Maple vs Kea
Side-by-side facts from each vendor's public pages, checked 2026-10-17. Not sponsored by either vendor.
| Maple | Kea | |
| What it is | AI voice agent for restaurant phones (drive-thru and kiosk in early access); Pro tier takes orders into the POS and books reservations. | Voice AI that takes phone orders straight into the POS/KDS, handles payments, delivery and unlimited concurrent calls. |
| Category | AI phone answering & voice ordering | AI phone answering & voice ordering |
| Pricing (as published) | Voice: $150/mo monthly or $85/mo billed yearly. Pro (ordering + reservations): $350/mo monthly or $220/mo billed yearly. Enterprise: custom. | Flat monthly plan, unlimited calls, no per-order fees. Kea's own pages show conflicting figures ($350/mo and $450/mo) — confirm with Kea. |
| POS integrations | Toast, Square, Clover, Shift4 Dine | Toast, Square, Clover, Olo |
| Other integrations | OpenTable | — |
| Notes | — | Claims 11+ direct POS integrations; only Toast, Square, Clover and Olo are named. |
| Operator-tested | Not yet | Not yet |
| Last checked | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-17 |
Which should you pick?
Verdict pending hands-on testing. Until then: check that the tool supports your POS, compare like-for-like billing terms (monthly vs annual), and ask each vendor for a trial on your real menu.
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