Free forever
$0, with no trial deadline and no credit card. Run your everyday digital menus indefinitely.
Straightforward pricing
Your menus, free forever. Every screen included.
Free venue tools across all your locations. Optional creative credits and 500-credit one-time branding removal. No subscription or credit card required to start.
The useful answer
What is included
Free includes independent locations, staff roles, single-page venue websites with one customer-owned subdomain per location, previous-item reuse, menu duplication and version recovery, serving-size editing, reviewed bulk price changes, TV pairing and groups, player reporting and remote reload, manual translations, events, specials, weekly TV schedules with date exceptions and temporary overrides, manual keg tracking and automatic Square sales deductions, owner-only keg costs and estimated gross margins, Square sync, sales reports and authorized scheduled discounts, a developer API, unlimited items and sections, multiple menus, unlimited landscape and portrait screens, hosted web menus, embeds, permanent QR codes, browser print, 20+ designer themes, basic analytics, manual editing, and Square, supported Untappd, PDF, photo and pasted-text imports. Free menus retain Powered by Venue Menus branding. Publication is free forever.
Optional creative credits and permanent branding removal
Buy 500, 1,000 or 2,500 credits, or choose a custom amount on the Credits page. No expiry, subscription or automatic refill. Remove branding across all current and future locations for 500 credits once.
Bring your own screens
Free covers the core Venue Menus software. Physical TVs, display players, internet access, and installation are not included.
Connected assistants (MCP)
Connect your assistant to edit menus, publish updates and manage screens or venue websites. MCP access is Free. You choose its permissions; spending and sensitive changes open a browser approval page.
Connect an assistantWant a creative head start?
Descriptions: 5 credits. Translation: 50 credits per 5,000 source characters per language. Menu batch or image: 200 credits. Theme with backdrop: 500 credits. Flavor map: 500 credits. Available to all users. Website with hero: 1,000 credits. About rewrite: 50 credits. Every action has a quote before spending. Saved results stay usable for Free.
Buy creditsThe full feature comparison.
Compare the work each product does, what costs extra, and what you would need to manage yourself.
Scroll sideways on smaller screens. “Not documented” means the cited material does not establish support; it does not mean the feature is unavailable. Features may require a paid plan.
| Feature | Venue Menus | BeerMenus.com | Untappd for Business |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price & publishing | |||
| Annual software price (USD) | Free · $0 / year | $699 / year for Digital Beer Boards | Request quote; varies by market |
| Digital TV boards | Included | Paid Digital Beer Boards | Essentials / Premium |
| Hosted website menu + embed | Included | Paid Online Marketing or higher | Website menus; confirm embed setup |
| Permanent QR menu | Included | Available; check plan | Essentials / Premium |
| Print-ready menus | Included | Paid Print Menus or higher | Essentials / Premium |
| Multiple screens + orientations | Included | Multiple screens; portrait and landscape | Multiple screens; portrait and landscape |
| Operations | |||
| Previous items & menu recovery | Free · reuse local items, duplicate menus, archive and restore published versions as drafts | Private menu section stores previously sold beers; check recovery options | Check current offering |
| Serving sizes & bulk price edits | Free · editable servings and reviewed bulk price changes; Square base prices stay managed in Square | Check current offering | Check current offering |
| TV player status & remote controls | Free · pairing, screen groups, reporting status, identify and reload; requires a responsive player | Check current offering | Check current offering |
| Offline TV fallback | Free · last good menu during connection loss; saved startup copy up to 24 hours after an online load | Check current offering | Check current offering |
| Keg costs & estimated margins | Free · owner-only purchase costs and estimated gross margins; excludes waste, discounts, taxes and overhead | Check current offering | Check current offering |
| Unlimited updates | Included | Unlimited | Not documented |
| Square POS import / sync | Free import and automatic sync | Not documented | Integration available |
| Toast POS sync | Not available | Not documented | Integration available |
| Non-beer drinks + food | Unlimited | Drink menus | Wine, spirits and RTDs on Premium |
| Menu scheduling | Free · weekly and one-off TV schedules, date exceptions, overlap review and temporary overrides | Not documented | Not documented |
| Multi-location management | Free · independent locations; no shared chain master menu | Multi-location plans; contact provider | Not documented |
| Single-page venue website | Free single-page editing and hosting; one customer-owned subdomain plus the venue-menus.com address; Website drafting 1,000 credits | Not documented | Not documented |
| Team roles | Included on Free | Not documented | Not documented |
| Menu analytics | Privacy-first views | BeerMenus Insights | Local and consumer analytics |
| POS sales reporting | Free · Square sales with owner authorization | Not documented | Not documented |
| Estimated keg levels | Free · manual tracking or automatic Square sales deductions | Not documented | Not documented |
| PDF, photo & pasted-text import | Free · local extraction and editable review | Not documented | Not documented |
| Writing & design tools | Manual editing Free; Description writing 5 credits | Not documented | Menu design and AI tools |
| Custom presentation | 20+ themes, appearance controls and custom CSS Free | Custom board design | Templates; custom CSS on Premium |
| Discovery & promotion | |||
| Beer details autofill | Beer research: 50 credits per 20 beers; review before applying | Beer information database | Beer database |
| Consumer discovery network | Not available | Free business listing | Untappd community |
| Follower + local alerts | Not available | Paid promotion | Subscriber push notifications |
| Events + specials promotion | TV + web / QR promotions and automatic dates Free | Paid promotion | Events and specials tools |
| Social publishing | Not available | Paid Online Marketing or higher | Not documented |
| Public developer API | Free · read-only published menus | Not documented | Not documented |
| Connected assistants (MCP) | Free · edit, publish and manage venues with scoped permissions | No documented MCP support | No documented MCP support |
| Free, hosting & guest experience | |||
| Permanent free option | Yes; multiple locations, no credit card | Free business listing; boards cost extra | Not documented |
| Menu items and sections | Unlimited on Free | Not documented | Unlimited items on Premium |
| Guest ordering and payments | Not available | Not documented | Not documented |
| Automatic menu translation | Manual translations Free; Assisted translation 50 credits per 5,000 source characters / language | Not documented | Not documented |
| Hosting and maintenance | Hosted service; included on Free | Hosted service | Hosted service |
| Open source / self-hosting | Not available | Not documented | Not documented |
| Custom domain | One free customer-owned subdomain per venue website, with HTTPS; menu URLs stay on venue-menus.com. You keep the domain registration. | Check current offering | Check current offering |
| Design & assistance | |||
| Flavor maps | Available to all users. TV assignment, public link and website embed. | Not available | Not available |
Reviewed September 7, 2026 from public provider pages and project documentation; not a hands-on test of every service. Venue Menus features and the Untappd and BeerMenus pricing pages rechecked September 14, 2026. New operational rows marked “Check current offering” have not been verified for that competitor. Prices are annual USD where a verified annual offer is available. Quotes, usage charges, payment processing, hosting and hardware are separate. Venue Menus core tools are Free across all locations. Optional creative tools use prepaid credits; permanent branding removal is 500 credits once per account. Unavailable features are not a release commitment.
Sources and plan details
- BeerMenus.com — Digital Beer Boards includes the lower tiers. Annual total calculated as $58.25 × 12; verify checkout rounding. Pricing and listed plan features rechecked September 14, 2026.
- BeerMenus.com — No official MCP integration listed; checked September 21, 2026.
- Untappd for Business — Essentials and Premium capabilities; current price requires a quote. Historical prices are not presented as current. Pricing and listed plan features rechecked September 14, 2026.
- Untappd for Business — Multiple screens and separate menus; checked September 14, 2026.
- Untappd for Business — Portrait and landscape display; checked September 14, 2026.
- Untappd for Business — No official MCP integration listed; checked September 21, 2026.
- Venue Menus Free and optional creative credits — current product boundaries.
Questions, answered
Before you put it on the wall.
Is keg tracking included on Free?
Yes. Manual tracking, keg replacements, corrections and optional guest-facing estimated levels are Free. Automatic deductions from Square sales are also Free, with owner-authorized sales access and mapped pour volumes. Manual tracking works without a POS or keg sensors.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Free is permanent and includes editing, supported imports, public publication, and unlimited screens. No credit card is required.
Can I use a custom domain?
Connect one subdomain you own to each free single-page venue website, with HTTPS included. You keep your domain registration. Hosted menus retain venue-menus.com addresses, and you can embed a menu in an existing website. There is no setup fee or subscription.
What does Venue Menus focus on?
Food and drinks menu publishing for venues. Events, specials, venue websites, manual translations, a read-only developer API and Square tools are included. Consumer discovery, follower alerts, social publishing, Toast sync and guest ordering/payments are not available.
Free publication, unlimited screens
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