Choose the tools your restaurant needs.
Compare the job each product does, its requirements and its published pricing. Explore a Bistro menu before deciding.
7-day trial. No card required. Menu plans from $9/month after your trial.
What to consider
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Toast
Information recorded: July 2026
Bistro vs Toast
Toast is a full restaurant POS with terminals, handhelds, and KDS. Bistro is a menu and table OS that runs on phones and tablets you already own. Different categories, different price tags. Here's how to choose.
Explore this guide →Square
Information recorded: July 2026
Bistro vs Square for Restaurants
Square is a full POS with hardware that lives behind the counter. Bistro is a menu and table OS that lives on the phone in your guest's hand. Here's when each one wins.
Explore this guide →TouchBistro
Information recorded: July 2026
Bistro vs TouchBistro
TouchBistro is an iPad POS built for full-service dining, with reservations and other modules sold as add-ons. Bistro runs on the devices you already own and answers your phone with an AI agent that books tables and events. Here's how to choose.
Explore this guide →Menubly
Information recorded: July 2026
Bistro vs Menubly
Menubly is a clean digital menu and online ordering builder, and it has a free tier. Bistro covers the same ground and adds per-table QR, pay-at-table, tip tracking, reservations, and an AI agent that answers your phone, for restaurants that need a real floor OS.
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Let your guests see what’s on the menu.
Create your restaurant, add your dishes and share your first QR. Seven days to try it, with no card required.
Menu plans from $9/month after your trial.