Aldelo
Aldelo is a US restaurant point-of-sale company whose current product, Aldelo Express, is a cloud POS for iPad, Android and countertop hardware. It bundles ordering, kitchen display, online ordering, customer display, kiosks and five AI tools, and the vendor gives the POS software free to restaurants that process payments through its own Aldelo Pay service. It is sold to full-service, quick-service and specialty restaurants and bars.
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- Best for
- Full-service and fine dining restaurants, Quick-service, cafes and food trucks
- Pricing
- Free POS software with payment processing
- Runs on
- iOS, Android, Web
Who it is for
Full-service and fine dining restaurants
The vendor lists table management, hold and fire, meal coursing, reservations and waitlist and tableside ordering.
Quick-service, cafes and food trucks
Quick-pick order screens, self-service kiosks and handheld mobile POS with cellular support are listed for these formats.
Restaurants that want POS and payments from one provider
There is no separate POS software fee when the restaurant processes cards with Aldelo Pay.
Multi-location operators
The vendor lists unified cloud management and multi-store data sync.
Less suited to: Restaurants that want to keep their own card processor. The vendor's free POS software offer depends on processing payments with Aldelo Pay.
What it does
Cloud back office
Manage the restaurant from any device with unlimited menu items, categories and modifiers.
Table management and floor plans
Customisable floor plans with split checks, merged checks and transfers between servers.
Tablet and mobile POS
iPad and Android POS plus handheld mobile ordering and payment.
Fine dining tools
Hold and fire, meal coursing, and reservation and waitlist support.
Online ordering (Masa+)
Branded pickup and delivery ordering with menu sync to the POS and order tracking.
DoorDash and Uber Eats integration
Direct integrations with DoorDash and Uber Eats.
Kitchen display system
Routes orders by station, times tickets and offers expediter and line cook views; it can be used with or without kitchen printers.
Customer display
A customer-facing screen for order totals, tip prompts and promotions.
Self-service kiosk and QR ordering
Kiosk support and QR code ordering for dine-in.
Loyalty and gift cards
Loyalty programmes and gift card acceptance through Aldelo ePay.
Voice Order AI
An AI agent that answers restaurant calls and takes orders.
AI menu builder
Builds the menu with AI during setup.
Face ID, Tip Adjust and Item Prediction AI
Three more built-in AI tools for staff login, tip adjustment and item suggestions.
Payment processing (Aldelo ePay)
Credit, debit, contactless, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, with P2PE and tokenisation.
Open API and app marketplace
A REST API for third-party developers and an app marketplace with no revenue share.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Free POS software with payment processing
- Minimum contract
- None stated (month-to-month, cancel anytime per the vendor)
The pricing page says Aldelo Express comes at no software fee when the restaurant processes payments through Aldelo Pay, with no per-terminal licence and no feature tiers. The restaurant then pays customised payment processing rates and hardware; neither is published, and quotes come from sales. The vendor says its contract is month-to-month.
How it compares
Compared with the 235 products in Restaurant POS that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 5 integrations. The median in this category is 8.
- One of 110 products in this category with an iOS app. One of 116 products in this category with an Android app. 218 products in this category state their platforms.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Uber Eats, DoorDash, QuickBooks, Xero, Deliverect, Deliveroo, Grubhub, Glovo, Stripe, OpenTable. Of these, this product's listing names Uber Eats, DoorDash.
Works with
- Payments
- Apple PayGoogle PaySamsung Pay
The vendor also offers a cloud Open API and an app marketplace for third-party apps, but the marketplace catalogue is not listed here.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- United States
- Platforms
- iOS, Android, Web
- Apps
- Aldelo Express Mobile: Mobile POS for ordering and payment
- Hardware
- The vendor says its POS is hardware independent and runs on iPad and Android; hardware can be bought from Aldelo or existing compatible equipment can be used.
The vendor is US-based, states thousands of restaurants across the country and describes Aldelo Pay as an ISO of Citizens Bank, N.A.; it does not publish a country list.
The company
- Company
- Aldelo, L.P.
- Founded
- 2001
- Headquarters
- Pleasanton, United States
Security and support
- Security and compliance
- PCI Level 1 (Aldelo ePay), PCI SSF (Aldelo ePay), Point-to-point encryption and tokenisation
- Support
- 24/7 live support by phone, email and chat from a US-based team, with remote troubleshooting and no per-incident charges, according to the vendor.
Listing details
- Built for
- Cafés, Restaurants
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- aldelo.com
- Also listed in
- Quick Service & Drive-Thru POS
Alternatives to Aldelo
See all 276 in Restaurant POSParadise POS
Paradise POS is an iPad-based cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, food trucks and retail shops in the US.
Runs on iOS, against Web, iOS and Android for Aldelo.
LithosPOS
LithosPOS is a cloud POS for restaurants and retailers, sold by LithosPOS Inc.
Runs on Web, iOS, Android and Windows, against Web, iOS and Android for Aldelo.
Bepoz
Bepoz is point-of-sale software for restaurants, bars, retail shops and mixed venues, including hotels, casinos, stadiums, hospitals and universities.
Runs on Windows, against Web, iOS and Android for Aldelo.
OrderCounter
OrderCounter is a hybrid point-of-sale system for restaurants and retailers.
Runs on Web, against Web, iOS and Android for Aldelo.
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Payment processing rates and hardware prices
- Number of restaurants served
- Team size and funding
- Named accounting, payroll and inventory integrations
- Interface languages, although the site lists multi-lingual support
- Whether the legacy Aldelo POS desktop products are still sold
Sources
Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.
- Homepagehttps://www.aldelo.com
- Pricing, features, security, supporthttps://www.aldelo.com/pricing
- POS product and AIhttps://www.aldelo.com/restaurant-pos
- Fit, contract, hardwarehttps://www.aldelo.com/why-choose-aldelo
- KDShttps://www.aldelo.com/aldelo-kitchen-display
- API and app marketplacehttps://www.aldelo.com/developer-partners
- Setup and AI menu builderhttps://www.aldelo.com/getting-started
- Company, HQ, historyhttps://www.aldelo.com/about-us