Fourteen systems, compared by people who install them
Every comparison names a winner for each kind of restaurant, including when the winner is not something we sell. That is the only reason any of it is worth reading.

Toast vs Square
The comparison everybody searches, with the cost math both companies leave out.

Shift4 Dine vs Toast
Including the rooms where Toast is the better answer, named plainly.

Shift4 Dine vs Square
Where the fifteen cent fee decides it, and where it does not.

Clover vs Toast
Hardware ownership, reseller pricing and lock in.

Toast alternatives
If you are already trying to leave, start here.

All systems, priced
The full board, every vendor, with the source on every number.
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