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ChowNow takes no commission but charges from $229/month per location plus a setup fee. Shopolo gives you direct online ordering with no monthly fee at all, and adds gift cards, bookings and reservations that also cost nothing.
ChowNow pricing based on publicly available plan information. Subject to change.
ChowNow takes no commission either, but its plans run $229 to $449 per month per location, with a setup fee of $119 to $499 and card processing at 2.95% + $0.29. On Shopolo, online ordering is free core — no monthly fee, no setup fee, and a flat 1.9% platform fee on paid orders, plus Stripe's own processing, since taking the payment directly means paying for it directly. Past roughly $12,000 a month in online orders, ChowNow's flat subscription works out cheaper. ChowNow's figures are its own published US prices; it publishes no Canadian rate.
ChowNow focuses exclusively on online ordering. If you also want to sell gift cards, run a loyalty program, take table reservations, and send email campaigns, you need four additional tools and subscriptions. Shopolo covers all of those from one dashboard at a fraction of the combined cost.
ChowNow frequently requires annual commitments for its best pricing. If your ordering volume is seasonal or you want to try before committing, a commitment of $2,748 to $5,388 a year — which is what $229 to $449 a month comes to — is a significant risk. Shopolo is month-to-month on all plans — cancel any time.
ChowNow is a reasonable choice if online ordering is your sole need and you have the volume to justify the higher monthly fee. Their marketplace exposure (ChowNow app listings, Google ordering integrations) can help with discovery. If you want everything — ordering, gift cards, loyalty, reservations — in one affordable platform, Shopolo is the better fit.
ChowNow takes no commission but charges $229–$449 per month per location plus a $119–$499 setup fee. On Shopolo, online ordering is free core — no monthly fee and no setup fee, with a flat 1.9% platform fee plus Stripe processing on paid orders. Past roughly $12,000 a month in online orders ChowNow's flat subscription works out cheaper; below it, Shopolo costs less.
ChowNow frequently requires annual commitments for its best pricing — $2,748 to $5,388 a year at its published monthly rates. Shopolo is month-to-month on all plans.
ChowNow is ordering only. Shopolo adds digital gift cards, table reservations, appointment booking and a QR menu free core, with loyalty stamp cards and email campaigns on the Plus addon — one dashboard instead of several subscriptions. What ChowNow offers that Shopolo does not is marketplace exposure through its app listings and Google ordering integrations.
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