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Custom AI agentsWe build and run an agent for one jobPricingAboutBlogNine AI tools an owner-operated restaurant can use in 2026, from phone answering and online ordering to invoices, meeting notes and menu copy, with prices read on each vendor page, who each fits, and one honest limit for each.
Checked October 26, 2026. Prices were read on each vendor's own pricing page. Loman does not publish a price, so we say so; Toast, Popmenu and Yelp blocked our price check, so they are not in the list. Prices change: re-check before you buy. Dooza Crew is our product and our top pick for the paperwork and phone work around a small restaurant; we say why, and where the others fit better.
Our top pick for the office work around a small independent restaurant is Dooza Crew: AI employees that draft supplier and customer emails, fill forms you upload and answer the phone, $49 a month for the whole organization, and they ask before sending anything or clicking Pay. For reservations by phone, Slang AI. For takeout and delivery calls, Loman. For online ordering, Owner.com. For invoices and food costs, MarketMan. For AI inside your register, Square. For a human-plus-AI answering line, Smith.ai. For meeting notes, Otter. For menu and social copy, Jasper.
Most, but shallowly. Goldman Sachs' 10,000 Small Businesses Voices program reported on March 17, 2026: "In a recent survey, 76% of small businesses said they are currently using artificial intelligence, and the results have been overwhelmingly positive."
The gap is in depth: "Only 14% of small businesses are fully integrating AI into core operations, suggesting many are still in early stages of adoption." That survey covers small businesses in general, not only restaurants, and Goldman Sachs runs the program, so treat it as one data point. We did not find a restaurant-only survey from a primary source. It does match what owners tell us: lots of people have tried a chatbot, few have AI doing a repeatable job every day.
| Tool | What the AI does | Price (vendor page, Oct 26) | Free option |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dooza Crew (ours, top pick) | AI employees for emails, forms and phone calls | $49/mo per organization, unlimited users and agents, AI usage included | 7 days free (card required) |
| Slang AI | AI phone host that turns calls into reservations | Core from $399/mo per location | None stated |
| Loman | AI phone ordering and reservations | Not published (request pricing) | None stated |
| Owner.com | Website, online ordering, AI phone ordering | $249/mo + 5% per order, or $499/mo flat | Free demo |
| MarketMan | AI invoice scanning and recipe costing | Starter $249/mo | Demo |
| Square | POS with Square AI business chat | From $0/mo per location; $49 and $149 tiers | 30-day trial on Plus and Premium |
| Smith.ai | Phone answering, AI plus people | Starter $300/mo for 30 calls | No trial; 30-day money-back |
| Otter.ai | Meeting notes and transcripts | Pro $16.99/user/mo | Free Basic plan |
| Jasper | Marketing copy for menus and posts | Pro $59/mo billed yearly or $69/mo monthly | 7-day free trial |
Owner-operators spend the hours after service on things that are not cooking: supplier emails, catering inquiries, health and licensing forms, a phone that rings during the rush. Crew gives your restaurant AI employees, each with its own computer and browser and its own job. They work around the clock, work with your team in one chat, and pass work to each other. Before one sends an email or clicks Send, Submit or Pay, it asks you to Approve, Edit or Reject.
Example jobs you could give it: you could give one agent the job of drafting replies to catering and private-event inquiries for you to approve; another the job of answering the phone and taking a message when you are on the line; another the job of filling a fillable PDF or Excel form you upload, such as a vendor application or a staff schedule; another the job of drafting your weekly supplier reorder emails for your approval.
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Slang is a voice AI made for restaurants. Its pricing page describes the entry plan as "reliable AI answering that turns calls into reservations." The plan lists "Full Reservation Integrations" and "Text Links and Confirmations".
Loman calls itself "The #1 AI Phone Answering System for Restaurants". Its Premium plan lists "Takeout and delivery ordering" and "Automated phone reservations", and the page says "No per minute fees."
Owner.com is a restaurant platform for direct online orders. Its menu lists "AI Phone Ordering", "Owner Agent" and "AI-Powered Marketing".
MarketMan is inventory and purchasing software. Its Starter plan, for "For independent operators", includes "50 AI-Powered Invoice Scans/mo" and "Real-Time Recipe Costing"; Growth adds "AI-Assisted Recipe Optimization & Suggestions".
If you already ring sales through Square, the AI is built in. The page says you can "Chat with Square AI to get business recommendations based on your data, industry trends, and web search."
Smith.ai answers calls for small businesses: "Professional call answering by real people—trained in your field, fluent in your workflows, available 24/7."
Otter records and summarizes meetings. The free Basic plan has "300 monthly transcription minutes" and "Live transcription".
For the paperwork and phone work around the kitchen, our top pick is Dooza Crew (our product): AI employees that draft supplier and customer emails, fill forms you upload and answer the phone, for $49 a month for the whole organization after a 7-day free trial. It asks you to Approve, Edit or Reject before it sends anything. For specific jobs: Slang AI or Loman for phone reservations and orders, Owner.com for online ordering, MarketMan for invoices and recipe costing, and Square if you want AI inside your point of sale.
Most do. In a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses survey published March 17, 2026, 76% of small businesses said they are currently using artificial intelligence, but only 14% are fully integrating it into core operations. That is small businesses in general, not only restaurants.
Slang AI is built for reservations: Core starts at $399 per location. Loman handles takeout and delivery orders and reservations, with POS integration, but its price is not published. Smith.ai answers calls with people and AI from $300 a month for 30 calls. Dooza Crew agents also take phone calls, included in its $49 a month plan, but they are not integrated with a reservation system or POS.
Otter.ai has a free Basic plan with 300 monthly transcription minutes, useful for staff meetings and vendor calls. Square starts at $0 a month per location. Free trials: Square Plus and Premium 30 days, Jasper 7 days, and Dooza Crew 7 days (card required).
Some tools can, but it is your call. Dooza Crew asks you to Approve, Edit or Reject before it sends an email or clicks Send, Submit or Pay, and it has no POS integration, so it works only in web tools you log in to. Loman and Owner.com are built for taking orders by phone and online. Food-safety rules, health inspections and your accounting stay with you.
There is no POS or reservation-system integration. Crew agents work in web-based tools you log in to with a browser, and you type passwords and 2FA codes yourself. If you need AI wired into Toast-style POS data or table management, look at the restaurant-specific tools in this list.
A lead AI agent plus helper agents that browse the web, write files and ask you before they send or pay. 7-day free trial (card required), then $49/month with AI usage included and a hard spending cap.
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Got busywork? Dooza it.
Try Dooza Crew, AI agents that do your busywork: 7-day free trial (card required), then $49/month with AI usage included and a hard spending cap. Want a custom agent built for you instead? A Dooza engineer scopes it on a free 30-minute call and it starts as a refundable pilot. See pricing.
Crew: 7-day free trial · Custom agents: refundable pilot, 100% refund within 14 days
Dooza builds AI products and services for small businesses. Custom Dooza agents start with a refundable pilot: 100% refund within 14 days.
Or start now: Dooza Crew, AI employees you chat with from web or phone, watching every step live in chat: free for 7 days, then $49 a month for your whole organization (unlimited users and agents, no per-seat fee) with AI usage included and a hard spending cap. Want it done for you instead? Dooza Managed, $200/month.