Two different end dates are circulating, and most pages print the wrong one
We checked both rather than repeating what everyone else publishes. Treat the earlier date as your planning date -- there is no advantage in being right and late.
March 31, 2027
The date returned from Oracle's own domain for GloriaFood end of service. Oracle blocks automated requests to that page, so we could not read it in full ourselves -- we are telling you that rather than pretending otherwise.
April 30, 2027
The date printed by essentially every competitor article currently ranking for this search, attributed to an in-app notice. We have no GloriaFood account, so we could not confirm it at source either.
What to do about it
Open your own GloriaFood dashboard, screenshot whatever notice it shows, and plan to the earlier of the two. Signups are already closed -- that part is confirmed on GloriaFood's own homepage.
Get your data out before you choose anything
This is worth doing regardless of who you move to, and it is the part that gets left too late.
Your menu
Items, descriptions, prices, sizes, modifiers and photos. Photos are the slowest thing to recreate and the easiest to forget.
Your customers
Order history and any customer list you can export. This is the asset that does not come back if you lose it.
Every link you have published
Ordering buttons on your website, Facebook, your Google Business Profile, and any printed QR codes on tables, windows or takeaway menus. Each one needs repointing, and the printed ones need reprinting.
The honest part first: there is no ordering widget
GloriaFood's signature feature was an ordering button that lived inside your own website. SwiftServe does not do that. You get a hosted ordering page with its own link and QR code, and you point a button on your site at it. If having ordering embedded in your existing pages is the thing you cannot lose, we are not your replacement, and you should rule us out now rather than after signing up.
- Hosted ordering page, not an embeddable widget
- Not a POS -- we do not replace your till
- Not a marketplace -- we bring no diners of our own
- Not free: the core plan is $20 a month
If what you valued was free, unlimited, commission-free ordering
That is the part we can match on everything except the word free. SwiftServe Lite is $20 a month with no commission on your food sales -- we take no percentage of an order, ever. Card payments run through Stripe at Stripe's standard rate, which every processor charges and which GloriaFood also charged for as a $29/mo module. There is no contract and no setup fee.
- $20/month, no commission on food sales
- Your menu, your customers, your order history
- QR code for the counter, window or table
- Pickup with ASAP or scheduled time slots
What to ask every vendor, including us
Ask these of anyone you shortlist. The answers vary far more than the marketing pages suggest.
Where does ordering live?
On your own domain, embedded in your site, or on a hosted page? This is the single biggest difference between GloriaFood and most replacements, and the one most likely to surprise you.
Flat fee, or a cut of every order?
A percentage looks small next to a monthly fee until volume grows. Ask for the number on a busy month, not an average one.
Can you export your customers again?
You are migrating right now precisely because a platform ended. Ask how you would leave the next one before you join it.
What do card payments cost on top?
Almost every platform charges the processor's rate in addition to the plan. If a quote does not mention processing, it is not the whole price.
GloriaFood shutdown, answered
Yes. GloriaFood's own homepage states that it has been discontinued and is no longer accepting new signups, and that existing customers will be supported through the transition. That part is confirmed at source and is not in dispute.
Two dates are circulating. Oracle's own domain gives March 31, 2027 for end of service. Nearly every competitor article says April 30, 2027, citing an in-app notice. We could confirm neither by reading it directly -- Oracle blocks automated requests and we have no GloriaFood account -- so check your own dashboard and plan to the earlier date.
There are options with genuinely free tiers, and Square for Restaurants is the obvious one to look at if free is the requirement. We will not pretend to compete on that: SwiftServe starts at $20 a month. What we do not do is take a percentage of your orders on top.
Not with SwiftServe. Our ordering is a hosted page you link or button through to, not a widget embedded in your existing site. If an embedded widget is essential, filter for that specifically when you shortlist.
We cannot tell you what Oracle will retain or for how long, and we are not going to guess -- every confident claim you will read about that comes from a vendor trying to hurry you. Export everything yourself now: menu, photos, order history and any customer list. That is within your control today.
The menu is the work, and it scales with how many items and photos you have. The part people underestimate is repointing every published link -- website buttons, Facebook, your Google Business Profile, and any printed QR codes, which have to be reprinted.
Have a look before you commit to anything
Twenty dollars a month, no commission on your food sales, no contract. If the missing ordering widget is a dealbreaker, better to find that out in the trial than after the shutdown.