Olo

Olo is a restaurant commerce platform covering online ordering, payments, delivery, catering, loyalty, marketing and guest data. It is built for multi-location restaurant brands and connects to the point of sale systems they already use. The vendor says it serves over 800 brands across about 90,000 locations.

Acquired by Thoma Bravo; acquisition completed September 2025 (Olo is now private).

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Best for
Enterprise restaurant brands, Brands adding first-party catering
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web, iOS

Who it is for

  • Enterprise restaurant brands

    The vendor's stated customer base is 800+ brands and about 90,000 locations, with tools for centralised menu, reporting and multi-channel ordering.

  • Brands adding first-party catering

    Catering+ handles large-group orders with production sheets, invoicing and house accounts; the vendor says 300+ brands use it.

  • Brands managing many delivery channels

    Rails connects 15+ third-party marketplaces to one order flow, and Dispatch adds courier delivery for orders taken on the brand's own site.

What it does

  • Online ordering (Serve)

    Branded ordering front end for website, app or kiosk with personalised recommendations, cross-sells and passwordless login; the vendor calls Serve no-cost.

  • Ordering platform

    Centralised reporting and menu management, capacity management and predictive quoting; the restaurant keeps ownership of guest data, according to the vendor.

  • Payments (Olo Pay)

    Online and in-store payment processing with fraud prevention and unified reporting.

  • Direct delivery (Dispatch)

    Pairs delivery orders with third-party couriers through a network of 27+ delivery providers.

  • Marketplace order integration (Rails)

    Syncs menus, prices and availability with third-party delivery marketplaces and brings their orders into the POS.

  • Catering (Catering+)

    Large-group ordering with calendar view, production sheets, automated invoicing, tax-exempt and house accounts.

  • Loyalty

    Loyalty program with passwordless enrolment, tiers, gamification and POS integration.

  • Marketing

    Guest segmentation and email, SMS/MMS and push campaigns from one dashboard, with generative AI copy help.

  • Guest data platform and reputation management

    Combines guest data from across the tech stack and analyses feedback sentiment.

  • Reservations and waitlist (Host)

    Waitlist, reservations, table assignment and incoming orders in one iPad app with a connected CRM.

  • Listings management (Sync)

    Pushes hours, phone numbers and ordering links to 50+ publishers from the Olo Dashboard.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

Olo publishes no prices; pages direct visitors to request a demo or talk to sales. The vendor describes its Serve front end as no-cost.

How it compares

Compared with the 111 products in Online Ordering System that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Names 7 integrations. The median in this category is 6.
  • One of 56 products in this category with an iOS app. 110 products in this category state their platforms.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Stripe, Square, Deliverect, Toast, Apple Pay, Uber Direct, Google Pay, Lightspeed, PayPal, Clover. Of these, this product's listing names Square.

Works with

Loyalty
Thanx
Other
CrunchtimeBiteGRUBBRR3OwlSoundHound AI
Point of sale
Square

The partner directory lists 342 partners, including 33 POS and 92 Omnivore integrations; only a sample of names is listed here.

Where and how it runs

Platforms
Web, iOS
Apps
Host: iPad app for waitlist, reservations and table management

No country list published on the vendor's site.

The company

Company
Olo Inc.
Founded
2005
Founders
Noah Glass
Customers named by the vendor
Freddy's Frozen Custard and Steakburgers, Costa Vida, Mendocino Farms, California Fish Grill, honeygrow, True Food Kitchen, First Watch, Waffle House

Security and support

Support
A customer help centre and support are linked from the site footer.

Listing details

Headquarters
United States
Built for
Restaurants, Cafés, Bars
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
olo.com
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    Runs on Web, against Web and iOS for Olo.

  • Ordering.co

    Ordering.co is an online ordering and delivery platform that gives restaurants branded websites, mobile apps, kiosks, a call-center screen, a merchant order queue and a driver app on one system.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web and iOS for Olo.

  • Hyperzod

    Hyperzod is a white-label online ordering and delivery platform.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web and iOS for Olo.

  • Mobi2Go

    Mobi2Go is now marketed as MOBI, a restaurant online ordering platform that also covers in-venue ordering, kiosks, loyalty, marketing and analytics.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web and iOS for Olo.

What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Prices and contract terms
  • Ownership: a newsroom article headline says Olo was sold for $2 billion, but the buyer and terms are not confirmed, so no parent is listed
  • Headquarters, funding history, employee count
  • Full POS integration list and countries served
  • Security certifications

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Homepagehttps://www.olo.com/
  2. Company, founder, scalehttps://www.olo.com/about-us
  3. Orderinghttps://www.olo.com/ordering
  4. Servehttps://www.olo.com/serve
  5. Paymentshttps://www.olo.com/pay
  6. Dispatchhttps://www.olo.com/dispatch
  7. Railshttps://www.olo.com/rails
  8. Cateringhttps://www.olo.com/catering
  9. Loyaltyhttps://www.olo.com/loyalty
  10. Marketinghttps://www.olo.com/marketing
  11. Guest data and reputationhttps://www.olo.com/engage
  12. Hosthttps://www.olo.com/host
  13. Synchttps://www.olo.com/sync
  14. Partner directoryhttps://www.olo.com/partners
  15. Legal entityhttps://www.olo.com/terms-of-use
  16. Newshttps://www.olo.com/newsroom