Sociavore

Spec sheet

What it does

Sociavore is a digital hospitality and commerce platform for restaurants, centered on branded websites and direct online sales.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Purpose

Sociavore is a digital hospitality and commerce platform that helps restaurants build their own branded online guest experience.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Free plan

NoRead 22 Sep 2026 · sociavore.co

Trial

Sociavore offers a 14-day free trial without requiring a credit card.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Paid from

49Read 22 Sep 2026 · sociavore.co

Integrations

Sociavore lists more than 100 POS, payment and marketing integrations, including Square, OpenTable, Resy, Mailchimp, Instagram and Klaviyo.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Support

All plans include dashboard messaging with Sociavore experts, and the company says its service is documented in a help center.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

API access

The privacy policy describes an Application Interface (API) that partners may use for merchant solutions.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Company headquarters and founding

LinkedIn lists headquarters in Kitchener, Ontario and a 2018 founding year.Read 21 Oct 2026 · ca.linkedin.com

Company size on LinkedIn

LinkedIn lists Sociavore as a privately held Internet Publishing company with 11–50 employees.Read 21 Oct 2026 · ca.linkedin.com

Contactless dining

Guests can access menus and place orders via a URL, QR code or NFC tag, with orders routed to the kitchen and two-way guest-staff chat available.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Crunchbase profile

Crunchbase describes Sociavore as a private restaurant website and social publishing company, listing Amina Gilani and Thusenth Dhavaloganathan as co-founders and the operating status as active.Read 21 Oct 2026 · crunchbase.com

Customer support

All plans include dashboard messaging with Sociavore experts, and the company says its features are fully documented.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Delivery networks

DoorDash Drive can provide on-demand delivery drivers in supported locations.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Delivery orders

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · sociavore.co

Documentation

The help center lists hundreds of articles covering setup, menus, website editing, revenue tools, integrations, dashboards, themes, FAQs and waitlists.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Events and ticketing

Restaurants can publish event calendars, create recurring events and sell tickets without ticketing commission.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Gift cards

The platform supports digital gift cards usable online or in-store and can also sell physical gift cards.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Guest convenience fee

The FAQ states that a 3% additive guest fee helps recover transaction-related SMS, security, maintenance and data-retention costs.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Guest CRM

Guestbox combines guest profiles, dietary preferences, order history, feedback, reservations and messages in one view.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Guestbox CRM

Guestbox presents guest orders, feedback, reservations and messages in one customer-history view.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Historical customer scale

The same October 2020 MaRS report said roughly 300 businesses were using Sociavore at that time.Read 21 Oct 2026 · marsdd.com

Hosting

Sociavore provides fully managed cloud hosting, unlimited bandwidth and a free scvr.co subdomain; customers can connect their own domain.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Independent company description

MaRS described Sociavore in an October 29, 2020 article as an all-in-one food-and-beverage e-commerce platform with online ordering, gift cards, menu management and reservations.Read 21 Oct 2026 · marsdd.com

Integrations breadth

Sociavore advertises more than 100 integrations across POS, payments, reservations, ordering, social and marketing providers.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Intended customers

Sociavore describes its platform as built for restaurants and lists restaurant groups, food halls, full-service and quick-service restaurants, bakeries, hotels, breweries and wineries among its audiences.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Legal entity

The privacy policy identifies the operator as Sociavore Inc., registered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Licence model

The terms grant customers a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable business-use licence and prohibit copying, reverse engineering and derivative products.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Limit: performance and search

That G2 reviewer reported slow menu-update loading, weak photo organization and unreliable full-name order searches.Read 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Limit: refunds

The terms state that Sociavore does not provide refunds, including when an account is terminated mid-cycle.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Limit: service changes

The terms allow Sociavore to change prices with 30 days notice and modify or discontinue services without liability.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Limits and fees

The pricing page says there are no mandatory setup or onboarding fees, but e-commerce incurs a 3% guest-paid fee and optional SMS costs $0.03–$0.04 per message depending on region.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Menu operations

Online menus support modifiers, dietary filters, inventory limits, daily inventory, order pacing and multiple fulfillment schedules.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Mobile host dashboard

The Lightning Dashboard is a web application at scvr.app that can be added to an iPad home screen for order and waitlist management.Read 21 Oct 2026 · intercom.help

Named integrations

Listed integrations include Square, OpenTable, Resy, Tock, Instagram, Facebook, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Cuboh, Deliverect and Star CloudPRNT.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Online ordering

Restaurants can offer direct pickup, curbside and delivery ordering through their own website, with orders sent to POS systems or cloud printers.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Ordering channels

websiteRead 22 Sep 2026 · sociavore.co

Other tools

The subscription includes gift cards, event ticketing, reservations, delivery, reports and analytics, SEO and guest management.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Payment processing

Online checkout requires connecting Square Payments, with Apple Pay available as an additional checkout option.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Pickup and delivery

Restaurants can accept commission-free online orders for pickup, curbside service and delivery.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

POS integration

YesRead 22 Sep 2026 · sociavore.co

Praise: workflow consolidation

The sole G2 reviewer praised menu updates, discount creation, order searching, intuitive use and POS-connected online ordering.Read 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Praise: workplace

The single Glassdoor employee review described a professional environment and people, with few downsides.Read 21 Oct 2026 · glassdoor.co.in

Rating on G2

3.5 out of 5 from 1 reviewRead 21 Oct 2026 · g2.com

Rating on Glassdoor

5.0 out of 5 from 1 reviewRead 21 Oct 2026 · glassdoor.co.in

Reservation limitation

The built-in reservation workflow does not provide table management, so seating arrangements must be handled separately.Read 21 Oct 2026 · intercom.help

Reservations

Sociavore includes built-in reservations with configurable party limits, lead times, SMS or email reminders and cancellation text.Read 21 Oct 2026 · intercom.help

Security and hosting

The privacy policy says personal data is held on Google Cloud Platform in Canada and the United States and that Sociavore follows industry-standard information security management practices.Read 5 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Security statement

The privacy policy says Sociavore follows industry information-security standards but does not guarantee absolute security of data transmission or storage.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Tableside ordering

Guests can order and pay at tables through QR codes or NFC links.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Waitlist feature

The waitlist lets guests join through a website link or QR code, see quoted wait times and receive SMS or email notifications without dedicated hardware.Read 21 Oct 2026 · intercom.help

Website builder

The service provides a drag-and-drop, no-code website editor with editable pages, themes, typography, colors, media and reusable sections.Read 21 Oct 2026 · sociavore.co

Plans and prices

Every Sociavore plan and price →

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