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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: Standard is a flat $149/mo while you operate, 0% commission, and zero fees to customers. We do not publish another platform's current take rate — those change by market and contract.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. Frontburner puts schedule, menu, branding, and — on Standard — your own website, Google Business setup, and follower list under your name.
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.
Free covers schedule, menu, branding, and the public Frontburner map — no credit card. Standard is $149/mo while operating and $39/mo in Winter Mode while paused, with full ordering, branded PWA, live location push, preorders, Prep List, KDS, POS, catering, and website + GBP setup. Enterprise is contact sales for multi-truck. We do not invent Square, Toast, or marketplace prices here.
Start Free with no credit card, publish schedule, menu, and branding, and appear on the public find map. Upgrade to Standard when you want ordering, POS, KDS, and catering. Try the live demo at demo.getfrontburner.com, or email hello@getfrontburner.com.
Indianapolis-area founding. One stack for discovery and operations: Free for presence, Standard for the full truck, Enterprise for fleets.
Schedule, menu, branding, and a spot on the public Frontburner find map. No credit card.
Full ordering, branded PWA, live location push, preorders + Prep List, KDS, POS, catering, website + GBP setup. 0% commission. Zero fees to customers. Winter Mode $39/mo while paused.
Contact sales for multi-truck operators. Custom fleet pricing — not a published self-serve rate.
See pricing, the food truck POS, and catering. Questions: hello@getfrontburner.com.