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One powerful platform for everything you do

Packed with intuitive features, Toast is designed to work alongside busy business owners like you, tackling big jobs with fewer systems, unified data, and tools that talk to each other.

Manage operations

Keep shifts running smoothly

Point of sale, payment, and management tools work as one behind the scenes, pulling data from every corner of your business into a single command center.

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Run your business anywhere

One cloud-based platform for orders, sales, and payments, backed by offline mode and 24/7 support — all easily accessible from your phone.

Get every little thing the moment you need it

1,000 little razor-sharp features built for the day-to-day details that slow you down. Plus, 200+ integrations. So you never miss a beat.

Know what’s working and why

Stop hunting through spreadsheets. Stop second-guessing. Start making data-backed decisions with clear, consolidated insights.

Work with a recognized leader

Trusted review platforms recognize the technology powering the Toast platform.

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Point of sale

Drive revenue, streamline operations, and delight guests.

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Toast Flex 3 Countertop POS

Accept payments seamlessly and accurately to the delight of your guests whether they’re paying online, in-person, or through a third-party platform.

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Run your restaurant from your phone with easy access to real-time sales reporting and key controls.

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Understand your restaurants’ performance relative to peers.

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Toast Flex

A sleek, modern POS terminal that can handle the hustle and bustle of your biz.

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Toast Go® 3 Handheld

Our next-gen handheld POS powers service anywhere, with smart features built for hospitality’s paces and places.

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Kitchen display system

Designed to deliver speedy service, view all your orders in one place, and optimize your kitchen for all the ways to take orders.

Make your kitchen flow
Over half of all Michelin starred US restaurants use Toast.

Over half of all Michelin-starred US restaurants use Toast.

Over 2 billion orders.

Over 2 billion orders. 1

Revenue up to 30% greater than average.

Revenue up to 30% greater than average. 2

Chargebacks up to 3x less often.

Chargebacks up to 3x less often. 3

Turn new guests into regulars

Bring your community to your door

ToastIQ Grow is your connected growth partner, bringing together AI-powered marketing, 
core Toast software, and dedicated expert guidance to help you attract more guests, 
turn them into regulars, and grow your business.

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Attract more guests online

Reach guests through your website, app, and commission-free direct ordering⁴. Plus, run ads that help drive them straight to you.

Treat them like neighbors, not numbers

Orders, visits, and reservations flow into a unified guest profile, so you know who they are, what they love, and how to bring them back.

Run smarter marketing with AI tools

Bring guests in and back again with campaigns fueled by data and launched in a few clicks, no marketing degree required.

Bring guests in

Advertising

Bring in new guests with simple, smart campaigns, launched in minutes on Google and Meta.

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Make it easy to get discovered in search with custom websites, updated in real time.

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Convert searches into orders and sell online your way. Enable delivery while skipping third-party commissions.

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Drive guest bookings with streamlined waitlists and reservations all the while putting guest notes at your team’s fingertips.

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Bring guests back

Guest CRM

Increase revenue, streamline operations, and delight guests with Toast POS, a platform powerful enough to help run your entire business.

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Fueled by data from every single transaction in store and online, Toast IQ Grow knows your customers as well as you do — and knows ways to help bring them back.

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From “we miss you!” to “dessert’s on us”, data-powered campaigns keep you top of mind.

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Reward your biggest fans with a loyalty program that loves them back.

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Make it easy for guests to order and reorder with your own custom app.

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8% increased sales

Toast IQ Grow customers saw increased sales of more than 8% on average compared to similar Toast restaurants. ⁵

56% more online sales

Restaurants using Toast Online Ordering with Marketing Suite drive 56% more direct online sales than those relying on Online Ordering alone. ⁶

$8 earned for every one spent

On average, early beta users are earning $8 for every dollar spent with Toast Advertising on Google Ads.23

Empower your team

Support a happy, high-performing team

Meet Toast IQ Team 24 : Powerful AI agents, our best labor management software, and dedicated human support. All in one package, at one price, for lower labor costs and a happier, more productive team.

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Staff smarter with AI tools

Toast IQ learns from every sale, clock-in, and clock-out to help predict demand, build better schedules, and boost your team performance.

Hire and keep great talent

Be the place everyone wants to work with flexible, predictable schedules and transparent and reliable pay.

Payroll with peace of mind

Timekeeping, payroll and dedicated support all working together to handle the industry’s nuances so details don’t slip through the cracks.

Payroll

We handle the complexities unique to this industry. Simply review hours and tips, then run payroll in minutes - or set Auto Payroll to run automatically.

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Bring predictability to labor costs. Staff for future demand with sales forecasting, while the Scheduling Agent can help minimize overtime while building your schedule.

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Automate the tedious parts of tip pooling with a system that integrates directly with payroll.

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Track employee performance, set clear goals, and spark friendly competition that turns high-pressure rushes into staff wins.

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overtime hours per employee when using our scheduling solution. ⁷

in sales on featured items running menu-item contests. ⁸

customers rate their support experience with Payroll Success Partners a five out of five. ⁹

Simplify vendor management

Manage suppliers and inventory without headaches or hassle

Stay ahead of costs and waste with tools that give you visibility and control from back office to line prep.

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Save time and skip paperwork

Digitize every invoice with just the snap of a photo. Categorize line item details, automate GL coding, and sync to Quickbooks Online.

Track and optimize your COGS

Stay aware of rising costs with detailed reporting and ingredient price tracking. You’ll always know what’s impacting your bottom line.

Protect every dollar on every plate

Uncover potential savings by connecting invoices, recipes, and inventory. See plate costs, track waste, and spot differences between your actual and theoretical inventory.

Food cost analysis

Get updates on ingredient price changes and detailed food cost reports, so you can make smarter purchasing and pricing decisions to help protect your margins.

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Food Cost Analysis with Toast IQ

Take, assign, and run inventory counts from anywhere on your mobile device. Connect your counts to your recipes and sales to see actual compared to theoretical variance, helping you spot waste and optimize operations.

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Inventory Management with Toast IQ

Get your time back from manual data entry. Snap a photo, scan, email, or leverage EDI to quickly digitize, store, and code every single line item.

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Invoice Automation with ToastIQ

Sync your coded data — from invoices, sales, and even Toast Payroll — directly into QuickBooks Online.

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Accounting Sync with Toast IQ

Run smart and fast

Get stuff done with Toast IQ

The revolutionary power of AI, now built into Toast’s platform to drive immediate action across workflows. It's as easy as texting a friend.

Never miss another trend

“For You” feed proactively surfaces key insights about your own business and the local market to help you get ahead of performance.

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Never miss a trend with Toast IQ

Explore tab gives you personalized prompts based on your own data, suggesting anything from menu item changes to marketing opportunities.

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Get proactive suggestions with Toast IQ on a mobile device

Need to 86 the avocado toast? Cut a server from Friday’s dinner shift? Simply type the command in the chat interface and Toast IQ will get it done for you.¹¹

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Complete tasks directly from chat with Toast IQ

Toast IQ analyzes every transaction and data point to give you personalized answers to complex business questions.

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Toast finance¹³

Better cash flow. Built for the way you actually run.

Tools to understand your cash flow, plan for what’s coming, and access the funding you need — all in one place.

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Always Know Where Your Cash Flow Stands

Unlock a real-time, connected view of what's actually moving through your business - and use Toast IQ to get answers to your most important financial questions, instantly.14

Protect the payments you can’t afford to miss

Toast Checking15 can help make sure the cash is always there when it counts.

Funding from a partner who understands your business

When opportunity hits or cash gets tight, you need funding that works with your business — not against it. Fast access to capital,16 terms built around how you actually run.

Toast Capital Loans¹⁶

Crunched for cash or ready to expand? Access loans ranging from $1,000 to $300,000 with Toast Capital.

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Toast Checking helps you automatically set aside money for taxes, payroll, and expenses — so you know exactly what's safe to spend.

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See your spending organized by category and vendor automatically - so you can spot where costs are climbing without digging through statements or reconciling manually.17

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With instant deposit,18 today’s sales become today’s cash in seconds, so you can pay staff or bills without waiting for the next business day — even on weekends and holidays.

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The future of Toast Finance

We’re building toward an agentic future where your cash flow is proactively managed, your books stay current in the background, and every dollar works harder for your business.

Flexible pricing options for every restaurant and retailer

Starter Kit

Starting at ²⁰ $0per month

Ideal for single-location restaurants who need one to two terminals to get up and running.

Hardware kit with no upfront costs. 22

  • Cloud-based point of sale.
  • Hardware configuration incl. one terminal.
  • Additional add-ons available.
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Point of Sale

Starting at ²¹ $69per month

Ideal for restaurants looking to get started with core functionality and flat-rate processing.

Monthly software subscription. Choose your own hardware.

  • Cloud-based point of sale.
  • Custom hardware configuration.
  • Additional add-ons available.
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Build Your Own

Ideal for all restaurants ready to drive more revenue and optimize operations with the full Toast platform.

Custom pricing

  • Perpetual inventory management.
  • Easy integrated payroll and tips manager.
  • Automated inventory.
  • Employee benefits.
  • Employee scheduling.
  • Guest marketing, loyalty, and gift cards.
  • Pair with hardware setup of your choosing.

Let’s talk about your business

We’re out here with a lot of love for local businesses, trying to make owning and operating a little easier every single day. Ask us how.

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  1. Over the last 7 years, our handhelds have powered over 2 billion orders.

  2. Revenue at Toast restaurants is on average, more than 30% greater than the average US restaurant. Based on third party market research of average annual revenue of 875K restaurants compared to the average annual GMV of US Toast customers from Jan 1 2023-December 31 2023.

  3. With Toast’s fraud prevention measures, our customers see chargebacks up to 3X less often when compared to the restaurant industry average. Based on a third-party analysis of chargeback frequency across Visa payment card transactions in the U.S. restaurant industry segment, rolling 12 months’ data ending March 2024. Actual results may vary and depend on the unique characteristics of each business.

  4. Standard payment processing rates and monthly software fees apply

  5. Based on internal Toast data from 07/01/2025 to 12/31/2025 comparing cohorts of Toast customers that utilized Toast Marketing Essentials on its own and customers that utilized Toast’s Marketing Success Manager beta program before these offerings were bundled as part of Toast IQ Grow. Customer usage of Toast Marketing Essentials and usage of other Toast products in cohort varies. Data does not account for other ToastIQ Grow offerings. Individual results will vary.

  6. Based on internal Toast data from 1/1/25 - 8/31-25. Direct online sales include online ordering, Toast Local, and Local by Toast. Individual results will vary.

  7. Based on Toast internal data and customer-provided data from July 2025-2026 comparing Toast restaurants using Schedule Pro v. Toast restaurants not using Scheduling Pro. Individual results will vary.

  8. Based on Toast internal data from 96 menu item contests conducted between February and June 2026, reflecting a weighted average of percentage increases in featured items sold and sales dollars. Individual results will vary.

  9. Based on a survey of 86 Toast Payroll customers that utilized Payroll Success Partners services between May 2025 and March 2026, including pilot participants. Individual results will vary.

  10. Based on survey of 79 xtraCHEF Pro and Essentials customers from 11/2/24 to 11/29/24. Individual results may vary.

  11. Certain use cases may not yet be available. Please ask your Toast sales representative about specific features before purchasing. Images are rendered solely to illustrate potential future development. Subject to change.

  12. Results self-reported by customer. Individual results will vary.

  13. Toast Finance is the integrated suite of financial products and services offered by Toast or its affiliates that you can use to manage your business's finances. Some products are offered in partnership with third-party financial institutions. Terms, conditions, and fees may apply based on the underlying product or service.

  14. Integrated with Toast IQ, cash flow analysis is based solely on the bank account(s) you have connected and is provided for informational purposes only. Categories are assigned based on an initial analysis and can be changed by you at any time. You can disconnect your connected accounts with Toast directly from the Connected Accounts page in Cash Flow Insights, or through your banking provider.

  15. Toast is not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Thread Bank, Member FDIC. FDIC deposit insurance covers the failure of an insured bank. Certain conditions must be satisfied for pass-through deposit insurance coverage to apply. The Toast Checking Account Debit Mastercard is issued by Thread Bank pursuant to a license from Mastercard Inc. and may be used anywhere Mastercard is accepted. Toast Checking Account offers limited checking services. You may issue checks from your Account but not deposit checks into your Account.

  16. Toast Capital Loans are issued by WebBank. Loans are subject to credit approval and may not be available to borrowers in certain jurisdictions. WebBank reserves the right to change or discontinue this program without notice. Funds are typically disbursed within 1-2 business days following application.

  17. Cash flow analysis is based solely on the bank account(s) you have connected and is provided for informational purposes only. Categories are assigned based on an initial analysis and can be changed by you at any time. You can disconnect your connected accounts with Toast directly from the Connected Accounts page in Cash Flow Insights, or through your banking provider. 

  18. With instant deposit, your restaurant's card transactions (excluding American Express Direct transactions) will be deposited to your restaurant's eligible bank account typically within a few seconds (may take up to 30 minutes in rare cases). A 1.75% fee is applied to the amount of each instant deposit.

  19. Customer compensated in exchange for participation.

  20. Pricing includes first hardware terminal subscription. Additional charges apply for subsequent devices.

  21. Terms & conditions apply.
  22. Pricing applies to new customers and single locations only.

  23. Based on Toast Advertising data from June 1, 2024 - March 4, 2025 for live Google campaigns that had at least 3 weeks of data. Data based on actual online order values, as well as estimated store visits and average on-premise order value. Individual results will vary.

  24. Toast IQ Team is a suite of tools. Select features are AI-integrated; others may be part of the Toast and/or Toast IQ foundational platform.