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Software plans
| Plan | Price | Billed per | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lavu POS (quoted plan) | Quote onlySee my price for Lavu (opens the provider's site in a new tab)Lavu (opens in a new tab) · Vendor website · The offer page prices the terminal at $9.99 a month and says the plan you choose is charged on top; Lavu doesn't publish its plan prices, and its home page says pricing depends on configuration and number of devices. | device |
Processing rates and fees
| Fee | Amount | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| LavuCare equipment coverage (included by default) | Being re-verifiedLavu (archived copy) (opens in a new tab) · Contract or terms · ()Billed once a year per deal in your contract's anniversary month, plus shipping and handling on each replacement. From Lavu's Terms of Service (updated December 1, 2025), read in an archived copy because lavu.com blocks automated reading. | per account |
Paid by your customers
With this program your customers pay the card cost on the cards it covers, so those cost your restaurant $0 in our estimate. A surcharge only covers credit cards: your restaurant still pays the vendor's rate on debit. We show what your customers pay apart and never add it to your cost. Card network rules and state laws apply, and some states limit surcharges.
| Card type | Dual pricing or cash discount | Surcharge |
|---|---|---|
| Credit cards | Your customers | Your customers |
| Debit cards | Your customers | Your restaurant, at the card rate |
It isn't free: your customers pay it
| Fee | Amount | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Lavu Cash Discount Program (paid by your customers) | 5%Lavu (opens in a new tab) · Vendor website · Card customers pay the 5% higher menu price; cash customers get it back as a discount. | per transaction |
Hardware
- Ownership
- Buy or leaseLavu (archived copy) (opens in a new tab) · Contract or terms · ()You can buy the hardware (it runs on iPads) or lease, rent or finance it through Lavu or an approved financing partner; leased units are returned when the agreement ends.
- Works with another processor
- YesLavu Support (opens in a new tab) · Vendor website · Lavu runs on iPads and its help center covers restaurants that process outside Lavu Pay. Lavu doesn't say whether the readers it supplies for Lavu Pay work with another processor.
| Item | Upfront | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| All-In-One Lavu POS Terminal (limited-time offer) | $0Lavu (opens in a new tab) · Vendor website · Lavu's current offer page: zero upfront fees, and the offer includes complete setup. It is a limited-time offer on a 36-month contract. | $9.99/monthLavu (opens in a new tab) · Vendor website · Per terminal, as the offer is worded; the page doesn't say whether a second terminal gets the same price. The software plan is charged on top. |
Hardware warranty
The same rows for every POS: how long the main terminal is covered against defects when you get it a standard way (buying, leasing, renting, a subscription or a loan), the conditions, including what it leaves out and what keeping it costs, and the price to replace that terminal outside the coverage.
| Hardware warranty included | Lifetime, while your agreement is activeSource: Lavu (opens in a new tab)The offer page says your equipment is covered for the entire contract, "for as long as you're with us". That is the same rule we apply to every vendor whose coverage lasts while you keep the agreement that carries it. The promise is on a limited-time offer page with a 36-month contract. Lavu's Terms of Service give no warranty length and bill its LavuCare replacement coverage at $199 a year by default, so the coverage comes with that yearly charge. |
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| Warranty conditions | LavuCare is included by default on every Lavu deal at $199 a year, billed in your contract's anniversary month, with shipping and handling charged on each replacement. Replacement ships the same business day for requests made Monday to Friday before 5 p.m. ET. Replacements may be new, refurbished or used, and they don't extend the original warranty; replaced units must be returned under Lavu's return rules. Not covered: alterations, abuse, misuse, fire, lack of maintenance, natural disasters, lost or stolen units, cosmetic damage and mass loss. These are Lavu's Terms of Service updated December 1, 2025, read from an archived copy of May 19, 2026 because lavu.com blocks automated reading.()(due for a re-check)Source: Lavu (archived copy) (opens in a new tab) |
| Price to replace the main terminal | Not publishedSee my price for Lavu (opens the provider's site in a new tab)()Source: Lavu (archived copy) (opens in a new tab)Lavu runs on iPads and says you can buy replacement hardware anywhere, so replacing the main screen costs whatever an iPad costs at retail. Lavu's own terminal bundles are offered only through a demo or quote. |
The RTC Score only counts how long defects are covered. What the coverage leaves out (accidents, theft, loss) and what it costs to keep are in the conditions. A protection plan sold separately doesn't count; if the vendor offers one, it's in the conditions. The replacement price isn't added to the 36-month cost, because there's no public data on how often equipment fails.