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I’m curious what people here are actually using to send proposals.

Not the “best proposal software” answer from Google, I mean what you or your team really use day to day.

Are you using PandaDoc, Proposify, Better Proposals, Qwilr, HubSpot quotes, Google Docs + DocuSign, or something else?

I keep seeing the same issues come up whenever proposal tools are discussed:
writing from scratch every time, messy content libraries, pricing tables, approvals, getting client feedback, signatures, and not knowing whether the prospect even read the important sections.

For people who send proposals regularly, what tool are you using right now?

And honestly, what’s the one thing about it that still feels more painful than it should?

I’m not just a GloriaFood user, my whole business model was built on the GloriaFood partner program. I sold restaurants “my” online ordering solution, but under the hood it was really GloriaFood’s platform. Now Oracle is shutting it all down by 2027, and I’m staring at a hard reset.

Right now, my biggest worries are:

• Telling every restaurant client that the system I put them on has an end date.
• Picking a new platform and risking the same thing happening again.
• Realising I never really owned my product – I was just reselling someone else’s SaaS.

I’m trying to decide: do I just jump into another partner program and hope for the best, or do I use this as the moment to move to a white‑label platform I actually control long term?

A couple of clients I work with were using the GloriaFood WordPress plugin + their free theme for online ordering. Now that GloriaFood is shutting down and signups are basically frozen, we’re in “what next?” mode for those sites.

Right now I’m seeing two paths:

• Swap GloriaFood with another WordPress plugin stack and hope it lasts.
• Keep WordPress for the website, but move the ordering engine to something more serious behind the scenes.

On our side, we’ve been building full ordering systems for our clients instead of relying only on plugins. With EnactOn, the pattern looks like this:

• WordPress still powers the pages and design.
• The “Order Online” button connects to a GloriaFood-style backend we built (menus, delivery zones, time slots, offers).
• Restaurants manage everything from a separate dashboard (orders, menu, hours), while the website stays simple on the front.

Has anyone else here taken this “WordPress outside, dedicated ordering system inside” approach instead of stacking more plugins?

With GloriaFood shutting down in April 2027, a lot of restaurant owners and agencies are asking: “Instead of switching to another GloriaFood‑style SaaS, should I build my own system this time, at least on top of WooCommerce?”

Building completely from scratch is usually expensive and slow, but relying 100% on another hosted platform also has obvious risks if they change pricing or shut down. I’m trying to figure out what a practical middle path looks like.

From a WooCommerce point of view, that “middle path” could mean:

• Using WooCommerce as the base for menus, orders, and customer profiles.
• Adding plugins or custom code for delivery, time slots, QR / table ordering, and mobile‑friendly checkout.
• If you’re an agency, managing multiple restaurant sites from one stack instead of being tied to a single SaaS vendor.

My questions for this sub:

• For people who have built GloriaFood‑like systems on WooCommerce, what does your stack look like (plugins, hosting, architecture)?
• Where do you hit limits with WooCommerce for online food ordering (concurrency, kitchen load, delivery logic, multi‑location, etc.)?
• In your experience, is it smarter long‑term to invest in a WooCommerce‑based “own system,” or just pick a good SaaS and accept the vendor risk?

I’m also looking at some white‑label / multi‑restaurant platforms (for example, EnactOn and similar tools), but I’m mainly interested in the WooCommerce side here, what’s realistic to build, and where people have run into pain points. Not trying to promote anything, just want to learn from what others have already tried.

Over the last few days I’ve been trying to process the news that GloriaFood will be retired and all services will stop on April 30, 2027. Like a lot of people, my first reaction was: “What do I move to now without getting burned again in a few years?”

I went through the usual list of options:

• Other online ordering SaaS tools
• “Free” or low‑cost hosted plans with various limits
• WooCommerce or similar setups tied into a website

Most of these seem fine for the short term, but they all share one underlying issue: the restaurant is still fully dependent on someone else’s platform. If they change pricing, sell the company, or shut it down (like what’s happening now), you end up scrambling and effectively starting from zero again.

Because of that, I started looking more seriously at setups where:

• Online ordering (pickup, delivery, maybe dine‑in/QR) is covered
• There are separate interfaces for guests, restaurant staff, and drivers
• Multi‑location is possible under one system
• The branding feels like “our” system instead of clearly belonging to another company

In that process, I came across EnactOn and a couple of similar platforms that focus more on giving operators control rather than just being another hosted ordering widget. I’m still testing things and not trying to “sell” it to anyone, but I’m curious if anyone here has used EnactOn or something in the same category for their restaurant tech stack, and how it worked out in real life.

So my questions for other owners/managers here are:

• What did you move to after hearing about the GloriaFood shutdown?
• Did you stay with a fully hosted SaaS, or go for something more under your own control (white‑label, self‑hosted, etc.)?
• If you’ve tried tools like EnactOn or comparable platforms, what went well, and what were the headaches?

I’m mainly trying to avoid another situation where a single provider decision forces a big rushed migration, so any real‑world stories or lessons from your side would be appreciated. Not looking for affiliate links or promos, just honest experiences from people running actual restaurants

After Oracle confirmed that GloriaFood will be retired and all services will stop on April 30, 2027, a lot of us had the same question: “Okay, but what do I switch to now?” Instead of jumping straight to the first “GloriaFood alternatives” result or the cheapest SaaS, I tried to think about what went wrong this time and how to avoid repeating it.

I looked at the usual suspects: other online ordering SaaS tools, “free” plans with limits, and some WooCommerce setups. They can work in the short term, but they all share the same structural issue as GloriaFood, your business sits on top of a platform you don’t control, so if they change the rules, pricing, or shut down, you are effectively starting from zero again.

Because of that, I started leaning more toward solutions where you have more control over the tech stack and branding, even if they are a bit more work up front. The things that mattered to me were: a proper online ordering system (pickup, delivery, maybe dine‑in/QR), separate interfaces for customers, restaurants, and drivers so workflows stay clear, support for multiple locations, and the ability to keep it under my own brand instead of being locked into someone else’s.

I’m still exploring options with that mindset, but the main takeaway for me is: rather than hopping from one “free” hosted service to another, it is probably safer long term to pick something you can actually build on and control, even if it costs a bit more each month.