DropVio vs Hotplate

Keep more of every drop.

Lower fees per order, plus 124 tools across 10 areas of your business. One plan, no upgrades, no add ons.

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Platform fee on a $30.00 order

DropVio 2.5% + $0.30$1.05

Hotplate 5% + $0.55$2.05

At 100 orders a week, that difference adds up to about

$5,200 a year

kept in your business. Card processing is separate on both.

Lower fee on every order

2.5% + $0.30 per paid order, with no monthly subscription.

Everything in one plan

All 124 tools included. No tiers to compare and nothing locked behind an upgrade.

Bring your customers

Customer import tools, including a Hotplate customer import, so your community comes with you.

The fee math, order by order.

Using each platform’s per order platform fee. Card processing is separate and runs through your own Stripe account.

OrderDropVioHotplateYou keep

$20.00$0.80$1.55$0.75 more

$30.00$1.05$2.05$1.00 more

$50.00$1.55$3.05$1.50 more

$100.00$2.80$5.55$2.75 more

$250.00$6.55$13.05$6.50 more

Hotplate fee from its published pricing page, reviewed October 10, 2026. DropVio pricing is a proposal awaiting final approval.

10 areas. One plan.

Everything you need to run a drop and a business.

Every area below is included in the DropVio plan. Compare it with the tools you use today.

Drops, launches & demand

Sell on your schedule, with control over every batch.

17 tools included

Scheduled ordering open and close times
Upcoming drop pages
Past drop archive
Live launch countdowns
Drop status transitions
Quantity limits per drop
Live availability and sold out states
Inventory progress indicators
Temporary cart inventory holds
Hold expiration countdowns
Capacity aware waiting room
Sold out waitlist signup
Sequential waitlist offers
SMS and email waitlist notifications
Expiring waitlist offers
Private drops with access links
VIP early ordering

Storefront, menu & brand

Bring your products and your business to the front.

15 tools included

Customer facing home page
Menu and product management
Product photography
Descriptions and pricing
Allergen information
Inventory assigned to each drop
Mobile and desktop ordering
About and contact pages
Frequently asked questions
Press and video pages
Location specific marketing pages
Page titles and social sharing metadata
Privacy, terms and refund pages
Cookie and accessibility pages
SMS terms and consent pages

Pickup & production planning

Turn preorders into an organized day in the kitchen.

13 tools included

Pickup date and time selection
Pickup slot capacity limits
Individual slot capacity overrides
Configurable pickup intervals
Blocked pickup windows
Production prep buffers
Kitchen display
Live fulfillment status tracking
Prep scheduling
Batch quantity summaries
Ingredient prep lists
Prep planning across multiple drop weeks
Order identification labels and printing

Orders & checkout

Keep paid orders, customer details and fulfillment together.

13 tools included

Shopping cart
Stripe powered card checkout
Apple Pay and Google Pay through supported Stripe checkout
Order confirmation page
Customer order lookup
Order management
Manual order entry
Manual discounts on orders
Admin initiated card charges
Order status updates
Customer order notifications
Payment confirmation handling
Payment webhook reconciliation

Customers & VIP access

Build relationships beyond a single order.

11 tools included

Customer records and profiles
Customer order history
Customer management
CSV customer import
Hotplate customer import tools
VIP signup
VIP early access links
Persistent VIP pass recognition
SMS subscriber signup
Marketing consent records
Email unsubscribe management

SMS & customer conversations

Keep your community close when a drop goes live.

10 tools included

Two way SMS inbox
Customer conversation management
SMS campaign creation
Scheduled SMS campaigns
Drop teaser announcements
Drop live text alerts
Automated waitlist offer texts
SMS order notifications
SMS review requests
SMS opt out handling

Email & automations

Make customer follow up part of the workflow.

13 tools included

Drop email campaigns
Scheduled drop announcements
Automated win back emails
Inactive customer targeting
Email order notifications
Email waitlist offers
Email review requests
Gift card email delivery
Email delivery logs
Failed email retry tools
Domain and DNS setup tools
Email suppression lists
Unsubscribe handling

Reviews & social proof

Let happy customers help tell your story.

5 tools included

Automated post pickup review requests
Customer review submission
Public review gallery
Review moderation
Review request scheduling

Discounts, gift cards & merchandise

Sell beyond the next batch and give regulars a reason to return.

14 tools included

Percentage discount codes
Fixed amount discount codes
Discount usage limits
VIP only discount restrictions
Digital gift card purchase
Admin gift card issuance
Gift card delivery
Gift card balances
Gift card redemption at checkout
Merchandise storefront
Merchandise variants
Shipping checkout for merchandise
Shipment management
Shipping fulfillment and tracking statuses

Team, reporting & business controls

The behind the scenes tools of a working food business.

13 tools included

Admin overview
Order and sales reporting
Customer reporting
Employee accounts
Email staff invitations
Admin, manager, marketing and kitchen roles
Role based access permissions
Business settings
Integration settings
Stripe payment integration
Twilio SMS integration
Email delivery integration
Scheduled automation jobs

This is DropVio’s planned product scope, based on tools built for a working food business; preparing them for independent sellers is in progress. We don’t list Hotplate’s features here, so check its current site for what it offers today.

Make it yours

Your next batch starts here.

Bread, bagels, pastry boxes, or your next pop up menu. Bring what you make. We’ll bring the tools to sell it.

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