Aloha POS vs Revel Systems

Aloha is the restaurant point-of-sale software from NCR Voyix, sold as cloud-connected POS for quick-service, fast-casual, casual and fine-dining restaurants. Revel Systems is an iPad-based restaurant point of sale with payments, order and menu management, inventory, kitchen management, employee management, reporting and a customer CRM. Both are listed under Restaurant POS. The main differences are in audience, platforms and company background.

Key differences

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Aloha POS: Quick-service and fast-casual chains; Revel Systems: Existing Revel merchants.

  • platforms

    They do not run on the same platforms. Aloha POS: Web; Revel Systems: iOS.

  • company background

    Aloha POS is based in Atlanta, United States and Revel Systems in Atlanta (per Wikipedia), United States. Aloha POS names NCR Voyix Corporation (NYSE: VYX) as its parent company and Revel Systems names Shift4 (acquisition announced June 2024, per Wikipedia).

Side by side

Aloha POS vs Revel Systems: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldAloha POSRevel Systems
What it isAloha is the restaurant point-of-sale software from NCR Voyix, sold as cloud-connected POS for quick-service, fast-casual, casual and fine-dining restaurants.Revel Systems is an iPad-based restaurant point of sale with payments, order and menu management, inventory, kitchen management, employee management, reporting and a customer CRM.
Best forQuick-service and fast-casual chains; Casual and fine-dining restaurants; Multi-location and large restaurant groupsExisting Revel merchants
Pricing modelQuote onlyQuote only
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebiOS
CountriesNot publishedNot published
LanguagesEnglish, JapaneseNot published
Number of integrationsNot publishedNot published
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesPoint-to-point encryption and tokenisation for card dataNot published
FoundedNot published2010
HeadquartersAtlanta, United StatesAtlanta (per Wikipedia), United States
OwnerNCR Voyix Corporation (NYSE: VYX)Shift4 (acquisition announced June 2024, per Wikipedia)
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Which to choose

Aloha POS

Choose Aloha POS if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Quick-service and fast-casual chains; Casual and fine-dining restaurants; Multi-location and large restaurant groups.

Revel Systems

Choose Revel Systems if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Existing Revel merchants.

What we could not confirm

Aloha POS

  • Any price, licence model or contract term
  • Named integrations (delivery, accounting, payroll, reservations)
  • Countries where Aloha is sold (only a count of 35 for NCR Voyix overall)
  • Native mobile apps and app store listings
  • Whether Aloha is suited to single small restaurants (positioning stresses enterprise and multi-location)
  • Funding, employee count and founding date of the Aloha product
  • Support hours and channels
  • Security certifications beyond the encryption and tokenisation statements

Revel Systems

  • Pricing
  • Integrations
  • Feature detail beyond support topic names (product pages no longer on revelsystems.com)
  • Countries and languages
  • Security certifications
  • Hardware specification
  • Whether Revel is still sold to new customers or replaced by Shift4 Dine

Go further

Aloha POS profileRevel Systems profile

Other comparisons with these products

Sources

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

Aloha POS, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Aloha POS product page (the vendor URL redirects here)https://www.ncrvoyix.com/platform/restaurant-applications/ordering-fulfillment/point-of-sale
  2. Restaurant applications overviewhttps://www.ncrvoyix.com/platform/restaurant-applications/
  3. Operations toolshttps://www.ncrvoyix.com/platform/restaurant-applications/operations
  4. Paymentshttps://www.ncrvoyix.com/platform/restaurant-applications/payments
  5. Digital orderinghttps://www.ncrvoyix.com/platform/restaurant-applications/ordering-fulfillment/digital-ordering
  6. Loyalty and marketinghttps://www.ncrvoyix.com/platform/restaurant-applications/consumer-experience-loyalty-marketing
  7. Company overviewhttps://www.ncrvoyix.com/about
  8. Aloha Cloud 6.16 releasehttps://www.ncrvoyix.com/newsroom/aloha-cloud-v6-16-debuts-with-enhanced-tools-and-seamless-experiences
  9. HQ, countries, tickerhttps://www.ncrvoyix.com/newsroom/ncr-voyix-maintains-global-leadership-in-pos-software-reclaims-top-spot-in-new-restaurant-deployments

Revel Systems, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Redirects to Shift4 food and beverage pagehttps://revelsystems.com
  2. Shift4 statement that Revel is now part of Shift4https://www.shift4.com/food-beverage
  3. Revel support home: product areashttps://support.revelsystems.com/s/
  4. Founding, HQ, ownershiphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revel_Systems