eTip

• Hotels and hotel groups

  The largest part of eTip's customer base, with PMS integrations and press coverage of hotel chain partnerships.

• Restaurants running tip pools

  Connects to the POS, calculates pools and shares for front and back of house, and pays staff after shift close.

• Operators who want tips paid outside payroll

  Payouts go direct to staff by debit card, ACH, PayPal, Venmo or an eTip card, or into payroll.

• QR code digital tipping

  Guests scan a code and tip in seconds with no app download.

• Tip pooling and distribution

  Rules by individual, shift, department, room, time and attendance or custom percentage, for front and back of house.

• Instant tip payouts

  Staff cash out to debit card, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App or an eTip card, or tips go into payroll.

• Employee app

  Staff see tip history, get notifications and choose when to cash out.

• Reporting and analytics

  Dashboards of tips by team, shift and location, with exports for compliance and IRS reporting.

• Review and reputation collection

  Guests can leave ratings and reviews with a tip, giving NPS and service quality data.

• POS integration for restaurants

  Pulls sales data, hours worked and tip totals from the POS so pools are calculated automatically.

• PMS, payroll and CSV connections

  Connects to PMS and workforce tools, payroll and POS, with customizable CSV upload and download for systems not listed.

• Own sponsor bank onboarding

  The vendor says employees do not need to submit a Social Security number or ID to receive payouts.

• Partner ecosystem

  Introduces customers to vetted partners such as earned wage access and payroll and HR providers.

Pricing model

Quote only

No prices are published. The pricing page says pricing is customised to each property, is all-inclusive with no hidden fees, and asks visitors to request a quote.

Compared with the 12 products in Cash Management & Tipping Payments that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

• Names 7 integrations. The median in this category is 3.
• Lists Web only. Among the 12 products in this category that state their platforms, 4 list an iOS app and 4 list an Android app.
• The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Stripe, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Aloha, PayPal, Toast, Access People for Hospitality, Bancontact, Bizimply, Checkout.com. Of these, this product's listing names Aloha, Toast.

Other

Oracle Cloud Marketplace

Payroll

NetchexRain

Point of sale

ToastCloverAlohaSquare

Rain (earned wage access) and Netchex (payroll and HR) are listed as partners; Oracle Cloud Marketplace is a listing announced in the press room. The integrations page describes PMS, payroll and POS categories without naming systems.

Available in

United States, Canada

Platforms

Web

Apps

eTip: Employee app to view tips and cash out

Hardware

None stated. Guests tip by scanning a QR code with their phone.

The about page says properties across the U.S. and Canada use eTip.

Customers named by the vendor

IHG Hotels & Resorts (approved digital tipping provider), BWH Hotel Group, Davidson Hospitality Group, Baywood Hotels, Shamin Hotels, Waterview Hospitality

Security and compliance

PCI certified, SOC 2 audited and cyber insured (vendor statement)

Support

The vendor lists a dedicated support team, an account manager who sets up integrations, and white-glove onboarding; support email support@eTip.io and phone (415) 707-3847.

Headquarters

United States

Built for

Restaurants

Focus

General-purpose, used in food businesses

Status

Active

Website

etip.com

Also listed in

Tip Pooling & Tip Distribution

• Fourth Tip Payout

  Fourth Tip Payout is the digital tip distribution part of Fourth's HotSchedules workforce platform.

  Names 16 integrations, against 7 for eTip.

• EasyTip

  EasyTip is a cashless tipping platform run by QR Tip Ltd in London.

  Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for eTip.

• TackPay

  TackPay is a digital tipping service.

  Listed as best for: Restaurants and bars moving from cash tips; Hotels with several departments.

• TiPJAR

  TiPJAR is a UK tipping and tronc platform for hospitality.

  Names 12 integrations, against 7 for eTip.

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

• eTip vs EasyTip
• eTip vs eDrixx
• eTip vs Fourth Tip Payout
• eTip vs TackPay
• eTip vs TiPJAR
• eTip vs TipLedger
• eTip vs EasyTip vs Fourth Tip Payout
• eTip vs EasyTip vs Taggu vs TiPJAR

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Any price or fee split between guests, venues and staff
• Contract terms
• Legal entity, headquarters, founding year, founders and funding
• Team size
• Whether an iOS or Android app listing exists and which platforms the employee app supports
• Full list of POS and payroll integrations (only some named)
• Details of the Shiny Solutions acquisition announced on the homepage banner

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.

1. Homepagehttps://etip.com/
2. Pricing approach and comparisonhttps://etip.com/pricing/
3. Restaurant use case and POS listhttps://etip.com/use-cases/restaurants/
4. Digital tippinghttps://etip.com/solutions/digital-tipping/
5. Tip management and payoutshttps://etip.com/solutions/tip-payouts/
6. Integrations and support contacthttps://etip.com/solutions/integrations/
7. Partner ecosystemhttps://etip.com/partners/
8. Security statement and customer quotehttps://etip.com/why-etip/
9. Company overview and marketshttps://etip.com/about/
10. Press and customershttps://etip.com/press-room/
11. Page discoveryhttps://etip.com/page-sitemap.xml