Wix alternatives · 2026
Wix alternatives for restaurants and how to keep your Wix site.
Wix is one of the better website builders for restaurants: its free Wix Restaurants Orders app takes pickup, delivery and QR dine-in orders. To accept orders and payments, though, the site needs a plan that takes payments, from Core at $29 a month billed yearly. Good alternatives are Menuthere (free plan, then $17 a month, 0% commission), Square Online, Owner.com and ChowNow, or keep your Wix site and add a Menuthere Order now button.
Keep your Wix design. Add an ordering page made from a photo of 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 Wix does well
Wix Restaurants Orders in plain words.
Wix Restaurants is a set of apps inside the Wix website builder. The orders app is free to install and handles pickup, delivery and dine-in, including QR code ordering at the table. Dishes can have sizes, add-ons and special requests, and you set prep times and lead times.
The catch is the plan. Wix says you can show your menu on any site, but you must upgrade to accept online orders and payments. The Light plan ($17 a month) does not include accepting payments; Core ($29), Business ($39) and Business Elite ($159) do. Our guide Can I take online food orders on a Wix website? has the details.
- Delivery areas: a radius, ZIP or postal codes, or an area drawn on a map, each with its own fee, minimum order and delivery time.
- Advance orders: customers can order ahead; delivery partners such as DoorDash Drive can connect.
- Reservations and loyalty: Wix Table Reservations and a points-based rewards program sit in the same dashboard.
- Ratings: the Wix Restaurants Orders app shows 3.4 out of 5 from 37 reviews on the Wix App Market.
What Wix costs
Wix pricing for taking orders.
Wix's US reference prices, billed yearly and paid upfront; Wix says prices and currency vary by location. Read 20 October 2026.
| Wix plan | Price a month (billed yearly) | Accepts online orders and payments? |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | No: shows your menu only |
| Light | $17 | No |
| Core | $29 | Yes |
| Business | $39 | Yes |
| Business Elite | $159 | Yes |
Wix Payments card fees: 2.9% + 30¢ in the US, 2.1% + 20p in the UK and 1.9% + €0.30 in the EU (Amex costs more; cross-border cards add a fee). Wix has a 14-day money-back guarantee.
The alternatives
Wix 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 that want ordering, QR tables and WhatsApp updates without rebuilding their website |
| 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 |
| Shopify | Basic $39 (or $29 billed yearly) | 2.9% + 30¢ on Shopify Payments; 2% extra on other gateways | Food brands that also 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 |
| ChowNow | From $229 (annual term) or $249 monthly, plus a $119–$499 setup fee | 2.95% + 29¢ per transaction | US restaurants that want a done-for-you ordering site and app |
Square Online: Square's US pricing pages, read 19 October 2026. Shopify, Owner.com and ChowNow: their own pricing pages, read 20 October 2026.
A worked example
A café with 400 orders a month: Wix or Menuthere?
400 online orders a month at $18 each ($7,200 in card payments), in the US. Prices read 20 October 2026.
| Cost a month | Wix Core | Menuthere Lite | Menuthere Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plan | $29 (billed yearly) | $17 (monthly) | $39 (monthly) |
| Card fees (2.9% + 30¢ on 400 orders) | $328.80 (Wix Payments) | $328.80 (your own Stripe) | $328.80 (your own Stripe) |
| WhatsApp order updates and loyalty | Wix rewards program available; WhatsApp not listed in Wix's restaurant help pages | Not included | Included |
| Total | $357.80 | $345.80 | $367.80 |
The honest reading: at this size the cost is close, because card fees are the same. Choose on what you need. A café under 50 orders a month pays $0 on Menuthere's Free plan (customers pay cash or at pickup), while Wix needs Core to take any order. Menuthere's yearly billing costs 10 months: Lite $170 a year.
Be fair to Wix
When Wix is the better choice.
Stay on Wix if you want to design every page yourself, run a blog, sell gift cards and take table reservations, all in one place. Wix's editor gives far more design freedom than Menuthere, which builds a menu-first ordering site for you.
You don't have to choose. Many restaurants keep their Wix site for the story, photos and blog, and add a Menuthere ordering page behind an Order now button. The Wix site stays on whichever plan you like; ordering, QR tables and WhatsApp run on Menuthere. See Wix for restaurants for both setups.
- Wix wins on design freedom, blogging, gift cards and reservations in the same dashboard.
- Menuthere wins on a free plan that takes orders, WhatsApp, delivery priced by distance and allergen details on every dish.
- Menuthere has no kitchen display screen, no delivery-app integration and only a basic POS ($10 a month add-on).
Questions owners ask
Answered, plainly.
Sources (10) · checked 2026-10-20
- Wix plans (US reference prices) · Wix.com, read 20 October 2026
- Wix Restaurants Orders · Wix App Market, read 20 October 2026
- Wix Restaurants: an overview · Wix Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Setting up pickup and delivery in Wix Restaurant Orders · Wix Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Wix Payments: service fees · Wix Help Center, read 20 October 2026
- Square pricing (US) · Square, read 19 October 2026
- Shopify pricing (US) · Shopify, read 20 October 2026
- Owner.com pricing · Owner.com, read 20 October 2026
- ChowNow pricing · ChowNow, read 20 October 2026
- Stripe pricing (US) · Stripe, read 19 October 2026
Keep your website. Add ordering that's built for food.
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.
