Compare Square for Restaurants and Square Point of Sale
Square for Restaurants is a solution built specifically for the Food &
Beverage industry. It s an all-in-one POS solution that will keep you ahead of the curve when it comes to ordering, paying, and fulfilling your diner's ever-changing needs.
Compare Square Point of Sale with Square for Restaurants Free and Plus features to see which plan is best suited for your business. If you’re interested in learning more about Square for Restaurants Plus, you can access a free 30-day trialfree 30-day trial.
Pricing
Square Point of Sale | Square for Restaurants Free | Square for Restaurants Plus | |
Monthly Price | Free | Free | £69/month, per location |
Card-Present Processing Fees | 1.75% | 1.75% | 1.75% |
For more information regarding processing fees, check out our Square for Restaurants and Point of Sale pricing articles.
Check out the full comparison of features between Square for Restaurants Free, Plus and Premium Plans. Note: Square for Restaurants Plus features are not yet available on Square Register.
Clearpay and Square for Restaurants
With Square for Restaurants and Clearpay, customers to pay for in person transactions in four instalments over six weeks.
- If you’re eligible, you can accept Clearpay payments in store via your Square for Restaurants POS app.
- Clearpay in-person is available with Square for Restaurants Free, Plus and Premium plans.
- For all transactions, merchants get paid in full – immediately.
Learn more about Clearpay and Square.
Square sellers using Clearpay get paid the full amount at the time of purchase, minus a processing fee on the total order. Enabling Clearpay with Square is free — there are no monthly fees or startup costs. You only pay when you make a sale for in-person transactions. There are no processing fees charged on the remaining installments or if your customer makes a late payment.
The processing rate for all Clearpay transactions is 6% + 30p.
Note: Clearpay rates are fixed and do not vary by subscription type, hardware, or custom pricing.
You can go to Payment Methods to enable or disable Clearpay at any time.
Note: The setting for In-person payments with Clearpay is global and applies across all Square products that can also take Clearpay payments in-person. This includes other online platforms such as Square Point of Sale, Square Appointments, Square for Retail and Virtual Terminal. There isn’t a way to enable/disable Clearpay only for Square for Restaurants at this time.
To see if you are eligible for Clearpay, visit our In-Person eligibility.
Features
Visit the Square for Restaurants page for a full comparison between Plus and Premium plans.
Feature | Square POS | Square for Restaurants Free Plan | Square for Restaurants Plus Plan |
Remote Menu and Grid Management | ✖️ | ✔️ | ✔ |
Remote Device Management | ✖️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Shared Device Settings | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Service Charge Reporting | ✖️ | ✔ | ✔ |
Menu Reports | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Section Sale and Cover Reports | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Category Rollup Reports | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Open Bills (& Predefined Bills) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Decimal Quantities | ✔ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
Item Creation on the POS | ✔ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
Device Settings on the POS | ✔ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
Image Tiles | ✔ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
Dark Mode | ✖️ | ✔ | ✔ |
Service Charge (manual or always apply) | ✖️ | ✔ | ✔ |
Service Charge (based on seating) | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Order Manager | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Advanced (Conversational) Modifiers | ✖️ | ✔ | ✔ |
Table Maps | ✖️ | ✔ | ✔ |
Table Colours Based on Time | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Coursing | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Seating & Cover Counts | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Item availability & Item Counts | ✖️ | ✔ | ✔ |
Reopen Closed Bills | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Shift Reports | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Close of Day | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
Live Sales Report in App | ✖️ | ✖️ | ✔ |
9–5, M–F Support | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
24/7 Support | (not included) | (not included) | ✔ |
Free Team Management | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Paid Team Management | Available as add-on | Available as add-on | Included |
(Square KDS ) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
Supported Operating Systems
Square Point of Sale | Square for Restaurants Free Plan | Square for Restaurants Plus Plan | |
iPad | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
iOS phones | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
Android phones | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
Android tablets | ✔️ | ✖️ | ✖️ |
Hardware Compatibility
Square Point of Sale | Square for Restaurants Free Plan | Square for Restaurants Plus Plan | |
---|---|---|---|
Square Reader | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Square Stand | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Square point-of-sale kits for restaurants | ✔️ | ✔️ | ✔️ |
Square Register | ✔️ | ✔️ | ❌ |
If you need advanced inventory features for your restaurant, take a look at Square for Retail.
Square for Restaurants Free FAQ
- Visit the Home page of your online Square Dashboard and select POS Systems > Square For Restaurants tab.
- Click See Plans > Select Pro Pricing.
- Select Get Started for Free to begin your 30-day free trial of Square for Restaurants.
Square for Restaurants Plus POS features are not available on Square Register. However, you can still use Square for Restaurants Plus features such as Advanced Reporting, Square Device Settings and the Team Management free plan from your Square Dashboard.
- From your Square Dashboard select Settings > Business > Pricing and Subscriptions.
- Click Unsubscribe.
Yes! Order Manager, which allows for click and collect and delivery, is included with the Square for Restaurants Free plan. Learn how to set up click and collect and delivery.
With the free version of Square for Restaurants, you’ll get access to all of the familiar reports, including the in-app Sales Report, Item Sales and Category Sales. With Restaurants Plus, you will get access to additional reports like the live sales report in-app, category rollup sales in Dashboard and in-app, menu reporting, paid team management reports and more. See table above for the full list of included reports.