Adyen for Restaurants vs Yoco

Adyen is a payments company whose in-person platform provides card terminals, acquiring and reconciliation in one place. Yoco is a South African payments and point-of-sale provider for small businesses. Both are listed under Payment Processing for Food Businesses. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in price, audience and countries covered.

Key differences

  • price

    Yoco publishes a starting price of ZAR 249 per location per month. Adyen for Restaurants does not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Adyen for Restaurants: Enterprise restaurant chains and franchises; Yoco: Independent restaurants and cafes in South Africa.

  • countries covered

    Adyen for Restaurants names 67 countries and Yoco names 1 country. No country appears in every list.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. Adyen for Restaurants names 3 integrations and Yoco names 11 integrations. 1 partner appears in every list.

Side by side

Adyen for Restaurants vs Yoco: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldAdyen for RestaurantsYoco
What it isAdyen is a payments company whose in-person platform provides card terminals, acquiring and reconciliation in one place.Yoco is a South African payments and point-of-sale provider for small businesses.
Best forEnterprise restaurant chains and franchises; Restaurant software platforms; Quick service and fast casualIndependent restaurants and cafes in South Africa; Food trucks, markets and pop-ups; Small businesses that want no monthly software fee
Pricing modelPer-transaction feesSubscription per location plus transaction fees
Starting priceNot publishedZAR 249 per location per month
Free planNot publishedYes
Free trialNot publishedYes
ContractNot publishedNo contract on card machines, per the vendor
PlatformsNot publishedWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesAndorra, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil and 61 moreSouth Africa
LanguagesNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations311
CertificationsPCI PTSNot published
Security practicesEnd-to-end encryption3D-Secure on transactions
Founded2006Not published
HeadquartersAmsterdam, NetherlandsNot published
OwnerNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • Lightspeed

Named only by Adyen for Restaurants

  • Oracle
  • Zenchef

Named only by Yoco

  • Loyverse
  • QuickBooks
  • Sage
  • Shopify
  • Shopstar
  • stub
  • TallOrder
  • Wix
  • WooCommerce
  • Xero

Which to choose

Adyen for Restaurants

Choose Adyen for Restaurants if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Enterprise restaurant chains and franchises; Restaurant software platforms; Quick service and fast casual.

Yoco

Choose Yoco if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Independent restaurants and cafes in South Africa; Food trucks, markets and pop-ups; Small businesses that want no monthly software fee.

What we could not confirm

Adyen for Restaurants

  • Terminal prices and rental terms
  • Full list of POS partners
  • Whether Adyen accepts small single-site restaurants directly
  • Legal entity name and registration
  • Founders
  • Contract term

Yoco

  • Headquarters, founding year and founders
  • Legal entity and registration
  • Funding rounds (the about page says over $100M raised in total, with no round detail)
  • Availability outside South Africa
  • Which accounting integrations need the Pro plan
  • Interface languages

Go further

Adyen for Restaurants profileYoco profile

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Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

Adyen for Restaurants, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. In-person payments overviewhttps://www.adyen.com/pos-payments
  2. Food and beverage pagehttps://www.adyen.com/industries/hospitality
  3. Pricing and countrieshttps://www.adyen.com/pricing
  4. Terminalshttps://www.adyen.com/pos-payments/terminals
  5. Company factshttps://www.adyen.com/about
  6. Partner programmehttps://www.adyen.com/partners