Everything we track
Every product we score, each with the date we last read its price off the vendor's own page. Where that date is missing, the page says the price is unverified rather than showing you a number we cannot stand behind.
| Product | Price | Contract | Pricing checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bzz Browser-based waitlist, buzzers, reservations and in-wait marketing, with no pagers and no SMS bill. | Free, then $11.99 | none, month to month | Pricing checked 10 Aug 2026 |
| 7shifts The scheduling app most restaurant staff have already used somewhere else. | Free, then $39.99 | month to month, annual billing saves 10-12% | Pricing checked 11 Aug 2026 |
| Clover Sold through resellers, which is the single most important thing to know about it. | From $59.95 | 36 months is common when hardware is bundled | Pricing checked 10 Aug 2026 |
| Lightspeed Restaurant Strong reporting and stock control, priced for somewhere above the small independent. | From $69 | month to month available | Pricing checked 10 Aug 2026 |
| OpenTable The reservation network with the biggest pool of diners who have never heard of you, priced with that in mind. | From $149 | annual, auto-renews unless cancelled 30 days out | Pricing checked 11 Aug 2026 |
| Otter Pulls DoorDash, Uber Eats and the rest onto one screen, sold as a hardware bundle rather than a subscription. | From $198 | not published, sales-quoted | Pricing checked 11 Aug 2026 |
| QuickBooks Online The generalist accounting package everyone's bookkeeper already knows, with nothing restaurant-specific built in. | From $38 | none, cancel any time | Pricing checked 11 Aug 2026 |
| Restaurant365 Restaurant-specific back-office software built for people running five or more sites, priced accordingly. | On request | multi-year is typical | Pricing checked 11 Aug 2026 |
| SpotOn The one people actually praise for picking up the phone. | Free, then $55 | 2-year minimum on the $0 plan, month to month on Essentials | Pricing checked 10 Aug 2026 |
| Square for Restaurants The default answer for anyone who wants to be selling this afternoon. | Free, then $49 | none | Pricing checked 10 Aug 2026 |
| Toast The one built for restaurants only, with the lock-in that implies. | Free, then $69 | multi-year is typical | Pricing checked 10 Aug 2026 |
| TouchBistro iPad-based, runs on a local network, keeps working when the internet does not. | From $69 | annual | Pricing checked 10 Aug 2026 |