BillDine vs Toast for restaurants
| Topic | BillDine | Toast |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Toast's guide for restaurants in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the UK says card payments are started on the POS and taken on a connected card reader or a Toast Go 3 or S1 handheld. (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. | Toast POS devices are touchscreen Android tablets running the Toast app — as order terminals, kiosks, handhelds, kitchen display screens and payment terminals — with settings and reports on Toast Web from a computer. (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. | Toast's hardware includes Toast Flex terminals, Toast Go handhelds, kitchen display screens, kiosks, printers, card readers and Toast routers. (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. | In Offline Mode, Toast says its POS and Toast Go handhelds can still take new orders; accept card payments as long as background card processing is enabled (it is on by default); print receipts and open cash drawers as long as Ethernet cables stay connected; and send tickets to a hardwired kitchen display when the network meets Toast's offline requirements. Toast Online Ordering cannot receive orders while offline. (Source, ) |
| Countries | Open for sign-up in India, Malaysia, Maldives, Netherlands, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States. | A June 2026 Toast product update lists Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom. (Source, ) |
When Toast is the better choice
Toast may suit you better if:
You want restaurant hardware designed for the POS — handhelds for the floor, terminals and kitchen screens — from the same company as the software.
- Toast POS devices are touchscreen Android tablets running the Toast app — as order terminals, kiosks, handhelds, kitchen display screens and payment terminals — with settings and reports on Toast Web from a computer. (Source, )
- Toast's hardware includes Toast Flex terminals, Toast Go handhelds, kitchen display screens, kiosks, printers, card readers and Toast routers. (Source, )
You want card payments taken on the POS's own card readers, including while the internet is down.
- Toast's guide for restaurants in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the UK says card payments are started on the POS and taken on a connected card reader or a Toast Go 3 or S1 handheld. (Source, )
- In Offline Mode, Toast says its POS and Toast Go handhelds can still take new orders; accept card payments as long as background card processing is enabled (it is on by default); print receipts and open cash drawers as long as Ethernet cables stay connected; and send tickets to a hardwired kitchen display when the network meets Toast's offline requirements. Toast Online Ordering cannot receive orders while offline. (Source, )
Your restaurant is in one of those countries and you want one company for the POS, the hardware and the payments.
- A June 2026 Toast product update lists Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom. (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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