Partner plan, for agencies and resellers
Sell restaurant apps under your own brand
Give every restaurant you work with its own ordering app and a kitchen screen, in its own colours. You set the price and keep the difference. We build the software, host it and keep it running.
- Your brand, not ours
- You set the price
- No setup fee, no commission
The ordering app and the kitchen screen, in one
An ordering app takes the order. Carte also puts it on the kitchen screen that cooks it, and tells the guest when it's ready.
1The guest orders
The restaurant's own app: its menu with photos, from a table QR code, for pickup or delivery. Guests can build their own pizza, burger, taco, ceviche or pollo a la brasa.
2The kitchen cooks
Every order lands on the kitchen screen with a timer, on any tablet, laptop or phone. One tap marks it ready.
3The guest knows
The guest watches the order move, live, and their phone tells them when it's ready.
What you get as a partner
Your brand, not ours
Each restaurant's app, kitchen screen and staff app carry the restaurant's name and colours. Brainy's name is not on them.
Your price
You buy at the partner price and sell at yours. ChowNow, Owner.com, Popmenu, Menufy and Flipdish charge restaurants $119 to $499 a month, most with a fee on each order too.
A demo in a minute
Make any restaurant's app, with its logo and colours, before you pitch them. It stays on Free under your brand, and costs you nothing until you put it on a paid plan.
The kitchen comes with it
An ordering app takes the order. Ours also puts it on a kitchen screen with a timer, and tells the guest when it's ready.
No setup fee, no commission
Your team adds each menu with our tools. Restaurants keep the money from every order.
We run the software
Hosting, updates, fixes and new features. You look after the restaurant; we look after the app.
How it compares
What restaurants pay for a branded ordering app, and what comes with it.
What the same busy restaurant pays a month
600 orders a month (20 a day) at $25: online ordering with table QR codes. Card fees left out for everyone.
The same orders through DoorDash delivery: $2,250 to $4,500 a month, 15% to 30% of every order.
What it costs
| App | From, a month | Fees on each order | Setup and contract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carte | $79 a monthbilled yearly, or $99 every 3 months; partners pay less | None | No setup fee for partners; month to month |
| Toast | Add-ononline ordering is extra on a Toast POS plan; price not listed | Card processing, Toast's own | Toast hardware; renews yearly |
| Square | $0QR ordering and KDS need the $49 plan | Card 2.9 to 3.3% + 30¢ online | None; cancel anytime |
| ChowNow | $229billed yearly; $249 monthly | Card 2.95% + 29¢; an optional 99¢ guest fee | Setup $119 to $499; renews |
| Owner.com | $249plus 5% an order; or $499 flat | 5% on the $249 plan, and guests pay 5% | Month to month |
| Popmenu | $159 + $50plan billed yearly, plus online ordering | $1 an order | No setup fee; monthly or yearly |
| Menufy | $149on 12 months; $179 monthly | A guest fee; card 2.75% + 30¢ | 12 months, or month to month |
| Flipdish | $119billed yearly; $149 monthly | A % on each order; rate not listed | Setup fee; 12 months, renews |
| UpMenu | $4975 orders a month; $169 unlimited | $1.90 for each order over the plan | None; no contract |
What comes with it
| App | Kitchen screen | Order from the table | Table bookings | Dish built on screen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carte | YesIncluded, on any tablet or phone | Yes | YesRestaurant plan | YesPizza, burger, taco, ceviche, pollo a la brasa |
| Toast | On their hardwareToast KDS, priced on a quote | Paid add-onMobile Order & Pay | Paid add-onToast Tables | Not listed |
| Square | Paid add-on$20 to $30 a month a screen | YesOn the $49 plan | Through another appOpenTable and others | Not listed |
| ChowNow | Not listedOrders go to a tablet or your POS | YesFrom the $319 plan | Not listed | Not listed |
| Owner.com | YesA kitchen tablet they lend you, at no extra fee | Not listed | Through another appResy | Not listed |
| Popmenu | Not listedOrders go to your POS or printer | Paid add-onWith the ordering add-on | Paid add-onIncluded on the $449 plan | Not listed |
| Menufy | Not listedOrders go to a tablet or your POS | Yes | Through another appA booking widget | Not listed |
| Flipdish | On their hardwareWith Flipdish POS, on a quote | Paid add-onPrice not listed | YesOn their website builder | Not listed |
| UpMenu | NoComing soon, $19 a screen | Paid add-on$19 a month | Paid add-on$9 a month | Not listed |
From each company's own pages, checked 14 October 2026: Toast, Square, ChowNow, Owner.com, Popmenu, Menufy, Flipdish, UpMenu. Prices change; "Not listed" means we could not find it on their pages.
Your brand: all of it built
Ready today
- The restaurant's app shows its own name, logo and colours
- The kitchen screen and the staff app carry no Brainy name
- Table QR codes that open the restaurant's own app
- A partner dashboard with all your restaurants, and one monthly invoice
Built, on once you connect your domain
- Your own web address for every app, instead of eat.brainy.ink
- Emails to your restaurants in your name
Roadmap
What restaurants get today, and what we are building next.
- Ordering appMenu with photos, table QR codes, pickup and delivery, live order status
- Kitchen screenEvery order with a timer, on any tablet, laptop or phone
- Build your ownGuests build a pizza, burger, taco, ceviche or pollo a la brasa, and see it as they go
- Run the nightBookings, live floor plan, waitlist, stock, sales, team PINs and time clock
- AlertsNew orders on the restaurant's phones; guests hear when it's ready
- Seven languagesEnglish, Arabic (right to left), French, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Dutch
- Partner dashboardAll your restaurants, your prices, your team and one monthly invoice
- Your web addressEvery app on your domain or the restaurant's, once you connect it
- Emails in your nameWhat restaurants receive comes from you, once your email domain is connected
- Card paymentsGuests pay in the app, with tips and sales tax (January)
- Courier deliveryEach delivery booked with a courier, where couriers deliver (by March)
Dates after today are targets. Partners hear the week each one ships.
How it works
- Start as an affiliateJoin in two minutes and get your link and code at once. Restaurants you bring start on Free, and you earn a share of every payment they make.
- Unlock your own brandOnce 3 restaurants you brought are paying, you become a partner: your brand, your price. Want it sooner? Pick your brand when you join and we check your details within 2 working days.
- Your first restaurantsMake each app in a minute: it runs on Free under your brand and costs you nothing. Your team adds the menu with our tools.
- You bill them, we bill youCharge your restaurants your price. We send you one invoice a month, only for restaurants on a paid plan.
Questions
Will my restaurants see Brainy?
Only if you choose. Sell under your own brand and their app, kitchen screen and staff app show the restaurant's own name and colours, with you as the one to call. Or sell Carte as it is, with your name beside ours. Each app opens at eat.brainy.ink/their-name until you connect your own web address in your dashboard; from then on every app opens on yours, and the emails your restaurants get come in your name.
Who builds each restaurant's app?
Your team, in minutes: make the app with the restaurant's logo and colours, then add every dish, photo and price from the staff app. If you'd rather we built it, we can.
Can a restaurant have an ingredient you don't have yet?
Yes. Every ingredient on a build-your-own dish is a real photo we make for it: ask for prawns, tuna or anything else in your dashboard and we make it. Three new ones a month are free, and packs cover more, cheaper each the bigger the pack. Each one we make joins the library, so the next restaurant that wants it has it.
What do partners pay?
A monthly price for each restaurant on a paid plan, well under what restaurants pay us direct, with no setup fee. A restaurant on Free costs you nothing. The numbers are in your dashboard as soon as we approve you, within 2 working days of joining.
Do restaurants need new hardware?
No. The kitchen screen and the staff app run in the browser on any tablet, laptop or phone they already have.
Can guests pay by card in the app?
Not yet. Today guests pay at the counter, or when their delivery arrives. Card payments with tips and sales tax are on the roadmap (target: January 2027).
Moving restaurants off GloriaFood?
GloriaFood closes on 30 April 2027, its white-label partner programme included. Carte runs under your brand too, with a kitchen screen and no fee on any order. Tell us how many restaurants you are moving when you join.
Who supports the restaurants?
You answer their first questions, because you know them. We back you up and fix anything in the software.
Become a partner
Everyone starts as an affiliate, free, with a link and a code. Your own brand unlocks once 3 restaurants you brought are paying, or sooner when our team approves you. Two minutes, a code by email, and your dashboard is open.