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Groups with two or more locations that need central menus, reporting and integrations.
What matters with more than one location
With two locations or twenty, the POS stops being a register and becomes the way you run the group. You need one menu you can manage from one place, reports you can compare side by side and costs that don't multiply out of control.
What to look for
- Central menu and price management. Change an item once and push it to every location, with room for local prices.
- Consolidated reports. Sales, labor and item performance across locations, in one view.
- Permissions. Control over who can change menus, prices and discounts at each location.
- Integrations. Accounting, payroll, inventory and online ordering tools that connect cleanly, plus an open API if you need one.
- Costs per location and per device. Software, fees and exit costs are often charged per location or per device, so they multiply as you grow. Add it up for the whole group.
- Contracts by location. Whether each location signs its own contract, with its own term and its own renewal date.
How this ranking works
This ranking only includes POS systems that serve restaurant groups with several locations. They're scored with our public model and any adjustments for this type of business, listed in our methodology.
Not everything on this list counts toward the score yet: we only score what we can research for most vendors. For the rest, like central menu management and consolidated reports, check the data we show for each POS and ask about it in the demo.
Weigh less here: 36-month total cost (reference restaurant).
POS systems with enough verified data to be ranked: 4 of 11. 11 POS systems for multi-location: 4 ranked · 7 listed apart. Ranked: enough verified data. Listed apart: not enough data to score. Below 60% completeness, a POS isn't ranked. The score sets the order, with the same rules for every POS.
The ranking
Shift4 POS
By Shift4
- Lowest cost to get started (tied). Among 12 POS systems whose upfront prices are published, for our reference restaurant.
- Longest equipment warranty (tied). Among 17 POS systems with a published warranty on the main terminal.
Restaurant POS from Shift4 Payments that requires Shift4 payment processing. Software starts at $29.99 a month with loaned hardware and no upfront cost; the processing agreement runs 36 months and its early termination fee is a per-device amount for each month left.
RTC SCORE
8.8
#1 for Multi-location
Pros
- No upfront cost for software and hardware.
- 24/7 support, per its pricing page.
- Defects on the loaned hardware are covered for as long as your agreement is active (Shift4 calls it a lifetime warranty); accidents and theft are not. Shift4's billing glossary says its yearly fees per device ($250 plus $189.99, or the maintenance fee that replaces them) are what pay for those replacements.
Cons
- 36-month term with exclusive Shift4 processing and 1-year automatic renewals unless you give 90 days' notice.
- The early termination fee is charged per device for every month left, so it grows with your volume and number of devices.
- The standard card rate (2.75% + 15¢) appears only in Shift4's online checkout, not on its pricing page or in the contracts, and annual fees per device apply on top.
- Initial term
- 36 months
- Must use their processing
- Yes
Strongest on cost to get started (reference restaurant), switching or signing bonus you qualify for (reference restaurant), and 36-month total cost (reference restaurant). Weakest on own online ordering.
HungerRush
By HungerRush
- Lowest cost to get started (tied). Among 12 POS systems whose upfront prices are published, for our reference restaurant.
- Longest equipment warranty (tied). Among 17 POS systems with a published warranty on the main terminal.
POS for pizza and delivery restaurants sold as a $149-a-month all-in package with leased hardware, online ordering and flat-rate processing. The package is a 36-month agreement and the signer is a personal guarantor.
RTC SCORE
5.8
#2 for Multi-location
Pros
- One monthly price that includes hardware, online ordering and delivery management, with $0 down.
- Price locked for the 36 months, per its pricing page.
- Its pricing page says the hardware leased in its $149-a-month package stays under full warranty for the length of the agreement; its terms give 12 months unless your signed quote says more, and exclude damage you or others cause.
Cons
- Leaving early costs the subscription for the full term plus 90% of the processor fees left.
- Renews for 3-year periods, and the signer is a personal guarantor.
- The card rate is not published.
- Initial term
- 36 months
- Must use their processing
- Yes
Strongest on cost to get started (reference restaurant), own online ordering, and hardware warranty included. Weakest on switching or signing bonus you qualify for (reference restaurant).
Lightspeed Restaurant
By Lightspeed
Restaurant POS with Starter, Essential and Premium plans from $69 a month. Lightspeed Payments is required by default; using another processor needs Lightspeed's written approval and carries a monthly fee. The term is set in your order form.
RTC SCORE
4.2
#3 for Multi-location
Pros
- Plan and hardware prices are published, and online ordering is included from the Essential plan up.
- 24/7 support, per its pricing page.
Cons
- Card rates are only published as an example in its blog, and using another processor needs approval and a monthly fee.
- Renews for a period equal to your initial term, at the then-current prices and without your first-order discounts, with 90 days' notice on longer terms.
- The early termination fee includes the recurring fees left plus any discounts you received.
- Initial term
- Quote only
- Must use their processing
- Yes, or pay a fee to use another
Strongest on cost to get started (reference restaurant), own online ordering, and support 24/7 (as the vendor publishes it). Weakest on switching or signing bonus you qualify for (reference restaurant).
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Toast
By Toast
All-in-one restaurant POS that runs card payments through Toast. The Point of Sale plan costs $69 a month; the Starter Kit has no monthly software fee but higher pay-as-you-go card rates. The term is set in your order form.
RTC SCORE
3.5
#4 for Multi-location
Pros
- Its own online ordering charges no per-order commission and connects with DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub.
- 24/7 support included in every software subscription, per its pricing page.
- Two years against defects on the countertop terminal (one year on handhelds), included with the purchase; drops and liquid damage are billed at the full replacement price. Hardware bought from Toast can be returned within 90 days.
Cons
- The term is set in your order form and renews automatically for a year unless you give 30 days' notice.
- You must process cards with Toast, and Toast doesn't publish its rates on its own site.
- Each device after the first costs extra, and Toast doesn't publish how much.
- Initial term
- Quote only
- Must use their processing
- Yes
Strongest on cost to get started (reference restaurant), own online ordering, and support 24/7 (as the vendor publishes it). Weakest on switching or signing bonus you qualify for (reference restaurant).
Not enough verified data to rank
We only rank a POS once we've verified enough of its key facts. These are listed so you know we looked at them.
This is general information about published contracts, not legal advice: read your own contract and check with a lawyer before you sign.