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Small restaurants and food trucks will likely only need one countertop POS system with basic inventory management, so we recommend a simple POS system setup that meets a smaller budget. These businesses can save money with a free restaurant POS system like Square For Restaurants and affordable Square POS hardware ($59-$799).

A restaurant POS system is software combined with a credit card reader that allows you to take restaurant orders on a tablet screen, manage a menu and inventory, manage orders in the kitchen, accept digital payment types, and print receipts.

To set up online ordering for your restaurant, you have to create a menu, customize your online ordering site, choose takeout and delivery settings, route orders to POS and kitchen display devices, and connect to delivery services like DoorDash. You can also accept orders through your Google Business Profile and social media.

Square and Loyverse are both great options for new small businesses with very low budgets. When it comes to Loyverse vs Square, the deciding factors come down to whether you plan on expanding your business and what kind of tools you’ll need to run your business.

There are many reasons you need a salon-specific POS system. Those POS systems may include every feature your salon, spa, or other service-based business needs — they are designed with your industry in mind. Others, however, might be close to perfect but don’t offer some of the built-in features you want. This is where POS integrations come in.

You (and your employees) need specific tools to be successful and help your customers leave feeling satisfied. Save yourself time, money, and energy by improving your customer retention and reducing your employee turnover with a salon-specific POS system.

In a perfect world, you would be able to ask other owners in your industry what POS system they use. If, however, you’re just getting started and not having luck in that regard, we would recommend checking out review aggregate sites like Software Advice, G2, the BBB, and Trustpilot to name a few.

The best point of sale systems for bars, nightclubs, breweries, and pubs will have bar-specific software integrations, ample hardware options, low payment processing fees, and give you a choice of payment processor.

Toast POS costs $0-$165+/month for POS system software, $627-$1,034 for POS hardware, and 2.49%-3.69% in payment processing fees unless you get a custom quote on a Toast POS pricing plan. Add-ons like Toast Payroll and Toast Kitchen Display System also require a custom quote.

Most POS systems are not equipped to efficiently take in all this data. So, you will need accounting software like QuickBooks Online to keep track of expenses over time. Alternatively, you can save your receipts and manually add all your expenses when filling out your taxes.