Otter vs PAR Brink POS vs Qu POS vs SkyTab

Otter started as a tablet that gathers orders from delivery apps and is now sold as a restaurant point of sale system. PAR POS is the cloud point-of-sale system from PAR Technology, sold to quick-service, fast-casual and table-service restaurant chains. Qu is a cloud restaurant point of sale and ordering platform for large quick-service and fast-casual chains. SkyTab is now presented as Shift4 Dine, a restaurant point of sale from Shift4 with its own hardware, built-in payment processing, online and QR ordering, reservations, loyalty, labour scheduling and cloud reporting. All four are listed under Restaurant POS. They differ in price, audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • price

    On price, Otter at USD 79 per location per month; SkyTab at USD 29.99 per month. These figures are not directly comparable because the currency or billing basis is not the same. PAR Brink POS and Qu POS do not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Otter: Quick service and fast casual restaurants taking online orders; PAR Brink POS: Multi-unit QSR and fast-casual brands; Qu POS: Enterprise QSR and fast-casual chains; SkyTab: Table-service and quick-service restaurants.

  • platforms

    Listed platforms: Otter: Web, iOS, Android; PAR Brink POS: Web, Android, Windows; Qu POS: Web; SkyTab: Web, iOS, Android.

  • integrations

    The integration lists differ. Otter names 34 integrations, PAR Brink POS names 10 integrations, Qu POS names 29 integrations and SkyTab names 25 integrations. 4 partners appear in every list.

Side by side

Otter vs PAR Brink POS vs Qu POS vs SkyTab: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldOtterPAR Brink POSQu POSSkyTab
What it isOtter started as a tablet that gathers orders from delivery apps and is now sold as a restaurant point of sale system.PAR POS is the cloud point-of-sale system from PAR Technology, sold to quick-service, fast-casual and table-service restaurant chains.Qu is a cloud restaurant point of sale and ordering platform for large quick-service and fast-casual chains.SkyTab is now presented as Shift4 Dine, a restaurant point of sale from Shift4 with its own hardware, built-in payment processing, online and QR ordering, reservations, loyalty, labour scheduling and cloud reporting.
Best forQuick service and fast casual restaurants taking online orders; Restaurants on several delivery apps; Food stands, small cafes and food trucks; Multi-store and high-volume restaurantsMulti-unit QSR and fast-casual brands; Table-service restaurant groups; Brands wanting POS, payments, loyalty and back office from one vendorEnterprise QSR and fast-casual chains; Franchise and multi-brand operators; Drive-thru and kiosk heavy conceptsTable-service and quick-service restaurants; Multi-location and enterprise groups; Bars, nightclubs, pizzerias and coffee shops
Pricing modelSubscription per locationQuote onlyQuote onlySubscription per month
Starting priceUSD 79 per location per monthNot publishedNot publishedUSD 29.99 per month
Free planNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedYes
ContractMonthly plans renew monthly; hardware leases need 24 monthsNot publishedNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, Android, WindowsWebWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesAustralia, Canada, United Kingdom, United StatesNot publishedCanada, Mexico, United StatesCanada, Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, United States
LanguagesNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedEnglish, Spanish
Number of integrations34102925
CertificationsCCPA, GDPRNot publishedNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedVendor claims compliance-certified security measures (no named certification)Not publishedNot published
FoundedNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedNot published
HeadquartersLos Angeles, United StatesNew Hartford, New York, United StatesArlington, United StatesNot published
OwnerNot publishedNot publishedNot publishedShift4
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 202629 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by all four

  • 7shifts
  • DoorDash
  • Grubhub
  • Uber Eats

Named only by Otter

  • Clover
  • Deputy
  • DoorDash Drive
  • Epos Now
  • Flipdish
  • GoTab
  • Homebase
  • Hungry Panda
  • Lavu
  • Lightspeed
  • Loyverse
  • Micros
and 14 more
  • Order with Google
  • Brink
  • POSitouch
  • Postmates
  • Revel
  • Seamless
  • Shift4
  • Shipday
  • Skip the Dishes
  • Slice
  • Square
  • Squirrel Systems
  • Stripe
  • Toast

Named only by PAR Brink POS

  • ADP Workforce Now
  • ADP Run
  • Adyen
  • Altametrics
  • Attentive

Named only by Qu POS

  • Bikky
  • Chase
  • Checkmate
  • Cohesion
  • Compeat
  • Crunchtime
  • Fiserv
  • Fourth
  • FreedomPay
  • Givex
  • Global Payments
  • HotSchedules
and 9 more
  • Incentivio
  • Lunchbox
  • Olo
  • PayPal
  • Paytronix
  • Presto
  • Punchh
  • Thanx
  • UrbanPiper

Named only by SkyTab

  • Backbar
  • clickBACON
  • Craftable
  • Deliverect
  • Mailchimp
  • Menufy
  • Nory
  • OpenTable
  • Opera Cloud
  • ORCA
  • Pour Controls
  • SevenRooms
and 4 more
  • Shogo
  • Solink
  • Textmunication
  • TimeForge

Which to choose

Otter

Choose Otter if you are in one of these groups: Quick service and fast casual restaurants taking online orders; Restaurants on several delivery apps; Food stands, small cafes and food trucks.

PAR Brink POS

Choose PAR Brink POS if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Multi-unit QSR and fast-casual brands; Table-service restaurant groups; Brands wanting POS, payments, loyalty and back office from one vendor.

Qu POS

Choose Qu POS if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Enterprise QSR and fast-casual chains; Franchise and multi-brand operators; Drive-thru and kiosk heavy concepts.

Less suited to: Independent single-site restaurants. Qu positions itself for enterprise quick-service and fast-casual chains.

SkyTab

Choose SkyTab if you fit its listed audience: Table-service and quick-service restaurants; Multi-location and enterprise groups; Bars, nightclubs, pizzerias and coffee shops.

What we could not confirm

Otter

  • Base prices of the Lite and Standard order-aggregation plans (the details page lists features but not the plan prices)
  • Enterprise or multi-location pricing (the site offers a quote)
  • Founding year, founders, funding and parent company: the site has no About page and states none of these
  • Employee count
  • Full list of countries and which integrations work in which country; the vendor's own customer claims differ (100,000+ restaurants on the homepage, 275k+ customers and 40+ countries on the why-otter page)
  • Interface languages of the product (the marketing site has Spanish, French and Portuguese versions)
  • Security certifications such as SOC 2 or PCI level
  • Free trial or free plan
  • Whether Otter is owned by or affiliated with another company: the legal terms mention affiliates but name none

PAR Brink POS

  • Any price, contract term or minimum
  • An explicit vendor statement that Brink POS was renamed PAR POS (inferred from 2024 versus 2025 materials)
  • Founding year, funding and employee count
  • Full integration list (partner directory is paged) and country list
  • Named security certifications such as PCI level

Qu POS

  • Any price or contract terms
  • Founding year, employee count and funding amounts (investors named on the company page: Cota Capital, Enlightened Hospitality Investments, Bobby Cox Companies, NRD Capital)
  • Security certifications (a PCI DSS guide is published but no certification statement is given)
  • Supported hardware models
  • Interface languages

SkyTab

  • What unit the monthly fee is charged per (terminal, location) and any setup or processing rates
  • Contract term, renewal and early termination terms
  • Founding year and headquarters of the SkyTab product
  • Employee count and funding
  • Security certifications
  • Full list of countries served

Go further

Otter profilePAR Brink POS profileQu POS profileSkyTab 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.

Otter, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: positioning, pricing bundles, comparison, claimshttps://www.tryotter.com
  2. POS bundle prices, processing fees, hardware termshttps://www.tryotter.com/pricing
  3. Order aggregation plan details, add-on prices, hardware priceshttps://www.tryotter.com/pricing-details-aggregate
  4. Integration partner listhttps://www.tryotter.com/integrations
  5. POS product pagehttps://www.tryotter.com/products/otterpos
  6. Order Managerhttps://www.tryotter.com/products/order-management
  7. Kitchen displayhttps://www.tryotter.com/products/kds
  8. Kioskhttps://www.tryotter.com/products/kiosk
  9. Online orderinghttps://www.tryotter.com/products/online-ordering
  10. Cateringhttps://www.tryotter.com/products/catering
  11. Menu managementhttps://www.tryotter.com/products/menu-management
  12. Loyaltyhttps://www.tryotter.com/products/loyalty
  13. Marketing automationhttps://www.tryotter.com/products/marketing
  14. Ratings and reviewshttps://www.tryotter.com/products/ratings-and-reviews
  15. Financialshttps://www.tryotter.com/products/financials
  16. Analyticshttps://www.tryotter.com/products/analytics
  17. Live alertshttps://www.tryotter.com/products/live-alerts
  18. Website builderhttps://www.tryotter.com/products/website-builder
  19. Virtual brandshttps://www.tryotter.com/products/virtual-brands
  20. Inventory Savings cash backhttps://www.tryotter.com/products/inventory-savings
  21. Otter Go apphttps://www.tryotter.com/products/app
  22. Company claims, customer nameshttps://www.tryotter.com/why-otter
  23. FAQ topicshttps://www.tryotter.com/faq
  24. Legal terms by regionhttps://www.tryotter.com/legal
  25. Legal entity, billing and cancellation termshttps://www.tryotter.com/legal/tech-services
  26. Legal entity and Los Angeles addresshttps://www.tryotter.com/legal/privacy-policy
  27. Page discovery; UK and Australian site versionshttps://www.tryotter.com/sitemap.xml

PAR Brink POS, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. PAR POS overview, FAQhttps://partech.com/solutions/cloud-pos/
  2. Hardwarehttps://partech.com/solutions/pos-hardware/
  3. PAR OPS back officehttps://partech.com/solutions/back-office-solutions/
  4. Insights and deliveryhttps://partech.com/solutions/insights-and-delivery-solutions/
  5. Paymentshttps://partech.com/solutions/payment-services/
  6. QSR fithttps://partech.com/industries/qsr-fast-casual-restaurant/
  7. Table service fithttps://partech.com/industries/full-service-restaurant/
  8. Partner directoryhttps://partech.com/partner-ecosystem/
  9. 2025 PAR POS releasehttps://partech.com/press-releases/par-technology-announces-par-pos-spring-release-the-latest-intersection-of-innovation-and-efficiency/
  10. Brink name in 2024https://partech.com/2024/07/03/elevate-your-dining-experience-discover-the-power-of-par-brinks-spring-release/

Qu POS, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage, positioning, customershttps://www.qubeyond.com/
  2. Platform and reliability claimshttps://www.qubeyond.com/platform
  3. POS featureshttps://www.qubeyond.com/ordering/pos
  4. Kioskhttps://www.qubeyond.com/ordering/kiosk
  5. KDShttps://www.qubeyond.com/kitchen-solutions/kitchen-display-system
  6. Paymentshttps://www.qubeyond.com/payments/qu-pay
  7. Franchise managementhttps://www.qubeyond.com/management/brand-franchise-management
  8. Integration directoryhttps://www.qubeyond.com/integrations
  9. Leadership and investorshttps://www.qubeyond.com/our-company
  10. Support and HQ addresshttps://www.qubeyond.com/support
  11. Customer case studieshttps://www.qubeyond.com/case-studies
  12. Positioning and investorshttps://www.qubeyond.com/resource-center/enlightened-hospitality-investments-partners-with-qu-to-accelerate-innovation-for-the-restaurant-industry

SkyTab, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. UK homepage (skytab.com redirects to Shift4 Dine)https://dine.shift4.com/en-GB
  2. US pricinghttps://dine.shift4.com/en-US/pricing
  3. UK pricing and supporthttps://dine.shift4.com/en-GB/pricing
  4. Integrationshttps://dine.shift4.com/features/third-party-integrations
  5. Online orderinghttps://dine.shift4.com/features/online-ordering
  6. Labor managementhttps://dine.shift4.com/features/labor-management
  7. Reportinghttps://dine.shift4.com/features/reporting-and-analytics
  8. Reservationshttps://dine.shift4.com/features/reservations-and-waitlist
  9. Loyalty and marketinghttps://dine.shift4.com/features/loyalty-and-marketing
  10. Multi-locationhttps://dine.shift4.com/features/multi-location-management
  11. Mobile apphttps://dine.shift4.com/features/incharge-mobile-app
  12. Hardwarehttps://dine.shift4.com/pos-hardware
  13. Quick servicehttps://dine.shift4.com/restaurant-types/quick-service-restaurants
  14. Customershttps://dine.shift4.com/contact
  15. Legal entityhttps://dine.shift4.com/privacy-policy