Best Affordable Restaurant POS Systems (2026): Top 8 Compared

Square for Restaurants is the food and beverage edition of Square's point-of-sale software, offered to coffee shops, quick-service and full-service restaurants, bars, food trucks, bakeries and caterers. Its restaurant pricing page compares three plans and states that, on Plus and Premium, the monthly fee applies to each location.

Square Free costs $0 per location per month. It includes item and menu management, pickup and local delivery and a branded online ordering page. In-person card payments cost 2.6% + 15 cents, and online or invoice payments cost 3.3% + 30 cents.

Square Plus costs $49 per location per month and is offered with a free trial. It lowers the in-person rate to 2.5% + 15 cents and the online rate to 2.9% + 30 cents, adds integrated inventory tracking and close-of-day reports, and sets automatic gratuity by party size. The Square KDS app costs $30 per device per month on Plus, Square Kiosk $99 per device and Square Kiosk Lite, an iOS app, $50 per device.

Square Premium costs $149 per location per month. It lowers the in-person rate to 2.4% + 15 cents, adds coursing and seat management and lowers KDS to $20 and Kiosk Lite to $30 per device. Sellers processing over $250,000 a year can ask about Square Pro custom pricing.

Square also appears on StatWharf's general restaurant POS comparison. On this page it fits a counter-service cafe that can run on Free. Table service points to Premium plus KDS fees.

Loyverse is a point-of-sale and back-office product for small businesses, with editions described for restaurants, cafes, bars and retail. Its pricing page describes a free POS system with optional paid add-ons and states that an account can be created without payment details.

The free tools are the point of sale itself, sales analytics for the last 31 days, essential inventory with low-stock alerts, a loyalty program, a customer display, a kitchen display, multi-store management and integrations. The restaurant page describes open tickets assigned to tables, split and merged, modifiers, dining options and kitchen orders sent to displays or printers.

Three add-ons are priced in US dollars. Unlimited sales history costs $9 per store per month, or $90 per year. Employee management costs $5 per employee per month, or $50 per year. Advanced inventory costs $25 per store per month, or $250 per year. Each add-on starts with a 14-day free trial and includes 24/7 live chat support, and prices exclude taxes.

Loyverse runs on a phone or tablet the business already owns. Card payments run through integrated providers, and the rates are set by those providers rather than on the Loyverse pricing page. The fit is a small counter-service or bar operation that wants table tickets and a kitchen screen without a monthly software fee.

SpotOn sells restaurant point-of-sale software with ordering, payments, table layouts, menu management and reporting. Its restaurant pricing page states that plans start at $0 and lists pay-later financing, personalized setup and training and 24/7 support.

The All-In plan costs $0 per station per month and includes POS hardware. Card-present payments cost 2.79% + $0.20 and keyed payments 3.79% + $0.20. The page states that processing minimums apply and that the plan has a two-year minimum term.

POS Essentials costs $55 per station per month, month to month. Card-present payments cost 2.45% + $0.15, except American Express at 3.19% + $0.15, and keyed payments cost 3.45% + $0.15. Hardware is bought separately. The page lists Station 15 at $750, Station 10 at $415 and a handheld at $297, each below its list price, plus implementation costs, with financing available. Build Your Own serves multi-unit and high-volume operations with custom pricing and rates.

A Core Bundle is offered at $50 per location per month plus 0.20 percent of gross payment volume, capped at $200 per location. It adds P&L analysis, commission-free online ordering and automated marketing.

SpotOn also appears on StatWharf's general restaurant POS comparison. The choice here is between paying for hardware up front on Essentials or paying through a higher card rate and a two-year term on All-In.

GoTab is a hospitality point-of-sale and ordering platform used by bars, breweries, food halls, full-service restaurants and food trucks. Its pricing page states that it does not lock operators into proprietary hardware, long-term contracts or a closed technology ecosystem, and that core software pricing has not changed since 2023. All figures are per location per month.

Basic costs $15 and includes QR and online ordering, preauthorized tabs with tap, dip and Apple Pay, one POS and flexible hardware options. Pro costs $99 and adds POS and handheld access, Easy Tab, kiosk, multiple zones, dynamic pricing rules and coupons, dynamic routing and API access. Sync costs $229 and adds an on-premises server so critical POS functions keep running when the internet connection drops.

Additional counter or handheld POS devices, KDS screens and kiosks cost $25 a month each on Basic and $35 on Pro and Sync. Basic charges $25 for Easy Tab, $35 for 24x7 chat, SMS and phone support and $10 for accounting integration, all included on Pro. Delivery-app aggregation costs $55 a month and gift cards $35.

Card processing starts at 2.40% + $0.15 for Mastercard, Visa and Discover at locations processing less than $5 million a year, and the page notes that American Express, corporate and international cards may cost more. GoTab runs on Windows, iOS and Android devices, and the page lists hardware leasing and 0% financing for qualified operators.

The fit is a bar or taproom that wants open tabs and phone ordering for a modest monthly fee. Per-device charges grow with handhelds and screens.

Poster is a cloud-based point-of-sale system for cafes, restaurants, bars, fast-food outlets, pizzerias, bakeries and food trucks. Its pricing page shows US dollar prices, a 15-day trial, 24/7 support and an annual payment option.

Mini costs $26 per month with annual payment, or $29 monthly, and is described as suited to small-menu businesses that want inventory and finance tools. It covers up to 100 products and recipes and includes the POS app for iOS, Android, Windows and Mac, menu management, inventory with automatic or manual deductions, inventory checks, sales reports, loyalty programs, a QR menu with reviews and a profit and loss report.

Business costs $44 per month with annual payment, or $49 monthly, and raises the limit to 300 items. It adds dish modifiers, promotions, delivery management, payroll calculation, phone support, a mobile waiter app and a kitchen display system. Pro costs $62, or $69 monthly, raises the limit to 1,500 items and adds table reservations, backdated menu edits and advanced access control.

One register is included in each plan, and an additional register costs $19. Three mobile waiters cost $27 a month and each additional mobile waiter $9. Poster needs only a tablet or computer, with optional receipt and ticket printers.

The fit is a cafe or coffee shop with a short menu that wants food-cost tracking. A full-service restaurant needing modifiers and a kitchen screen should price Business.

TouchBistro is point-of-sale software built for restaurants. Its pricing page describes flexible plans starting at $69 a month and, at the time of checking, advertised three months free for a limited time.

The Point of Sale plan starts at $69 per month. The page lists menu management, reporting and analytics, floor plan and table management, staff management, 24/7 support and POS integrations as included, and states that hardware is required. A footnote states that hardware, payment processing and additional fees apply on top of that figure.

The Essentials Bundle starts at $119 per month and adds integrated payments and restaurant-grade hardware to the same software. Its footnote states that payment processing and additional fees still apply. Custom Setup is quoted and adds further front-of-house, back-of-house and guest engagement tools.

Add-ons for online ordering, loyalty, reservations, gift cards and marketing are sold by quote. The page states that TouchBistro charges no commission on its own online ordering. It offers hardware financing for venues with two or more terminals. No card rates are printed.

TouchBistro also appears on StatWharf's general restaurant POS comparison. The fit is a table-service restaurant that wants floor plans and staff tools in the base plan. Hardware and card rates should be quoted in writing.

Rezku is an iPad-based restaurant point-of-sale system. Its pricing page emphasises US-based support, 99 percent uptime and more than 400 features, and it offers software-only plans and software plus hardware plans.

The software-only plans are priced by the number of POS stations. Core costs $99 per month for up to three stations, Growth $199 per month for four to seven stations and Unlimited $299 per month with no station limit. Each plan lists the same features: unlimited in-house support, unlimited menu building, unlimited one-to-one training, gift card and loyalty programs, delivery and tip management, order-ready texting, QR code ordering, branded online ordering, a kitchen display, offline mode, check splitting, ingredient-level inventory and advanced modifiers. A footnote states that these are software fees only and that hardware and card processing may cost more.

The software plus hardware option pairs the $99 software fee for up to three stations with a hardware fee of $19 per month per station, covering a stand, printer, card reader and iPad. The page describes these as limited-time promotions.

The FAQ states that Rezku works with a third-party payment processor while remaining the main contact for processing questions, that existing iPads, Epson or Star printers and cash drawers can often be reused, and that support carries no extra charge. A free trial is offered. The fit is a restaurant with two or three terminals that wants a fixed fee and training included.

MenuSifu is a restaurant point-of-sale company that states more than 12 years of restaurant technology experience. Its pricing page headline is restaurant POS pricing that starts at $0 a month. The site is published in English and Chinese, and the page lists 24/7 bilingual support.

Four plans are listed. Pay-As-You-Grow starts from $0 a month and is described as a no-fee software plan for new restaurants, with the core POS, orders, payments and reporting and the option to upgrade later. Basic adds full-service POS, data-driven reports, scan-to-order and self-service kiosks. Pro, labelled most popular, adds delivery integration, tablet ordering, waitlist and reservations. Premium, for chains, adds an advanced kitchen display, eMenu Pro, multi-store gift cards and automated split-funding for groups and franchises. Only Pay-As-You-Grow carries a price on the page; the others lead to a demo or quote.

Card processing runs through USEZPAY, MenuSifu's payment subsidiary and a licensed payment facilitator, on interchange-plus pricing. Rates are given by custom quote.

MenuSifu offers onsite installation, menu programming, back-end setup and hands-on training, and checks existing hardware for compatibility. The fit is a new restaurant or boba shop that wants to start on a $0 software plan with setup help.