Most QR-menu and restaurant-website platforms look similar on the surface. The differences show up later — on your bill, on your site, and on the day you try to leave. Ask these seven questions of any platform you're considering. Here's how Lokand answers them.
| What to ask | Lokand's answer |
|---|---|
| Does the free plan put a watermark or provider branding on my site?Many platforms brand free sites — your menu becomes their ad | Never. No watermark, no forced footer, on any plan. |
| Can I use my own domain without paying?A branded subdomain means the platform owns your web presence | Yes — connect your own domain free; DNS & SSL handled. |
| Is there a contract or a yearly commitment? | No. Free forever, or Pro month-to-month at $29.99 — cancel anytime. |
| What happens to my site if I stop paying? | It stays live. Cancelling Pro drops you to Free; site, menu, domain, and loyalty keep working. |
| Can I export my data — menu, customers, content? | Yes, JSON or CSV, any time, every plan. |
| Do I have to retype my menu to get started? | No — the AI reads a photo, PDF, or your old site's URL in seconds. |
| Is loyalty an upsell?Stamp cards are how regulars come back — they shouldn't be hostage | Free with unlimited members. Email & passkey sign-up free; only SMS OTP is pay-as-you-go. |
Whatever platform you pick, get its answers to these in writing. If a platform's business model needs you trapped, that tells you everything.
Paste the address of your current menu site — or drop a PDF or a photo of the printed menu. Lokand's AI reads every dish, price, and section, and a new site assembles live in about a minute. Review it, keep it, point your domain at it. Your old QR codes keep working the moment your domain moves.
There isn't one. The free plan is the way restaurants discover Lokand, so it has to be genuinely good: no watermark, no item caps, no time limit, custom domain included. Lokand makes money when restaurants choose to upgrade to Pro ($29.99/month) for campaigns, full statistics, and the AI photo studio — never by charging for being online.
Minutes, not a rebuild. Drop a link to your current site (or a PDF or photo of the menu) and the AI imports every dish, price, and section for you to review. No account is needed to see the result — the site builds live in front of you first.
If your menu lives on a domain you own, yes — QR codes point at your domain, so they keep working no matter who hosts the site. That's why Lokand includes custom domains on the free plan. QR codes printed with a provider-branded URL stop working the day you leave that provider.
Yes. Your menu, customer list, and content export as JSON or CSV at any time, on every plan. Lokand's policy is to keep customers by being the best option, not by holding data hostage.
Drop your current site's link or a photo of the menu. No account, nothing to cancel — just look at the result.