Take App vs GloriaFood
GloriaFood gave small restaurants commission-free online ordering for nothing, and Oracle is retiring it. Take App is where those orders can go instead — except they arrive in WhatsApp, in the thread your customers already message you in.
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Oracle has discontinued GloriaFood. New signups are already closed and the product is frozen — no roadmap, no new features. On 30 April 2027 the accounts switch off, and your menu, delivery zones, order history and customer list go with them. Oracle has not announced a migration tool, so anything you want to keep has to be exported and rebuilt somewhere else while the platform is still up. Take App is free to start, takes no commission, and your menu can be live and taking WhatsApp orders today.
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If you are on GloriaFood because it was free and took no commission, Take App is the closest replacement: also free to start, also no cut of any order, with the ordering happening in WhatsApp rather than in a widget. Move well before 30 April 2027 — after that your menu, delivery zones, order history and customer list stop being reachable, and Oracle has announced no migration tool. GloriaFood's ordering widget was designed to sit inside a website you already run; if that site and its developer are the centre of your business, compare a restaurant platform built around embedding first.
Why businesses pick Take App
Free to start and no commission on any order — the two things that put your restaurant on GloriaFood in the first place.
The order arrives in WhatsApp: the customer sends it, pays, and gets the "ready in 20 minutes" message in the same thread. Nothing to embed, no app to install.
Rebuild the menu once and you also get dine-in QR ordering, delivery and pickup slots, a till, and a customer list you can message again — none of which switches off in 2027.
Feature by feature
The rows are what chat-first businesses ask us about most. Where GloriaFood covers something through a paid add-on, or only in some countries, the cell says so instead of a cross.
| The monthly bill | Take App | GloriaFood |
|---|---|---|
| Starts at | Free, then $50 / month | Closed to new signups |
| Free plan | Yes | Was free for life; no new accounts since 2026 |
| Add-ons you also pay for | None — everything in the table below is included | Ordering was free; the branded app, the website and the promotion tools were paid add-ons. None of it is sold any more. |
| Commission on orders | None | None — it never took a cut, which is exactly why so many small kitchens are on it |
| Feature | Take App | GloriaFood |
|---|---|---|
| Selling in the chat | ||
| Order form inside the WhatsApp chat | Yes | No |
| Automatic order & payment messages | Yes | Order confirmations by email and SMS |
| Broadcast to past customers | Yes | A coupon and promotion engine on your own ordering page, not a message to past customers |
| Support & delivery updates in the same chat | Yes | No |
| Getting paid locally | ||
| Local wallets & bank transfer | Yes | No |
| Transfer receipt upload & confirmation | Yes | No |
| Cash on delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Card payments | Yes | Yes |
| Orders, delivery & counter | ||
| Dine-in QR ordering | Yes | Yes |
| Delivery & pickup scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Local courier integrations | Yes | No |
| Point of sale | Yes | No |
| Online store with custom domain | Yes | An ordering page and a widget for a site you already run |
| Cost & getting started | ||
| Multiple stores & staff accounts | Yes5 stores & 5 staff | One account per location |
| Live without a developer or agency | Yes | Yes |
How we compared
GloriaFood plan prices and features were checked on August 28, 2026 against the pages linked below. Prices change and vary by country, so confirm with GloriaFood before deciding. Take App's own plan details come from our pricing page.
Sources: gloriafood.com, gloriafood.com/online-ordering-system, ogent.ai
Built for the market you actually sell in
100+ payment methods and local couriers across 180+ countries — the wallets, bank transfers, and cash on delivery your customers already use, not just cards.
Where GloriaFood draws the line
GloriaFood settled card payments through processors like Stripe and PayPal, plus cash at the door. That covers a restaurant in Chicago or Manchester and not much else — no wallet, no bank transfer with a receipt, no QR. Take App supports 100+ payment methods across 180+ countries, so the customer can pay the way they already pay everywhere else.
Why WhatsApp, and not email
Across Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, a customer messages a shop long before they would open an email. Take App puts the order form, the payment reminder, the delivery update and the follow-up in that same thread — so nothing waits on an inbox nobody checks.
What you get on day one
No add-ons to install, no theme to build — every plan starts with the whole ordering flow.
QR Ordering
Set up one QR code customers scan at your store to open your menu and place an order.
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Kitchen Display
BusinessOrders appear on the kitchen screen instantly. Reduce errors and speed up service.
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Local Payment Options
Offer transfers, e-wallets, or COD. Make checkout easy for all buyers.
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Learn moreWhen GloriaFood is the better choice
No tool wins everywhere. Choose GloriaFood if this sounds like your business.
- You have a small menu and until April 2027 — there is no emergency this week, only a deadline that gets more expensive the longer you leave it.
- Your ordering widget is embedded deep in a custom website that somebody maintains for you, and matching that matters more than the channel.
- You only ever needed card payments and your own drivers, in a market where every customer taps a card.
- You are already mid-migration to another restaurant platform — finish that rather than starting over here.
What Customers Are Saying
Small businesses in 180+ countries run on Take App.
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