BillDine vs Loyverse for restaurants
| Topic | BillDine | Loyverse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Plans start at ₹1,199.00 a year in India for Silver Plan (US$40.88 outside India). A 15-day free trial of every feature; after it, the POS keeps selling up to 10 bills a business day at each outlet. | Optional add-ons: unlimited sales history at US$9 a month per store, employee management at US$5 a month per employee, and advanced inventory (purchase orders, stock transfers) at US$25 a month per store, each with a 14-day free trial; prices exclude taxes. (Source, ) |
| What's included | POS, kitchen screen, tables, inventory, staff, reports, customers and loyalty, printing, an app that keeps selling offline, and a support assistant. Inventory and stock: Gold Plan and Platinum Plan. Customers and loyalty: every plan. | Loyverse's point of sale, sales analytics for the last 31 days, essential inventory, loyalty program, customer display, kitchen display, multi-store management and integrations are free. (Source, ) |
| Card payments | Cash is always on, and the POS works out the change. Card: the guest pays on your own card machine, and the POS records it. | Loyverse POS integrates with payment providers available in 30+ countries; a payment with a provider that is not integrated can be recorded in the POS by hand. (Source, ) |
| Devices | A laptop, a tablet or a phone you already have. The BillDine app runs on Android phones and tablets with Android 8.0 or newer: the POS, the kitchen screen and the back office. On an iPhone, an iPad or a computer, BillDine runs in the browser. | Loyverse POS works on iOS and Android phones and tablets, plus compatible Android POS devices; the Back Office opens in any web browser. (Source, ) |
| Kitchen screens | Every order reaches the kitchen as a ticket — on a screen, on paper, or both. Kitchen screens are unlimited on every plan. | Loyverse KDS runs on iPad and Android tablets and shows the orders sent from Loyverse POS. (Source, ) |
| Without the internet | If the internet drops, the POS keeps selling — orders, kitchen tickets, printing the bill and cash — and sends everything when the connection returns. A POS terminal sells offline for up to 72 hours unless the outlet changes it. | Loyverse POS keeps recording sales without an internet connection and syncs them to the Back Office when back online; card payments through an integrated payment provider need an internet connection. (Source, ) |
When Loyverse is the better choice
Loyverse may suit you better if:
You want a free POS with a kitchen display and a loyalty program, and to pay only for the add-ons you choose.
- Loyverse's point of sale, sales analytics for the last 31 days, essential inventory, loyalty program, customer display, kitchen display, multi-store management and integrations are free. (Source, )
- Optional add-ons: unlimited sales history at US$9 a month per store, employee management at US$5 a month per employee, and advanced inventory (purchase orders, stock transfers) at US$25 a month per store, each with a 14-day free trial; prices exclude taxes. (Source, )
Your staff use iPhones or iPads and you want an app installed on them (BillDine runs in the browser there).
You want the sale total sent to an integrated card terminal automatically.
- Loyverse POS integrates with payment providers available in 30+ countries; a payment with a provider that is not integrated can be recorded in the POS by hand. (Source, )
When BillDine may suit you
- A laptop, a tablet or a phone you already have. The BillDine app runs on Android phones and tablets with Android 8.0 or newer: the POS, the kitchen screen and the back office. On an iPhone, an iPad or a computer, BillDine runs in the browser.
- Kitchen screens are unlimited on every plan.
- If the internet drops, the POS keeps selling — orders, kitchen tickets, printing the bill and cash — and sends everything when the connection returns. A POS terminal sells offline for up to 72 hours unless the outlet changes it.
- A 15-day free trial of every feature; after it, the POS keeps selling up to 10 bills a business day at each outlet.
- Each person picks the language of their own screens: English, French, German, Dutch, Malay, Hindi and Tamil.
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