Toast online ordering alternatives: 6 options compared
Published July 2026 · Updated October 4, 2026
The main Toast online ordering alternatives are direct ordering platforms that work beside your register: Owner.com, ChowNow, Popmenu, BentoBox and Zayos, plus Square Online if you are changing registers. You can keep Toast POS and replace only the ordering page. Check that orders still reach the Toast kitchen.
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What are the alternatives to Toast online ordering?
| Alternative | What it is | Published pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner.com | A website, direct ordering and marketing in one subscription. | $249 a month plus 5% per order, or $499 a month flat. Guests pay a 5% order support fee. Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. | Independents who want the website and marketing handled for them. Confirm Toast support with Owner.com. |
| 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 to see every price before a sales call. Confirm Toast support with ChowNow. |
| Square Online | The ordering site built into Square. | A Free plan at $0 a month; paid plans and processing rates are published at https://squareup.com/us/en/pricing. Source: Square pricing, https://squareup.com/us/en/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026. | Restaurants that are leaving Toast for Square. It is not an add-on to Toast. |
| 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. Confirm Toast support with Popmenu. |
| 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. Works with Toast; Toast bills the restaurant its own $50 a month integration fee. | Independents who keep Toast POS and want their own domain, email marketing and, at $499, marketplace orders on one tablet. Limits: English-only ordering sites, no branded app. |
Competitor prices appear only where that company's own pricing page showed them on 4 Oct 2026. Full list: best online ordering systems for restaurants.
Why do restaurants look for a Toast online ordering alternative?
Three reasons come up. They want ordering on their own domain and brand. They want marketing tools, such as email campaigns and loyalty, beyond what the register offers. Or they want DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub orders on the same screen as direct orders.
If none of those apply, stay put. Toast Online Ordering is the simplest choice for a Toast restaurant: one menu, one vendor, one ticket flow. Toast publishes its current pricing at https://pos.toasttab.com/pricing.
Zayos vs ToastCan you keep Toast POS and use a different online ordering system?
Yes. The register and the ordering page are separate decisions. The question to ask any alternative is how its orders reach your Toast kitchen: as a ticket inside Toast, on a separate tablet, or on a printer.
Zayos works with Toast. Orders reach the POS through Otter, the order-aggregation tablet software we integrate with. Toast bills the restaurant its own $50 a month integration fee. That is Toast's fee, not ours. On Clover, Square or Shift4 the injection costs nothing extra.
What POS integration meansWhat does a Toast online ordering alternative cost?
Published prices: Owner.com is $249 a month plus 5% per order, or $499 a month flat (Source: Owner.com pricing, https://www.owner.com/pricing, read 4 Oct 2026). ChowNow is $229 to $449 a month plus a setup fee and 2.95% + $0.29 per transaction (Source: ChowNow pricing, https://get.chownow.com/pricing/, read 4 Oct 2026). Zayos is $399 to $599 per location per month with no setup fee.
On Zayos the diner pays a flat $0.99 service fee on pickup and delivery, $0 dine-in, 10% on catering. Zayos takes no cut of food revenue and no cut of tips.
Savings calculatorHow do you switch from Toast online ordering without losing orders?
Run both for a week. Build the menu on the new system, place test orders and watch them arrive in the kitchen. Then point the Order button on your website and your Google Business Profile at the new ordering page, and switch the old page off.
On Zayos, we get you live in under a week. Most restaurants take their first direct order within two weeks.
See the demoWhat else do owners ask about Toast online ordering alternatives?
What is the best alternative to Toast online ordering?
Do I have to leave Toast POS to change online ordering?
How much does Toast online ordering cost?
Is there a commission-free alternative to Toast online ordering?
Can a Toast restaurant put DoorDash and Uber Eats orders on one screen?
Where do the competitor prices 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.
Related: what Toast online ordering costs, Toast vs Square online ordering, Owner.com alternatives, how to integrate with Otter.
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