Restaurant POS pricing across 5 tracked products: entry-tier median $15, top-tier median $99. Cheapest: Square for Restaurants. Most premium: Lightspeed Restaurant. Updated April 2026.
Restaurant POS pricing varies across per-seat, per-usage, and enterprise-quoted tiers. Published list prices on vendor pricing pages form the basis of this benchmark; negotiated deals typically land 15-40% below list for teams over 20 seats.
Entry-tier median is $15, top-tier median $99. Negotiated enterprise deals typically land 15-40% below list.
| Product | Entry | Median | Top | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover | $15 | $50 | $70 | month |
| Lightspeed Restaurant | $69 | $189 | $399 | month |
| Square for Restaurants | $0 | $60 | $149 | month |
| Toast POS | $0 | $69 | $69 | month |
| TouchBistro | $69 | $99 | $99 | month |
Low is the entry-tier price (often a free or starter plan). Median is the middle price across published tiers. High is the top published tier — enterprise contracts with negotiated discounts usually land 15-40% below the published high.
Across 5 tracked products, the entry-tier median is $15 and the top-tier median is $99. Individual products vary significantly — see the per-product table above.
Square for Restaurants has the lowest entry-tier price in our tracked set.
Lightspeed Restaurant has the highest top-tier list price among tracked products.
Prices are sourced from vendor pricing pages and automatically re-checked. Any tier marked 'custom' has no public list price; negotiated deals aren't shown here.