Compare Toast POS and Lavu - Mar 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Toast POS or Lavu?

Toast POS is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Lavu, and Toast POS is rated higher (98/100) than Lavu (95/100).

Looking for the right Point of sale 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:

Toast, Inc. Vs. Lavu

Toast, Inc.: Toast is an all-in-one restaurant management system. We’re the partially brown, partially golden, never totally finished piece of toast. Our software is never going to be perfect in our minds. There will always be new features we can offer our customers, and a million ways we can continue to innovate and improve. We always strive to go above and b...

Lavu: Lavu is a software + technology company based in Albuquerque, NM. and are the makers of the first full-featured iPad POS for restaurants available in the Apple App Store since 2010.Used in over 80 countries on six continents, our iPad POS is a modern solution developed specifically for restaurants, bars & nightclubs, quick serve businesses, and oth...

Who is more expensive? Toast POS or Lavu?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Point of sale 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 Toast POS and Lavu.

Toast POS price starts at $165 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Toast POS is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Point of sale software. Lavu price starts at $59 per month , When comparing Lavu to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Point of sale software cost.

Bottom line: Toast POS cost is around the same cost of Lavu.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Toast POS Vs. Lavu based on some of the most important and required Point of sale features.

Toast POS: We are still working to collect the list of features for Toast POS.

Lavu: We are still working to collect the list of features for Lavu.

Target customer size

The typical individuals of Salute POS are the business owners in the small company classification (10-200 employees) as well as medium-sized (500 to 1,000) in the service market fields requiring IT, data handling and also hosting as well as other related solutions, particularly the area of restaurants/food services and POS.

Lavu Restaurant POS software serves a variety of industries within the foodservice sector, including quick-service restaurants, cafes, bars, fine dining establishments, food trucks, and more.