WATI alternatives · 2026
WATI alternatives for restaurants.
WATI starts from $15/mo. Menuthere gives your restaurant its own ordering website, QR menu and table ordering with 0% commission, free to start and $17 a month on Lite.
Menuthere vs WATI
What changes when you switch.
WATI is a WhatsApp Business API platform, not a restaurant ordering system: a shared team inbox, broadcasts, no-code chatbots and a CRM built on the WhatsApp Business API. It sends and replies to messages at scale but does not carry a menu, cart, order total or checkout, so a restaurant would have to build any ordering flow on top of it. WATI publishes plan prices (billed annually) and sits on top of Meta's per-conversation WhatsApp fees, which it charges separately.
- Price
From $15/mo
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Published on wati.io/pricing (read 21 October 2026), billed annually: Growth $15 a month, Pro $55 a month, and Business at custom pricing. Meta's per-conversation WhatsApp Business API fees are charged separately, on top of the plan, by Meta. Check wati.io for current pricing.
- Free plan, then $17 a month for unlimited orders
- Commission per order
Not an ordering platform, so no order commission; you pay the plan fee plus Meta's per-conversation WhatsApp fees.
- 0% on every plan
- Contract
Plans are billed annually on wati.io/pricing; a 7-day trial is offered, with no free tier.
- None: pay month to month
- Setup fee
Not published.
- None: set it up yourself in minutes
Side by side
Menuthere and WATI, feature by feature.
“—” means the company doesn't publish it. Menuthere's plan for each feature is shown next to it.
| Menuthere | WATI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan · from $17/mo | From $15/mo |
| Commission per order | 0% | Not an ordering platform, so no order commission; you pay the plan fee plus Meta's per-conversation WhatsApp fees. |
| Contract | Month to month; 7-day free trial on Lite and Pro | Plans are billed annually on wati.io/pricing; a 7-day trial is offered, with no free tier. |
| Own ordering website | Yes | No |
| QR table ordering | Yes | No |
| Pickup | Yes | No |
| Delivery orders | Yes | No |
| Your own drivers | Yes · Pro | No |
| Scheduled orders | Yes · Lite | Not published |
| Online payments | Yes · Lite | Not published |
| POS | Yes · Add-on, $10/mo | No |
| Loyalty | Yes · Pro | No |
| Marketing tools | Yes · Lite | Yes |
| WhatsApp ordering or updates | Yes · Pro | Yes |
| Branded app | Yes · Branded App | No |
| Delivery-app integration | No | No |
| Multiple locations | Yes · Pro | Not published |
| Menu translation | Yes · Lite | Not published |
| Reservations | Yes · Lite | No |
Why restaurants look elsewhere
What restaurants say about WATI.
Recurring points from reviews, forums and the press, each from a source listed at the foot of the page.
- Restaurants that evaluate WATI usually want to take orders on WhatsApp and send offers to past customers; WATI can do the marketing half but not ordering, cart or payment, so they look for an ordering platform with WhatsApp ordering built in.
Be fair to it
When WATI is the better choice.
- A WhatsApp Business API platform built for messaging at scale: a shared multi-agent team inbox, broadcasts, no-code chatbots and a CRM (wati.io, read 21 October 2026).
- Broadcasts and omnichannel support on higher plans, for high-volume marketing across WhatsApp and other channels (wati.io, read 21 October 2026).
- Published plan prices on wati.io/pricing: Growth $15 a month, Pro $55 a month (both billed annually) and Business at custom pricing (wati.io/pricing, read 21 October 2026).
And Menuthere's limits
What Menuthere doesn't do yet.
- Its own POS is basic (in-store billing, as a $10-a-month add-on), and the only outside POS it connects to is Petpooja, set up on Pro.
- No integration with delivery apps such as Uber Eats or Deliveroo.
- Online payments need Stripe, which doesn't open accounts in every country (India uses Razorpay, Easebuzz, Cashfree or OrangePG instead).
Questions
WATI alternatives, answered.
Head to head, plan by plan: Menuthere vs WATI
How WATI ranks: India · UAE · Indonesia
Sources · checked 2026-10-21
- WATI (official) — WATI pricing (Growth $15/mo, Pro $55/mo billed annually, Business custom; Meta conversation fees separate), read 21 October 2026
- WATI (official) — WATI product overview (WhatsApp team inbox, broadcasts, chatbots, CRM, omnichannel), read 21 October 2026
- Menuthere (official) — Menuthere pricing, read 30 September 2026
- Menuthere Docs (official) — Your own delivery riders, read 20 October 2026
Switch from WATI without paying commission.
Menuthere gives your restaurant an ordering website, QR menu and table ordering. Free to start, live in minutes.