The best restaurant website builder is usually the one your POS already connects to. Use Square's free site if you run Square, Toast Websites if you run Toast, and BentoBox if you run Clover. With no POS tie-in, Squarespace or Wix cost least if you can do the work. Owner suits owners who want a site, ordering and an app on one bill and accept a 5% guest fee. Popmenu and SpotHopper suit owners who want more marketing in the package.
How this was made: we read each company's own pages on 30 October 2026 and did not test the products. Where a page refused to load, we say so and don't quote it. We also have an interest. Gigabit sells restaurant websites built and run by a team, which competes for the same budget, so we also say where each builder is the better buy. There are no affiliate links on this page.
The eight at a glance
| Builder | Published price, checked 30 Oct 2026 | Online ordering | Fits best (our judgement) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Square | $0 plan; 3.3% + 30¢ on online card sales | Branded ordering page on the free plan | Anyone already on Square, or starting from nothing |
| Squarespace | $12 to $25 a month paid annually; $19 to $36 paid monthly | ChowNow integration on Core and Advanced; ChowNow is a separate bill | An owner who cares about design and will edit it |
| Wix | Varies by location; we saw prices with foreign tax, so check yours | Its restaurant page describes commission-free ordering, plus reservations | One builder for site, menu, ordering and booking |
| Toast Websites | Not confirmed; its product page refused to load | Sold separately: the site can link to it | Restaurants on Toast |
| Owner | $249 a month + 5% of each order, or $499 a month; guests pay 5% on both | Included, with a branded app and loyalty | No POS ordering, and wanting one bill |
| Popmenu | $179 to $499 a month, per a third-party record from July; its own page refused to load | Included, a competitor's article says; confirm | Owners who want a page for each dish and more marketing |
| BentoBox | No public price; now sold through Clover | Yes, for Clover POS customers only | Restaurants on Clover |
| SpotHopper | No public price; book a demo | Links out to other platforms | Bars and independents who mainly want marketing done |
What the published prices look like
This chart isn't a like-for-like ranking. Square's $0 charges card fees on every sale. Squarespace needs a separate ordering product, and Owner includes ordering, an app and marketing. Compare the total for a full year at your own order count. Our delivery commission calculator helps with the order side.
Where each one is the better buy
Square: already on it, or watching every dollar
The free plan includes a basic website and a branded ordering page, so the menu you ring up is the menu you sell online. You pay when you take a payment. The trade-off is that a basic site gives you less control over design and catering pages than a dedicated builder. If you run Square and only need the essentials, start here and spend the money elsewhere.
Squarespace: design first
All three plans include a Menu block and an OpenTable block, and Core or above adds ChowNow ordering. A text menu page is straightforward, which is what guests and search engines want. Ordering is not its job, though. ChowNow's own pricing page shows a plan from $229 or $249 a month depending on billing, a $119 to $499 setup fee and 2.95% + 29¢ per transaction. If you already have ordering through a POS, link that instead.
Wix: one builder, more restaurant features
Wix's restaurant page describes an online menu, reservations and commission-free ordering from one dashboard. That makes it the closest general builder to a restaurant platform. It doesn't list fees on that page, and its plan prices vary by location, so ask what payment processing costs before you commit.
Toast Websites: on Toast
The site draws its menu items from your online ordering menu, so there's one menu to maintain. Note Toast's own wording: online ordering is not included in a Toast website. They are separate products, so price both. Its help page also has a useful warning: if a third party owns your domain, check whether it can be moved to an account you control.
Owner: one bill, fast launch
Website, ordering, a branded app, loyalty, marketing and setup are all included, with no long-term contract, and it says many restaurants launch within a week. The catch is the fee structure: guests pay 5% on both plans. We work through that in our Owner alternatives page.
Popmenu: dish pages and marketing
Popmenu's own pricing page refused to load for us, so its prices here are PricingSaaS's record from 6 July 2026. See Popmenu alternatives for what that leaves open and what to ask.
BentoBox: on Clover
BentoBox is now part of Clover, and its own page says it is only available to Clover POS customers. If that's you, it's the first one to look at. If it isn't, it is off the list unless you change POS. We cover that in BentoBox alternatives.
SpotHopper: marketing with a website attached
SpotHopper describes itself as website, SEO, automated reviews and AI campaigns under one roof, set up by its team. It links guests out for ordering rather than running ordering itself. See SpotHopper alternatives for how to judge it.
Four questions before you pick
- Does it connect to my POS, or will I keep two menus?
- What does a full year cost at my order count, with card and guest fees?
- Who holds my domain, and can I move it?
- Can I export my guest list and my menu if I leave?
- Who changes the menu, and how fast can it go live?
Our how-to guide covers the pages, the text menu and the launch checklist whichever builder you choose, so we don't repeat them here.
When a builder is the wrong tool
A builder gives you software. Someone still has to change the menu, the hours and the holiday specials, every time. If nobody on your team has that hour, the cheap site goes out of date and turns guests away. That's the case for paying someone to run it. Our restaurant website service is on the Growth plan at $599 a month, with Google profile and local SEO work included. It's more than most builders here, and it doesn't include ordering software: we connect the ordering you use, and your POS still bills you for that. If you have the hours, a builder is the better buy.
