Food & Restaurant · head to head
BentoBox vs Owner.com
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BentoBox
Food & Restaurant
Restaurant websites and marketing platform
- From
- $99/month
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Each has a real cost: BentoBox bentoBox is now Clover, and its own site states that BentoBox products and services are only available to Clover POS customers; Owner.com the $249 per month Flexible plan adds a 5 percent restaurant fee on every order, so cost rises with sales volume
- They diverge on capability: BentoBox covers Email marketing, Owner.com covers Marketing automation.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which BentoBox and Owner.com actually diverge.
Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Food & Restaurant).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in BentoBox
- Email marketing
- Gift cards
- Catering
- Event management
- OpenTable
- Resy
- Toast
- Square
Only in Owner.com
- Marketing automation
- Customer database
- Loyalty program
- Delivery integration
- DoorDash Drive
Both cover
- Website builder
- Online ordering
- Web support
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
BentoBox
- Restaurant websites with integrated online orderingnot Owner.com
- Gift cards, events and catering enquiries from a restaurant's own sitenot Owner.com
- Marketing and customer data capture for restaurants on Clover POSnot Owner.com
Owner.com
- Commission free online ordering direct from a restaurant's own websitenot BentoBox
- Branded restaurant mobile app and loyalty programmenot BentoBox
- Automated email and SMS marketing to a restaurant's own customer listnot BentoBox
- Taking catering orders directly rather than through delivery marketplacesnot BentoBox
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
BentoBox
- BentoBox is now Clover, and its own site states that BentoBox products and services are only available to Clover POS customers
- The pricing page publishes no plan price, setup fee, online ordering commission or contract length
- Existing customers wanting to add services are directed to a customer success manager or an email address rather than a self serve price
Owner.com
- The $249 per month Flexible plan adds a 5 percent restaurant fee on every order, so cost rises with sales volume
- Avoiding the per order fee requires the Flat Rate plan at $499 per month
- Guests are charged a 5 percent order support fee on top of the restaurant's own costs
- Multi location operators are quoted special rates that are not published
Pricing, plan by plan
BentoBox
$99/month- Starter$99/month
- Website
- Basic features
- Essential$199/month
- Online ordering
- Marketing
- Pro$399/month
- Full features
- Catering
Owner.com
On request- StarterFree
- Website
- Online ordering
- 2.5% transaction fee
- Pro$299/month
- Lower fees
- Marketing
Which should you pick?
Choose Owner.com if
- You need marketing automation.
- You work on Web, Ios, Android.
- You also want customer database.
Questions people ask
- Is BentoBox or Owner.com better?
- Neither clearly leads. BentoBox starts at $99/month and Owner.com at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, BentoBox or Owner.com?
- BentoBox starts at $99/month and Owner.com at On request.
- Does BentoBox or Owner.com run on more platforms?
- BentoBox runs on Web. Owner.com runs on Web, Ios, Android.
- What is BentoBox best used for?
- BentoBox is most often used for restaurant websites with integrated online ordering, gift cards, events and catering enquiries from a restaurant's own site, marketing and customer data capture for restaurants on clover pos. Of those, restaurant websites with integrated online ordering and gift cards, events and catering enquiries from a restaurant's own site are not what Owner.com is typically brought in for.
- What can BentoBox do that Owner.com cannot?
- BentoBox covers Email marketing, Gift cards, Catering, Event management. Owner.com covers Marketing automation, Customer database, Loyalty program, Delivery integration. Both handle Website builder, Online ordering, Web support.