Is Lavu or PAR Brink POS better?

Neither clearly leads. Lavu starts at $99/month and PAR Brink POS at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Lavu or PAR Brink POS?

Lavu starts at $99/month and PAR Brink POS at On request.

Does Lavu or PAR Brink POS run on more platforms?

Lavu runs on iPad. PAR Brink POS runs on Web, Android, Windows.

What is Lavu best used for?

Lavu is most often used for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Of those, point of sale and order management are not what PAR Brink POS is typically brought in for.

What can Lavu do that PAR Brink POS cannot?

Lavu covers iPad POS, Split checks, Tab management, Happy hour pricing. PAR Brink POS covers Enterprise menu and price control, Drive through and speed of service, Open integration interfaces, Loyalty through Punchh.

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Lavu vs PAR Brink POS

Lavu

Restaurants

iPad POS for restaurants and bars

From: $99/month
Rated: -

Full review Website

PAR Brink POS

Restaurants

Cloud point of sale for enterprise quick service chains and their franchisees

From: On request
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Each has a real cost: Lavu iPad-only solution with no Android or Windows alternative; PAR Brink POS the suite was assembled by acquisition, so loyalty, ordering, back office and POS still carry separate data models and administration consoles rather than one unified system.
They diverge on capability: Lavu covers iPad POS, PAR Brink POS covers Enterprise menu and price control.
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Lavu and PAR Brink POS actually diverge.

Attributes where Lavu and PAR Brink POS differ
Attribute	Lavu	PAR Brink POS
Starting price	$99/month	On request
Pricing model	Unknown	quote
Platforms	iPad	Web, Android, Windows
Founded	2010	Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Restaurants).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Lavu

iPad POS
Split checks
Tab management
Happy hour pricing
Inventory tracking
Kitchen display
QuickBooks
Xero

Only in PAR Brink POS

Enterprise menu and price control
Drive through and speed of service
Open integration interfaces
Loyalty through Punchh
Back office through Data Central
Hardware range

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Lavu

Point of Salenot PAR Brink POS
Order Managementnot PAR Brink POS
Inventory Controlnot PAR Brink POS
Staff Schedulingnot PAR Brink POS

PAR Brink POS

A franchisor standardising the point of sale across hundreds of franchised locationsnot Lavu
A quick service brand where drive through timing and speed of service reporting drive operationsnot Lavu
A chain that wants POS, loyalty and back office contracted through a single vendornot Lavu
A brand needing documented interfaces so its own developers can build ordering and delivery integrationsnot Lavu

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Lavu

iPad-only solution with no Android or Windows alternative
Hardware costs are significant with devices starting at $700
Limited offline functionality compared to some competitors

PAR Brink POS

The suite was assembled by acquisition, so loyalty, ordering, back office and POS still carry separate data models and administration consoles rather than one unified system.
Pricing and contracting assume estate scale, which leaves an individual franchisee paying enterprise rates without enterprise negotiating leverage.
Hardware and implementation are separate line items that typically exceed the first year of software subscription at a new site.
Roll outs are project managed over months, so a brand needing a system live at a site opening in a few weeks will struggle.
PAR is a listed company under margin pressure and has raised prices as it consolidates its acquisitions, which makes renewal costs harder to forecast across a long franchise agreement.

Pricing, plan by plan

Lavu

$99/month

No published plan breakdown. See the Lavu review.

PAR Brink POS

On request

Brink POS$undefined/year
- Priced per site per month under a franchisor or corporate agreement
- Terminals, kitchen displays and drive through hardware quoted separately
- Implementation and roll out delivered as a project

Which should you pick?

Choose Lavu if

You need ipad pos.
You work on iPad.
You also want split checks.

Lavu review

Choose PAR Brink POS if

You need enterprise menu and price control.
You work on Web, Android, Windows.
You also want drive through and speed of service.

PAR Brink POS review

Questions people ask

Is Lavu or PAR Brink POS better?: Neither clearly leads. Lavu starts at $99/month and PAR Brink POS at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Lavu or PAR Brink POS?: Lavu starts at $99/month and PAR Brink POS at On request.
Does Lavu or PAR Brink POS run on more platforms?: Lavu runs on iPad. PAR Brink POS runs on Web, Android, Windows.
What is Lavu best used for?: Lavu is most often used for point of sale, order management, inventory control, staff scheduling. Of those, point of sale and order management are not what PAR Brink POS is typically brought in for.
What can Lavu do that PAR Brink POS cannot?: Lavu covers iPad POS, Split checks, Tab management, Happy hour pricing. PAR Brink POS covers Enterprise menu and price control, Drive through and speed of service, Open integration interfaces, Loyalty through Punchh.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Lavu: What devices does Lavu support?

Lavu is iPad-based and works with iPad Pro, Air, and Mini models. It is compatible with peripherals from Ingenico, Magtek, and supports various receipt printers, cash drawers, and barcode scanners.

Source

PAR Brink POS: Who chooses Brink, the franchisor or the franchisee?

Almost always the franchisor, as an estate standard. The franchisee implements and pays for it.

Lavu: Does Lavu offer financing for hardware?

Yes. Lavu offers 0% no-interest financing on hardware for 3-year contracts, and supports both 1-year and 3-year contract terms.

Source

PAR Brink POS: Does PAR supply loyalty as well as POS?

Yes, through Punchh, which PAR acquired. It is licensed separately from the POS.

Lavu: What is Lavu's pricing range?

Lavu monthly POS software costs range from $99 to $279 per month, with hardware starting at $700 and up to $1,500 for full systems.

Source

PAR Brink POS: Is it suitable for an independent restaurant?

Not really. The value is in central control across many sites, which an independent does not need and still pays for.

PAR Brink POS: Does it work offline?

Terminals continue to operate through network interruptions, which matters in drive through environments where a stall is measured in seconds.

Lavu vs PAR Brink POS

Lavu

PAR Brink POS

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Lavu

Only in PAR Brink POS

What people use each for

Lavu

PAR Brink POS

Where each one falls short

Lavu

PAR Brink POS

Pricing, plan by plan

Lavu

PAR Brink POS

Which should you pick?

Choose Lavu if

Choose PAR Brink POS if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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