Qu POS vs Revel Systems

Qu is a cloud restaurant point of sale and ordering platform for large quick-service and fast-casual chains. 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. They differ in audience, platforms and company background.

Key differences

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Qu POS: Enterprise QSR and fast-casual chains; Revel Systems: Existing Revel merchants.

  • platforms

    Platform support differs. Qu POS: Web; Revel Systems: iOS.

  • company background

    By headquarters, Qu POS (Arlington, United States) and Revel Systems (Atlanta (per Wikipedia), United States).

Side by side

Qu POS vs Revel Systems: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldQu POSRevel Systems
What it isQu is a cloud restaurant point of sale and ordering platform for large quick-service and fast-casual chains.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 forEnterprise QSR and fast-casual chains; Franchise and multi-brand operators; Drive-thru and kiosk heavy conceptsExisting Revel merchants
Pricing modelQuote onlyQuote only
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebiOS
CountriesCanada, Mexico, United StatesNot published
LanguagesNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations29Not published
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
FoundedNot published2010
HeadquartersArlington, United StatesAtlanta (per Wikipedia), United States
OwnerNot publishedShift4 (acquisition announced June 2024, per Wikipedia)
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Qu POS

  • 7shifts
  • Bikky
  • Chase
  • Checkmate
  • Cohesion
  • Compeat
  • Crunchtime
  • DoorDash
  • ezCATER
  • Fiserv
  • Fourth
  • FreedomPay
and 17 more
  • Givex
  • Global Payments
  • Grubhub
  • HotSchedules
  • Incentivio
  • Lunchbox
  • MarginEdge
  • MarketMan
  • Olo
  • PayPal
  • Paytronix
  • Presto
  • Punchh
  • Restaurant365
  • Thanx
  • Uber Eats
  • UrbanPiper

Named only by Revel Systems

Revel Systems does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Which to choose

Qu POS

Choose Qu POS if you fit its listed audience: 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.

Revel Systems

Choose Revel Systems if you are in one of these groups: Existing Revel merchants.

What we could not confirm

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

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

Qu 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.

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

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