BillDine vs Square for restaurants
| Topic | BillDine | Square |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Square's US restaurant pricing lists Square Free at $0 a month per location, Square Plus at $49 a month per location and Square Premium at $149 a month per location, with custom pricing (Square Pro) for businesses processing over $250,000 a year. (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. | In-person card payments (tap, dip or swipe) are 2.6% + 15¢ on Square Free, 2.5% + 15¢ on Square Plus and 2.4% + 15¢ on Square Premium in the US. (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. | Square sells its own hardware — Handheld, Terminal, Register, Stand, Kiosk and card readers — and says no hardware is needed to take payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone or Tap to Pay on Android. (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. | In the US, the Square KDS app is $30 a month per device with Square Plus and $20 a month per device with Square Premium, and is not available in Square Free. (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. | Offline payments are included with every plan: they are processed when the device reconnects, and declined if it does not reconnect within 24 hours of the first offline payment. (Source, ) |
| Countries | Open for sign-up in India, Malaysia, Maldives, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States. | Card payment acceptance with the Square app is available in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, France and Spain. (Source, ) |
When Square is the better choice
Square may suit you better if:
You want card payments built into the POS, from one company, with its own card readers and hardware.
- In-person card payments (tap, dip or swipe) are 2.6% + 15¢ on Square Free, 2.5% + 15¢ on Square Plus and 2.4% + 15¢ on Square Premium in the US. (Source, )
- Square sells its own hardware — Handheld, Terminal, Register, Stand, Kiosk and card readers — and says no hardware is needed to take payments with Tap to Pay on iPhone or Tap to Pay on Android. (Source, )
You want to start with no monthly software fee and pay card processing fees instead.
- Square's US restaurant pricing lists Square Free at $0 a month per location, Square Plus at $49 a month per location and Square Premium at $149 a month per location, with custom pricing (Square Pro) for businesses processing over $250,000 a year. (Source, )
You need to take card payments while the internet is down.
- Offline payments are included with every plan: they are processed when the device reconnects, and declined if it does not reconnect within 24 hours of the first offline payment. (Source, )
Your restaurant is in one of the countries where Square takes card payments and you want its payments and POS together.
- Card payment acceptance with the Square app is available in the US, Canada, Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, France and Spain. (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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