Popmenu alternatives: 5 options compared

Popmenu is an all-in-one platform for restaurants: website, online ordering, marketing tools and AI phone answering, sold as packages. If you need less than that, or something different, these are the alternatives worth comparing.

At a glance

1. Aftertaste: when you need a menu, not a platform

• A QR menu with its own photo, price and description for every dish.
• Update it by text message, in seconds. No dashboard needed.
• Works next to any website: the menu is a link you can put anywhere.
• No ordering, marketing or phone answering. It does one job.
• $28 a month for two menus, month to month, no commissions or per-order fees.

2. Owner.com: the closest all-in-one

• A website, online ordering, a branded app and automated marketing in one.
• C$349 a month plus 5% per order, or C$699 a month with no restaurant fee. Guests pay a 5% fee on both plans (Canadian pricing).

3. UpMenu: pay only for the modules you use

• Web ordering costs $49, $89 or $169 a month per location, depending on order volume.
• Add a website, reservations, loyalty or marketing tools as separate add-ons.
• Flat fees rather than commissions, and a 7-day free trial.

4. MenuTiger: ordering at the table

• Guests scan, order and pay through your Stripe account, and it connects to your POS.
• A free plan, and paid plans at $17, $46 and $119 a month.

5. Menubly: the low-cost menu

• A free plan, and a Pro plan at $9.99 a month for one online menu and one QR code menu.

What about BentoBox?

BentoBox is now part of Clover, and its site says its products are only available to Clover POS customers. If you are not on Clover, look at the options above.

Which should you pick?

• You want one company to run your website, ordering and marketing: Popmenu or Owner.com.
• You want online ordering without a full platform: UpMenu or MenuTiger.
• You want the cheapest paid menu: Menubly.
• You already have a website and want a better menu, with a photo on every dish: Aftertaste.

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