Smooth Commerce alternatives · 2026

Smooth Commerce alternatives for restaurants.

Smooth Commerce is priced by quote. Menuthere gives your restaurant its own ordering website, QR menu and table ordering with 0% commission, free to start and $9 a month on Lite.

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Menuthere vs Smooth Commerce

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Smooth Commerce is a white-label ordering, loyalty and marketing platform. It builds branded web ordering and native iOS and Android apps, with an order tablet and a merchant portal, mainly for quick-service and fast-casual chains; Canadian brands such as Harvest Clean Eats (2025) and Kinton Ramen (2026) have launched on it. There is no public price list: Smooth describes a 'fixed fee' model and restaurants get a quote after a demo.

Price

Smooth Commerce: Quote only

Menuthere: Free plan · from $9/mo

Commission per order

Smooth Commerce: Not published. Smooth sells its platform as a way to avoid marketplace commissions and says restaurants 'keep 100% of the revenue from transactions', but it does not publish its own fee. Its FAQ calls the model a 'fixed fee', and Capterra lists the pricing as usage based.

Menuthere: 0%

Contract

Smooth Commerce: Not published

Menuthere: Month to month

Setup fee

Smooth Commerce: Amount not published. In 2020 Smooth charged app design and setup fees, and Restaurants Canada members were offered a reduction on them (MobileSyrup, March 2020).

Menuthere: None

Side by side

Menuthere and Smooth Commerce, feature by feature.

“—” means the company doesn't publish it. Menuthere's plan for each feature is shown next to it.

Menuthere and Smooth Commerce compared
	Menuthere	Smooth Commerce
Price	Free plan · from $9/mo	Quote only
Commission per order	0%	Not published. Smooth sells its platform as a way to avoid marketplace commissions and says restaurants 'keep 100% of the revenue from transactions', but it does not publish its own fee. Its FAQ calls the model a 'fixed fee', and Capterra lists the pricing as usage based.
Contract	Month to month; 7-day free trial on Lite and Pro	—
Own ordering website	Yes	Yes
QR table ordering	Yes	Not published
Pickup	Yes	Yes
Delivery orders	Yes	Yes
Your own drivers	Yes · Pro	Yes
Scheduled orders	Yes · Lite	Yes
Online payments	No	Yes
POS	No	No
Loyalty	Yes · Pro	Yes
Marketing tools	Yes · Lite	Yes
WhatsApp ordering or updates	Yes	Not published
Branded app	Yes · Enterprise	Yes
Delivery-app integration	No	Not published
Multiple locations	Yes · Pro	Yes
Menu translation	Yes · Lite	Not published
Reservations	Yes · Lite	Not published

Menuthere's online payments work in India today; elsewhere customers pay cash, on delivery or at pickup while card payments are being added.

Be fair to it

When Smooth Commerce is the better choice.

Loyalty comes with the ordering platform at no extra cost, with four program types to choose from. It works with segmentation, coupons and credit codes, refer-a-friend, and push notifications and app feed cards (FAQ, Customer Platform page, Marketing Tools page, 2024 merchant portal release notes).
Restaurants can have their own branded native iOS and Android app as well as web ordering. With a POS integration, customers can scan the app in the restaurant to pay and to earn or redeem loyalty rewards (Native Mobile Apps and Customer Platform pages).
Many integrations are listed. Direct POS links include Oracle, PAR Brink, Infor, iQ Touch, VisionMAX, Volanté and Givex, and POS aggregators include Omnivore, Deliverect and Cuboh. For delivery, restaurants can use DoorDash Drive, Uber Direct, SkipTheDishes SkipGo or Tookan, or their own drivers (Integrations and Customer Platform pages).
It is set up for Canadian payments. Smooth works with Canadian acquirers such as Moneris and TD, and in April 2025 began offering Interac Debit through Apple Pay and Google Pay. Smooth says Interac Debit usually costs less than credit cards and has no chargebacks (Integrations page, Interac announcement).

And Menuthere's limits

What Menuthere doesn't do yet.

Online card payments work only in India today; elsewhere customers pay cash, on delivery or at pickup.
No POS of its own on the self-serve plans (Petpooja integration on Pro).
No integration with delivery apps such as Uber Eats or Deliveroo.
The free plan shows a Menuthere badge.

Questions

Smooth Commerce alternatives, answered.

It depends on what you use Smooth Commerce for. For your own ordering website and QR table ordering without commission, Menuthere is free to start and $9 a month on Lite.

Yes. Menuthere charges 0% commission on every plan, including the free one (50 orders a month included). Your payment provider's card fee still applies where you take card payments.

Quote only. smooth.tech has no pricing page and asks restaurants to book a demo. Its FAQ describes a 'fixed fee' model that it says is cheaper than marketplaces, with an average saving of 50% on a $50 order and up to 75% on a $100 order; the fee is not published. Capterra's listing (not a Smooth page) shows a starting price of $70.00 a month, usage based, with no free version and no free trial. The Premium Offer Management System is an upgrade that restaurants ask for by email; its price is not published. Commission: Not published. Smooth sells its platform as a way to avoid marketplace commissions and says restaurants 'keep 100% of the revenue from transactions', but it does not publish its own fee. Its FAQ calls the model a 'fixed fee', and Capterra lists the pricing as usage based.. Card processing: Handled by a payment acquirer on the restaurant's own merchant account; settlements reach the restaurant from its acquirer or bank. Smooth supports single- and multi-merchant setups and lists Chase, Worldline, Fiserv, Global Payments, Ingenico, Moneris, Paystone and TD. Processing rates are not published.. Figures as published by Smooth Commerce, checked 2026-09-26.

Yes. Menuthere's AI imports a menu from a photo, an Instagram post or a Google link, and you can edit every item, size and add-on afterwards.

In India, yes: Razorpay, Cashfree, Easebuzz or OrangePG, set up on Pro. In other countries, not yet: customers pay cash, on delivery or at pickup, and card payments are planned.

How Smooth Commerce ranks: Canada · US

Sources · checked 2026-09-26

Smooth Commerce (official) — Online Ordering System for Restaurants | Smooth Commerce, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — FAQs - Smooth Commerce, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — About Us - Smooth Commerce, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Contact Us - Smooth Commerce (Chicago and Toronto offices), read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Unlock Growth with First-Party Digital Ordering, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Customer Platform, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Deliver a Superior Ordering Experience with Native Mobile Apps, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Elevate Customer Engagement with Powerful Marketing Tools, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Streamline Your Operations with Comprehensive Business Tools, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Empower Your Restaurant with the Smooth Commerce Order Tablet, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Simplify Operations and Boost Efficiency Across Your Multi-Unit Franchise, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Enhance the Fan Experience with Seamless In-Venue Ordering, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Revolutionize In-Room Dining with Smooth Commerce's Order To Room Solution, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Integrations - Smooth Commerce, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Smooth Commerce Launches Interac Debit for In-App and In-Browser Payments for Restaurants and Hospitality Businesses, 24 April 2025
Smooth Commerce (official) — Smooth Commerce Launches Kinton Ramen's Branded Mobile App and Loyalty Program, 8 June 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Smooth Commerce Appoints Jeff Mirmelstein As Chief Revenue Officer To Accelerate Enterprise Growth, 11 May 2026
Smooth Commerce (official) — Smooth Commerce Strengthens Leadership to Drive Market Growth and Scale Digital Commerce Platform, 26 September 2024
Smooth Commerce Knowledge Base (official) — Upgrade to Smooth's Premium Offer Management System, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce Knowledge Base (official) — How to Identify Smooth Settlements on Bank Statements, read 26 September 2026
Smooth Commerce Knowledge Base (official) — Smooth Commerce 2024 Merchant Portal Release Summary, October 2024 (release 2.20.0)
MobileSyrup — Restaurants Canada partners with app developer Smooth Commerce to improve mobile ordering experience, 6 March 2020
Capterra — Smooth Commerce - Capterra listing (pricing, 0 reviews), read 26 September 2026
Menuthere (official) — Menuthere pricing, read 26 September 2026

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What changes when you switch.

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Smooth Commerce

Price

Free plan · from $9/mo

Quote only

Commission per order

Not published. Smooth sells its platform as a way to avoid marketplace commissions and says restaurants 'keep 100% of the revenue from transactions', but it does not publish its own fee. Its FAQ calls the model a 'fixed fee', and Capterra lists the pricing as usage based.

Contract

Month to month; 7-day free trial on Lite and Pro

—

Own ordering website

Yes

QR table ordering

Yes

Pickup

Yes

Delivery orders

Yes

Your own drivers

Yes · Pro

Yes

Scheduled orders

Yes · Lite

Yes

Online payments

Yes

POS

Loyalty

Yes · Pro

Yes

Marketing tools

Yes · Lite

Yes

WhatsApp ordering or updates

Yes

Branded app

Yes · Enterprise

Yes

Delivery-app integration

Multiple locations

Yes · Pro

Yes

Menu translation

Yes · Lite

Reservations

Yes · Lite

Smooth Commerce alternatives for restaurants.

What changes when you switch.

Menuthere and Smooth Commerce, feature by feature.

When Smooth Commerce is the better choice.

What Menuthere doesn't do yet.

Smooth Commerce alternatives, answered.

What is the best Smooth Commerce alternative for restaurants?

Is there a Smooth Commerce alternative with no commission?

How much does Smooth Commerce cost?

Can I move my menu from Smooth Commerce to Menuthere?

Can Menuthere take online payments?

Switch from Smooth Commerce without paying commission.

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Smooth Commerce alternatives for restaurants.

What changes when you switch.

Menuthere and Smooth Commerce, feature by feature.

When Smooth Commerce is the better choice.

What Menuthere doesn't do yet.

Smooth Commerce alternatives, answered.

What is the best Smooth Commerce alternative for restaurants?

Is there a Smooth Commerce alternative with no commission?

How much does Smooth Commerce cost?

Can I move my menu from Smooth Commerce to Menuthere?

Can Menuthere take online payments?

Switch from Smooth Commerce without paying commission.