Let guests order from anywhere.Text them when it's ready.
From a table, lane, seat, line, or order-ahead link, every order goes straight to the kitchen and expo. Plate keeps the guest updated through pickup.
- Guests order where they are
- Kitchen and expo get the ticket
- Plate sends the ready text
One 5% starting fee includes your ordering site, Plate hosting, and the full workflow.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. The rate drops as combined lifetime revenue processed through Plate grows across your businesses.See exactly how the fee works
One order, from the guest to pickup.
A guest orders from their table, lane, seat, or phone. The ticket reaches the kitchen and expo, and Plate texts the guest when it is ready for pickup.
Open service wherever you operate.
Use the same Plate workflow at a food truck, restaurant, event, or pop-up.
One fee covers the whole order.
Your ordering site, hosting, kitchen routing, expo, ready texts, and reporting are included from day one. Start with one location or use Plate across every restaurant, truck, and concept you run.
- Branded ordering site and hosting for web, QR, counter, and kiosk
- Menus, modifiers, combos, pricing, and live 86ing
- Kitchen displays with station routing and ticket timing
- Expo, bump, recall, and order handoff
- Ready boards plus guest text and email updates
- Waitlists, reservations, open tabs, and pay-at-table
- Food-truck stops, order-ahead windows, and mobile service
- Guest history, sales, item-mix, tax, tips, and service reporting
Start at 5%. Pay less as Plate grows with you.
Plate combines revenue processed through Plate across every business under the same owner. When the lifetime total reaches a threshold, the lower rate applies to future Plate revenue.
One owner-wide lifetime revenue total
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
Serve guests wherever they choose to stay.
Let guests order from a dining room, taproom, axe lane, event, food-truck stop, or pop-up while every concept keeps its own menu and brand.
Start with the handoff that needs help.
One ordering channel
Launch branded web, QR, or order-ahead ordering and route it into your service workflow.
One location or service
Run Plate at one restaurant, truck, event, pop-up, or seasonal service before expanding.
One specific handoff
Connect ordering to kitchen, kitchen to expo, or ready status to guest updates without replacing tools that still work.
Fix the part of service slowing you down.
See how Plate handles the exact workflow you need, whether you start with ordering, the kitchen, a food truck, a waitlist, or a setup that keeps your current POS.
Know what will change before you switch anything.
Use these practical guides to evaluate QR ordering, food-truck pickup, kitchen displays, and online ordering before you launch.