Toast
Toast Inc
Restaurant POS with kitchen displays and online ordering
Toast is built only for restaurants. Kitchen display screens, handheld ordering, tips, and online ordering are first-party. Pricing leans on processing fees and hardware contracts.
Cost at your size
Toast's card rates are by quote.
Figures from the vendor's published prices. How we calculate prices
What Toast connects to
Accounting
Accounting tools in our catalog · found on vendor and marketplace pages, October 2026 · 1 of 1 checked by us
Sources
- QuickBooks Online: support.toasttab.com/en/article/Get-Started-With-Accounting-Sync, found 2026-10-12, checked 2026-10-15
Getting help with Toast
- How to reach them
- Phone: every plan · 24/7/365
- Live chat: every plan · 24/7/365
- Help center: plans not stated
15 incidents posted on Toast Inc's status page, which covers all Toast Inc products and regions, in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 9 marked major or critical by Toast Inc. Status page
A vendor that posts every small issue can show more incidents than one that posts few, so a low count doesn't prove fewer problems.
From Toast Inc's support and pricing pages, October 2026 · checked by us 2026-10-14 · How we gather this
Sources
- pos.toasttab.com/contact, read 2026-10-13
- pos.toasttab.com/pricing, read 2026-10-13
- Phone: “Toast Care is included in every software subscription at no additional cost and open all day, every day — 24/7/365 — by phone or web messaging.” (pos.toasttab.com/pricing)
- Phone hours: “Toast Care is included in every software subscription at no additional cost and open all day, every day — 24/7/365 — by phone or web messaging.” (pos.toasttab.com/pricing)
- Live chat: “Toast Care is included in every software subscription at no additional cost and open all day, every day — 24/7/365 — by phone or web messaging.” (pos.toasttab.com/pricing)
- Live chat hours: “Toast Care is included in every software subscription at no additional cost and open all day, every day — 24/7/365 — by phone or web messaging.” (pos.toasttab.com/pricing)
- Help center: “Already using Toast? Visit the Support Hub to get answers fast.” (pos.toasttab.com/contact)
What reviewers say about Toast
- Capterra4.1 / 5 · 554 reviews
- Trustpilot2.6 / 5 · 1,504 reviews
- G2See reviews on G2
Each site has its own reviewers, so we show the scores side by side and never average them. App ratings cover the mobile app only. Scores read Oct 28, 2026. How we show reviews
Recent changes at Toast
- Oct 2026LaunchLaunched Toast IQ Team, a labor package combining forecasting, scheduling, payroll and tip management. pos.toasttab.com
Picked from Toast Inc's own pages and the press, reviewed by us before publishing · checked weekly, last check Oct 26, 2026 · How we pick news
Why people pick it
- Built for full-service and quick-service restaurants
- Handhelds and KDS are first-party
Where it falls short
- Hardware contracts can be two years
- Not useful outside restaurants
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