Toast, Clover, SpotOn, SkyTab — we work with all of them. Our job is to give you independent guidance and then negotiate pricing on your behalf. No vendor bias. No commissions hidden in your contract.
No single POS is best for every restaurant. Here's the honest breakdown — and when we recommend each one.
The dominant restaurant-specific POS. Built only for food service — tableside ordering, kitchen display, online ordering, loyalty. Expensive but deeply capable. Strong ecosystem of integrations.
Fiserv-owned, sold through banks and ISOs. Works for restaurants but is not restaurant-specific — it's a general-purpose POS. Large app marketplace. Hardware is sleek. Processing is often overpriced when sold through banks.
Toast's most direct competitor in full-service restaurants. Strong table management, reservations, and loyalty. More flexible on pricing than Toast — often a better deal for mid-size and growing chains.
Shift4-owned tableside payment and POS system. Strong value proposition — lower software costs than Toast, and Shift4's processing can be very competitive. Growing fast in the mid-market.
The two most-searched restaurant POS systems. Which one actually fits your operation?
Read Comparison →Both restaurant-first. SpotOn is often more affordable — but is it right for your restaurant?
Read Comparison →Two strong mid-market options. We break down features, pricing, and where each wins.
Read Comparison →Running 3+ locations? Different calculus — scalability, unified reporting, and volume negotiation matter most.
Read Guide →Most restaurant operators spend weeks comparing systems, then go directly to the vendor and take whatever deal they're offered. Jabi does it differently — you tell us what you want, we go negotiate with that vendor (and their competitors) and bring you back a better deal.
Toast locks you into Toast Payments. Clover locks you into Fiserv. SpotOn and SkyTab are more flexible. The difference in processing rates across these systems can be $1,000–$5,000/month for a mid-volume restaurant group — more than the software costs.