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Toast POS vs Square for Restaurants Comparison (2026)

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Toast POS

Square for Restaurants

Overview

Toast POS is a cloud-based restaurant point of sale and management platform that runs ordering, payments, online ordering, kitchen operations, inventory, and reporting on one system — built for restaurants, bars, cafés, and food trucks.

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

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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

view more detailsview details

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Pricing

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.1

554

325

115

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

69%

would recommend this app

4.4

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

72%

would recommend this app

Pros

“It appears when guests pay with "tap to pay" it tends to put a hold on the total amount, and then charges them that amount.”

Courtney T.

HR Manager

“I can click on numbers and it will expand to show where they came from.”

LINDA F.

Controller

“Handhelds device for contactless payment is the winner as customer don't have to head to cashier to make payment and can pay the meal from the comfort of the table.”

Carmen H.

Marketing Executive

Pros

“We can add inventory to the system and keep track of what we are selling and what we need to order.”

Matthew L.

Operations Support Staff

“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”

Charly R.

Operations Manager

“When taking orders for our guests it makes it easy to choose the options that they want.”

Matthew L.

Operations Support Staff

Cons

“The company I work for uses Toast POS to charge guests to their room number; sometimes the systems don't communicate and tabs are left unpaid.”

Barrett D.

Night Auditor

“I would say the only thing about Toast that I don't like is their pricing for implementing integrations. Because even when the integration is necessary, myself or my consulting clients have a hard time justifying the additional spend over necessary expenses.”

Allie H.

Founder

“This process took more than two months and included email, telephone, and service tickets. When our payments to TOAST stopped due to this problem, we got more attention.”

Brian D.

Treasurer

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. ”

Donnie M.

Multi-Unit Manager

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

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).”

Leah C.

Owner