Honest comparisons. No fine print. No "starting at" pricing.
| Feature | pho.shop | DoorDash / UberEats / Grubhub | Toast TakeOut | Square for Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commission on orders | 0% | 15-30% | 0% (on Toast orders) | 0% |
| Monthly fee | $30 flat | $0 (fees baked in) | $69-$165+ | $60+ |
| Own merchant account | ✓ Yes | ✗ Sub-merchant | ✗ Toast processing | ✗ Square processing |
| Customer owns the relationship | ✓ You | ✗ Marketplace | Shared | Shared |
| Hardware lock-in | ✗ None | N/A | ✓ Toast terminals | ✓ Square hardware |
| English + Vietnamese UI | ✓ Built-in | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Built for Vietnamese restaurants | ✓ Yes | ✗ Generic | ✗ Generic | ✗ Generic |
DoorDash takes 15-30% off every order. On a $14 bowl of pho, that's $2-$4 gone before you pay for the beef, the broth, the rent, and the labor. At that rate, a full dining room still loses money.
Toast and Square charge monthly subscriptions plus lock you into their payment processing and hardware. Leaving means buying new terminals and migrating your data. pho.shop runs on any browser, with your own merchant account.