ChowNow vs SpotOn
ChowNow
Commission-free branded online ordering for restaurants
Kitfinch pick for 1 job across 1 trade.
SpotOn
Restaurant POS and payments with usage-based software pricing
How they differ
| Feature | ChowNow | SpotOn |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Check price on vendor site | Check price on vendor site |
| Free plan | Not stated | Not stated |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| Point of sale | — | |
| Online ordering | ||
| Suits | restaurants | restaurants |
We don't have a verified price for both ChowNow and SpotOn yet, so we can't chart the cost by team size. Check each vendor's pricing page.
ChowNow
Strengths
- Restaurant keeps its own branding and direct customer relationship instead of a marketplace's
- Positioned against high-commission third-party delivery apps
- Focused product built specifically around restaurant online ordering
Drawbacks
- Pricing page was blocked by bot protection this session (TLS handshake failure on fetch); plan pricing was not verified directly
- Single-purpose tool; needs a separate POS and reservations tool alongside it
SpotOn
Strengths
- Restaurant-specific POS with online ordering and reporting built in
- Discounted hardware bundle pricing shown directly on the pricing page
- Software pricing formula is published rather than fully quote-gated
Drawbacks
- Software cost is a percentage-of-volume formula (capped), not a flat monthly plan price, which makes it hard to compare directly to flat-fee competitors
- Hardware is sold as a separate line item on top of the software fee
Frequently asked questions
What do ChowNow and SpotOn have in common?
Both cover online ordering.
Which is cheaper, ChowNow or SpotOn?
We can only answer that with prices verified on both vendors' pricing pages, and we don't have that for either tool right now. Check the vendor sites for current prices.