The best restaurant influencer marketing platforms, by where you are
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The best restaurant influencer marketing platform depends first on where your restaurant is. For wide coverage, FoodFluence (700+ cities, from $299 a month) and Mustard (US, Canada and UK, from $299 for 3 influencers) publish prices12. CreatoRain, DishPair and Remy work across the US. Storytime, from $10 per influencer collab, covers New York City, Miami, Boston, DC, Philadelphia and the Hamptons; TryNearby covers Southern California; Joli the UK.
Storytime publishes this page, so we are one of the options compared. Every fact about another company comes from that company’s own website, linked in the sources at the end and checked on November 11, 2026. Where a company doesn’t publish something, we say so.
| Option | Best for | Published price | Where creator data comes from | Where it operates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FoodFluence | Multi-location groups that want an AI agent | $299 a month for one location ($209 billed yearly), $500 a month for 2 to 10 locations ($350 yearly), custom for 11 or more. Monthly billing has a 3-month minimum.1 | Not published for creators. Its privacy policy says it can read audience analytics through Meta’s APIs when an account owner connects an Instagram Business Account; the creator application asks for typed handles.89 | 1,400+ businesses in 700+ cities, by its count; no cities are named.21 |
| Mustard | Set monthly packages in many cities | $299 for one month with 3 local influencers (3 posts and 3 stories), $499 for 5, $999 for 10. Three-month plans are $675, $1,125 and $2,250. Food and any cash pay are extra.2 | Not published. Its AI matching lists “Demographics” and “Engagement Rate” without naming a source, and its plan “local reach” figures are estimates from follower counts and average viewership.1011 | 175,000+ creators across the US, Canada and the UK, with pages for 50 cities.1122 |
| CreatoRain | Chains that want a fixed price per video | $300 per posted video, creator pay included, with no monthly fee and no minimum. You also provide the creator’s meal.3 | Public Instagram, TikTok and YouTube profiles collected through data providers such as Bright Data and influencers.club.12 | Restaurants across the United States.23 |
| DishPair | Tracking the diners creators bring in | Starter: $199 a month as a founding rate for the first 100 restaurants, then $299, with 3 managed creator collaborations a month. Creator pay is separate. Growth is custom.4 | Creators connect a professional Instagram account, and data comes through the platforms’ official APIs. Its data-deletion page lists audience demographics among stored data.131415 | Restaurants nationwide across the US.4 |
| Remy | Building your own creator roster | $300 a month per location: $150 for Remy plus about $150 of recruitment ads that run from your own Meta account. Month to month.5 | Not published. You see each applicant’s profile, followers and engagement; Feast doesn’t say where those figures come from.16 | Restaurants nationwide, including small towns; based in New York.2425 |
| Storytime | Local creators in six US markets | Starting at $10 per influencer collab (see pricing). | Creators connect their Instagram account through Meta’s official API, so follower location, reach and post performance come from Instagram itself. | Live in New York City, Miami, Boston, Washington DC, Philadelphia and the Hamptons. Limited access elsewhere in the US; online campaigns nationwide. |
| TryNearby | Restaurants in Southern California | $399 a month, month to month, for 5 local creators a month; or $999 billed quarterly for 15 creators a quarter.6 | Creators who connect Instagram through Meta’s OAuth share their profile, follower count and campaign-post insights via the Instagram Graph API (TikTok through its API). Audience demographics aren’t listed.17 | Southern California: Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego.6 |
| Joli | Hospitality venues in the UK and Ireland | Essentials £299 a month (one brand, one region, influencer marketing); Business £799 a month adds UGC for paid ads; custom for groups. Priced per region, not per venue.7 | Creators sign up with Instagram or TikTok and allow Joli to read their profile and insights. Applications show follower location, age and gender.181920 | The UK and Ireland, across 13 regions.7 |
How we compared
We ordered the options by where they work, widest first, because the first question for a restaurant is whether a platform operates in its city. Options that reach beyond the US come first, then those across the US, then those in specific US cities, then the UK. Within each group the order is alphabetical. Storytime publishes this page and sits where that rule puts it.
Every option is judged on the same five things: the published price and what sits outside it, how creators are chosen, how the visit and the post are checked, where creator data comes from, and where it operates. Facts about other companies come only from their own websites, checked on November 11, 2026, and linked at the end. We did not test the other platforms hands-on.
We left out Collabstr, a marketplace for hiring individual creators (see Collabstr alternatives), and Hummingbirds, which works with packaged-goods brands at retailers, because neither is built around restaurant visits. Neon Coat, Mint Sunday and OTH Network don’t publish prices and Invyted shows none on its visible pages, so they aren’t ranked here; we compare Neon Coat, Mint Sunday and Invyted on their own pages.
The options
FoodFluenceMulti-location groups that want an AI agent
An AI agent filters creators by ZIP code, niche, audience quality and past performance, sends invites, negotiates within your budget and can post content to your accounts2126. Where its creator audience data comes from isn’t published8.
Price: $299 a month for one location ($209 billed yearly), $500 a month for 2 to 10 locations ($350 yearly), custom for 11 or more. Monthly billing has a 3-month minimum.1
Drawback: Monthly billing has a 3-month minimum and its terms say all purchases are non-refundable; how a visit is checked isn’t published129.
MustardSet monthly packages in many cities
You invite creators or review their applications, or use auto-accept or AI matching; a time-bound voucher and app check-in confirm the visit1127. It says it has 175,000+ creators in the US, Canada and the UK11.
Price: $299 for one month with 3 local influencers (3 posts and 3 stories), $499 for 5, $999 for 10. Three-month plans are $675, $1,125 and $2,250. Food and any cash pay are extra.2
Drawback: Food credit and any cash sit outside the plan, cash carries a 15% escrow fee, and the terms say the initial term can’t be cancelled or paused1127.
CreatoRainChains that want a fixed price per video
An in-house team finds, invites and pays food creators and follows up until each video is posted; you only pay for posted videos233. Creator data comes from public profiles collected through data providers12.
Price: $300 per posted video, creator pay included, with no monthly fee and no minimum. You also provide the creator’s meal.3
Drawback: Creators aren’t ranked by how close they are to your restaurant; regions only work as a filter30.
DishPairTracking the diners creators bring in
A restaurant-only service: diners claim an offer through each creator’s link and redeem it in person, and SMS and loyalty rewards bring them back284. Creators connect a professional Instagram account through official APIs1314.
Price: Starter: $199 a month as a founding rate for the first 100 restaurants, then $299, with 3 managed creator collaborations a month. Creator pay is separate. Growth is custom.4
Drawback: Creator pay is on top of the plan, and Starter includes 3 collaborations a month4.
RemyBuilding your own creator roster
Remy by Feast Analytics runs a recruitment ad from your own Meta account; creators apply, you approve them, and your staff scan a digital pass at the visit16. You keep the creator relationships and full rights to the videos25.
Price: $300 a month per location: $150 for Remy plus about $150 of recruitment ads that run from your own Meta account. Month to month.5
Drawback: About half of the $300 a month is ad spend, and Feast says applications and visits depend on your market, ad budget, dining credit and capacity525.
StorytimeLocal creators in six US markets
Our team builds and runs each campaign from your request. Creators connect Instagram through Meta’s official API, qualify by where their followers live, and are confirmed at your door with a GPS check-in and a Collab Pass your staff validate.
Price: Starting at $10 per influencer collab (see pricing).
Drawback: Live in six US markets only, and Instagram-first: TikTok posts are checked by hand, with no TikTok data connection.
TryNearbyRestaurants in Southern California
A managed service that sends a new group of local creators each month and handles outreach and scheduling6. Creators who connect Instagram share profile, follower and campaign-post data through Meta’s API17.
Price: $399 a month, month to month, for 5 local creators a month; or $999 billed quarterly for 15 creators a quarter.6
Drawback: Only live in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego6.
JoliHospitality venues in the UK and Ireland
Venues post a brief, creators apply, and their posts and Stories are saved automatically from connected accounts, with follower location, age and gender shown on each application313220.
Price: Essentials £299 a month (one brand, one region, influencer marketing); Business £799 a month adds UGC for paid ads; custom for groups. Priced per region, not per venue.7
Drawback: UK and Ireland only, priced in pounds7.
Which type of platform fits your restaurant
- You want to pay per finished video and nothing else: CreatoRain charges per posted video3.
- You want a set number of creators each month, run for you: Mustard, DishPair and TryNearby sell monthly plans246.
- You want to recruit and keep your own creators: Remy is software for that25.
- You want an AI agent to run outreach across many locations: FoodFluence26.
- You want local creators chosen on where their followers live, paid per collab: Storytime, in our six markets.
Four questions to ask any platform before you buy
Prices and promises are easy to compare. These four answers tell you what you will actually get. Here are ours; ask the same of anyone else.
- How many creators completed a visit near my location in the last 30 days? Storytime: your dashboard shows collaborations by location and date range.
- What share of each creator’s followers live in my city, and where does that number come from? Storytime: from Instagram itself, through the creator’s connected account.
- What is my total cost per live post, including food, product or cash? Storytime: starting at $10 per influencer collab; our pricing page shows what is included.
- How do you confirm the visit happened and the post went live? Storytime: a GPS check-in, a Collab Pass your staff validate, and Story detection through the Instagram API.
Frequently asked questions
What costs sit outside a platform’s published price?
Usually food and creator pay. Mustard’s food credit and cash are extra, DishPair’s creator pay is separate, and Remy’s dining credits and ad budget sit outside its fee11425. CreatoRain includes creator pay in its $300 per video, and you provide the meal3.
Where does each platform’s creator data come from?
Storytime, DishPair, TryNearby and Joli describe creators connecting their accounts141719. CreatoRain collects public profiles through data providers12. Mustard, FoodFluence and Remy don’t publish where their creator audience data comes from.
How are visits checked?
Storytime uses a GPS check-in and a Collab Pass your staff validate; Mustard a time-bound voucher and app check-in; Remy a digital pass your staff scan; DishPair confirms diners who redeem an offer271628. CreatoRain, FoodFluence and TryNearby don’t publish how a visit is checked.
Sources
Facts about other companies come only from their own websites. Prices and plans change; check the linked page before you buy.
- FoodFluence pricing for brick and mortar, checked on
- Mustard pricing, checked on
- CreatoRain pricing, checked on
- DishPair home page and pricing, checked on
- Feast Analytics pricing, checked on
- TryNearby home page (pricing and FAQ), checked on
- Joli pricing and FAQ, checked on
- FoodFluence privacy policy, checked on
- FoodFluence creator application, checked on
- Mustard platform page, checked on
- Mustard FAQ, checked on
- CreatoRain privacy policy, checked on
- DishPair help: connecting Instagram, checked on
- DishPair privacy policy, checked on
- DishPair data deletion instructions, checked on
- Feast Analytics “Hire Remy” page, checked on
- TryNearby privacy policy, checked on
- Joli help: signing up as an influencer, checked on
- Joli help: reconnecting Instagram, checked on
- Joli help: managing creator applications, checked on
- FoodFluence home page and FAQ, checked on
- Mustard home page, checked on
- CreatoRain FAQ, checked on
- Feast Analytics about page, checked on
- Remy restaurant influencer marketing platform page and FAQ, checked on
- FoodFluence creator outreach page, checked on
- Mustard brand terms of service, checked on
- DishPair guide: best influencer marketing platforms for restaurants, checked on
- FoodFluence terms of service, checked on
- CreatoRain AI matching page, checked on
- Joli home page, checked on
- Joli integrations, checked on
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