PlatePost helped prove what we also believe: diners order more when they can watch the food. The biggest difference is what happens after launch — their menus are websites built by their team, ours is an integrated product you edit yourself, live, in seconds. Here's the full side-by-side.
| Feature | HeyPlates | PlatePost |
|---|---|---|
| Making changes | Instant — drag-and-drop editor, live the moment you save | Request edits through their team, or edit the website yourself if you're technical |
| Turnaround time | Price and dish edits in seconds, new menus in days | Waits on a team build queue — menus are built in a website builder |
| Video-first menu | Yes — autoplaying dish clips | Yes — video menus are their core too |
| Setup | Done for you, from whatever menu you have | Varies by plan |
| POS ordering | Square integration — orders land in your POS | Check their current offering |
| Wallet loyalty | Apple/Google Wallet cards + offers built in | Check their current offering |
| On-site content shoots | Available — our crew films your dishes | Check their current offering |
| Menu extras | Section intro videos, banners, welcome popups, announcement bar | Varies |
| Self-serve editing | Drag-and-drop editor, phone & tablet preview | Varies |
| Pricing | Flat $100/mo per live menu, unlimited dishes | See their site for current pricing |
PlatePost menus are built as websites in a website builder — which means their team does the building, and changing anything means sending a request and waiting, or being technical enough to edit a website yourself. HeyPlates is a real product, not a built-for-you website: your menu lives in an integrated editor made for restaurant owners. Ran out of the special at 6pm? Hide it from your phone before the next table scans. New price, new dish, new photo — drag, drop, save, live. No ticket, no turnaround, no webmaster.
Both products bet on video as the way diners should meet your food — and that bet is right. The difference is scope: HeyPlates pairs the menu with ordering through your Square POS, wallet loyalty that lives in Apple and Google Wallet, and an on-site content team that shoots the clips for you. It's one vendor from filming to ordering.
You send whatever menu you have today. We build the whole thing — branding, sections, videos, QR codes — and hand you the keys with a drag-and-drop editor. Restaurants shouldn't need to learn menu software to have a great menu.
We keep this comparison fair: PlatePost's exact features and pricing can change, so verify current details on their site. What we can promise precisely is our own column — that's what we build every day.
Seconds, from any device. Open the editor, tap the dish, save — it's live everywhere at once. There's no request queue and nothing technical to learn; if a build-it-for-you platform has your menu in a website builder, that same change means emailing their team and waiting.
Yes. Share your current menu link and we'll rebuild it — sections, dishes, prices, and any media you own — as part of the done-for-you setup.
We can. Our on-site content production team films and edits scroll-stopping clips of your dishes, ready for the menu, DoorDash, ads, and social.
A flat $100/month per live menu (location), with unlimited dishes and categories. Building menus and previewing is free — you pay when a menu goes live.
Send us your current menu — we'll build the video version for you, free to preview before anything goes live.
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We build it
We turn your existing menu into a polished video menu.
You're live
Get your QR codes and start sharing — manage it anytime.
Prefer email? hello@heyplates.com