GetFoodTruckPOS vs Toast: which fits your truck?

Pick Toast if you want a full restaurant platform with its own rugged hardware, processing and deep add-ons, and you are happy with their contract terms. Pick GetFoodTruckPOS if you want to keep your own card processor with 0% taken by the POS, run on a phone you already own, month to month, with an auto online store and today's spot posts.

Toast terms vary by plan and by deal, and multi-year agreements have been commonly reported, especially when hardware is included. At the time we checked, see the dated table on this page. Ask Toast for the exact term, early termination terms and hardware ownership in writing. GetFoodTruckPOS is month to month: cancel any time and export your data.

Toast generally bundles its own payment processing with its POS, so you process through Toast. Check their current terms if that matters to you. GetFoodTruckPOS does the opposite: it does not process cards, takes 0% of card sales and works with the processor and reader you choose, so you can shop around for a rate.

Toast's purpose-built handhelds and terminals are a real strength for busy, hot, greasy windows. GetFoodTruckPOS runs in the browser on phones, tablets and laptops you choose, so you can use what you already own or buy a rugged tablet and case. That keeps startup costs lower, but you pick and protect the hardware yourself. See /hardware/.

Toast publicly documents an offline mode that keeps taking orders when the internet drops, with some limits, so check their current docs. GetFoodTruckPOS has no offline mode and needs a data connection. We recommend a hotspot, a backup SIM on a different carrier and testing signal at each new spot. If signal dies, take cash and enter sales later.

Toast offers online ordering, typically as an add-on on top of the core plan, at the time we checked. See the dated table on this page and confirm with Toast. GetFoodTruckPOS generates an online store from your menu on every plan, with a today's spot post so customers know where you are parked and can order ahead where you allow it.

Toast operates mainly in the USA, with a few other countries such as Canada, the UK and Ireland. At the time we checked, the UAE and Pakistan were not among them, so check Toast's current site. GetFoodTruckPOS serves the USA, the UAE and Pakistan, with local pricing, tax setups, Arabic and Urdu right to left screens and local payment methods.

Toast is built for restaurant groups and has deep tools for kitchens, labor and multi-location reporting, so a big operation with brick and mortar sites may get more from it. GetFoodTruckPOS Fleet covers up to three trucks plus a commissary, with per-truck menus, central reports and commissary to truck stock transfers, and extra trucks at a flat add-on price.

First check your Toast agreement for the end date, notice period and hardware terms. Export your menu and customer list, download sales reports, then import the menu into GetFoodTruckPOS and set up your own processor and reader. Run a few services on the trial before you cancel. The full plan is on /switch/.