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NCR Silver vs WISK

NCR Silver logo

NCR Silver

Restaurants

Enterprise POS and commerce solutions by NCR

From
$200000/year
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
WISK logo

WISK

Restaurants

Bar inventory and pour cost control using Bluetooth scales and POS depletion data

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: NCR Silver no pricing published on NCR website; WISK food inventory is markedly shallower than beverage, so kitchen led operations end up buying a second back office system and paying twice for invoice capture.
  • They diverge on capability: NCR Silver covers Multi-store management, WISK covers Bluetooth scale counting.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which NCR Silver and WISK actually diverge.

Attributes where NCR Silver and WISK differ
AttributeNCR SilverWISK
Starting price$200000/yearOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
Founded1884Unknown

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 NCR Silver

  • Multi-store management
  • Point of sale
  • Inventory management
  • Omnichannel capabilities
  • Customer analytics
  • Self-checkout
  • Mobile POS
  • API access

Only in WISK

  • Bluetooth scale counting
  • POS depletion matching
  • Invoice scanning
  • Recipe and pour costing
  • Ordering and par levels
  • Variance by period and staff

What people use each for

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

NCR Silver

  • Processing digital transactions for retail stores and restaurant chains at scalenot WISK
  • Operating self-service ATM networks for financial institutions and retailersnot WISK

WISK

  • A cocktail bar losing margin to over pouring that needs variance measured weekly rather than monthlynot NCR Silver
  • A restaurant group standardising pour costs across venues with different bar managersnot NCR Silver
  • An operator who wants supplier price rises on spirits surfaced automatically as they hit invoicesnot NCR Silver
  • A venue preparing for sale or investor review that needs defensible stock valuationsnot NCR Silver

Where each one falls short

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

NCR Silver

  • No pricing published on NCR website

WISK

  • Food inventory is markedly shallower than beverage, so kitchen led operations end up buying a second back office system and paying twice for invoice capture.
  • Accuracy depends on the Bluetooth scale, which is an additional hardware purchase per bar station and a consumable in practice given how bar equipment is treated.
  • The value proposition collapses without a consistent counting cadence, and the software cannot force a bar manager to count every week.
  • Pricing is per location, so a group with several small satellite bars pays the same per site as it does for its flagship venue despite much lower beverage revenue.
  • POS integration quality varies by system, and where item level mapping is incomplete the theoretical usage figures are wrong in a way that is not obvious until someone audits them.

Pricing, plan by plan

NCR Silver

$200000/year
  • Enterprise$200000/year
    • Multi-store POS
    • Inventory management
    • Omnichannel
  • Premium$500000/year
    • All Enterprise features
    • Advanced personalization
    • Custom integrations

WISK

On request
  • WISK$undefined/year
    • Priced per location per month with tiers by feature set
    • Bluetooth scale hardware quoted separately
    • Onboarding and item catalogue setup billed at the start

Which should you pick?

Choose NCR Silver if

  • You need multi-store management.
  • You also want point of sale.
NCR Silver review

Choose WISK if

  • You need bluetooth scale counting.
  • You work on Web, iOS, Android.
  • You also want pos depletion matching.
WISK review

Questions people ask

Is NCR Silver or WISK better?
Neither clearly leads. NCR Silver starts at $200000/year and WISK at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, NCR Silver or WISK?
NCR Silver starts at $200000/year and WISK at On request.
Does NCR Silver or WISK run on more platforms?
NCR Silver runs on Web. WISK runs on Web, iOS, Android.
What is NCR Silver best used for?
NCR Silver is most often used for processing digital transactions for retail stores and restaurant chains at scale, operating self-service atm networks for financial institutions and retailers. Of those, processing digital transactions for retail stores and restaurant chains at scale and operating self-service atm networks for financial institutions and retailers are not what WISK is typically brought in for.
What can NCR Silver do that WISK cannot?
NCR Silver covers Multi-store management, Point of sale, Inventory management, Omnichannel capabilities. WISK covers Bluetooth scale counting, POS depletion matching, Invoice scanning, Recipe and pour costing.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

NCR Silver: Where can I find NCR Silver pricing?

NCR's main website does not display pricing for its Silver product line. The company has separated into two entities (NCR Voyix and NCR Atleos), and specific product pricing requires contacting their respective sales teams.

Source
WISK: Do I need the scale to use it?

Not strictly, but without it partial bottles are estimated and the variance figures lose most of their precision, which is the reason to buy the product.

WISK: How long does a count take?

A bar of a few hundred SKUs is typically countable by two people in under an hour once the catalogue is set up.

WISK: Does it handle food as well as drink?

It does, but the depth is in beverage. Kitchen heavy operations usually pair it with, or replace it by, a broader food costing platform.

WISK: Does it connect to my accounting system?

It exports invoice and cost data to QuickBooks and Xero rather than acting as the ledger itself.

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