Restaurant POS Comparison · Updated August 2026
Aldelo vs. Toast & NCR Aloha
The monthly price on a POS website is almost never the number on your statement. The difference is what each system includes versus what it itemizes — reservations, kitchen display, online ordering, loyalty, each handheld, each terminal.
Below is a straight comparison, sourced from what each vendor publishes about itself. Tick what your restaurant actually needs and see whose bill grows.
Choose the capabilities a full-service restaurant typically wants. The check shows what each platform treats as part of the system and what it treats as a separate line.
Claims below reflect what each vendor publishes about its own product as of August 2026. Pricing and packaging change — confirm current terms with any vendor before you sign.
| Aldelo Express + RevitPay | Toast | NCR Aloha | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software cost | Included Comes with your payment processing. No per-terminal license, no feature tiers. | Published tiers from $0/mo (single terminal, higher processing rate) and about $69/mo per terminal. | Quoted per deal through NCR Voyix and its resellers. Licensed per terminal, typically on multi-year terms. |
| Hardware | Open Standard iPad and Android tablets bought anywhere, with certified Epson and Star peripherals. | Locked Toast states its services may only be used on approved Toast hardware, and it may change what stays approved. | Runs on Windows devices; in practice most deployments are on NCR terminals sourced through the vendor or reseller. |
| Terminals & handhelds | Unlimited No cap and no per-device software fee. Adding a handheld is a hardware decision, not a subscription. | Per device Additional charges apply for each device beyond the first terminal subscription. | Per device Licensed per terminal, so every added station or handheld carries recurring cost. |
| Reservations | Included Native reservation and waitlist management built into the POS, with live table status. | Separate product Toast Tables. Base tier caps at 25 reservations per month; unlimited requires Toast Tables Plus. | Table management included; integrates with OpenTable as a certified partner. |
| Back-office & accounting | Restaurant365 integration for sales detail, labor, and intraday polling. Schedule writeback and centralized menu sync are not currently supported. | Deepest Restaurant365 integration available, including schedule writeback and menu sync. | Strong Restaurant365 integration including schedule writeback and menu sync — a genuine advantage for large multi-concept groups. |
| Offline operation | Included Store-and-forward keeps orders and card payments running through an outage, settling on restore. Optional cellular failover available. | Offline mode supported on approved hardware. | Strong offline resiliency — a long-standing benefit of its on-premise architecture. |
| Bundled software | Included Kitchen display, kiosk, customer display, branded online ordering, gift, loyalty, and AI voice ordering and menu building. | Add-ons KDS, kiosk, gift, loyalty and marketing sold as separate products. | Add-ons Modules and third-party integrations licensed separately. |
| Payments | Your choice RevitPay is your processor and an approved Aldelo provider. One local relationship for POS and payments. | Required Toast states it is not a payment card processor but a payment facilitator. Toast processing is required. | Processor-flexible; NCR Voyix also sells its own payments, so ask what is being recommended and why. |
| Support | 24/7 live support with no per-incident charges, plus a named local contact who knows your store. | Toast Care included in every software subscription, 24/7/365. | Delivered through NCR or the reseller who sold the system; coverage varies by agreement. |
Square for Restaurants publishes tiers at Free, $49/mo per location, and $149/mo per location. Coursing and floor plans require a paid tier. Square processing is required at published flat rates, with no negotiation.
Clover is licensed per device on typically long contract terms. Devices purchased through Fiserv are generally provisioned to Fiserv and cannot be reprogrammed for another processor — worth understanding before you buy hardware.
Both are capable systems, and both are more commonly a fit for smaller or counter-service operations than for multi-unit full service.
Including us. If a salesperson gets uncomfortable with these, that is the answer.
Ask for the contract length, the early termination fee, and whether the price can rise mid-term. Get it in writing before signing.
Price the full stack, not the headline tier. Reservations, KDS, online ordering, loyalty, and every terminal and handheld — then compare totals.
Ask whether the hardware works with any other system, and whether you can export your sales and guest data in full at any time.
Send us a recent processing statement and your station count. We will put together an honest side-by-side — including what you would pay to stay where you are.
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