The Zenchef alternative you can look at before you pay
The closest thing on this list to what Clay does. The difference is where the site comes from and what it costs to find out.
A real Clay site, built from a Google listing
Zenchef is the one competitor here that sells the same combination: a restaurant website with the table booking inside it rather than bolted on. It is a real product and it works. The differences are that it arrives as a project with a contract and a set-up, while Clay reads your Google listing and shows you a finished page in about a minute, on a free address, before you decide anything.
Clay vs Zenchef
Your photographs, already sorted
Clay reads the pictures on your Google listing, grades them, crops them for the shape each band needs and puts the best one at the top. Nothing to upload, nothing to resize.
What it looks like when it is live
Drawn rather than described, the page, the address, and what it can switch on.
How it works
Search your business
Type your name, Clay pulls your photos, hours, reviews and contact details straight from your Google listing.
Pick a style
Choose a look and Clay builds a full site around your content. Change anything with a tap, no code, no templates to wrestle.
You're online
Publish to your own name.clay.site in minutes. Add a custom domain and connect your own tools whenever you're ready.
Real sites, made with Clay
Open one. It is the live site in a frame, not a screenshot, so what you see is what it looks like right now.
Questions
How long does it really take?
Most people are live in two to three minutes, search your business, pick a style, publish. There is nothing to install and no signup needed to see your site first, because it is built from your Google listing rather than from a blank page.
Is it free?
Yes. You get a live site on your own name.clay.site address with a small badge in the footer, and nothing expires. The paid plan is your own domain, the badge removed and the pro features.
Do I need any tech skills?
None. If you can type your business name, you can build a Clay site: the live page is the editor, so you tap the thing you want to change. There is no code anywhere, and nothing to install or keep updated, see the WordPress comparison for what that saves.
Can I use my own domain?
Yes, buy it wherever you like and point it at Clay on a paid plan; the certificate is issued for you. Until then the free name.clay.site address is a real one you can print, and it keeps working afterwards.
Is Clay as complete?
On guest history, campaigns and the restaurant marketing tools, no. On having a site that exists this afternoon for nothing, yes.
Can I move from Zenchef?
Search your restaurant name on Clay's homepage, look at what comes out, and decide from there. Read your contract before cancelling anything.
Is there support in French?
The pages are, and support is by email rather than phone. If a French speaking account manager matters to you, that is a real point for Zenchef.
Try it with your business
Search your business and see your site in seconds, free, no signup.