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01Toast alternatives

Toast alternatives, for owners already trying to leave

Most people who search this have already decided. So this page is less about features and more about what leaving actually involves and what it costs.

Before you shop, read three things

01

Your termination clause

Find the notice period and the early termination fee. Reported figures run from $1,000 to well above $5,000, but yours is whatever your agreement says. Read it, or send it to us and we will read it.

02

Your hardware agreement

Toast software runs only on Toast approved hardware, so leaving means replacing devices. If any of it is leased, that lease may not end when the POS agreement does.

03

Your data

Menu, sales history, customer records and gift card balances. Ask what export formats exist before you give notice, not after.

Where people actually go

01

Square, if your room is simple

No contract, published rates, per location software. The trade is depth of service tooling.

02

Shift4 Dine, if you want the markup visible

Interchange plus rather than a blended rate. This is what we place, and the annual fees and 36 month term are stated in our quotes.

03

Clover, if you find a good reseller

The platform is fine. The economics are entirely down to who sells it to you.

04

Staying, sometimes

If you are eighteen months into a three year term with a large termination fee and Toast is working, the arithmetic often says wait. We have told people that and lost the sale.

Questions owners ask

Will you help me leave Toast even if I do not buy from you?

We will read your contract and tell you what it allows. If the answer is that leaving costs more than staying, that is what you will hear.

How long does switching take?

Menu build and testing is the long pole, not the hardware. Plan on a few weeks, and switch on a slow night with a person from your vendor standing in the room.

09Get a quote

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Send last month's statement. We read it with you, free, and tell you straight whether we are the ones to fix it.

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