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PlatePages vs Wix for restaurants

Wix can build any website you can imagine, including a restaurant site with ordering. PlatePages does one thing: a restaurant website and menu that is quick to set up and easy to keep up to date, for about half the price.

Prices checked 13 October 2026 · US dollars, yearly billing

The short answer

Choose Wix if

  • You want complete design freedom and enjoy building pages yourself
  • You want online ordering and payments inside your own website
  • You also sell other things online, like merchandise or classes

Choose PlatePages if

  • You want a beautiful site live today, without designing anything
  • Your menu changes often and you update it from your phone
  • Guests ask about allergies, vegan or gluten-free dishes
  • You want QR codes and a printed menu that always match your website
  • You want to pay about half as much
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Side by side

WixPlatePages
What it costs From about US$17 a month billed yearly (about US$204 a year). The free plan shows Wix ads and a wixsite.com address US$99 a year, everything included (about US$8 a month)
Made for Any kind of website Cafés, restaurants, bakeries and bars only
Putting your menu online Build your menu in the Wix Restaurants menu app, or by hand in the editor Paste your menu text: sections, prices and sizes are read for you
Daily changes Edit dishes in the editor or the Wix app Sold-out switch and today's specials from your phone, reset by themselves tomorrow
Helping guests choose Depends on the menu app and how you set it up Search, dietary filters and an allergy filter, built in
QR codes Possible with a separate QR tool Included and never expire, with print-ready table cards and posters
Printed menu Made separately An A4 menu that always matches your website
Design Full drag-and-drop freedom and hundreds of templates 4 restaurant templates and 9 font pairings (36 looks), any colour, your logo, your own homepage order
Extra pages As many pages as you like Up to 10 pages: catering, events, private dining, vouchers, jobs
Online ordering Built in with Wix Restaurants on paid plans Buttons to the ordering service you already use (Uber Eats, DoorDash, Square and others)
Your own domain Free for the first year on yearly plans, then paid Included every year, or a free yourname.platepages.com
Who does the design You design it, for desktop and phone Done for you: you choose, and it always works on phones

We make PlatePages, so we're not neutral, but we've tried to be fair. Wix's details come from their public website, checked 13 October 2026. Prices change and differ by country, so check before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it. Wix, Squarespace, Canva, Square, Carrd and Hostinger are trademarks of their owners. PlatePages is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

Questions owners ask

Is PlatePages cheaper than Wix?

Yes. PlatePages is US$99 a year with everything included. Wix's cheapest paid plan is about US$17 a month billed yearly, about US$204 a year, and some restaurant features need higher plans.

Does PlatePages have as much design freedom as Wix?

No, on purpose. Wix lets you move every element; PlatePages gives you 4 restaurant templates, 9 font pairings, any brand colour, your logo and photos, your own homepage order and up to 10 extra pages. Every combination is designed to look right on phones, so a menu can never end up broken or hard to read.

Can I move from Wix to PlatePages?

Yes. Copy your menu text from your Wix site and paste it into PlatePages: sections, prices and sizes are read for you. Keep your domain and point it to PlatePages; your email keeps working.

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