For restaurants, cafes, bars, food trucks
POS, kitchen display, reservations, loyalty, inventory, AND full accounting. Everything Toast charges $400+/month for, starting at $49.
No credit card · Keep your current hardware · Migrate in 1 day
$284
saved vs Toast stack /month
1
platform, not 5 vendors
24h
typical migration time
51+13
US states + CA provinces
Purpose-built for US and Canadian restaurants. No gimmicks, no surprise add-on fees.
Touch-first ordering. Modifiers, variants, allergens. Works on iPad or any touchscreen.
Real-time orders to kitchen screens. Auto-route by station. Mark items ready with one tap.
Drag-drop tables. Status at a glance: available, occupied, reserved, dirty.
Schedule staff, clock in/out, track breaks, auto-calculate hours for payroll.
Split by hours, sales, equal, or custom percentages. Compliant with FLSA tip-sharing rules.
End-of-day close: gross, tax, tips, voids, comps, category breakdown — one click export.
Auto-draw down ingredients as orders close. Low-stock alerts. True cost-of-sale.
Points system, tier upgrades, branded gift cards. No third-party fees.
Built-in table booking. Syncs with OpenTable/Resy when you connect them.
Data from each competitor's public pricing and feature docs (Q1 2026).
| Feature | Toast | Square R. | Lightspeed | TinSuite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POS System | ||||
| Kitchen Display (KDS) | ||||
| Reservations built-in | partner | Resy | partner | |
| Tip pooling engine | ||||
| Recipe/inventory drawdown | add-on | |||
| Loyalty + gift cards | add-on | add-on | ||
| Full accounting (P&L, AR/AP) | ||||
| Sales tax — 51 states + 13 provinces | Avalara | basic | basic | |
| Payroll in all 50 states | $59/mo extra | $35/mo extra | ||
| Bank sync (Plaid) | ||||
| Financing marketplace | Toast only | Square only | 10 partners | |
| Starting price | $69/mo | $60/mo | $69/mo | $49/mo |
What a typical restaurant actually pays per month.
Plus 2.49% + 15¢ per card transaction
Savings: $284 / month · $3,408 / year
“We switched from Toast and cut our monthly bill by $320. The KDS integration was instant.”
“Finally one login for POS AND accounting. My bookkeeper thanks me daily.”
“Tip pooling works exactly like our old spreadsheet — just automated now.”
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