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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.

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.

Square POS and Square for Restaurants are great options to use in bars or nightclubs. They have hardware for mobile payments and each have a free plan with a strong feature set

Using Lightspeed Loyalty is very easy, as there is nothing to download or install, and most Loyalty functions can be performed right from your iPad POS. The functionality is more or less self-explanatory for anyone who has used an iPad or tablet before.

You can sell physical or Square gift cards to your customers that can be used online or in-store. These cards work the same as cash when customers purchase your products or services.

Square accepts Google Pay, Apple Pay, and other NFC payment methods. Square sellers must purchase a $49 Square chip and tap reader to take Apple Pay and Google Pay in person. Square online sellers just need to enable Google Pay and Apple Pay as payment methods in their online store settings.