Carbonara App vs. Chowly

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Carbonara App
Score 0.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Carbonara App is a digital waitlist and restaurant reservation system that allows users to handle both walk-in customers and guests who have reserved tables. Users can send SMS messages and text guests in the virtual queue to inform them when their table is ready, and fill tables with walk-in host strategies — such as two-way communication features to manage tables in real-time. For reservation-based restaurant, guests can use the app to make online bookings. Customers reserve…
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Chowly
Score 2.0 out of 10
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Chowly, headquartered in Chicago, integrates 3rd party online ordering apps with restaurant POS applications, providing a consistent ordering system.N/A
Pricing
Carbonara AppChowly
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Carbonara AppChowly
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Carbonara AppChowly
Small Businesses
7shifts
7shifts
Score 9.9 out of 10
7shifts
7shifts
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Jolt
Jolt
Score 9.7 out of 10
Jolt
Jolt
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises

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User Ratings
Carbonara AppChowly
Likelihood to Recommend
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2.0
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User Testimonials
Carbonara AppChowly
Likelihood to Recommend
Carbonara App
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Chowly
I would not recommend Chowly to any restaurant that is trying to push orders through to their POS from a third party delivery site. Any restaurant would be much better off finding a third party site that integrates directly with their POS. Using Chowly was more of a headache than it needed to be and our company switched to Checkmate (also not great) after a year with Chowly.
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Pros
Carbonara App
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Chowly
  • Responsive support team
  • Their team's knowledge of Toast POS
  • Their sales team is aggressive and confident in their product
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Cons
Carbonara App
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Chowly
  • Promises of ways to avoid mapping errors were never followed through on
  • Many mapping errors which required constant attention
  • To use requires multiple hidden modifiers in Toast, clogging up the menu
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Alternatives Considered
Carbonara App
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Chowly
Chowly was not as good as Checkmate, though I cannot in good faith recommend either. We ended up switching over to Checkmate after a year with Chowly due to our dissatisfaction with the service.
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Return on Investment
Carbonara App
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Chowly
  • Required a lot of attention from upper management to maintain
  • Enabled orders from Caviar to go through to the POS without staff needing to enter the orders manually, saving on time and labor
  • Due to frequent changes in our menu, Chowly could not handle these and needed to remap every single time there was a menu change.
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