Taybl is 1.49% for UK cards with no extra Stripe fees on top. Square lists 1.75% in person. Toast published 2.49% + 15p in May 2026 but now quotes the rate with your package, with processing through Adyen. Lightspeed does not publish UK card rates and quotes them per venue.

Taybl includes loyalty in the £79 with no add-on and no extra monthly fee: guests earn and redeem rewards at the till. Square Loyalty is an extra £25 a month per location on top of the plan. Toast charges an extra £65 to £100 a month. Lightspeed includes it on Core (£149) and Pro (£219), and as an add-on on Basic.

Taybl includes gift vouchers in the £79 with no add-on and no extra monthly fee: they are sold, loaded and redeemed in the same payment flow as everything else. Square gift cards start at £0 a month. Toast charges an extra £25 to £50 a month. Lightspeed includes them on Core (£149) and Pro (£219), and as an add-on on Basic.

The price of printing physical gift cards, based on an order of 125 cards. Taybl is £0.35 a card, Square is £1.22 and Toast is £0.66. Lightspeed does not publish its pricing, so it is quoted.

Taybl POS is £79 a month as a standalone product. Square is shown on its Plus plan, per location, because the free plan leaves out features such as split by seat or item, course management, QR pay and end-of-day reports. Toast UK lists Starter at £80 and Essentials at £150. Lightspeed lists Basic, Core and Pro, with extra registers at £39 each.

Taybl: handheld £229, register package £999, kitchen display £399, all + VAT. Square: Terminal £149, Handheld £169, Register £699, all + VAT. Toast terminals are proprietary and cannot be used with another POS. Lightspeed hardware is sold separately and quoted.

Taybl kitchen screens are included, so you buy only the screen. Square KDS software is an extra £15 per device per month. Toast includes it on Essentials and sells it as an add-on on Starter. Lightspeed includes it on Core and Pro.

Take orders at the table and send them straight to the bar and kitchen.

See every table at a glance: guests waiting to order, food waiting on the pass, tables needed for the next booking.

Orders sit against the guest's own seat, so the right dish reaches the right person and bills split cleanly. Square offers seat management on its Plus plan. Toast also numbers seats on an order.

Drinks to the bar, starters to the kitchen, mains held until the table is ready, then fired when you choose.

Taybl splits by item, by seat, evenly or the whole table, and shared dishes share the cost fairly, with the service charge adding up to the penny. Square offers split by seat or item on Plus. Toast lists split bills generally.

A shared bottle or sharing platter can be split between the guests who had it, in shares, instead of being given to one person or divided by hand. Each guest pays their part, and the service charge still adds up to the penny.

Hand the handheld over so each guest pays their own share at their own pace, then return it to the server with a PIN.

Guests scan, order and pay from their seat with no app to download. In Taybl it is part of the £79. Square charges an extra £20 a month for it. Toast does not offer a full order and pay function. Lightspeed lists QR ordering and pay from Core at £149 a month, and as an add-on on Basic (£79).

Allergens are recorded against the individual guest's seat rather than the whole table, so a dish is checked against the person who will eat it. Square and Toast also track allergens by seat, using seat numbers.

Taybl shows your real floor plan with the table's seats drawn on it. Tap the guest's own seat and tick their allergens, so the allergy belongs to a person you can see, not a seat number to remember. Square and Toast rely on seat numbers alone, with nothing to show which number is which seat at the table, so staff have to work it out themselves.

Pick a dish containing a flagged allergen for that seat and the handheld says so, including related allergens such as peanuts and tree nuts. The allergy then arrives on the kitchen ticket with the order.

Every void, comp and refund needs manager approval and is recorded against the person who made it.

Staff tap a wristband to sign in, with no shared PIN codes, so every action is tied to the right person.

Taybl hours go straight into Rotas and timesheets, ready for payroll. Square (Shifts) and Toast cover time tracking and scheduling, but payroll is not included.

Takings by hour, the drawer counted against what is expected, and a one-tap export for your accounts.

Taybl Hub adds a cellular backup so devices keep talking and cards keep working, with everything uploaded when the connection returns. Square supports offline payments on all plans, but declines them if the device is not back online within 24 hours, and contactless, gift cards and Clearpay do not work offline.

Seat a booked party and the cover count, guest name, notes and allergies carry over with no re-keying. Square does this through its OpenTable integration, which requires a separate OpenTable subscription at £179 a month. Lightspeed Reservations is a separate add-on.

Dishes and deposits taken in the booking flow arrive on the order, so the guest is not asked to pay twice.

Event ticket scanning runs in the same staff app your team already use, not another app to install and train people on.

A guest is one record, with their booking history, allergies, ticket purchases and usual orders in the same place.