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Zonal alternatives · 2026
Zonal has a free plan. 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.
Menuthere vs Zonal
Zonal is an Edinburgh-based hospitality technology company whose EPoS runs large UK pub, restaurant and hotel groups such as Greene King, Mitchells & Butlers and PizzaExpress. Its online ordering products plug into that EPoS: white-labelled Order & Pay (branded app or web, with QR table ordering), Click & Collect, kiosks, and Zonal Delivery, which pulls Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats orders into the till. These are sold by quote with no published prices; Zonal's newer akru POS for independents (UK and US) has no software fee, charges only a card rate (from 0.89% + 3p in the UK) and includes online pick-up menus.
Free plan
Quote only for Zonal's main ordering products: no prices are published for Order & Pay, Click & Collect, Zonal Delivery, kiosks or ZonalPay (demo or sales contact). akru, Zonal's POS for independents, which includes online pick-up menus, has no POS software fee, no multi-site fee and no lock-in; the only charge is its card rate. UK: 0.89% + 3p per debit or credit card payment, 2.99% + 3p on Amex and corporate cards, on any Android 13+ device. US: $0 a month software, 2.39% + 10¢ with your own hardware, or 2.99% + 10¢ with hardware included on a 36-month term (Amex and corporate cards 3.5% + 10¢). Zonal USA's EPoS can be bought outright, leased over 60 months or paid monthly (Zonal as a Service), by quote.
Not published for Order & Pay, Click & Collect, Zonal Delivery (quote)
Not published for Order & Pay, Click & Collect or Zonal Delivery (quote only). akru lists no POS or per-order fee beyond its card rate.
Not published for Zonal's enterprise products. akru: no contract lock-in in the UK and US; the US hardware-included plan runs a 36-month term.
Not published. akru says new venues can be trading in under an hour with no engineer visit.
Side by side
“—” means the company doesn't publish it. Menuthere's plan for each feature is shown next to it.
| Menuthere | Zonal | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free plan · from $9/mo | Free plan |
| Commission per order | 0% | Not published for Order & Pay, Click & Collect or Zonal Delivery (quote only). akru lists no POS or per-order fee beyond its card rate. |
| Contract | Month to month; 7-day free trial on Lite and Pro | Not published for Zonal's enterprise products. akru: no contract lock-in in the UK and US; the US hardware-included plan runs a 36-month term. |
| Own ordering website | Yes | Yes |
| QR table ordering | Yes | Yes |
| Pickup | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery orders | Yes | Yes |
| Your own drivers | Yes · Pro | Not published |
| Scheduled orders | Yes · Lite | Yes |
| Online payments | Yes · Lite | Yes |
| POS | Yes · Add-on | Yes |
| 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 | Yes |
| Multiple locations | Yes · Pro | Yes |
| Menu translation | Yes · Lite | Not published |
| Reservations | Yes · Lite | Yes |
Why restaurants look elsewhere
Recurring points from reviews, forums and the press, each from a source listed at the foot of the page.
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Sources · checked 2026-09-26
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