Toast

About Toast

Toast is a customizable POS system designed for restaurants. It helps restaurants to provide better service, improve the way they run operations, and increase revenue. The solution brings together online ordering, digital and physical loyalty and gift cards, and workforce management tools. Toast enables you restaurant to offer tableside ordering and payments, as well as offer digital receipts, which can also help you grow your marketing list. This includes the ability to also print, email or send these receipts by text message, as well as being able to join the restaurant loyalty program. Toast handheld devices can also suggest suitable tip options to customers. Toast provides hardwired terminals that also work offline, as well as a flat rate for processing all payments and transactions. Toast’s functionality extends to the creation of real-time reports, which help you monitor your restaurant’s performance, even remotely. You can also make updates to your menu across all devices and POS terminals at once.

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Pricing

Free Trial Not Available
Starts at $75.0. Offers Free-forever plan.
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98%
Reviews

88%
Momentum

77%
Popularity

97%

Platforms Supported

Browser Based (Cloud)

Organization Types Supported

All (Small, Medium, Large)

API Support

Available

Modes of Support

24/7 (Live rep)

Toast Awards

# 2 Most Worthy Software POS Software
Q3 2021

# 5 Highly Rated POS Software
Q3 2021

# 8 Fastest Growing Software POS Software
Q3 2021

# 2 Most Popular Software POS Software
Q3 2021

# 1 Most Worthy POS Software
Q4 2019

# 1 Fastest Growing POS Software
Q4 2019

# 1 Most Popular POS Software
Q4 2019

# 1 Most Searched POS Software
Q4 2019

Toast Features

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POS Features

Features: The Feature Score % is calculated using the weighted average method, where core features hold more weight in the final calculation. Read more

98%

Touch Screen (Billing)

Allows making bills by simply touching the desktop or mobile POS screen

Returns Tracking

Helps to keep track of all the goods returned by customers

Restaurant POS

Comes with useful and attractive restaurant management features and facilitates automating restaurant operations

Pricing Management

Helps to provide better control over pricing and allows managing efficiently financial revenue & risk

Ordering Automation

Helps in automating the ordering system and supports online billing

Customer Account Profiles

Allows maintaining, editing and updating customer accounts to offer tailor-made customer-oriented shopping experience

Commission Management

Helps in managing and tracking the commission amounts and simplify as such calculations

Barcode Scanning

Helps in scanning the barcode in an automated and simple manner

Loyalty Program

Assists in formulating effective strategies to encourage and convince customers to stay loyal to the brand/company

Sales Tracking

Helps to track sales systematically

Gift Card Management

Manages prepaid payment card processing that helps the cardholder purchase goods online or within a specific retail store

eCommerce

Facilitates buying and selling goods/services online using internet facility

Discount Management

Helps in enjoying better visibility so that suppliers avail discounts

Inventory Management

Helps in recording inventory to optimize and fulfill the requirement.

Retail Management

Helps in automating, managing, monitoring and handling all the aspects of a retail business

Layaway Management

Helps retailers offer their customers the option to buy products a little at a time or in increments.

Toast Pricing

Free Trial

Not available

Pricing Options

Freemium ( Limited Features )

Premium Plans ( Subscription / Quotation Based )

Pricing Plans

Starter Free

Ideal for small restaurants to get up and running on Toast.

Features

Cloud Based Point of Sale
Payment Processing
Customer Care
Real-time Fraud Monitoring
Online Ordering & Delivery: Optional Add On
Toast Takeout App : Optional Add On
Gift Cards: Optional Add On
Loyalty: Optional Add On
Marketing: Optional Add On
Restaurant Grade Hardware : Starting at $0 (Taxes and shipping charges apply)

Essentials $165.00 $165.00 per month

Ideal for restaurants looking to expand into off-premise channels.

Features

Cloud Based Point of Sale
Payment Processing
Customer Care
Real-time Fraud Monitoring
Online Ordering & Delivery
Toast Takeout App
Gift Cards: Optional Add On
Loyalty: Optional Add On
Marketing: Optional Add On
Restaurant Grade Hardware : Custom Configuration
Payroll and Team Management: Optional Add On

Growth $272.00 $272.00 per month

Ideal for using your data to attract new guests and drive repeat visits.

Features

Cloud Based Point of Sale
Payment Processing
Customer Care
Real-time Fraud Monitoring
Online Ordering & Delivery
Toast Takeout App
Gift Card
Loyalty
Marketing
Restaurant Grade Hardware : Custom Configuration
Payroll and Team Management: Optional Add On

Toast Now (Digital Ordering Solutions) $75.00 $75.00 per month

Features

Online Ordering (3 Months Free)
Toast TakeOut (3 Months Free)
Contactless Delivery (3 Months Free)
Delivery Services : Optional Add On

Toast Now Plus (Digital Ordering Solutions) $100.00 $100.00 per month

Features

Online Ordering (3 Months Free)
Toast TakeOut (3 Months Free)
Contactless Delivery (3 Months Free)
E-Gift Cards (3 Months Free)
Delivery Services : Optional Add On

Toast Now Premium (Digital Ordering Solutions) $175.00 $175.00 per month

Features

Online Ordering (3 Months Free)
Toast TakeOut (3 Months Free)
Contactless Delivery (3 Months Free)
E-Gift Cards (3 Months Free)
Email Marketing
Delivery Services : Optional Add On

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Toast Reviews

User Rating

4.2/5 (Based on 1,179 Ratings)

Ratings Distribution

Excellent
59.7%
Very Good
20%
Average
5.7%
Poor
4.8%
Terrible
9.8%

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Review Summary

Toast POS users appreciate its ease of use, comprehensive features, and efficient payment processing. They praise its user-friendly interface, intuitive design, and customizable options that cater to diverse business needs. The system's robust reporting and analytics capabilities are also well-received, providing valuable insights for business optimization. Toast POS users find the software reliable, stable, and secure, ensuring smooth and uninterrupted operations. However, some users have expressed concerns regarding occasional technical glitches, the need for improved customer support responsiveness, and the pricing structure, which they feel could be more flexible.