ChowNow vs. Otter Restaurant Operating System (rOS)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ChowNow
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
ChowNow in Playa Vista provides branded online ordering systems for independent restaurants across the US — via restaurants’ own websites, on Facebook and Google pages.
$119
Per Annual
Otter
Score 0.0 out of 10
N/A
Otter connects all of the services that help run a restaurant, simplifying daily tasks. The Otter Restaurant Operating System, a data aggregation solution, keeps menus in one place, produces seamless storefront connections, allows restaurants to auto-accept orders, and provides a single, actionable source of truth for data. Otter integrates with nearly all 3rd-party delivery services, loyalty, labor & inventory partners, and payments platforms.
$89
per month per location
Pricing
ChowNowOtter Restaurant Operating System (rOS)
Editions & Modules
Annual
$119.00
Per Annual
Monthly
$149.00
per month
Lite
$89
per month per location
Standard
$149
per month per location
Premium
$219
per month per location
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChowNowOtter
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
ChowNowOtter Restaurant Operating System (rOS)
Considered Both Products
ChowNow
Chose ChowNow
Slice appears to be a lower cost and quite popular in our industry (Pizza) however their tactics to acquire new business are questionable at best!
Otter

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User Ratings
ChowNowOtter Restaurant Operating System (rOS)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ChowNowOtter Restaurant Operating System (rOS)
Likelihood to Recommend
ChowNow
The ChowNow platform is rock solid with daily use. It is easy to set up and train new staff. Lower pricing with competitors is the only reason for the 8 of 10
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Otter (Restaurant Technology Solutions, LLC)
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Pros
ChowNow
  • menu updating
  • receiving customer data
  • adding photos to our menu
  • submitting refunds/adjustments to customers
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Otter (Restaurant Technology Solutions, LLC)
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Cons
ChowNow
  • Better structure of Pizza menus to ease 86 toppings
  • The new interface could use some work. Smaller fonts make the "tickets" difficult to determine correct information. The system defaults to the last ticket time - The standard system was actually more accurate
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Otter (Restaurant Technology Solutions, LLC)
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Alternatives Considered
ChowNow
I push customers toward ChowNow instead of the references apps because of a) ChowNow has lower commission costs b) ChowNow gives customer data access c) ChowNow allows me to better issue refunds or adjustments. ChowNow however does not provide as much visibility to "new" potential customers. This is just my guess -- there are less average users on the ChowNow app on a nightly basis vs. the UberEats, DoorDash, Grubhubs of the world.
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Otter (Restaurant Technology Solutions, LLC)
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Return on Investment
ChowNow
  • Returning guests from the email campaigns
  • Offering easy to use online ordering has increased sales
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Otter (Restaurant Technology Solutions, LLC)
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