Rent a restaurant website, or have one built that becomes yours?
Website subscriptions are good at getting a site live fast. The decision changes when you add up every monthly fee and every percentage on the statement, and ask what you keep at the end.
Two different jobs
Choose the one that matches how you want to run the site.
01
Website subscription — available now
A site live this month
Choose it when you want a site this month, you have one location, you need no custom work, and renting is fine.
02
Connected Spaces — available now
A site, menu and loyalty built around how you run
Choose a build when you want the site, menu and loyalty built around how you run, and you want the custom work to become yours.
We print no competitor prices on this page. Fees and terms change, so check each vendor's official pricing page and read the contract before you compare.
Total cost
Compare the complete transaction economics.
Add up the subscription and every percentage at checkout or on the statement. A website subscription is a monthly fee, sometimes with a percentage of each order, plus processing. Connected Spaces is a one-time start fee and a fixed monthly subscription with defined scope. We charge no fee of our own per order. You still pay your processor's fees.
What you keep
What you own at the end.
You can leave without starting from zero.
- Controlled from day one
- Your domain, your accounts and your guest data are under your control.
- Transferred by agreement
- The custom site, menu pages and loyalty build, as the written agreement lists. The photos you give us stay yours.
- Remains a service
- Hosting, our own tools and third-party apps.
How each one works
The operating model, side by side.
This table describes how each model works, not a list of features.
Who builds it
Connected Spaces
Our people design and build it for your restaurantWebsite subscription
Set up inside the vendor's productWho hosts it
Connected Spaces
We do. Hosting is included in your planWebsite subscription
The vendor does, as part of the subscriptionHow the menu gets changed
Connected Spaces
You send the change, we prepare it, you approve, a person publishes itWebsite subscription
Set by the vendor's product and planWhat you pay
Connected Spaces
A one-time start fee and a fixed monthly plan. We charge no fee of our own per orderWebsite subscription
A monthly fee. Check the statement for any percentage per orderWhat transfers to you
Connected Spaces
Qualifying custom work becomes yours in month 13, as the written agreement listsWebsite subscription
Set by the vendor's terms. Read the contract for what you can takeWhat stays a service
Connected Spaces
Our hosting, our tools and third-party appsWebsite subscription
The whole product| Feature | Connected SpacesBuilt for you | Website subscriptionRented |
|---|---|---|
| Who builds it | Our people design and build it for your restaurant | Set up inside the vendor's product |
| Who hosts it | We do. Hosting is included in your plan | The vendor does, as part of the subscription |
| How the menu gets changed | You send the change, we prepare it, you approve, a person publishes it | Set by the vendor's product and plan |
| What you pay | A one-time start fee and a fixed monthly plan. We charge no fee of our own per order | A monthly fee. Check the statement for any percentage per order |
| What transfers to you | Qualifying custom work becomes yours in month 13, as the written agreement lists | Set by the vendor's terms. Read the contract for what you can take |
| What stays a service | Our hosting, our tools and third-party apps | The whole product |
Cost, ownership and leaving, answered plainly.
They are good tools for the slice they cover. Compare two things before you decide: the complete transaction economics, and what you own at the end. With a subscription, month 60 looks like month 1. With us, qualifying custom work becomes yours in month 13. Show us your statement and we'll do the math.
Yes. We build around what you run. If your ordering tool has a way to connect, the link is part of the Business Partnership plan.
We can't speak for their packages, so here is what we do. We start with your foundation: a brand worth remembering, photos worth showing, a fast site on current technology, and ordering your guests enjoy using. Then we connect that site and app to any delivery app or ordering tool you use or want to use, so this is not either/or. Your repeat guests sign in to your own site and app, with an account that's yours. An order placed on your own site can hand off to a delivery app through Olo, and Square, Toast and Clover all give us a way in. We charge no fee of our own per order; your processor and any ordering tool still charge theirs. Bring every offer you've received to a 20-minute call and we'll lay them side by side.
You take the work that has transferred to you, and you can leave without starting from zero. Our hosting and maintenance end when your plan ends, and our own tools stay with us.
We charge no fee of our own per order. Your card processor and any ordering tool still charge theirs. Bring your last statement and we'll do the math on a call.
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