Square for Drive-Thru vs thru

Square for Drive-Thru is Square's drive-thru package for quick-service restaurants, announced in May 2026. thru is a drive-thru order-taking system for quick-service restaurants. Both are listed under Quick Service & Drive-Thru POS. The main differences are in audience and platforms.

Key differences

  • audience

    The audiences they list differ. Listed for one product only, for example: Square for Drive-Thru: Multi-location quick-service restaurants; thru: Quick-service restaurants with a drive-thru.

  • platforms

    Listed platforms: Square for Drive-Thru: iOS, Android; thru: Web.

Side by side

Square for Drive-Thru vs thru: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldSquare for Drive-Thruthru
What it isSquare for Drive-Thru is Square's drive-thru package for quick-service restaurants, announced in May 2026.thru is a drive-thru order-taking system for quick-service restaurants.
Best forMulti-location quick-service restaurants; Drive-thru-first coffee and fast-food conceptsQuick-service restaurants with a drive-thru; Multi-location drive-thru operators
Pricing modelQuote onlySubscription per lane
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedYes
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsiOS, AndroidWeb
CountriesUnited StatesUnited States
LanguagesNot publishedNot published
Number of integrations8Not published
CertificationsNot publishedNot published
Security practicesNot publishedNot published
Founded2009Not published
HeadquartersUnited StatesNot published
OwnerBlock, Inc. (Square)Not published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Square for Drive-Thru

  • 7shifts
  • ChowNow
  • MarketMan
  • Nanonation
  • OpenTable
  • Paytronix
  • Restaurant365
  • The Howard Company

Named only by thru

thru does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Which to choose

Square for Drive-Thru

Choose Square for Drive-Thru if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Multi-location quick-service restaurants; Drive-thru-first coffee and fast-food concepts.

thru

Choose thru if you are in one of these groups: Quick-service restaurants with a drive-thru; Multi-location drive-thru operators.

What we could not confirm

Square for Drive-Thru

  • Any Square for Drive-Thru price or plan
  • General availability date after the early access program
  • Which partner integrations are supported specifically in drive-thru
  • Countries where it is offered
  • Headquarters city
  • Security certifications

thru

  • Confirmed price (the $299 per lane figure is shown as an unconfirmed placeholder)
  • Named POS and KDS integrations
  • Whether the order taking is AI or human-assisted (the page does not say)
  • Countries, languages, security certifications
  • Founding year, headquarters, founders, funding, customers
  • Contract terms

Go further

Square for Drive-Thru profilethru 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.

Square for Drive-Thru, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Launch announcement, features, availabilityhttps://squareup.com/us/en/press/square-for-drive-thru
  2. Product page, hardware partnerhttps://squareup.com/us/en/restaurants/drive-thru
  3. Square pricing page, drive-thru workflow linehttps://squareup.com/us/en/pricing
  4. Restaurant integration partnershttps://squareup.com/us/en/restaurants/partners
  5. KDS platformhttps://squareup.com/us/en/point-of-sale/restaurants/kitchen-display-system

thru, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Whole one-page site: product, flow, dashboards, trial, entity namehttps://www.thruglobal.com/