Pricing
It's free. Full stop.
Looking for the price? There isn't one. Captain.Food is free for restaurants and food trucks — no commission, no subscription, no hidden fees.
And there will be no price list: this isn't a commercial product, it's an open-source digital commons — useful to all, built by all. The code is open (under the Captain.Food Coopyleft license — a copyleft based on the AGPL, with commercial use reserved for the social and solidarity economy).
Independent restaurants & food trucks
0 €for you, today — and we're fighting to keep it that way
- 0% commission on your dishes — never a percentage on your margin.
- €0 subscription, no monthly plan, no paid tier.
- €0 signup and 0 setup fees.
- 0 commitment — you keep Uber Eats & Deliveroo alongside.
- Your customers stay yours, from the very first direct order.
⚓ Nothing is built yet. Captain.Food is starting out in Tours, with its first restaurateurs. The model is clear from day one: free for you, for real.
“Free… so what's the catch?”
There isn't one. The platform lives on the voluntary contributions of its users: when ordering, the customer can add a pay-what-you-want contribution to their basket if they wish — €0 is fine, no judgment. It's a bet: that informed customers would rather support their local businesses than a multinational.
You pay nothing: never a percentage on your margin, never a surcharge added on your behalf. The project is carried by a non-profit association, built so it can never turn into a tollbooth. How we fund ourselves, in plain words →
Our bet, in full transparency
Free rests on a bet: that voluntary contributions are enough to keep this commons running. We believe it — and we'll tell you straight what would happen otherwise.
It will never be a price list, nor a margin. At worst, we would share at cost the bare minimum needed to cover the running costs:
- Customer side — a small share of the running costs, per order. Anything given beyond that stays a contribution.
- Restaurateur side — a share of the real costs, split across the number of restaurateurs aboard: the more of us there are, the smaller it gets. Never a commission, never a percentage on your dishes.
And as soon as the model allows it, all of that disappears: back to free. The goal isn't to sell a product, but to keep a commons open to all.
While a platform takes up to 10× your margin, here it's €0. Put a number on what you're losing today →
The questions we get asked
Is it really 100% free for my restaurant?
Yes. 0% commission on your dishes, €0 subscription, 0 signup or setup fees, no commitment. The price is the same for everyone: free.
Is there a hidden subscription or plan?
No. No subscription, no plan, no paid “premium” tier. And whatever goes through your usual till (on site, at the counter), we don't touch that either.
So what do you live on?
On voluntary customer contributions (€0 is fine). It's a bet: if it's not enough, never a commission or a price list — at worst a share at cost (a small share of the costs on the customer side, a share of the real costs on the restaurateur side), meant to disappear as soon as the model allows it. Never on your back. See the full details.