Done by AI · not an agency
Brief Zarla the way you'd brief a web designer. Its AI designs your truck's site in about 30 seconds, with your menu, a call button and an event inquiry form, then adds pages for your catering and the neighborhoods you park in, up to your plan's page limit. No sales call, no weeks-long build.
Your brief: add your town
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Sample designs
Six Zarla designs, shown for made-up food trucks, from a taco truck people chase around town to a wedding truck with a date check in the first screen. Start from one and the AI rewrites it around yours, or let your brief decide.
Taco truck · playful
'Tacos Worth Chasing Down' beside a photo of the truck, 'Austin's Roaming Taco Truck' above it and 'Book the Truck' and 'See the Menu' as the buttons, then the menu as dishes to tap and a weekly location email near the end, for the taco truck regulars follow around town.
Smash burger · menu first
'Fresh Off the Griddle — Smash Burger Truck in Sacramento, CA' in tall condensed capitals with 'Smash Burger Truck' in red, beside a cheeseburger, 'See This Week's Stops' as the first button and 'Tue–Sat at five stops' under it, for the lunch truck that takes call-ahead orders.
Weddings & events · date check first
'Wedding Food Truck in Temecula, CA' in a display serif over the truck parked under trees, beside an 'Is Your Date Free?' form, then two set menus priced per guest and a timeline of the night, for the truck whose calendar is mostly weddings.
Bowls & wraps · the words are the hero
'Bowls & Wraps Truck in Denver, CO' in oversized type with 'Denver, CO' in rust, over a strip of fresh vegetables, 'Lunch in RiNo · Brewery nights in Highland' above it and 'What's on Today' as the button, for the lunch truck that also sends labeled bowls to offices.
Churros & dessert · color-led
'Churro Truck in Santa Cruz, CA' in rounded bold type on a brick-red panel over a tray of churros, 'Churros · Brownies · Lemonade' above it and 'See the Treats' as the button, for the dessert truck that parks by the water and fries at weddings.
Late-night grill · dark
'Late-Night Food Truck in Chicago, IL' in tall condensed type on a dark page with 'Late-Night' in amber, over flames on a grill, 'Thursday to Saturday · 9pm until late' above it and 'Where We Are Tonight' as the button, for the grill parked outside the bars.
The checklist
Six things a food truck website needs to turn a hungry search into a line at the window or a booked date, each shown on one of Zarla's designs.
A regular opens the site for one thing: where you are today. List each stop with the day, the place and the hours, keep the list the same as your opening hours so Google shows the right times, and say where a change gets posted. In the US, some counties also want your stops on file with the permit (Los Angeles County asks for a route sheet with each stop's address and times), so the list on the site and the one on file should agree; check with your local environmental health department.
Nobody opens a PDF in a lunch line. Put the menu on the page in the words on your board, short and priced, mark which dishes are vegetarian or vegan, and explain a build-your-own in four picks if you do one. For allergies, say the kitchen is shared and invite people to ask; never promise a dish is free of anything.
A couple choosing a caterer asks one thing first: is our date free? Put a four-field check beside the headline (name, email, date, guest count) and keep the full inquiry, with the venue and which menu, further down the page; a yes or no the same day is what books the truck.
The truck moves; the website is where it stays put. Give regulars one way to follow the stops, an email sign-up for the week's locations or your social link, and say how often you send; a truck that's easy to find again gets the second visit.
A photo of the churro sells the churro. Show each thing on the menu up close, the drinks too, and keep the truck itself for one shot; swap the sample photos for your own the week you take them, and leave out faces unless the people in them said yes.
A late-night customer needs to know you'll still be there at last call. Put the nights above the headline and the closing times right under it, list the corners, and say how ordering works when the bars empty (order and pay at the window, then listen for your name); 'cards and phones only' belongs on the site, not on a sign they reach after the wait.
Process and turnaround
For comparison, from the pages of web designers who build food truck sites: a free custom demo within 24 hours at a one-person studio, a working demo in 48 hours at a lead-capture company, about two weeks at an owner-run studio and a launch around week 6 at a local studio; a cost-estimate guide puts a typical food truck site at 2–5 weeks from first brief to launch.
Finish one sentence about your truck: what you serve, where you park and whether you cater.
Zarla's AI designs your home page with call buttons and a quote form, then adds pages for your menu, your catering and the neighborhoods you park in, up to your plan's page limit.
Click any section to put your own truck, menu and stops in. Or type it: "add Friday at the brewery on 12th, 5 to 9."
Publish on a Premium or Business plan and connect your domain.
What's included
Revisions
A one-person studio makes menu changes and adds new markets with no extra fees on its $49 a month; a lead-capture company includes updates in its $249 a month; a local studio's Care Plan includes monthly content edits for $60 a month. With Zarla you make the changes yourself, whenever you want.
Change any section's words, photos, colors or order yourself. As often as you like, on every plan. No AI involved.
Type what you want and the AI makes the change. Typed changes use AI credits: a starter allowance on Free, a monthly allowance on Premium and Business, with a daily limit.
Move to a different design any time and keep your words, photos and pages. Layout, colors and fonts change; your content isn't rewritten.
Prices
Prices web designers publish on their own websites for food truck sites, checked 30 October 2026. Many only quote after a call. Not like-for-like: an agency's price includes people.
| Who | Upfront | Ongoing | Time to launch | Changes after launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A home-services website and lead-capture company (no address published; its food truck page)A hand-built truck site with location, menu and catering pages, hosting, AI lead capture and updates | Not published (the demo is free, no card) | $249 a month, month-to-month | A free working demo in 48 hours | Updates included |
| A one-person web studio on Long Island, NY (its food truck page)A custom site with menu, catering and service-area pages, AWS hosting with SSL, Google Business management and 100 QR review cards | $199 one-time setup | $49 a month, all in, no long-term contract | A free custom demo within 24 hours | Menu changes, new markets and catering pages at no extra fee |
| A web agency in Huntington, NY (its food truck page)Three packages: a site with a weekly schedule page; then a self-serve schedule editor and a private event booking form; then pre-ordering and 12 months of content written for you | $997, $3,497 or $9,997 one-time | Not published | 48 hours, 7 days, or 7 days or less | Not published |
| An owner-run web studio in Las Vegas, NV, building sites since 2005 (its food truck page)A food truck site the owner updates after a five-minute walkthrough | From $1,500 | Hosting from $29.99 a month | About two weeks | Done by the truck owner after the walkthrough |
| A local web studio in Matthews, NC (its food truck page)A food truck site paid upfront or over a 12-month plan; a larger tier from $1,299 upfront | $899 upfront, or $75 a month for 12 months | Care Plan $60 a month after launch | About week 6 | Monthly content edits in the Care Plan |
| Market rangesAs published by a cost-estimate guide (updated July 2026) | Freelancer $1,750–$5,100 · agency $4,350–$12,350 | $25–$120 a month for hosting, tools and maintenance | 2–5 weeks | — |
| Zarla's AINot an agency | Free to design and preview | A Premium or Business plan to publish · see pricing | About 30 seconds to a first design; publish the same day | Click to edit any time; typed changes use AI credits |
The honest part
Zarla does the design part of an agency's job with AI. Here's what you'd still be paying people for.
Zarla partners are independent agencies and freelancers who build on Zarla and do the marketing work: SEO, ads and growth. The AI does the design; a person does the rest.
Browse Zarla partners →No. Zarla is AI. It does the design part of an agency's job, the layout, words, pages and forms, from a one-sentence brief. There's no designer on the other end. If you want a person for marketing or SEO, Zarla partners are independent agencies and freelancers who work on Zarla sites.
Web designers who publish prices for food truck sites charge $199 setup plus $49 a month at a one-person studio, $249 a month at a lead-capture company, $899 upfront or $75 a month for 12 months at a local studio, from $1,500 at an owner-run studio, and $997, $3,497 or $9,997 one-time at an agency; a cost guide puts a freelancer's build at $1,750 to $5,100 and an agency's at $4,350 to $12,350. Designing and previewing on Zarla is free; you choose a Premium or Business plan when you publish.
This week's stops with the days and hours, a short menu with prices as text, an event and catering inquiry form, a call button, close-up photos of the food, a way to follow where you'll be next, and your reviews. In the US, the FDA's calorie labeling rule covers chains with 20 or more locations and leaves out food trucks with no fixed site, and health permits and route rules are set by your county or city (Los Angeles County, for one, asks for a route sheet with each stop); rules vary by state, county and city, so check with your local environmental health department. Zarla adds menu, catering and neighborhood pages from your brief, up to your plan's page limit. Customers can attach up to five photos of the job to the form, so you can often price it from the photos instead of a site visit. The form doesn't work out a price for you — you read the request and quote it yourself.
Web designers who publish timelines for food truck sites quote a free demo within 24 hours at a one-person studio, a site live in 48 hours on an agency's smallest package and about two weeks at an owner-run studio; a cost guide says 2–5 weeks from first brief to launch. Zarla's first design takes about 30 seconds; after your changes, you can publish the same day on a paid plan.
Yes. Zarla gives your site an online menu with prices and categories, plus a private-event inquiry form. Change a price or add a special in the editor, or type it, and the menu updates when you publish.
They can ask. The inquiry form takes the kind of event, the date and the guest count, and every request lands in your leads inbox with an email alert. Zarla doesn't hold a catering calendar for a food truck: you check the date and agree the menu with the customer yourself, then send your quote from Zarla as one link, and when they accept it Zarla drafts the invoice.
Type the change to the editor, like "Friday at the brewery on 12th, 5 to 9", or click the section where you list them and edit the line, then publish. Keep your opening hours in step with the stops so the two never disagree, and post a change before the day it happens.
Yes. Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.
Finish the sentence with your town. Zarla's AI designs your site from it.
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