A Menuthere alternative for UK takeaways and restaurants

Menuthere is a commission-free ordering platform that publishes its prices in US dollars and starts with a free tier. Chefzi is built for UK restaurants, takeaways and cafés and prices everything in pounds, with a free first month instead of a free tier. This page sets the two side by side using Menuthere's own published figures (read 10 November 2026) and Chefzi's live plans. Prices change, so check each company's pricing page before you decide.

The short version

• Menuthere (its pricing pages, 10 Nov 2026): Free (up to 50 orders a month), Lite US$17 a month, Pro US$39, Branded App US$99. 0% commission on every plan. Billed in US dollars. Yearly billing is charged as 10 months for 12.
• Chefzi: Starter £9 a month billed annually (£12 monthly), Plus £19 (£22), Pro £39 (£49), per location, excluding VAT. First month free, no credit card, no set-up fee, 0% commission ever. See Chefzi pricing.

What Menuthere publishes

From Menuthere's pricing page and its plan documentation (read 10 November 2026):

• Free: unlimited menu items, your own ordering website, table QR codes, takeaway, delivery and dine-in ordering, and 50 orders a month. A "Ordering by Menuthere" badge is shown, and online card payments are not included.
• Lite (US$17 a month): unlimited orders, your own domain, online payments, scheduled orders, discounts, multiple menu languages and priority support.
• Pro (US$39 a month): everything in Lite plus a WhatsApp bot on your own number, loyalty, reviews, your own riders with live tracking and several outlets.
• Branded App (US$99 a month): everything in Pro plus an Android and iOS app, with push notifications. Menuthere says the app is arranged after a call with its team, and that you get a full refund if it is not delivered within 30 days of payment.
• Trials and billing: Lite and Pro have a 14-day free trial. Its pricing page FAQ says you add a card to start the trial, and nothing is charged that day. Plans are month to month and billed in US dollars, so your bank converts the price.
• Card fees: Menuthere takes no commission, and card payments are taken on your own payment account, such as Stripe, which charges its own fee. Menuthere's UK page lists 1.5% + 20p for standard UK cards on Stripe.

What Chefzi includes

• Starter (£9 a month billed annually, £12 monthly): your ordering website on your own domain, SEO tools, menu management and the Chefzi Orders app, which rings on a phone or tablet you already own until someone accepts or rejects the order.
• Plus (£19, or £22 monthly): everything in Starter plus card payments through Stripe Connect, Square, Worldpay or PayPal, and SMS and email marketing.
• Pro (£39, or £49 monthly): everything in Plus plus your own branded customer app and the browser till, Chefzi POS.
• Every plan: your own domain, 0% commission ever, no set-up fee, a free first month with no credit card, and we move your menu for you at no charge. Cash on collection and cash on delivery work on every plan.
• Also on Chefzi: collection hours and delivery hours set separately, delivery zones with their own fee and minimum, QR table ordering, and table reservations that the restaurant confirms.

Side by side

A year of each plan (arithmetic from the published prices)

• Menuthere Lite: US$17 × 12 = US$204 paid monthly, or US$170 paid yearly (10 months for 12).
• Menuthere Pro: US$39 × 12 = US$468 paid monthly, or US$390 paid yearly.
• Chefzi Starter: £9 × 12 = £108 billed annually, or £144 if billed monthly.
• Chefzi Plus: £19 × 12 = £228 billed annually, or £264 monthly.
• Chefzi Pro: £39 × 12 = £468 billed annually, or £588 monthly.

These are different currencies, different features and different plan names, so they are not a like-for-like total. Card processing fees are extra on both. Use the commission calculator to see what a marketplace costs you per month and what a flat plan saves.

Menuthere might suit you if

• You want to start for nothing and fewer than 50 orders a month is enough while you test direct ordering.
• You want WhatsApp ordering on your own number, which Menuthere lists on its Pro plan. Chefzi does not list WhatsApp ordering.
• You are happy to pay in US dollars and have your bank convert it.
• You want a menu in several languages, which Menuthere lists from Lite.

Chefzi might suit you if

• You want prices in pounds sterling per location, excluding VAT, with no currency conversion.
• You want your own domain and unlimited orders from the first plan.
• You want a free first month with no credit card rather than a trial that starts with a card.
• You want a path from online ordering to your own branded app and browser till on one Pro plan.
• You would rather have your menu moved for you at no charge and a short call to get live.

If you are still on a marketplace, see the Just Eat alternative page. For another per-order model compared with a flat plan, see the Tastie alternative. For how commission-free ordering works in practice, see commission-free online ordering. More comparisons are on the alternatives page.

Sources

• Menuthere pricing (menuthere.com/en/pricing), read 10 Nov 2026
• Menuthere docs, Plans compared (menuthere.com/docs/plans-billing/plans-compared), read 10 Nov 2026
• Menuthere UK online ordering page (menuthere.com/en/online-ordering-system/uk), read 10 Nov 2026
• Chefzi pricing (chefzi.co.uk/pricing), read 10 Nov 2026