🏆 Restaurant Verdict
For most restaurants, forms.app is the clear winner due to its product basket feature (perfect for order forms), QR code generation (scan-to-order at tables), and 0% payment commission. For restaurants needing back-office integration, Zoho Forms connects orders straight to Zoho Books and Inventory.
Why Restaurants Are Leaving Typeform
Typeform's per-response pricing model is terrible for restaurants. A busy restaurant receiving 200+ orders per day would exhaust Typeform's $83/month Business plan in just 5 days. Alternatives offer unlimited responses for free or at a fraction of the cost.
- Typeform: 10-10,000 responses/month ($25-$83/mo) — impractical for daily orders
- forms.app: Unlimited responses (free) + 0% payment commission
- Zoho Forms: 500–150,000 responses ($0–$110/mo) + 7 payment gateways
- Google Forms: Unlimited responses (free) — but no payment processing
1. forms.app — Best Overall for Restaurants
Product Basket & Order Forms
forms.app's product basket field lets customers browse a visual menu, select items with quantities, add modifiers (size, extras), and see a running total — just like an e-commerce cart but in a form.
QR Code Table Ordering
Generate a unique QR code for each form. Print it on table tents or menus, and customers scan to order directly from their phone. No app download required.
Zero Commission
While platforms like UberEats charge 15-30% commission on orders, forms.app charges 0% platform commission on payment collection. You only pay Stripe/PayPal processing fees.
- ✅ Product basket with images and modifiers
- ✅ QR code generation for table ordering
- ✅ 0% commission on payments
- ✅ Unlimited orders (free plan)
- ✅ Automated order confirmation emails
- ✅ Calculator fields for tax and tips
2. Zoho Forms — Best for Multi-Location Restaurants
Zoho Forms' strength for restaurants is the back office. Orders flow into Zoho Books and Zoho Inventory without middleware, approval workflows route large or catering orders to a manager, and one per-organization plan covers every location instead of billing you per seat.
- ✅ 500+ restaurant templates (order forms, reservations, feedback)
- ✅ 30+ payment gateways
- ✅ Approval workflows for catering orders
- ⚠️ Free plan limited to 100 submissions/month
3. Google Forms — Best for Simple Feedback
If you just need a quick customer feedback survey or employee availability form, Google Forms is free, simple, and syncs to Google Sheets. However, it lacks payment processing and product catalog features.
- ✅ 100% free with unlimited responses
- ✅ Perfect for feedback and surveys
- ❌ No payment processing
- ❌ No product catalog or order features
4. QRbug — Best Dedicated QR Menu & Ordering Platform
While form builders bolt QR ordering onto a generic form, QRbug is built from the ground up as a restaurant QR menu and table-ordering system. If your main goal is contactless scan-to-order at the table rather than building forms, it's the most purpose-fit pick on this list.
Free QR Code Generator + Digital Menu
QRbug includes a genuinely free QR code generator and a hosted digital menu, so you can put a scannable code on every table without reprinting menus each time prices change — you edit the menu once and every QR stays current.
Scan-to-Order at the Table
Guests scan, browse the menu with photos, and order straight from their phone — no app install. Orders land in your dashboard in real time, which is exactly the workflow restaurants try (and struggle) to fake with a Typeform.
Multilingual Menus
Menus can be served in multiple languages from a single QR code — useful for tourist-heavy locations where a static printed menu falls short.
- ✅ Purpose-built QR menu & ordering (not a repurposed form)
- ✅ Free QR code generator included
- ✅ Contactless scan-to-order, no app download
- ✅ Edit the menu once — every table QR updates instantly
- ✅ Multilingual menu support