FoodChow vs Ressto

FoodChow provides restaurants with online ordering, POS, and marketing tools across Android, iOS, web, and Windows. Customers can order through a restaurant website, table QR ordering, pickup, delivery, or mobile apps. Menus can include photos, modifiers, combos, allergen details, scheduled availability, sold-out controls, tips, fees, and taxes. The ordering flow supports cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay; FoodChow says restaurants pay only the card fee on orders through its system. Orders from ordering channels can appear together on a kitchen display with timing and customer text updates. Email marketing includes win-back offers, seasonal announcements, birthday and first-order emails, and send reporting. WhatsApp tools include auto-replies, broadcast promotions, and order notifications. Listed plans include two $300, paid once lifetime options and a Growth Plan at $600 as a one-time purchase; listed plan details include a 1.8% per-order charge. Restaurants retain ownership of menu, branding, and customer data and can export data when cancelling. The terms say subscription fees depend on the selected plan and customers can cancel at any time.

Ressto is restaurant ordering software for web and mobile channels, with delivery ordering, POS integration, and branded iOS and Android apps. Customers can order through restaurant websites, apps, QR codes, Facebook, Instagram, and kiosks; ordering also works on tablets. Loyalty, marketing, delivery, and integrations are included in every plan, and Ressto lists a 0% commission on orders across all plans. The Basic plan is free forever and does not require a credit card. It allows up to 100 orders per month, 200 menu items, 10 QR codes, one staff account, and one restaurant. Growth costs $39 a month per restaurant and supports up to 20 restaurants. Scale costs $99 a month per restaurant and lists unlimited restaurants. Both paid plans include unlimited orders, menu items, QR codes, and staff accounts. Applicable taxes are excluded from paid-plan billing. US payment methods include Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and digital wallets via Stripe. Customers can cancel or downgrade at any time. The service supports multi-location management, and Ressto says most US restaurants can begin accepting orders within 24 hours of signing up.