Easy Tipping vs Fourth Tip Payout

Easy Tipping is a digital tipping platform where guests scan a QR code and tip by card in their browser, with no app needed. Fourth Tip Payout is the digital tip distribution part of Fourth's HotSchedules workforce platform. Both are listed under Cash Management & Tipping Payments. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in audience, platforms and integrations.

Key differences

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Easy Tipping: Restaurants and bars wanting cashless tips; Fourth Tip Payout: Multi-location restaurant operators paying tips in cash.

  • platforms

    They do not run on the same platforms. Easy Tipping: Web, iOS, Android; Fourth Tip Payout: Web.

  • integrations

    On integrations, Easy Tipping names 5 integrations and Fourth Tip Payout names 16 integrations. No partner appears in every list.

Side by side

Easy Tipping vs Fourth Tip Payout: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldEasy TippingFourth Tip Payout
What it isEasy Tipping is a digital tipping platform where guests scan a QR code and tip by card in their browser, with no app needed.Fourth Tip Payout is the digital tip distribution part of Fourth's HotSchedules workforce platform.
Best forRestaurants and bars wanting cashless tips; Individual service workers and small teamsMulti-location restaurant operators paying tips in cash; Existing HotSchedules customers; Operators with complex tip rules
Pricing modelPercentage of salesFree to employer, employee transfer fees
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
CountriesNot publishedNot published
LanguagesEnglishNot published
Number of integrations516
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesCard payments processed by Stripe with encrypted checkout (no certification named)Not published
FoundedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersNot publishedNot published
OwnerNot publishedBacked by Marlin Equity Partners
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Easy Tipping

  • Apple Pay
  • Flutterwave
  • Google Pay
  • PayPal
  • Stripe

Named only by Fourth Tip Payout

  • Digital Dining
  • Focus
  • HungerRush
  • Lightspeed U Series
  • Micros 3700
  • Aloha
  • PAR POS
  • POSitouch
  • QU
  • Restaurant Manager
  • Revel
  • Simphony
and 4 more
  • Squirrel
  • Toast
  • Xenial IRIS
  • Xpient

Which to choose

Easy Tipping

Choose Easy Tipping if you fit its listed audience: Restaurants and bars wanting cashless tips; Individual service workers and small teams.

Fourth Tip Payout

Choose Fourth Tip Payout if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Multi-location restaurant operators paying tips in cash; Existing HotSchedules customers; Operators with complex tip rules.

Less suited to: Operators that do not use HotSchedules for scheduling; the vendor's related Fuego page says companies must use HotSchedules.

What we could not confirm

Easy Tipping

  • Any fee or price
  • Countries where it operates
  • Company location, founding year, founders, funding
  • Payout speed and schedule (depends on payment provider)
  • Whether OBON3 LLC is the operating company of the website
  • The 'trusted by 1,400+ businesses' claim is the vendor's own

Fourth Tip Payout

  • Countries where Tip Payout is available
  • Which POS systems are supported for tip data (30+ claimed, not listed)
  • Contract term and renewal
  • Headquarters city and employee count
  • Security certifications
  • App Store and Google Play listings for the Fuego app

Go further

Easy Tipping profileFourth Tip Payout profile

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Sources

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