Compare
Template platforms vs. a custom BiteStax™ app.
Template ordering platforms run $119–$328 per location per month, add 2.95% + $0.29 to every order, and hand you a rented storefront that looks like every other restaurant on the same platform. A BiteStax™ app is a one-time build, your codebase, your design.
Dimension
Template platform
BiteStax™
Monthly subscription
Template platform
$119–$328/mo per location
BiteStax™
$199–$349/mo flat care plan
Per-order transaction fee
Template platform
2.95% + $0.29 per order
BiteStax™
None (Stripe processing only)
Design
Template platform
Templated across every restaurant on the platform
BiteStax™
Custom, brand-first, portfolio-grade
Code ownership
Template platform
Platform owns the codebase; you rent
BiteStax™
You own the codebase
Data ownership
Template platform
Platform terms govern
BiteStax™
100% yours — export any time
Custom features
Template platform
Roadmap requests
BiteStax™
We build what your operation needs
Switching cost later
Template platform
Rebuild everything
BiteStax™
Take the code with you
Five-year cost, plainly
A template platform at $249/mo plus 2.95% + $0.29 across $10k/mo in orders runs roughly $6,720 a year. Over five years that's $33,600 — and you still don't own the app. A BiteStax™ Flagship build is $12,900 + $349/mo, or about $33,840 across the same five years — for a custom app that's yours forever.