Clover POS vs Toast POS. Which One Is Better?

Clover or Toast? This is likely a question several restaurant owners looking to invest in a point-of-sale system have asked themselves at one point or another. There is no denying the numerous benefits a POS brings to any business, particularly restaurants. However, the biggest conundrum most business owners face when looking to invest in a POS system is which one would be best suited to their specific business’ needs.

In this article, we compare two of the most popular restaurant point of sale systems on the market, Toast POS and Clover POS as we try to figure out why investing in Clover POS may just be the best option for your restaurant.

Overview

Clover

Clover is an all-in-one POS solution for restaurants, retailers, and personal businesses. It offers both innovative POS hardware and software that can help businesses manage several aspects of their business, from their inventory, clients, staff, sales, marketing, payment processing, customers and analytics.

Although Clover POS systems can be used to serve a variety of businesses, it has several restaurant specific features such as native online ordering systems, easy integration into all major food ordering platforms such as Uber Eats and Grub Hub as well as Kitchen Display System and even table management to help you run your restaurant more efficiently. Clover has a variety of point of sale hardware to choose from that vary in size from larger to smaller stations to mobile POS.

Toast POS

Toast POS is a restaurant POS and management system with several capabilities to help streamline restaurant operations, such as inventory, staff and menu management, payment processing, restaurant analytics, and online ordering. Toast POS also utilizes a Kitchen Display system and has a couple of hardware options that include a regular point of sale station to tablet POS units.

Pricing

Generally, both Toast POS and Clover POS are very budget-friendly options for a restaurant POS. Nonetheless, Clover will save you more money overall in long run as the same devices can be used year on end without needing replacement. The same can not be said for Toast however, as the hardware needs to be repurchased when a software upgrade is made as the older devices do not support it. The overall quality of Toast devices is also subpar in comparison to Clover’s, with customers frequently complaining of breakage of the mobile tablet devices in particular.

Toast is well known for their high processing fees and iron clad 5 year minimum contracts. Plus, Toast charges high software fees for all its system features, unlike Clover, which offers a plethora of features already included in its monthly software package. Thus, you do not have to incur extra costs paying for essential system features to help run your business better.

Support

It is no secret that a good customer support system provides a client with a lot of comfort as they know they have someone to count on if something goes wrong with their system. While both Toast and Clover come with 24/7 customer support, Clover goes the extra mile by providing a dedicated account manager to help their client deal with any issue. Toast POS support only offers a toll-free number, which can get frustrating, particularly with the long hold times this line is reported to have.

We hope this Clover POS and Toast review help shed some light on which POS system will be best suited for your restaurant. For any further questions or clarification, do not hesitate to call or text us at 855-955-6111 or send us an email to info@floridapayments.com. We would be thrilled to help you with any information you may need to help you choose the best POS option for your restaurant business.