Shlomi Lavi /
Mar 02, 2023
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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Restaurant Manager or TouchBistro?
Restaurant Manager is more expensive to implement (TCO) than TouchBistro, and TouchBistro is rated higher (93/100) than Restaurant Manager (83/100). Restaurant Manager offers users more features (17) than TouchBistro (0).
Looking for the right Restaurant POS solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:
Restaurant Manager Vs. TouchBistro
Restaurant Manager : Founded in 1987, ASI has focused exclusively on providing open architecture software solutions for Restaurant Manager™, its point of sale (POS) system to the food service and restaurant industry. In 1992, the demand for Restaurant Manager led ASI to develop a reseller network that now spans the United States and Canada. Over the next few years, the...
TouchBistro: TouchBistro is a revolutionary, complete mobile POS solution on the iPad for the restaurant industry. Manage reservations, view the menu, take orders and review sales reports with a few simple touches. Instead of servers repeatedly moving between customers and terminals for order management, servers can remain with customers and instantly submit or...
Who is more expensive? Restaurant Manager or TouchBistro?
The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Restaurant POS software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Restaurant Manager and TouchBistro.
Restaurant Manager price starts at $199 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Restaurant Manager is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Restaurant POS software. TouchBistro price starts at $69 per month , When comparing TouchBistro to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Restaurant POS software cost.
Bottom line: Restaurant Manager cost is around the same cost of TouchBistro.
Which software includes more/better features?
We've compared Restaurant Manager Vs. TouchBistro based on some of the most important and required Restaurant POS features.
Restaurant Manager: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Accounting Management, Bar Code Scanning, Consignment, Credit Card Processing, Customer History, Customer Management, Exchanges, Gift Cards.
TouchBistro: We are still working to collect the list of features for TouchBistro.
Target customer size
This software is ideal for startup, small, medium and large scale businesses as it is both powerful and scalable.
TouchBistro is a restaurant POS software that is designed specifically for the food and beverage industry.