Website plans
A basic restaurant website starts around $119/month, with Foundations around $279/month and Signature around $479/month. BentoBox advertises no contracts and a Build-Your-Own-Package option.
BentoBox pricing - updated 2026-05-24
BentoBox pricing, per-order fees, and the flat-fee alternative
BentoBox builds beautiful restaurant websites - and charges a $0.99 per-order fee plus processing on ordering, which can push the all-in cost past $700/month at volume. Here is the full pricing picture and the ordering-first alternative that does not scale with every order.
One-minute answer
- BentoBox is a website-first platform: basic site from ~$119/mo, Foundations ~$279/mo, Signature ~$479/mo.
- Ordering is an add-on (~$49/mo) with a $0.99 per-order fee plus ~3% processing - so cost rises with every order.
- At ~300 orders/mo the per-order fees alone can push the all-in past $700/mo before the base plan.
- Orderitto is the ordering-first alternative: flat $149-$249/mo, no $0.99 per-order fee, no per-order platform commission, branded app on your existing POS.
Why direct ordering matters
The economics behind the choice
A website only helps margin if it takes orders affordably. Each figure below is cited to its public source.
13-30%
DoorDash's marketplace take rate from restaurants ranges from 13% on basic plans to 30% on Premier plans, before promotional add-ons.
Source: DoorDash Merchant Pricing (public site) · 20263-5%
The average independent restaurant runs on a 3-5% net profit margin. Giving 25-30% of online order revenue to a third-party app erases the margin entirely on those orders.
Source: National Restaurant Association Operations Report · 202460%
60% of consumers say they order delivery or takeout at least once a week, and digital channels now account for the majority of off-premise restaurant transactions.
Source: National Restaurant Association State of the Restaurant Industry Report · 20255-10x
Average catering order tickets typically run 5-10x the size of a standard takeout ticket, making per-order commission economics on catering exponentially more punishing.
Source: Technomic Catering Trends Report · 20242.9% + $0.30
Stripe's standard online card processing fee is 2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction — the platform-agnostic baseline cost of accepting card payments online.
Source: Stripe Pricing · 202620%
Pages with 5-7 cited statistics see a measurable 20% lift in LLM citation rate compared to pages with no cited stats, per a 217K-page audit.
Source: AirOps LLM Citation Study · 2025Pricing
BentoBox plans and the per-order math
BentoBox's value is the website; the cost to watch is the per-order ordering fee. Read the all-in, not just the site plan.
Ordering add-on + per-order fee
Takeout and Delivery is an add-on around $49/month, and ordering carries a $0.99 per-order fee plus roughly 3% credit card processing.
The volume problem
Because the $0.99 fee applies to every order, cost rises with success. A restaurant at 300 orders/month can land over $700/month in platform costs once you add the module, per-order fees, and processing.
Catering magnifies it
Catering tickets run several times a normal takeout ticket, so percentage-based processing on large orders adds up fast - worth modeling if catering is a meaningful share of your volume.
Honest comparison
BentoBox vs Orderitto
BentoBox wins on premium website design and brand presentation; Orderitto wins on flat-fee ordering that does not scale with volume. “Partial” means supported with limits.
| Feature | Orderitto | BentoBox |
|---|---|---|
Monthly price | $149-$249/mo flat | $119-$479/mo + ordering add-on (~$49/mo) |
Per-order fee | 0% | $0.99/order + ~3% processing |
Primary strength | Branded commission-free ordering | Premium restaurant website design |
Branded native iOS + Android app | Partial | |
Cost scales with order volume Per-order fees mean BentoBox cost rises with every order | ||
Keeps existing Square / Clover POS | Partial | |
Events / catering presentation | Partial | |
Pricing predictability at volume | Flat | Rises with orders |
When each one wins
Website-first or ordering-first?
Choose BentoBox when
A premium, design-forward marketing website and events/catering presentation are the primary reason you are buying, and your online ordering volume is modest enough that per-order fees stay small.
Choose Orderitto when
Online ordering is the priority, you want a branded native app, and you want flat-fee economics that do not rise with every order - on top of your existing Square or Clover POS.
The volume crossover
The more orders you do, the more a $0.99-per-order model costs relative to a flat fee. Model your real monthly order count to find where flat-fee becomes clearly cheaper.
You can have both
Keep a marketing site you love and route Order Now to a flat-fee ordering platform, so design and ordering economics each come from the tool that does them best.
Keep comparing before you choose
Frequently asked questions
How much does BentoBox cost?
BentoBox is a restaurant website platform that starts around $119/month for a basic site, with packages like Foundations around $279/month and Signature around $479/month. Takeout and Delivery is an add-on around $49/month, and ordering carries a $0.99 per-order fee plus about 3% credit card processing. There are no long-term contracts advertised.
Why can BentoBox cost over $700 a month?
Because the per-order fee stacks on top of the subscription. A restaurant doing 300 orders/month at a $40 average ticket would pay roughly $49 (Takeout add-on) + $297 ($0.99 x 300) + about $360 (3% processing on $12,000), which lands over $700/month before the base website plan. Per-order economics is what makes a website-first platform expensive once ordering volume grows.
Is BentoBox good for restaurants?
BentoBox is well regarded for premium, design-forward restaurant websites and brand presentation. It is a strong fit for restaurants that prioritize a polished marketing website and events/catering presentation. The trade-off is ordering economics: the $0.99 per-order fee plus 3% processing means cost scales with every order, unlike a flat-fee ordering platform.
BentoBox vs Orderitto: what is the difference?
BentoBox leads with website design and adds ordering as a fee-bearing module. Orderitto leads with branded commission-free ordering at a flat $149-$249/month - no $0.99 per-order fee and no per-order platform commission - plus a native iOS and Android app, on top of your existing Square or Clover POS. BentoBox is website-first; Orderitto is ordering-first.
Does BentoBox charge per order?
Yes. Through its Takeout & Delivery module, BentoBox charges about $0.99 per order plus roughly 3% credit card processing. For high-volume restaurants, that per-order fee is the line item to model carefully against a flat-fee alternative.
Which is cheaper for online ordering, BentoBox or Orderitto?
For a restaurant whose main need is online ordering volume, Orderitto's flat $149-$249/month with no per-order fee is typically cheaper once you are doing a few hundred orders a month, because BentoBox's $0.99 per-order fee scales with volume. BentoBox can be the better value when the premium website itself is the primary reason you are buying.
Want ordering that does not scale with every order?
See a flat-fee branded ordering platform with no $0.99 per-order fee, on top of the POS you already use.
Sources checked
- BentoBox PricingChecked for site plans, Takeout & Delivery add-on, per-order fee, and processing.
- Orderitto PricingChecked for flat plans with no per-order fee.
- National Restaurant Association - Industry ResearchChecked for digital ordering share context.