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Frontburner is built for that job: a branded ordering PWA, live location push to followers, scheduled preorders with a Prep List, KDS, in-person POS, and catering — 0% commission and zero fees to customers. Restaurant POS is often stronger at a fixed counter. Commission apps and listings are useful when you need their marketplace more than a list you own.
Square- and Toast-style systems are typically built for brick-and-mortar counters that do not move. They often do in-person payments and kitchen tickets well. They are not, as a category, truck discovery or live location-push products. Frontburner is the food-truck stack: find-map presence, branded PWA, lock-screen location push, preorders, KDS, POS, and catering in one place.
Marketplace ordering and delivery apps typically monetize by taking a cut of the ticket or adding a fee the guest sees. Frontburner does not take a percentage of the sale. Full: $149/mo once live in spring. Everything in Light plus online orders and a window POS on your phone or tablet. Kitchen display screen for your cooks. $1,250 setup (50% deposit, $625). Everyone else: $250 off Full setup if you sign within a week. Sign up by Oct 31: first month free on Light or Full. Founding trucks: the first 3 to sign up get free white-glove setup. Winter Mode, $39/mo: your site, menu and schedule stay up, and catering quotes and card-reader payments for catering keep working. POS and online orders pause until spring. Light (No-POS): $79/mo once live in spring. Site, menu, schedule, custom domain, catering tools plus a card reader for catering payments. No POS or online checkout. No kitchen display screen. $750 setup (50% deposit, $375). Winter Mode, $39/mo: your site, menu and schedule stay up, and catering quotes and card-reader payments for catering keep working. POS and online orders pause until spring. We do not publish another platform's current take rate — those change by market and contract.
Social is useful for brand and photos. It is a weak operating system. Posts often reach a small slice of followers — Frontburner's positioning is that social reach is about 5%, while a location push can reach 100% of opted-in followers. Social also has no KDS, no preorders, and no Winter Mode. Every winter you typically rebuild awareness from zero.
Often yes. Directories are built to capture search demand on their site. The listing is theirs; the catering inquiry or “where are you today” click usually stays in their funnel. On Light (No-POS), Site, menu, schedule, custom domain, catering tools plus a card reader for catering payments. No POS or online checkout. No kitchen display screen. Free is $0 forever. Menu, schedule, and your page on yourtruck.getfrontburner.com. No catering tools, POS, or online orders. Sign up by Oct 31: connect your own domain for $50 one-time (you pay for the domain).
Pick a Square- or Toast-style POS if you run a fixed restaurant counter and need that hardware and table-service ecosystem. Stay on a commission marketplace if you depend on their demand more than a branded list. Use a listing site as a directory, not as your only website. Frontburner is the wrong default if you are not a mobile food operator.
$0 forever. Menu, schedule, and your page on yourtruck.getfrontburner.com. No catering tools, POS, or online orders. Sign up by Oct 31: connect your own domain for $50 one-time (you pay for the domain). Light (No-POS): $79/mo once live in spring. Site, menu, schedule, custom domain, catering tools plus a card reader for catering payments. No POS or online checkout. No kitchen display screen. $750 setup (50% deposit, $375). Winter Mode, $39/mo: your site, menu and schedule stay up, and catering quotes and card-reader payments for catering keep working. POS and online orders pause until spring. Full: $149/mo once live in spring. Everything in Light plus online orders and a window POS on your phone or tablet. Kitchen display screen for your cooks. $1,250 setup (50% deposit, $625). Everyone else: $250 off Full setup if you sign within a week. Sign up by Oct 31: first month free on Light or Full. Founding trucks: the first 3 to sign up get free white-glove setup. Winter Mode, $39/mo: your site, menu and schedule stay up, and catering quotes and card-reader payments for catering keep working. POS and online orders pause until spring. We do not publish Square, Toast, or marketplace prices here.
Start free: we'll get your page live, usually within a day. $0 forever. Menu, schedule, and your page on yourtruck.getfrontburner.com. No catering tools, POS, or online orders. Sign up by Oct 31: connect your own domain for $50 one-time (you pay for the domain). Talk to us for Light or Full. Try the live demo at demo.getfrontburner.com, or email hello@getfrontburner.com.
Free, Light (No-POS), or Full. Same prices as the pricing page.
$0 forever. Menu, schedule, and your page on yourtruck.getfrontburner.com. No catering tools, POS, or online orders. Sign up by Oct 31: connect your own domain for $50 one-time (you pay for the domain).
Light (No-POS): $79/mo once live in spring. Site, menu, schedule, custom domain, catering tools plus a card reader for catering payments. No POS or online checkout. No kitchen display screen. $750 setup (50% deposit, $375). Winter Mode, $39/mo: your site, menu and schedule stay up, and catering quotes and card-reader payments for catering keep working. POS and online orders pause until spring.
Full: $149/mo once live in spring. Everything in Light plus online orders and a window POS on your phone or tablet. Kitchen display screen for your cooks. $1,250 setup (50% deposit, $625). Everyone else: $250 off Full setup if you sign within a week. Sign up by Oct 31: first month free on Light or Full. Founding trucks: the first 3 to sign up get free white-glove setup. Winter Mode, $39/mo: your site, menu and schedule stay up, and catering quotes and card-reader payments for catering keep working. POS and online orders pause until spring.
See pricing, the food truck POS, and catering. Questions: hello@getfrontburner.com.