Brindola vs Toast
The all-in-one US platform, or the system that keeps trading
Toast is a cloud restaurant platform built for US restaurants and sold in the United States, Canada, the UK, Ireland and Australia, bundling its own hardware, card processing, online ordering, payroll and lending. Brindola runs the whole service on hardware you choose, keeps your data in your building, and takes no share of your sales.
In short
- With the line down, Brindola keeps menu changes, sold-out items and complete reports; Toast's offline mode pauses menu edits and leaves offline devices out of reports until they sync.
- Brindola runs on a Windows, Linux or macOS computer and Android devices you buy anywhere; Toast's US service runs only on approved Toast hardware.
- One price per venue, with no card processing tied to it and no percentage of sales.
- Your tickets and guests stay on a device in your venue, not in Toast's cloud.
- Toast is ahead on payments at the table, online ordering, loyalty, payroll, food-cost analytics and 24/7 support.
Last checked 03 September 2026 · pos.toasttab.com
Why venues choose Brindola over Toast
The whole service runs without the internet
Orders, kitchen screens, payments, sold-out items, the register close and every report run on a device in your venue, for as long as the line stays down. There is no offline mode to enter.
Your hardware, your choice
A Windows, Linux or macOS computer runs the venue; Android phones and tablets join as terminals, order screens at the table, kitchen screens or a kiosk. No approved-device list, nothing to send back.
No cut of your card revenue
One monthly price per venue. Your card terminal stays with whichever bank gives you the best rate, and Brindola records each payment.
Your data stays in your building
Tickets, guests, tenders and margins live in one file on hardware you own. Only the day's totals leave, and only to a backoffice you connect.
Several brands from one kitchen
Separate brand tabs and catalogs, one order that can carry two brands, and revenue by brand and channel.
Outside Toast's five countries
Brindola is sold in every country on this site, with Bolt Food and Glovo orders on the kitchen screen and Deliveroo, Uber Eats, Wolt and others coming soon.
Toast and Brindola, side by side
| Topic | Toast | Brindola |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A cloud platform: POS, payments, hardware, storefront, payroll and finance from one vendor. | A restaurant system that runs on the venue's own hardware and network. |
| Price | UK: Starter from £80 and Essentials £150 a month, Custom on quote, plus card processing. US prices on request. | In the UK, £45 (Essentials) or £89 (Plus) a month per venue plus VAT; no card processing tied to it. |
| Without the internet | Orders, card payments and kitchen tickets continue. Gift cards, loyalty, online orders, menu edits including 86ing, and pre-auth pause; reports miss offline devices until they sync. | Stronger here: Orders, kitchen, payments, sold-out items, the close and reports all keep running. |
| Where the data lives | In Toast's cloud. | Stronger here: On the main device in your venue, in one file you can back up. |
| Hardware | Toast's own terminals, handhelds, kiosks and kitchen screens; the US service runs only on approved Toast hardware. | A Windows, Linux or macOS computer and Android phones and tablets you buy yourself. |
| Card payments | Stronger here: Built in, at a rate set per business; payment on the handheld at the table. | Works alongside your bank's terminal; the payment is recorded with its receipt number. |
| Online ordering and delivery | Stronger here: Commission-free online ordering, Toast Delivery Services, Order with Google, and DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub. | Bolt Food and Glovo on the kitchen screen; others coming soon. No ordering website. |
| Guests | Stronger here: Loyalty, gift cards, email marketing, reservations, Mobile Order & Pay, kiosks. | Reservations that become orders, a kiosk paid at the counter, a customer display. No loyalty or gift cards. |
| Food cost and stock | Stronger here: xtraCHEF cost analytics and inventory. | Lots, expiry, stocktakes, supplier orders and item margins from the cost you enter. |
| Staff and money | Stronger here: Payroll, scheduling, tips management, capital loans and a checking account. | Roles, permissions, manager approval, staff revenue and tips. No payroll or lending. |
| Several brands | Several locations managed centrally; brands at one address not described. | Stronger here: Brand tabs and catalogs, revenue by brand and channel. |
| Support | Stronger here: Toast Care, 24/7/365 by phone or web messaging. | Support terms agreed in writing on Enterprise. |
What Toast has that Brindola doesn't
- Payments, hardware and software from one vendor
- Toast processes the cards and sells the terminals, handhelds and kiosks; the first device starts at $0. One contract, one bill.
- A handheld that takes the card
- Toast Go 3 takes orders and tap, dip or swipe payments at the table, rated for drops and water, with a 24+ hour battery and a cellular option.
- Online ordering, delivery and Google
- Commission-free online ordering on your own site, flat-fee delivery, Order with Google, and DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub built in.
- Loyalty, gift cards and marketing
- A loyalty programme, gift cards, email marketing and a guest CRM in the same account.
- Payroll and finance
- Payroll, scheduling, tips management, a pay card, capital loans, a checking account and instant deposit.
- Food-cost analytics
- xtraCHEF tracks food cost against sales. Brindola shows item margins from the cost you enter, not full food-cost analytics.
- Scale and round-the-clock support
- Toast reports 171,000+ locations as of Q1 2026, and Toast Care answers 24/7/365.
Choose Toast if…
…you run a restaurant in Toast's five countries and want payments, handhelds, online ordering, payroll and marketing from one vendor, with a 24/7 phone line behind it.
Choose Brindola if…
…a dropped line must leave the kitchen, the close and the reports untouched, you want your data on hardware you own and your card terminal from your bank, you run more than one brand, or you are outside Toast's countries.
See what a dead line costs you
Fourteen days on the full Plus plan, with no card and no account. Load your catalog, pull the network cable, and keep serving.
The Toast pages we read
- pos.toasttab.com/pricing — 2026-09-03
- pos.toasttab.com/uk/pricing — 2026-09-03
- pos.toasttab.com/products — 2026-09-03
- pos.toasttab.com/hardware — 2026-09-03
- pos.toasttab.com/hardware/toast-go — 2026-09-03
- pos.toasttab.com/hardware/kitchen-display-system — 2026-09-03
- pos.toasttab.com/products/online-ordering — 2026-09-03
- pos.toasttab.com/third-party-delivery-integrations — 2026-09-03
- pos.toasttab.com/products/payments — 2026-09-03
- pos.toasttab.com/products/multi-location-management — 2026-09-03
- support.toasttab.com/en/article/Using-Toast-in-Offline-Mode — 2026-09-03
Toast is a trademark of Toast, Inc., which is not affiliated with Brindola or Pliu AB.