Toast
Toast: A broad restaurant operating suite with POS, ordering, service, and back-office tools. Ranked #1 of 39 in Restaurant Management Software by our editors (9.4/10); pricing: Paid; best for restaurants needing an end-to-end operating suite.
At a glance
- Editor score9.4 / 10
- PricingPaid
- Best forRestaurants needing an end-to-end operating suite
- Free planNo
- Online orderingYes
- Facts checked23 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Covers POS, ordering, reservations, table service, and kitchen display
- Supports scheduling, inventory, reporting, accounting sync, and multi-location management
- Offers online ordering across pickup, delivery, curbside, and drive-thru
Where it doesn't
- The paid POS plan starts at $69 per month for a single location
- Hardware, implementation, processing, and add-ons can affect total cost
- Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of restaurants seeking a narrow tool
Our verdict on Toast
Toast combines cloud-based point of sale and payment processing with restaurant operations tools for U.S. restaurants, from single-location operators to multi-location groups. Its scope includes online ordering, reservations, waitlists, floor-plan seating, menu management, table service, kitchen display, employee scheduling, inventory, reporting, payroll, marketing, loyalty, and branded apps. Web, Android, and iOS support extend management and reporting beyond the restaurant. Toast is suited to operators looking to bring front-of-house, kitchen, guest, and back-office workflows into one platform.
Pricing is structured around a free Starter Kit and paid configurations. The Starter Kit costs $0 per month and includes cloud-based point of sale plus a hardware kit with one terminal; additional add-ons are available. The Point of Sale plan costs $69 USD per month, billed monthly, and adds custom hardware configuration alongside cloud-based POS and available add-ons. The Build Your Own option includes perpetual inventory management, payroll and tips management, employee scheduling, and guest marketing, loyalty, and gift cards. According to Toast's pricing page, these prices apply to new customers and single locations. Hardware, implementation, payment processing, and add-ons may affect total cost.
Toast's main strength is breadth: operators can connect ordering, reservations, menus, table movement, kitchen display, inventory, food-cost analysis, accounting sync, mobile reporting, and multi-location management. Integrations include QuickBooks Online, Google, Grubhub, Uber Eats, and DoorDash. Toast IQ adds AI-assisted insights and task execution. Restaurants wanting a single operating suite should find this coverage relevant, while smaller teams that only need a focused POS, scheduling, or reservation tool may prefer a narrower product with less operational scope.
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Toast fact sheet
| Free plan | No |
|---|---|
| Paid from | Not verified |
| Online ordering | Yes |
| Reservation booking | Yes |
| Menu management | Yes |
| Table management | Yes |
| Staff scheduling | Yes |
| Location limit | 1 locations |
| Deployment | Cloud, Mobile |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android |
| Support | Phone, Live chat · 24/7 |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 200+ integrations: QuickBooks Online, Google, Meta |
| Pricing | Paid (source) |
| Website | pos.toasttab.com |
| Facts checked | 23 Sep 2026 |
Toast integrations
Toast lists 200+ integrations on its own site — the 3 named here are the ones its pages call out.
- QuickBooks Online
- Meta
Alternatives to Toast
- Lightspeed RestaurantA broad restaurant operations platform for established groups managing multiple locations.9.2
- Aloha CloudA broad restaurant operations platform with custom pricing and add-on capabilities.9.0
- Epos NowA broad restaurant operations platform with POS, ordering, inventory, and multi-location tools.8.8
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Toast is ranked in 32 of our directories; the 6 strongest besides Restaurant Management Software.
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