Orderlion
Orderlion is ordering software for food and beverage wholesalers and distributors. It gives their customers, including restaurants and caterers, a branded ordering app and web shop, and gathers orders from email, WhatsApp and voicemail with an AI inbox, then passes them to the wholesaler's ERP. It is sold to the wholesaler, not to the restaurant.
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- Best for
- Food and beverage wholesalers and distributors, Wholesalers with field sales teams
- Pricing
- Quote only
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android
Who it is for
Food and beverage wholesalers and distributors
Wholesalers that take orders by phone, email and WhatsApp and want a single ordering system that feeds their ERP.
Wholesalers with field sales teams
Sales reps can view customer history and prices and place orders on site with the Sales Pro app.
Larger suppliers with several locations
The Enterprise plan adds multiple locations, customer-specific ranges, GS1 product data and barcode scanning.
Less suited to: Restaurants and other food businesses that only buy. Orderlion is sold to the supplier side; restaurants use the ordering app their wholesaler provides.
What it does
Ordering app
A mobile app where wholesale customers browse products, see prices and stock and place orders, working on phones, tablets and desktop.
Web shop
An online shop with customer-specific prices and discounts that syncs orders, stock and pricing with the ERP.
AI Inbox
Reads orders arriving by email, WhatsApp, SMS, voicemail and PDF, extracts the order details and matches them to the ERP for staff to confirm.
Sales Pro app
A field sales app to view customer history, create quotes and process orders while visiting customers.
White-label app
A fully branded ordering app and web shop, published in the App Store and Google Play under the wholesaler's name.
Analytics dashboards
Real-time dashboards on revenue, top products, drop-offs, customer trends and sales rep activity across app, web shop, Sales Pro and AI Inbox.
ERP integration
Item master, pictures, customer data, campaigns and orders are exchanged with the wholesaler's ERP, with orders sent via an FTP server.
Order reminders and push notifications
Intelligent order reminders and push notifications to customers, on the Professional plan.
Promotions and out-of-stock alternatives
Promote offers and suggest alternatives when items are out of stock.
Product cut-off times and custom cuts
Cut-off times and custom-cut options can be set per product.
Customer chat
Wholesalers can chat with their customers inside the platform.
Catalogue and product data tools
GS1 product data enhancement, advanced catalogue management and barcode scanner support on the Enterprise plan.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Quote only
- Minimum contract
- 12 months unless the order form says otherwise
- Renewal
- Renews automatically for successive 12-month periods unless terminated in text form with three months' notice before the end of the term
Orderlion publishes three plans, Starter, Professional and Enterprise, but no prices; each says 'contact sales for pricing'. Sales Pro, Orderlion Inbox and White Label branding are sold as add-ons. The FAQ says pricing is a subscription with no transaction fees.
How it compares
Compared with the 5 products in B2B Wholesale Ordering Portal that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 26 integrations. The median in this category is 5.
- One of 3 products in this category with an iOS app. One of 3 products in this category with an Android app. 5 products in this category state their platforms.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are QuickBooks, Sage, Xero, Microsoft Dynamics, MYOB, NetSuite, Unleashed, Aptean, Birchstreet, Bizerba BRAIN2. Of these, this product's listing names QuickBooks, Sage, Xero, Microsoft Dynamics, NetSuite, Unleashed, Aptean, Bizerba BRAIN2.
Works with
- Accounting
- SageXeroQuickbooksPennylaneSevDeskKashFlowCegidZervantWinbiz
- Inventory
- Unleashed
- Other
- SAPMicrosoft DynamicsNetSuiteOdooZohoApteanInfor / M3BrewwDolibarrXentral ERP SoftwareMesonic / WinLineCOPA SystemeOrgaSoftSharp-aXBizerba BRAIN2Fresh4IT
The vendor says it integrates with over 200 ERP and technology providers. The partner directory lists many more than shown here; this is a selection of the names in its logos. Most are ERP systems for wholesalers.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- Austria, United Kingdom, Ireland, France
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian
- Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
- Apps
- Orderlion ordering app: Ordering app for wholesale customers. Sales Pro: Field sales app for reps
- Hardware
- None stated. Barcode scanner support is offered on the Enterprise plan.
Orderlion says it serves wholesalers across the UK and EU with sales partners there and support numbers for the UK and Ireland; this list is inferred from the imprint, the UK and Ireland support line, customer stories from UK wholesalers and its acquisition of French start-up Supli.
The company
- Company
- Orderlion GmbH
- Registration
- Commercial Court of Vienna, FN 488086z
- Headquarters
- Vienna, Austria
- Founders
- Stefan Strohmer, Patrick Schubert
- Customers named by the vendor
- WDS Group, Mare Terra, First Choice Foodservice, The Stickleback Fish Company, SJB Foods Ltd, JB Foods (Scotland) Ltd, Hartwood Foods, Rowlands Ltd
Security and support
- Security and compliance
- Platform data hosted in the EU on AWS Frankfurt, encrypted at rest and in transit
- Support
- Live chat, a help centre and contact form; the imprint lists a UK and Ireland support phone number.
Listing details
- Built for
- Wholesale, Restaurants
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- orderlion.com
- Also listed in
- Supplier Ordering Marketplace
Alternatives to Orderlion
See all 9 in B2B Wholesale Ordering PortalFresho
Fresho is software for fresh food wholesalers and distributors, not restaurants themselves.
Runs on Web, against Web, iOS and Android for Orderlion.
Open Pantry
Open Pantry is ordering software for food and beverage wholesalers and the restaurants they supply.
Names 5 integrations, against 26 for Orderlion.
Cut+Dry
Cut+Dry is an e-commerce and sales enablement platform for foodservice distributors.
Runs on Web, against Web, iOS and Android for Orderlion.
iTradeNetwork
iTradeNetwork is supply chain software for the food and beverage industry.
Names 1 integration, against 26 for Orderlion.
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Prices
- Founding year
- Funding
- Employee count
- Security certifications such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001
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.
- Home page and positioninghttps://www.orderlion.com/en/
- Plans and add-onshttps://www.orderlion.com/en/pricing
- Ordering apphttps://www.orderlion.com/en/solution/ordering-app
- Web shophttps://www.orderlion.com/en/solution/web-shop
- AI Inboxhttps://www.orderlion.com/en/solution/ai-inbox
- Sales Prohttps://www.orderlion.com/en/solution/sales-pro
- White labelhttps://www.orderlion.com/en/solution/white-label
- Analyticshttps://www.orderlion.com/en/solution/analytics
- ERP integrationhttps://www.orderlion.com/en/integrations
- Partner directoryhttps://www.orderlion.com/en/integrations-partners
- Company and foundershttps://www.orderlion.com/en/about
- Customershttps://www.orderlion.com/en/customer-stories
- Contract termhttps://www.orderlion.com/en/terms
- Registrationhttps://www.orderlion.com/en/imprint
- Hosting and securityhttps://www.orderlion.com/en/trust-center
- Positioning and pricing modelhttps://www.orderlion.com/en/faq