Pepper vs Tapingo

Pepper is a UK hospitality platform (PepperOS) that combines a branded mobile and web ordering app, loyalty and rewards, marketing campaigns and a management portal, plus Quickpad, a handheld device for table-side orders and payments. Tapingo was a campus food ordering app. Both are listed under Online Ordering System. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in audience and integrations.

Key differences

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: Pepper: High street restaurant and pub groups; Tapingo: College campus dining programs.

  • integrations

    On integrations, Pepper names 32 integrations and Tapingo names 5 integrations. No partner appears in every list.

Side by side

Pepper vs Tapingo: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldPepperTapingo
What it isPepper is a UK hospitality platform (PepperOS) that combines a branded mobile and web ordering app, loyalty and rewards, marketing campaigns and a management portal, plus Quickpad, a handheld device for table-side orders and payments.Tapingo was a campus food ordering app.
Best forHigh street restaurant and pub groups; Brands wanting an own-branded ordering and loyalty app; Table service venuesCollege campus dining programs; Hotels and resorts; Stadiums and venues
Pricing modelQuote onlyQuote only
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWeb
CountriesUnited Kingdom, United StatesNot published
LanguagesNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations325
CertificationsNot publishedPCI compliant
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersNot publishedNot published
OwnerNot publishedGrubhub
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Pepper

  • 3sPOS
  • Access
  • Acrelec
  • Acteol
  • Airship
  • Apple pay
  • Bloomreach
  • Deliverect
  • Dojo
  • Goodtill
  • Google pay
  • Guestline
and 20 more
  • Kurve
  • Lightspeed
  • Master card
  • NCR
  • Aloha
  • NFS
  • Omnivore
  • Oracle
  • Playable
  • Revel
  • Square
  • Stripe
  • Tevalis
  • TipJar
  • Toast
  • Toggle
  • Wireless social
  • Worldpay
  • WRS
  • Zonal

Named only by Tapingo

  • Apex
  • Atrium
  • CBORD
  • TouchNet
  • Transact

Which to choose

Pepper

Choose Pepper if you fit its listed audience: High street restaurant and pub groups; Brands wanting an own-branded ordering and loyalty app; Table service venues.

Tapingo

Choose Tapingo if you fit its listed audience: College campus dining programs; Hotels and resorts; Stadiums and venues.

Our profile lists a weaker fit: Independent restaurants outside campuses, hotels and stadiums; Grubhub Onsite is built for those three venue types.

What we could not confirm

Pepper

  • Prices and contract terms
  • Headquarters, legal name and headcount
  • Funding
  • Security certifications
  • Languages

Tapingo

  • Acquisition date and terms (the Grubhub Onsite pages do not mention Tapingo)
  • Any price, contract term, free plan or trial
  • Countries served and interface languages
  • Whether the old Tapingo app is still available
  • Team size and any funding of Grubhub Onsite as a unit

Go further

Pepper profileTapingo profile

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Sources

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