Toast POS Review - why 4.3 stars?

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Jan 05, 2021

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What is Toast POS?

Main category: Point of sale

Toast POS is a simple yet powerful all-in-one point of sale (POS) software designed to supercharge the operations in a restaurant setting.

Toast POS rating -

The rating of Toast POS is 4.3 stars out of 5 and the total score is 98 out of 100. The rating and score are based on ITQlick expert review. We publish unbiased reviews, learn more in our score and rating methodology page

Typical Customers

The common users of Toast POS are the entrepreneurs in the small business category (10-200 employees) and medium-sized (500 to 1,000) in the service market sectors needing IT, data processing and hosting and other related services, particularly the field of restaurants/food services and POS.

Features

Toast POS offers robust solutions for every food service businesses that include quick service, bars and those in full-service type of restaurants. It has solutions that can minimize operational costs, maximize the staff efficiencies, and enhance the customer experience. The software can be used only with tablets powered by Android OS.

Deployment of the software is cloud-based and it works to simplify restaurant operations with the all-in-one platform. Monitoring the restaurant is obtained in real-time and can be done anywhere. It is also possible to create guest database with this software.

Competitors & Alternatives

Consider SmartSwipe, Brigade POS and Sapaad as possible alternatives for Toast POS.. The full list of competitors can be found here.

Toast POS Pricing Information

The cost of license starting from $75 per user/month. On top of the total cost of licenses which is easy to calculate - what is the REAL total cost of implementation? You need to add the cost of training, customization, data migration, and other "hidden cost". ITQlick pricing score is 2.8 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Find here the REAL total cost breakdown for Toast POS

Questions to ask the vendor during a demo

Schedule a demo with Toast POS and access 25 must ask questions for the vendor while watching Toast POS in action.

Toast POS Categories

Bakery POS
Food Delivery POS
iPad POS
Mobile POS Systems
POS for Bars
POS for Resturants
Retail CRM POS
Retail Inventory POS
Tablet POS Systems
Touch Screen POS

Toast POS specifications

ITQlick Score: 98/100
ITQlick Rating: (4.3/5)
Company: Toast, Inc.
Address: Toast HQ 401 Park Drive, Suite 801 Boston, MA 02215
Pricing: Starting from $75 per user/month
Typical customers: Small business, Medium business, Large business
Platforms: Desktop, Mobile
Operating Systems: Mac OS, Windows, Linux

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Shlomi holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information System Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 15 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant, and implementation expert for small, medium and large size (global) companies.