on pickup and dine-in. On delivery the tip goes to the driver.

On the $499 Operator + Tablet plan, DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub orders arrive in one feed with direct orders on the Otter tablet. Direct orders inject into Clover, Square or Shift4.

Limits: ordering sites are English only, there is no branded mobile app, and Zayos is a young company. If you need a branded app today, Zayos is not the fit.

Zayos vs Owner.com

How do you switch from Owner.com to another ordering system?

Owner.com says it is month to month with no cancellation fee (Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026). Export your customer list first. Build and test the menu on the new system, then repoint your website's Order button and your Google Business Profile, and cancel last.

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Source for the prices and rates in this section: Owner.com pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. A company can change them; its own page is what counts.

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What is the best alternative to Owner.com?

It depends on what you want to change. For a flat fee and a flat diner fee, Zayos. For a published price list with three tiers, ChowNow. For ordering inside your register, Toast or Square. For a design-led website, BentoBox.

How much does Owner.com cost?

$249 a month plus a 5% restaurant fee per order, or $499 a month flat. Guests pay a 5% order support fee on both plans. Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026.

Is ChowNow cheaper than Owner.com?

ChowNow lists $229 to $449 a month plus a $119 to $499 setup fee and 2.95% + $0.29 per transaction (Source: ChowNow pricing, https://get.chownow.com/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026). Owner.com lists $249 plus 5% per order or $499 flat (Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026). Which is cheaper depends on your sales volume.

Is there an Owner.com alternative with no percentage fees?

Zayos charges a flat monthly fee and no percentage to the restaurant. The diner pays a flat $0.99 service fee on pickup and delivery. Card processing applies, as on any card payment.

Can I keep my customer list if I leave Owner.com?

Ask Owner.com how the list exports before you cancel. On any direct ordering system the customers ordered from your site, so get the export in hand first.

Where do the competitor figures on this page come from?

Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026.
Source: ChowNow pricing, https://get.chownow.com/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026.
Source: Square pricing, https://squareup.com/us/en/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026.
Source: BentoBox pricing (no prices published), https://www.getbento.com/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026.

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What would you keep with Owner.com's rate filled in?

The calculator opens at 5%: Owner.com's listed rate for Flexible plan. Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. Owner.com also charges $249 a month on this plan, and guests pay a 5% order support fee. Change any number to your own. The share moved to direct is an estimate you set, not a promise.

Orders a month, per location

Average order ($)

Share of those orders that come through delivery apps

60%

That is 1,800 app orders a month per location (DoorDash, Uber Eats, Grubhub).

What the apps charge

30%

15% to 30% is the base commission. 25% to 35% is the blended real cost once delivery, marketing and processing fees stack. The default, 30%, is the top of the base range and the middle of the blended one. Your payout statement has your real number. Read my delivery statement

Share of app orders you expect to move to direct

30%

An estimate you set, not a promise. It starts at a cautious 30%. How fast regulars move depends on your customers, your bag inserts and your offers. Move it to see your own case.

Locations

Zayos plan

Plans are per location, per month. No setup fee, month to month.

What the apps charge

a year, at today's volume

$0 a month

What Zayos costs

a year, flat

$0 a month

Money you keep

a year, after the Zayos plan, at 30% moved to direct

$0 a month

A modeled estimate from the numbers you entered. Not a promise.

Break-even

0 app orders a month per location pays for the plan.

The $0.99 service fee on pickup and delivery is paid by the diner, so it is not a restaurant cost and is not in these numbers.

How we got this

What the apps charge: Orders × share through apps × average order × commission rate × 12 months × locations.
What Zayos costs: Plan × locations × 12 months. Nothing per order.
Commission you stop paying: App sales × share moved to direct × (commission rate minus 3% card processing, which a direct order still pays).
Total: $0
Money you keep: Commission you stop paying, minus what Zayos costs.
Break-even: Plan ÷ (average order × share moved to direct × (commission rate minus 3%)).

One measured example: Farooj Abo Alabed, live on Zayos, is on pace for $40k+ a year in commission not paid to a marketplace: its direct food sales after discounts from 10 Aug to 3 Oct 2026 (55 days), annualized at a 35% blended marketplace cost.

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