“Square is free though.”

Square’s free plan has higher card rates than its paid tiers. The KDS app is a paid add-on and only available from Square Plus, so a real restaurant setup is Square Plus "$49/mo. per location" + Square KDS app "$30/mo. per device" (one device); online ordering included at $0 — $79/mo before processing, and Square Payments is non-negotiable. Published pricing as of August 2026.

“Toast already has my data.”

We migrate it. Menu, modifiers, customer list, order history — it comes over during onboarding, and we run the import with you rather than handing you a template and wishing you luck. We’ll scope the timeline against your specific menu and volume on the call. Toast keeps your data on their side too; it doesn’t evaporate just because you stopped paying them.

“Multi-location is a hard requirement.”

Today, FoodyOS is one restaurant per account. Native multi-location ownership (one login managing several restaurants with consolidated reporting) is on our roadmap. If you run 6+ locations and need that today, we’re not the right fit yet — and we’ll tell you that on the call.

“What about the AI ordering you advertise on the home page?”

The WhatsApp + AI ordering channel we ship in our LATAM and Brazil markets isn’t part of the $149 US plan. US operators have a different ordering culture; the US plan focuses on the branded ordering site + KDS + delivery dispatch. If your operation specifically wants AI ordering, we can scope a custom variant.

Can I keep the iPads I already own?

Yes — bring your own hardware. FoodyOS runs on the iPads and Android tablets you already have, so there’s no proprietary hardware to buy, and your devices stay yours if you ever switch away.

How current are the competitor numbers?

They reflect each vendor’s published pricing as of August 2026, and every row in the comparison table links to its source — the vendor’s own pricing page. We update the table when a vendor changes its published pricing.

Compare

Compare restaurant management systems side by side.

Pick up to 2 competitors. We’ll line up real numbers, real bundles, real contracts — every cell sourced to the vendor’s own pricing page. Built for restaurant operators evaluating a switch, and for our sales team to walk through on a live call. For the industry-wide context behind these line items, see our State of Restaurant Tech 2026 report.

At a glance: published monthly cost

What each vendor publishes for a single full-service location, and what that price actually covers. Only Square and Lightspeed publish a price for the whole set FoodyOS bundles — POS, kitchen display and online ordering. Where a vendor doesn’t, we show its cheapest published figure and say what it leaves out, rather than guessing at a bundle. Same data as the interactive tool below.

FoodyOS vs Toast, Square, Clover, Lightspeed and TouchBistro — published monthly software cost, what it covers, and payment processing.
Platform	Published / month	What that covers	Payment processing
FoodyOS	$149/mo	One plan, everything included — POS, KDS, online ordering, delivery dispatch, hostess, loyalty, inventoryPublished pricing as of August 2026. Source	Your own Stripe account — 2.9% + 30¢ online, paid to Stripe, not to us
Toast	$69/mo (floor)	Point Of Sale — "Starting at $69 /month" (POS only; bring your own hardware) POS only. Toast publishes no price for online ordering or kitchen display — both are add-ons quoted on request, so a comparable bundle costs more than this floor.Published pricing as of August 2026. Source	Toast does not publish a card rate; modelled at standard Stripe online rates so we do not overstate it
Square for Restaurants	$79/mo	Square Plus "$49/mo. per location" + Square KDS app "$30/mo. per device" (one device); online ordering included at $0Published pricing as of August 2026. Source	Square Payments — 2.9% + 30¢ online on Square Plus, the same tier as the monthly above
Clover	$179/mo	Restaurant Growth — Starter, $179/mo on a 36-month term Clover publishes its pricing only through a script-rendered page we could not retrieve on our last pass. This figure is from 6 August 2026 and has not been re-confirmed since — check Clover's own page before relying on it.Not re-confirmed since 6 August 2026. Source	Clover does not publish a card rate; modelled at standard Stripe online rates so we do not overstate it
Lightspeed Restaurant	$219/mo	Essential $189/mo (cheapest tier including online ordering) + Kitchen Display System "$30/screen per month"Published pricing as of August 2026. Source	Lightspeed does not publish a card rate; modelled at standard Stripe online rates so we do not overstate it
TouchBistro	$69/mo (floor)	Point of Sale — "starting at $69 /month" (POS only; hardware required) POS only, and hardware is required. TouchBistro publishes no price for its Kitchen Display System or Online Ordering — both are quote-only — so a comparable bundle costs more than this floor.Published pricing as of August 2026. Source	TouchBistro does not publish a card rate; modelled at standard Stripe online rates so we do not overstate it

FoodyOS is a flat $149/mo with every module included and 0% platform commission on direct orders. Rows marked “floor” are a vendor’s cheapest published price for part of that set only — they understate what a comparable setup costs on that platform, because the vendor doesn’t publish a price for the rest. Every figure carries the date we last retrieved it from the vendor’s own page.

For the conversation

The three things to remember.

When a prospect is choosing between us and Toast, Square, Clover, Lightspeed, or TouchBistro, these are the three angles that win — straight, defensible, no overstating.

The number is the number.

$149/mo per restaurant covers every module we ship today. Other vendors’ sticker prices look great until you add KDS, online ordering, and loyalty — then the bill more than doubles. Our flat fee is the bill. There’s no Phase 2 invoice waiting in the mail.

We don’t profit from your processing.

Toast’s own checkout prices the trade in the open: $0/month software at 3.09% + 15¢ per card transaction, or $69/month at 2.49% + 15¢ (pos.toasttab.com, August 2026). A low sticker price gets paid for somewhere. Our $149 is software-only. No per-order kickback, no opaque interchange-plus markup. The processor you choose is between you and them.

Month-to-month, BYO hardware.

Toast’s online checkout signs you up for a “subscription to Toast software with a 2 year agreement,” and Toast states its software “may only be used on approved Toast hardware” (pos.toasttab.com, August 2026). Clover publishes its restaurant systems as 36-month bundles (clover.com, August 2026). We don’t. If we stop earning your business this month, you cancel next month. Your iPads stay iPads — they don’t turn into paperweights when you switch.

Go deeper

Every comparison, in full.

The calculator above is the fast answer. These are the long ones — each with the vendor’s own pricing page cited on every claim.

Head to head

FoodyOS vs ToastBundled hardware and multi-year terms vs a flat monthly platform.
FoodyOS vs SquarePer-module add-ons vs one price with every module included.
FoodyOS vs Square OnlineSite builder plus ordering, compared on the ordering flow itself.
FoodyOS vs Grubhub / DoorDashMarketplace commission vs direct orders on your own domain.
FoodyOS vs ChowNowCommission-free ordering compared on total monthly cost.
FoodyOS vs PopmenuMarketing-led website tooling vs an operations backend.
FoodyOS vs Owner.comDirect-ordering growth stack compared feature by feature.
FoodyOS vs GloriaFoodFree online ordering vs an all-in-one restaurant platform.

Roundups

Toast alternativesSourced roundup of what operators actually switch to.
Square alternativesWhere Square's per-module pricing stops making sense.
Restaurant website builder alternativesOrdering-first alternatives to generic site builders.
Apple Wallet loyalty alternativesPunch-card apps vs a pass that lives in the wallet.

Run your own numbers

Stack cost calculatorAdd up what your current tools cost together.
Marketplace savings calculatorWhat third-party commission costs you per month.
Restaurant margin calculatorWhere margin actually goes, line by line.

Comparison FAQ

“Square is free though.”: Square’s free plan has higher card rates than its paid tiers. The KDS app is a paid add-on and only available from Square Plus, so a real restaurant setup is Square Plus "$49/mo. per location" + Square KDS app "$30/mo. per device" (one device); online ordering included at $0 — $79/mo before processing, and Square Payments is non-negotiable. Published pricing as of August 2026.
“Toast already has my data.”: We migrate it. Menu, modifiers, customer list, order history — it comes over during onboarding, and we run the import with you rather than handing you a template and wishing you luck. We’ll scope the timeline against your specific menu and volume on the call. Toast keeps your data on their side too; it doesn’t evaporate just because you stopped paying them.
“Multi-location is a hard requirement.”: Today, FoodyOS is one restaurant per account. Native multi-location ownership (one login managing several restaurants with consolidated reporting) is on our roadmap. If you run 6+ locations and need that today, we’re not the right fit yet — and we’ll tell you that on the call.
“What about the AI ordering you advertise on the home page?”: The WhatsApp + AI ordering channel we ship in our LATAM and Brazil markets isn’t part of the $149 US plan. US operators have a different ordering culture; the US plan focuses on the branded ordering site + KDS + delivery dispatch. If your operation specifically wants AI ordering, we can scope a custom variant.
Can I keep the iPads I already own?: Yes — bring your own hardware. FoodyOS runs on the iPads and Android tablets you already have, so there’s no proprietary hardware to buy, and your devices stay yours if you ever switch away.
How current are the competitor numbers?: They reflect each vendor’s published pricing as of August 2026, and every row in the comparison table links to its source — the vendor’s own pricing page. We update the table when a vendor changes its published pricing.

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All competitor pricing reflects publicly disclosed terms as of August 2026, sourced from each vendor’s own pricing page. Specific deals vary — check the source URL on each row before quoting numbers in a contract negotiation.