Add direct ordering without replacing the POS that still works.
Add branded ordering, kitchen routing, expo, ready updates, and waitlists beside your current POS. Use supported browser-based hardware with Stripe or Square payments.
One 5% starting fee. Your branded ordering site, Plate hosting, setup, kitchen and expo workflow, guest updates, and reporting are included in one platform fee. You can absorb the fee, offset some or all of it with a disclosed ordering fee at checkout, or split the cost. Local rules apply. See the full rate path.
- Branded ordering on your own domain
- A choice of supported Stripe or Square payment processing
- Browser-based workflows on supported hardware you already own
A fit for operators adding ordering and kitchen workflows without a full hardware rollout
- Restaurants that want ordering without a full terminal rollout
- Food trucks that need browser-based ordering and service workflows
- Owners who use Stripe or Square and want to keep their guest data
Included from day one
- Launch online ordering on your own domain without buying into one hardware ecosystem.
- Use Stripe or Square instead of a single bundled processor and rate.
- Get a multi-station kitchen display, expo screen, and ready board out of the box.
- Add QR dine-in, waitlists, and food-truck stops without stitching on extra vendors.
What Plate changes in daily service.
Launch online ordering without a proprietary hardware rollout
A full POS replacement can require new terminals, payment contracts, and operational retraining. That may be more change than an ordering problem requires.
Plate runs ordering, the kitchen display, and the ready board in a browser on supported hardware you already own, so you can add those workflows alongside your current POS.
- Web-based KDS and boards
- Stripe or Square payments
- No proprietary Plate terminal required
Keep ordering on your domain and choose a supported processor
Bundling ordering, payments, hardware, and guest data with one provider can make a later system change more involved.
Plate keeps ordering on your domain and supports Stripe or Square for payment processing. Guest contact and order history remain tied to your business.
Add kitchen, expo, ready, waitlist, and truck workflows in one platform
Adding online ordering still affects kitchen routing, expo, pickup communication, and front-of-house service.
Plate covers ordering, multi-station KDS, expo, ready boards, waitlists, reservations, open tabs, and food-truck stops in one platform without requiring a full POS replacement.
Your site, hosting, and full workflow are included.
The platform fee starts at 5% and covers ordering, kitchen, expo, guest updates, and reporting without separate Plate setup, hosting, or monthly software charges.
One owner-wide lifetime rate
Revenue processed through Plate is combined across every business under the same owner.
- 5%From the first Plate order
- 3.75%After $2.5M in lifetime Plate revenue
- 2.5%After $10M in lifetime Plate revenue
When the combined lifetime total reaches a threshold, the lower rate applies to future revenue processed through Plate across the owner group. Your branded ordering site, Plate hosting, setup, kitchen and expo workflow, guest updates, and reporting are included in one platform fee.
- $0Plate setup
- $0monthly Plate software
- $0Plate hosting
What operators ask before they start.
Review how Plate fits live service, what can stay in place, and exactly what the platform fee covers.
- Do I have to replace my POS to use Plate?
- No. Plate focuses on ordering, the kitchen display, ready boards, and waitlists. You can run it alongside your existing setup on supported browser-based hardware.
- Which payment processors does Plate support?
- Plate supports Stripe and Square. You choose between those supported processors rather than being forced into one bundled processor and rate.
- What do I get that a basic ordering page does not include?
- A multi-station kitchen display, expo screen, public ready board, QR dine-in, waitlists, reservations, open tabs, and food-truck stop scheduling, all in one platform.