What it costs
- Entry price
- Free, then $69 per month
- Pricing model
- subscription
- Card processing
- 2.99% + 15¢ on the free Starter Kit, 2.49% + 15¢ on the $69 plan
- Contract
- multi-year is typical
- Detail
- Starter Kit is $0/month with higher processing. The Point of Sale plan is $69/month. Modules are priced separately and add up fast: online ordering around $75, KDS around $25, payroll around $90 plus per-employee.
Pricing checked 10 Aug 2026. Vendor's own pricing page
Where it annoys people
- 01 You are locked to Toast payment processing. There is no bringing your own processor.
- 02 The advertised $69 is not what anyone pays. Add the modules most independents want and it lands somewhere between $200 and $400 a month.
- 03 Their hardware only. Equipment you already own is not coming with you.
- 04 Contracts run multi-year and early termination is not cheap.
Our take
Genuinely the best-built restaurant POS in the list, and the ruggedised Android hardware survives a kitchen in a way iPads do not. The catch is that Toast is a commitment rather than a purchase: their hardware, their processing, their contract length. If you are confident about the next three years, it is a strong system. If you are not, the exit is expensive.