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Restaurant POS Systems

Restaurant POS

What is Restaurant POS Systems?

Restaurant Point of Sale(POS) or Food and Beverage POS systems streamline the operations of restaurants, bars, and organizations within the food industry by recording transactions records, tracking sales, cash flow, and food and drink inventory.

Common Features

  • Mobile Capabilities
  • Workforce Management
  • Advanced Reporting Analytics
  • Kitchen Course Management
  • Table Reservations Management
  • Check Settlement Types
  • Multiple Venue Property Concept Support
  • Loyalty Promotions Management
  • Integrations
  • Advanced Compliance & Statutory
  • Inventory Recipe Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Off Line Operations
  • PCI Compliance

Top Restaurant POS Systems

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Products: 13
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Top Restaurant POS Systems 2024

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

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Toast Inc.

Toast POS

Composite Score
8.1 /10
CX Score
8.2 /10

Toast Point of Sale, is an all-in-one platform combining powerful cloud-based software, payment processing, and beautiful hardware, all built for the restaurant industry.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Badge Winner
Badge Winner
Composite Score
8.0 /10
CX Score
8.0 /10

As featured in Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares! STARTING AT $59/MO WITH FREE HARDWARE INCLUDED. Purpose-built for restaurants by restaurant people, Lavu's easy-to-use, mobile POS and restaurant management platform is designed to fit any dining type, cuisine, and budget. Lavu streamlines operations and increases revenue while delighting customers. Offering in-house payment processing, online ordering, detailed reporting, loyalty programs, labor management, inventory management & more.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Badge Winner
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Shift4

Revel

Composite Score
7.8 /10
CX Score
8.1 /10

Revel’s point of sale and business management platform provides a native cloud technology solution that helps restaurants and retailers deliver a better customer experience, diversify revenue streams, and scale their businesses with ease. Revel has been deployed at tens of thousands of customer locations, and is designed for the needs of growing chains. Revel is committed to client success and strives to be a people-first business, leading with integrity and transparency.

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Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
Badge Winner
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PAR Technology Corporation

PixelPoint POS

Composite Score
7.6 /10
CX Score
7.8 /10

PAR PixelPoint POS software is designed for use in any and all restaurant and entertainment concepts, and is configurable to meet your your specific environment requirements, rather than forcing you to change your current processes. PixelPoint POS is available as a perpetual license or subscription option.

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Pros

  • Efficient Service
  • Respectful
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
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Shift4 Payments

SkyTab

Composite Score
7.3 /10
CX Score
7.6 /10

SkyTab (formerly Restaurant Manager) is more than just a POS system. It’s an all-in-one restaurant platform that will transform your business - from front-of house to back-of-house and everything in between.

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Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Respectful
  • Appreciates Incumbent Status
  • Performance Enhancing
Badge Winner
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Heartland, a Global Payments company

Heartland Restaurant

Composite Score
6.9 /10
CX Score
7.3 /10

Digital Dining's Point of Sale Software does a lot, it's simple to use and goes way beyond the basics.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Unique Features
  • Inspires Innovation
Badge Winner
Composite Score
6.6 /10
CX Score
6.7 /10

The award-winning point-of-sale solution that’s designed to help hospitality businesses serve their guests more effectively. Agilysys InfoGenesis POS boasts an intuitive touchscreen with extensive back-end reporting and analytics that enable operators to control costs and streamline operations. With centralized enterprise configuration, businesses can quickly leverage this next-generation point-of-sale to transform the guest service experience with ease. Switch seamlessly between terminals and tablets to maximize server efficiency.

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Pros

  • Enables Productivity
  • Effective Service
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Cons

  • Under Delivered
Composite Score
6.6 /10
CX Score
6.6 /10

Square for Restaurants is a point-of-sale platform built from the ground up with software, hardware, and payments to streamline your entire restaurant operation. It’s built for front of house and back of house. And it’s built for speed.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity
  • Saves Time
  • Performance Enhancing

Cons

  • Under Delivered
  • Less Generous
  • Less Transparent
Composite Score
6.5 /10
CX Score
6.6 /10

Aloha Cloud by NCR Voyix is the all-in-one cloud-based POS solution you can depend on. Featuring an easy-to-use interface, restaurant-grade hardware and next-day payment funding. With offerings to manage the restaurant at every size and stage, we’re here to grow with you.

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Pros

  • Reliable
  • Acts with Integrity
  • Client Friendly Policies
  • Performance Enhancing

Cons

  • Less Inspiring
  • Under Delivered
Mad Mobile Inc

CAKE by Mad Mobile

Composite Score
6.4 /10
CX Score
6.8 /10

CAKE by Mad Mobile is a Sysco Solutions Partner and all-in-one POS solution that helps businesses serve guests faster, scale their technology and grow. Our partnership assists in providing the best-in-class restaurant technology to Sysco customers and prospects.

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Pros

  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Effective Service
  • Includes Product Enhancements