GoDaddy alternatives · 2026
GoDaddy alternatives for restaurants that are built for food orders.
GoDaddy's website builder takes online payments from the Professional plan: $24.99 a month billed yearly, or $49.99 month to month, with GoDaddy Payments from 2.7% + 30¢ per online card in the US. Its restaurant ordering is tied to GoDaddy's point of sale. Alternatives built for food orders are Menuthere (free plan, then $17 a month, 0% commission), Square Online, Wix Restaurants and Owner.com.
Keep your GoDaddy domain. Point it to an ordering page made from your menu.
Free plan: 50 orders a month, no card needed. Lite and Pro start with a 7-day free trial (a card is needed; nothing is charged until it ends).
What GoDaddy offers
Two ways GoDaddy takes food orders.
The website builder. GoDaddy's builder page lists three plans. Starter shares payment links and QR codes; Professional adds online payments and deposits, a product catalogue, automatic sales tax and shipping rates; Ultimate adds more sites and priority help. GoDaddy's online store lets customers choose local delivery or pickup.
The Food and Beverage POS. GoDaddy's restaurant point of sale can turn your menu into an online ordering page, with a QR code in the store so customers order and pick up at the counter. Orders go to kitchen printers, with several stations. A kitchen display, loyalty and gift cards come from apps you subscribe to, such as Fresh KDS and LoyalZoo.
- Hardware (US): Smart Terminal Flex $275, Duo $399 and Pro $499.
- Payments: GoDaddy Payments from 2.7% + 30¢ per online card and from 2.3% in person, in the US. Outside the US and Canada, GoDaddy's online store uses Stripe.
- Pickup first: GoDaddy's POS page describes order-ahead and pickup at the counter; delivery fees by distance and your own riders aren't described there.
What GoDaddy costs
GoDaddy website builder pricing in the US.
GoDaddy's US website builder page, read 20 October 2026.
| Plan | Billed yearly | Month to month | For selling food |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $9.99 a month | $19.99 a month | Payment links and QR codes; no product catalogue |
| Professional | $24.99 a month | $49.99 a month | Online payments, product catalogue, sales tax, shipping rates |
| Ultimate | $99.99 a month | $199.99 a month | Everything in Professional, up to 50 sites, priority help |
Card fees with GoDaddy Payments start at 2.7% + 30¢ per online card in the US. The POS hardware is bought separately, from $275.
The alternatives
GoDaddy alternatives for restaurants, side by side.
Menuthere first because it is ours. Every price is from the company's own website, US unless stated.
| Option | Monthly price | Fees on each order | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menuthere | Free (50 orders); Lite $17; Pro $39; Branded App $99 | 0% commission; your own Stripe account's card fee (2.9% + 30¢ in the US) | Restaurants, food trucks and cafés that want pickup, delivery and table orders without new hardware |
| Square Online | Free; Plus $49 per location; Premium $149 | 3.3% + 30¢ per online card on Free, 2.9% + 30¢ on Plus | Restaurants on Square POS |
| Wix Restaurants | App is free; the site needs Core at $29 or more (billed yearly) | Wix Payments 2.9% + 30¢ in the US | Owners who want to design their own site with ordering built in |
| Shopify | Basic $39 (or $29 billed yearly) | 2.9% + 30¢ on Shopify Payments; 2% extra on other gateways | Food brands that ship products nationwide |
| Owner.com | $249 + 5% per order, or $499 flat | Guests also pay a 5% order support fee | US and Canadian restaurants that want a managed site and marketing |
Square Online: Square's US pricing pages, read 19 October 2026. Wix, Shopify and Owner.com: their own pricing pages, read 20 October 2026.
A worked example
A food truck with 250 orders a month: GoDaddy or Menuthere?
250 online orders a month at $15 each ($3,750 in card payments), in the US. Prices read 20 October 2026.
| Cost a month | GoDaddy Professional | Menuthere Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Plan | $49.99 month to month ($24.99 billed yearly) | $17 month to month |
| Card fees on 250 orders | $176.25 (2.7% + 30¢) | $183.75 (2.9% + 30¢, your own Stripe) |
| Hardware | Optional, from $275 | None needed: the partner app runs on your phone |
| Total a month | $226.24 ($201.24 billed yearly) | $200.75 |
The honest reading: on a yearly GoDaddy plan the cost is almost the same, and GoDaddy's card rate is a little lower. Choose on features: Menuthere adds QR table ordering, add-ons, pickup slots, WhatsApp and delivery priced by distance. A truck under 50 orders a month pays $0 on Menuthere's Free plan, with customers paying cash or at pickup.
Built for food
What Menuthere does for a food business.
Menu from a photo
Upload a photo or PDF of your menu; Menuthere's AI reads dishes, prices and sizes for you to check. Every plan.
Today's menu and prep times
Show dishes only at set hours, switch off what sold out, and show customers your average order time at checkout. Every plan.
Pickup slots
Fixed or rolling time slots, so the queue at the window stays short; pre-orders while you're closed. Lite.
QR ordering at tables
A QR code for each table or the counter; orders reach your dashboard and partner app. Every plan.
WhatsApp
A Send Order to WhatsApp button on every plan; automatic order updates and broadcasts on your own number on Pro.
Loyalty without an extra app
Loyalty points customers earn and redeem, on Pro, in the same dashboard as your orders.
Be fair to GoDaddy
When GoDaddy is the better choice.
GoDaddy suits a restaurant that wants one company for its domain, email, website and card terminals, with kitchen printers and stations at the counter. If you are buying a POS for in-person sales anyway, its online ordering page sits in the same system.
If you only need online orders, you don't need new hardware. Keep your GoDaddy domain and point it, or an Order now button on your GoDaddy site, to a Menuthere ordering page. See GoDaddy for restaurants for both setups.
- GoDaddy wins on domains, email and in-person card terminals from one company.
- Menuthere wins on QR table ordering, add-ons, pickup slots, delivery by distance and WhatsApp, with no hardware.
- Menuthere has no kitchen display screen, no delivery-app integration and only a basic POS ($10 a month add-on).
Keep your domain
Use your GoDaddy domain with Menuthere.
- 1
Create your ordering page
Upload your menu photo or PDF and check the dishes, sizes and add-ons.
- 2
Connect your domain on Lite
Point your GoDaddy domain, or a subdomain such as order.yourname.com, to Menuthere.
- 3
Or add a button
Keep your GoDaddy site and add an Order now button that opens your Menuthere page.
- 4
Print your QR codes
Put a QR code on each table or at the window so customers order from their phones.
Questions owners ask
Answered, plainly.
Sources (9) · checked 2026-10-20
- GoDaddy website builder (US) · GoDaddy, read 20 October 2026
- GoDaddy online store (US) · GoDaddy, read 20 October 2026
- GoDaddy Payments (US) · GoDaddy, read 20 October 2026
- Food and Beverage POS (US) · GoDaddy, read 20 October 2026
- Square pricing (US) · Square, read 19 October 2026
- Wix plans · Wix.com, read 20 October 2026
- Shopify pricing (US) · Shopify, read 20 October 2026
- Owner.com pricing · Owner.com, read 20 October 2026
- Stripe pricing (US) · Stripe, read 19 October 2026
Food orders without new hardware.
An ordering page, QR menu and table ordering from a photo of your menu, with 0% commission. Free to start, $17 a month for unlimited orders.
