A freelancer wants $400 and 3 weeks. You'll have a working site, menu, and WhatsApp reservation flow before your coffee gets cold.
A freelancer disappears after delivery. A generic AI builder gives you a pretty empty shell. DCS gives you a working restaurant — site, menu, reservations, WhatsApp ops — that grows with you.
| What you get | Freelance designer ($400-1000 one-time) |
Generic AI builder (Bolt, Lovable, etc.) |
DCS ($19-149/mo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website live | 2-3 weeks | 5 minutes | 5 minutes |
| Menu management | "Send me changes in WhatsApp, $10/edit" | DIY, no menu concept | Built-in, edit anytime free |
| WhatsApp reservations | Doesn't exist | Doesn't exist | Native, customer messages owner directly |
| Customer reviews | Doesn't exist | Doesn't exist | Auto-collected after every visit |
| Updates after 6 months | "Let me check, $40-80" | DIY, no support | Built-in, unlimited |
| If you stop paying | Site might disappear | Site disappears | Mirrored on Filecoin forever |
Add items, prices, photos. Customers see your full menu on their phone before they arrive — no PDF download, no broken links. Update specials in 30 seconds.
Customers click "Reserve" → WhatsApp opens → reservation request goes to you. You confirm with one tap. No more lost reservations in DMs.
After every confirmed visit, customers get a WhatsApp message asking for a review. Top reviews show on your site automatically. No more begging on Google.
Customer calls when you're busy? Twilio greets them with your restaurant intro, asks what they need, then drops a WhatsApp thread with the context. Zero missed inquiries.
Every DCS restaurant site is mirrored to Filecoin. If DCS shuts down (we won't, but hypothetically), your site survives. No platform lock-in.
"I was about to pay a designer $450 for a site that wouldn't even do reservations. With DCS, I had the site, menu, and WhatsApp flow done in 20 minutes. First reservation came in 3 hours after launch."
Every DCS restaurant is auto-archived to the Filecoin network. Even if DCS shuts down tomorrow, your site has a permanent, verifiable copy. Click the "Permanence verified" footer link on any DCS site to see the cryptographic proof.
We're not a "website + Calendly + Wati + Mailchimp" stack. We're one platform. Reservations, menu broadcasts, review collection, customer profiles, voice call handoff — all in one dashboard. Replace 4 SaaS bills with 1.
All plans 7-day free trial. No credit card required.
Yes. Build it free. Live preview before publishing. No credit card to start. Pay only when you publish to your real domain.
Yes, via WhatsApp. Customer clicks an item → WhatsApp opens with the order pre-filled → goes to your phone. You confirm and arrange delivery/pickup. For full POS-integrated ordering, upgrade to Restaurant OS.
For Growth tier and above, yes. We help you set it up in 5 minutes. WhatsApp Business is free.
Two options: (a) Replace it — point your domain to DCS, get all features. (b) Run DCS alongside as your customer-ops layer (WhatsApp, reviews, reservations).
Yes. dcsai.ai/your-restaurant by default. Custom domain (like yourrestaurant.com) on Growth tier and above.
English, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, Tamil, Telugu, French. More on request. Auto-translates customer messages to your preferred language and back.
Growth handles 3 locations. Pro handles unlimited. Each location gets its own page, its own WhatsApp number, its own menu (if needed), but rolled up in one dashboard.
No. Flat monthly fee. No transaction fees. No revenue share. Your money is your money.
Your site goes into a "frozen" state — still visible to customers for 30 days, no edits possible. After 30 days, taken offline. Your Filecoin mirror remains permanently accessible — you have your data forever even if you leave.
Yes. CSV export anytime, all tiers. Customer list, message history, reviews, reservations. Your data is yours.
Build it free. 5 minutes. Working WhatsApp reservations from minute 6.