What are the main alternatives to Upserve?

20 other food & restaurant tools are listed in this directory, led by Clover, Heartland Restaurant, Lavu, HotSchedules. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.

What is the best free alternative to Upserve?

None of the food & restaurant tools listed alongside Upserve publish a free tier on the record we hold.

Is there a cheaper alternative to Upserve?

Yes. 8 of the alternatives below start under Upserve's $59/month: Clover at $29/month, HotSchedules at $2/employee/month, Grubhub at $15/order, CrunchTime at Free.

Is there a reason to switch away from Upserve?

Nothing in the data flags one. Upserve publishes its pricing, and starts at $59/month against a category median of $79/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.

What would I give up by switching from Upserve?

Upserve is most often brought in for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.

Is there an open-source alternative to Upserve?

None of the food & restaurant tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.

How were these Upserve alternatives chosen?

They are the tools filed in the same category, Food & Restaurant, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.

Where can I compare Upserve against one of these directly?

Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Upserve covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.

Does this list cover every food & restaurant tool?

No. It covers what this directory holds in the Food & Restaurant category, 20 tools beside Upserve. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.

Food & Restaurant · alternatives

Alternatives to Upserve

20 food & restaurant tools sit alongside Upserve in this directory. Below is what separates each from Upserve on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.

Alternatives listed: 20
With a free tier: 0
Cheaper to start: 8
Upserve starts at: $59/month

Why people look past Upserve

Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Upserve publishes its pricing, and starts at $59/month against a category median of $79/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.

What each alternative does differently

Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.

Clover

$29/month

Point of sale system that grows with your business

Starts $30 a month cheaper, at $29/month.

Upserve vs Clover Clover review

Heartland Restaurant

$89/month

Complete restaurant management ecosystem

Starts $30 a month dearer, at $89/month.

Upserve vs Heartland Restaurant Heartland Restaurant review

Lavu

$99/month

iPad POS for restaurants and bars

Starts $40 a month dearer, at $99/month.

Upserve vs Lavu Lavu review

HotSchedules

$2/employee/month

Restaurant employee scheduling software

Starts $57 a employee/month cheaper, at $2/employee/month.

Upserve vs HotSchedules HotSchedules review

Compeat

$350/month

Restaurant back office and accounting

Starts $291 a month dearer, at $350/month.

Upserve vs Compeat Compeat review

Backbar

On request

Bar inventory management with drink costing and purchasing tools

Priced and rated the same as Upserve on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.

Upserve vs Backbar Backbar review

Every Upserve alternative at a glance

A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.

Food & Restaurant alternatives to Upserve
Tool	Entry price	Model	Tiers	Head to head
Upserve (this page)	$59/month	-	2
CloverCloud-based POS with flexible hardware options and customizable interface, focusing on simplicity and multi-channel support for small to medium restaurants.	$29/month	Subscription	2	vs Upserve
Heartland RestaurantFull-service restaurant POS solution with comparable feature set and reported as industry-leading alternative with better support.	$89/month	Subscription	2	vs Upserve
LavuRanked #1 by Capterra for three years with predictable $99/month pricing and built-in table management, kitchen display, and multi-location reporting.	$99/month	-	-	vs Upserve
HotSchedules	$2/employee/month	Subscription	2	vs Upserve
Compeat	$350/month	Subscription	2	vs Upserve
Backbar	On request	Subscription	-	vs Upserve
Grubhub	$15/order	Transaction	3	vs Upserve
CrunchTime	Free	Subscription	1	vs Upserve
ChowNow	$249/month	-	3	vs Upserve
Jolt	$69/month	Subscription	3	vs Upserve
Aloha POS	$150/month	Subscription	3	vs Upserve
CookDocs	$49/month	Subscription	2	vs Upserve
BentoBox	$99/month	Subscription	3	vs Upserve
Galley Solutions	$300/month	Subscription	2	vs Upserve
Deputy	$3.5/user/month	Subscription	3	vs Upserve
Caviar	$20/order	Transaction	1	vs Upserve
Avero	$200/month	Subscription	2	vs Upserve
Apicbase	$200/month	Subscription	2	vs Upserve
CAKE POS	$69/month	Subscription	2	vs Upserve
DoorDash	$15/order	Transaction	3	vs Upserve

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Upserve badges page.

Cheaper ways to solve the same problem

Cheaper than Upserve (8)

Entry price under Upserve's $59/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.

Clover , $29/month
HotSchedules , $2/employee/month
Grubhub , $15/order
CrunchTime , Free
CookDocs , $49/month
Deputy , $3.5/user/month
Caviar , $20/order
DoorDash , $15/order

What you would be giving up

Upserve is most often brought in for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.

Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.

If Upserve is broadly right and the question is cost, the Upserve pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Food & Restaurant category lists everything the directory holds, and best food & restaurant tools ranks them.

Upserve runs on web, ipad, android, custom pos terminals. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.

Questions about Upserve alternatives

What are the main alternatives to Upserve?: 20 other food & restaurant tools are listed in this directory, led by Clover, Heartland Restaurant, Lavu, HotSchedules. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
What is the best free alternative to Upserve?: None of the food & restaurant tools listed alongside Upserve publish a free tier on the record we hold.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Upserve?: Yes. 8 of the alternatives below start under Upserve's $59/month: Clover at $29/month, HotSchedules at $2/employee/month, Grubhub at $15/order, CrunchTime at Free.
Is there a reason to switch away from Upserve?: Nothing in the data flags one. Upserve publishes its pricing, and starts at $59/month against a category median of $79/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
What would I give up by switching from Upserve?: Upserve is most often brought in for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
Is there an open-source alternative to Upserve?: None of the food & restaurant tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
How were these Upserve alternatives chosen?: They are the tools filed in the same category, Food & Restaurant, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
Where can I compare Upserve against one of these directly?: Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Upserve covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
Does this list cover every food & restaurant tool?: No. It covers what this directory holds in the Food & Restaurant category, 20 tools beside Upserve. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.