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Jolt vs Square for Restaurants Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Jolt is a tablet-based software that helps you maintain records, create trainings, and field applications with ease. Jolt is a comprehensive suite for managing all your hourly employees. Use our training library, logbook, time clock, and more to help stay organized and be more efficient.

Square for Restaurants powers front and back of house operations for your full-service, quick-service, or fast-casual restaurant, bar or brewery.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

89.99

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

49

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

314

5

4

3

2

1

227

72

7

1

7

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
85%
would recommend this app

4.4

54

5

4

3

2

1

35

8

7

3

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
72%
would recommend this app

Pros

“What I liked most about Jolt is how it streamlines operations with easy-to-use scheduling, task management, and accountability tools, helping teams stay organized and efficient in real time.”
NC

Nikki C.

PERMIT TECH

“Jolt is a solid operations management tool aimed at businesses such as restaurants or multi-location retail that must ensure compliance, safety, clean operations, checklists, and predictable task execution across shifts.”
MH

Mohamed H.

Engineer

“A helpful dashboard utilizing charts makes it easy to track work across different departments and locations.”
JD

John D.

Marketing manager

Pros

“I am using square for restaurant in one of my cafe , it is really simple to get the hang of it , all my staff love it as well , simple and efficient”
CR

Charly R.

Operations Manager

“Paying for the upgrades is well worth it to manage staff, an online ordering site, and have all the registers and equipment you need. ”
DM

Donnie M.

Multi-Unit Manager

“The second thing is there are a few quirks with the system that have gotten updates, I just didn't know when it was going to change. ”
DM

Donnie M.

Multi-Unit Manager

Cons

“Sometimes the notification system sends too many alerts about minor updates.”
BK

Blerta K.

Language Instructor

“the printer works maybe 20% of the time and when I asked for them to remove it because it didn’t work, their response was I signed a contact and am obligated to pay for the broken service.”
TB

Tanner B.

District Manager

“Had experiences with glitches a lot for the short amount of time I used it”
Verified reviewer profile picture

Khilah B.

Owner

Cons

“My 2 big caveats are the nature of cloud based kitchen display system. If the internet goes down you not only lose the tickets, but the printers won't print from the kds. ”
DM

Donnie M.

Multi-Unit Manager

“The customer service and the way they treat the customer and never refund money”
YD

Yuki D.

Restaurant business

“QR codes fail; printers randomly disconnect; the software double & triple prints tickets (but with delays so it seems like new tickets); tech support is terrible (often barely speaks English & can’t solve complex issues).”
LC

Leah C.

Owner

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review14 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review3 months ago

Key features

  • Total features130
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Planning
  • Availability Management
  • Barcode/Label Management
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Biometric Recognition
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Business Process Automation
  • Calendar Management
  • Cash Management
  • Checklists
  • Clock In/Out
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
  • Cost Management
  • Course Management
  • Course Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Verification
  • Discount Management
  • Document Coding & Control
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Payments
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Directory
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Expense Tracking
  • Facility Management
  • Failed Inspection Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • For Bars/Clubs
  • For Healthcare
  • For Mechanical Equipment
  • For Restaurants
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Automation
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Gamification
  • Geofencing
  • Gift Card Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HR Management
  • Image Capture
  • Incident Management
  • Inspection Management
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Kitchen/Menu Management
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Labeling
  • Labor Cost Calculator
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Labor Forecasting
  • Learning Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Loyalty Program
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Location
  • Nutrition Analysis
  • Offline Access
  • Online Ordering
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Clock
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Order Entry
  • Order Management
  • Order Processing
  • Order Tracking
  • Orientation Workflow Management
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Review Management
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Production Management
  • Productivity Tools
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quality Control
  • Quizzes
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Receipt Management
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Reminders
  • Report Templates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Restaurant POS
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Management
  • Sales Reports
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Schedule Distribution
  • Scheduling
  • Scoring
  • Self Service Portal
  • Separate Checks
  • Shift Swapping
  • Skills Tracking
  • Split Checks
  • Spreadsheet View
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Table Management
  • Task Board View
  • Task Editing
  • Task Import
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Clock
  • Time Tracking
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • Tips Management
  • To-Do List
  • Traceability
  • Training Administration
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Variable Workforce
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Configuration
  • Total features46
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Appointment Management
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Attendance Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Planning
  • Availability Management
  • Barcode/Label Management
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Billable & Non-Billable Hours
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Biometric Recognition
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Business Process Automation
  • Calendar Management
  • Cash Management
  • Checklists
  • Clock In/Out
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
  • Cost Management
  • Course Management
  • Course Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Storage Management
  • Data Verification
  • Discount Management
  • Document Coding & Control
  • Drag & Drop
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Payments
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Directory
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Onboarding
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Employee Time Tracking
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Expense Tracking
  • Facility Management
  • Failed Inspection Tracking
  • File Sharing
  • For Bars/Clubs
  • For Healthcare
  • For Mechanical Equipment
  • For Restaurants
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Automation
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Gamification
  • Geofencing
  • Gift Card Management
  • Goal Setting/Tracking
  • HR Management
  • Image Capture
  • Incident Management
  • Inspection Management
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Issue Management
  • Kitchen/Menu Management
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Labeling
  • Labor Cost Calculator
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Labor Forecasting
  • Learning Management
  • Leave Tracking
  • Loyalty Program
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Payments
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Location
  • Nutrition Analysis
  • Offline Access
  • Online Ordering
  • Online Payments
  • Online Time Clock
  • Online Time Tracking
  • Order Entry
  • Order Management
  • Order Processing
  • Order Tracking
  • Orientation Workflow Management
  • Overtime Calculation
  • Payment Processing
  • Payroll Management
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Performance Review Management
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Production Management
  • Productivity Tools
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Quality Control
  • Quizzes
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Receipt Management
  • Recurring Tasks
  • Reminders
  • Report Templates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Restaurant POS
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Management
  • Sales Reports
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Schedule Distribution
  • Scheduling
  • Scoring
  • Self Service Portal
  • Separate Checks
  • Shift Swapping
  • Skills Tracking
  • Split Checks
  • Spreadsheet View
  • Sub-Task Management
  • Table Management
  • Task Board View
  • Task Editing
  • Task Import
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Task Tagging
  • Template Management
  • Templates
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time & Attendance
  • Time Clock
  • Time Tracking
  • Timer
  • Timesheet Management
  • Tips Management
  • To-Do List
  • Traceability
  • Training Administration
  • Vacation/Leave Tracking
  • Variable Workforce
  • Work Order Management
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Configuration

Integrations

  • Total integrations2
  • 7shifts
  • Bench
  • BentoBox
  • Craver
  • Cuboh
  • DAVO
  • Deliverect
  • Deputy
  • Homebase
  • Humanity Schedule
  • Marketman
  • Ottimate
  • PAR POS
  • Postmates
  • QuickBooks Online
  • SalesVu
  • Slice
  • TapMango
  • TouchBistro
  • TurboTax Business
  • When I Work
  • Xero
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations21
  • 7shifts
  • Bench
  • BentoBox
  • Craver
  • Cuboh
  • DAVO
  • Deliverect
  • Deputy
  • Homebase
  • Humanity Schedule
  • Marketman
  • Ottimate
  • PAR POS
  • Postmates
  • QuickBooks Online
  • SalesVu
  • Slice
  • TapMango
  • TouchBistro
  • TurboTax Business
  • When I Work
  • Xero
  • Zapier

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