Get more orders.
Less emails.
Add ordering to your catering website. Kater puts a guided storefront on your site under your own brand — portion math built in, paid online, synced to your Clover or Square.
No commissions. No per-order fees. No contracts.
Why it works
Three things Kater changes about your catering
01 · More orders
Kill the ordering anxiety
Most customers don't know how much food feeds 40 people — and a customer who isn't sure doesn't order. Kater walks them through it one question at a time and does the portion math for them, so confused browsers become confident buyers who actually finish checkout.
02 · Your money
No platform processing fees
Marketplaces route your money through their checkout and take a cut of every order. Kater doesn't touch the payment: you pick your payment processor and we integrate with it — Clover and Stripe today. Every dollar settles straight to you.
03 · The key one · Repeat orders
The most profitable order is the second one
Winning a new catering customer is expensive. Keeping one is nearly free — and offices that order lunch once tend to need lunch again next quarter. Kater saves every order, so your customers repeat last time's spread in one tap instead of starting over. That reorder is where the margin lives.
The problem
Phone tag is losing you orders
Most catering orders still happen over phone calls, email chains, and PDF menus. Customers who can't figure out how much to order don't order at all — they hire the chain down the street.
of catering orders are abandoned because the customer got confused before they could finish.
of staff time per order goes to back-and-forth on sizes, quantities, and pricing.
of customers pick a competitor after a single poor communication experience.
How it works
Three steps. Zero confusion.
The wizard asks one question per screen and does the math your customers are afraid of getting wrong.
Tell us about the event
Breakfast, lunch, or a snack event. Headcount. Dietary notes. That's all we ask.
“Just tell us how many people are coming.”
We build the order
Kater calculates exact portions per person against their budget and recommends the right items from your menu. No math required.
“Here's exactly what you need. Nothing more, nothing less.”
Checkout in one shot
They pay online through Stripe and get a confirmation in your brand. The order flows straight into your Clover or Square. No emails. No callbacks.
“Order placed. You're set for Tuesday.”
Features
Built for both sides of the counter
Your customers get confidence. You get orders that arrive complete, paid, and ready for the prep line.
Portion math, always visible
Every item shows what it feeds. Customers never have to guess whether one pan is enough or two.
AI order coach
Before checkout, an AI review flags gaps, quantity issues, and sensible add-ons drawn from your menu knowledge.
Drafts and reorders
Customers resume in-progress orders and repeat last quarter's lunch in one tap.
Paid up front
Full payment, deposits with balance due, or payment links for phone-in orders — all through Stripe.
Orders on your prep line
A dashboard with status workflow, production reports, and delivery management. Big type, glanceable, printable.
Know who's due back
Demand forecasting from your order patterns and a radar for accounts due a reorder nudge.
Why us
Not a website. Not a marketplace.
Kater integrates with the website, POS, and payments you already have. Your brand leads, you keep the customer relationship, and you keep the revenue.
Ordering through a marketplace
- 15% commission plus 2.99% on every order
- The marketplace owns your customer relationship
- Your brand is one listing among your competitors
- Their checkout, their rules, their data
Ordering through Kater
- Zero commissions and zero per-order fees
- You own every customer and every order record
- Your domain, your logo, your voice
- Syncs with Clover, Square, and Stripe
Marketplace figures are ezCater's published rates as of July 2026.
AI native
Most catering software was built 10 years ago. We built Kater with AI.
That's not a chatbot bolted onto old software — the platform itself is built AI-native, top to bottom. It's how a single caterer gets capability the enterprise chains pay six figures for, at small-business pricing.
An order coach, not a form
AI reviews every order before checkout — flags gaps, questions odd quantities, and suggests what the event is missing, using knowledge of your menu.
Menu updates by conversation
Tell it “brisket is up two dollars a pound and we're out of peach cobbler this week” — the menu, portions, and pricing update. No spreadsheet.
It learns your operation
Every order teaches the platform your portions, your pairings, and your customers' patterns — so recommendations and forecasts keep getting sharper.
Flagship
Built on the line at Lexington Betty Smokehouse, a working Chicago caterer — not in a conference room.
For operators
The admin side runs your day
Everything behind the counter lives in one dashboard — built for the prep line, not the back office. Big type, glanceable status, printable.
Today's orders, one screen
Every order with its status — new, confirmed, in prep, out for delivery. Nothing gets lost in an inbox.
Production and prep reports
The day's orders roll up into one prep sheet: what to smoke, how much, and when it leaves the building.
Menu management with AI chat
Change prices, sizes, and availability by telling the admin what changed. It handles the rest.
Catering forecast
Demand forecasting from your own order patterns, so you buy and staff for what's actually coming.
Repeat-customer radar
Surfaces the accounts due for a reorder nudge — the office that orders every quarter and hasn't yet.
Menu engineering
Which items carry the margin and which just carry weight. Item performance, for owners.
Pricing
A flat monthly fee. You keep every order.
ezCater takes about 18% of every order. On $5,000 a month of catering, that's roughly $900 — and it grows with your sales. Kater is $299 a month. Flat.
Growth
Most common$299 setup
For the growing operation with online ordering active.
- Guided ordering wizard on your domain
- Portion and pricing engine
- Online payments through Stripe
- Order dashboard and prep reports
- AI order coach at checkout
- Drafts, order history, and one-tap reorder
- Clover and Square POS sync
Pro
$499 setup
For multi-location operations with marketing automation.
- Everything in Growth
- Catering demand forecast
- Repeat-customer radar
- Menu engineering dashboard
No commissions. No per-order fees. No contracts. You keep 100% of every order.
Start
Take the next order without touching the phone
We set up your storefront, load your menu, and connect your POS. You keep cooking.