Toast POS - Top Competitors (Dec 2022)
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| ITQlick Score: | 98/100 |
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| Pricing: | 2.8/10 - low cost |
| Category: | Point of sale -> Toast POS review -> Toast POS competitors |
| Ranking: | Ranked 1 out of 75 Point of sale systems |
| Company: | Toast, Inc. |
| Pricing: | starts at $165 per month |
| Typical customers: | Small, medium and large size businesses |
| Platforms: | Desktop, Mobile |
| Links: | Toast POS review, Toast POS pricing guide |
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Toast POS vs. Alternatives in 2023
Toast POS is currently in competition with some of the best restaurant POS systems in the market. Some of its close competitions include Square Point of Sale, Upserve, and Tray. Below is how Toast POS compares with them:- Functionality: Toast POS provides features like Payroll and Team Management, Delivery Services, Order and Pay, Guest Engagement, etc. Compared to its alternatives, Upserve lacks the Payroll and Team Management feature. Tray and Square Point of Sale offer the Digital Kitchen Display System, missing from Toast POS and Upserve.
- Customer/Industries: Toast POS is designed for the following restaurant types: Fine Dining, Casual Dining, Fast Casual, Bar & Nightclub, Cafe & Bakery, Enterprise, Food Truck, and Pizza restaurant types. In contrast, Square Point of Sale targets Retail, Food & Beverage, and professional Services. Tray targets only the Restaurant industries, and Upserve targets the following restaurant types; Bar, Coffee, Brewery, Hospitality, Pizza, Bakery, etc.
- Cost: Toast POS has a license price starting at $165 per month, Upserve has a license price starting at $59 + $60 per POS terminal, Square Point of Sale has a license price starting at $60 Per month per location. Toast POS is currently cost rated at 4.3 out of 5 (where 1 is low cost and 4-5 is high-cost), indicating that it is a high-cost restaurant POS software.
- Cloud-Based/On-premise: Toast POS Square Point of Sale, Upserve, and Tray are all cloud-based systems.
- Popularity: Toast POS is averagely popular amongst its competitors as it has over 2,000 Total Employees, 70,000 Technology Partners and is used in over 230 US Regions. Tray has over 4,000 customers with approximately 11,000 employees, and Upserve has only about 200 employees.
- Support: Toast POS has the Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, and 24/7 (Live Rep) support channels. Upserve has the Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), Chat support channels, and Tray supports; Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat support channels.
Toast POS vs. Alternatives (pricing table)
| Software | Low plan price per month | High plan price per month | Free trial (days) |
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| Toast POS | Customized | Customized | Unknown |
| Square POS | $0 | $60 | 14 |
| Shopify POS | $29 | $299 | 14 |
| Lightspeed POS | $69 | $169 | 14 |
| Clover POS | $14 | $49 | 30 |
| Revel POS | $99 | $169 | 14 |
Toast POS alternatives - for small & large Business
Here are the top 4 alternatives to Toast POS that are worth checking out: LightSpeed for SMBs, Clover for large size business, PHP Point Of Sale for growing companies, and Preferred POS Software for low budget organizations.
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