Plum POS

• Quick-service and fast-casual restaurants

  Counter terminals, handhelds, kiosks and kitchen displays run from one system, which suits busy counter service.

• Full-service restaurants

  Tableside ordering and payment on handhelds, plus scheduling, forecasting and accounting apps around the POS.

• Pizzerias, bakeries, coffee shops and bars

  The vendor has separate pages for each of these venue types.

• Multi-unit restaurant brands

  The vendor says its terminals suit single restaurants and multi-unit chains, with menu and reporting control across locations.

Less suited to: Operators who want to avoid a long commitment: the standard subscription term is 36 months and renews automatically for successive 36-month terms.

• Cloud POS terminal

  Counter POS for orders, payments and menus, with updates that sync across all terminals and remote management from any browser.

• Order Right accuracy prompts

  Visual prompts and smart modifiers meant to reduce order errors between the POS and kitchen displays.

• Menu and pricing control

  Change menu items, prices, modifiers, dayparts and promotions from any device and push them to every terminal.

• Self-order kiosk

  Floor-standing and countertop kiosks where guests order and pay, with orders sent straight to the POS and kitchen display.

• Handheld and tableside ordering

  Mobile POS for taking orders and payments at the table or patio, accepting chip, swipe, tap and mobile wallets.

• Kitchen display system

  Kitchen Display System (Plum KDS) that receives orders from all POS devices.

• Mobile dashboard

  Live sales, guest counts and staff performance on a phone.

• Inventory, ordering and prep

  Plum Inventory with recipe-level tracking, Plum Ordering for vendor orders and receiving, and Prep & Pull production lists.

• Scheduling, time clock and payroll

  Plum Schedules, Plum Clock (FaceID clock-in) and Plum Payroll for restaurant labour.

• Forecasting, reporting and accounting

  Plum Forecasting for labour, prep and ordering, Plum Reporting dashboards and Plum Accounting.

• Loyalty

  Plum Loyalty rewards for repeat visits.

• Catering management

  Plum Catering, described as catering management built into the POS ecosystem.

• Digital signage

  Cloud-based digital menu boards and in-store screens.

• Tip pooling

  Plum Tip Pool & Share distributes tips under compliance rules.

• Digital checklists and HACCP

  Plum Checklist for daily operations and Plum HACCP for digital food safety monitoring.

• Zero-commission online ordering

  Online ordering without commission, included in the Growth Bundle alongside listed delivery apps.

• Payment processing

  In-house card processing, priced per transaction as part of the bundles.

Starting price

From USD 60 per month

Pricing model

Subscription per location with card processing fees

Minimum contract

36 months

Renewal

Renews automatically for successive 36-month terms; early termination fee is the remaining subscription amount

Free plan

No

The pricing page lists a Starter Bundle at 60 USD billed monthly (one POS system, one card reader, one router, 0 USD hardware, card fee 2.99% + 0.12 USD per transaction) and a Growth Bundle at 199 USD billed monthly (adds zero-commission online ordering and delivery apps such as Uber Eats, Grubhub and Doordash, card fee 3.29% + 0.12 USD). The FAQ gives an example of adding a terminal for 1,000 USD one-off hardware plus 75 USD per month, and says the subscription rises annually with the Consumer Price Index.

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.

• Its starting price is USD 60 per month. That is above the category median of USD 39, taken from the 23 products in this category that publish a USD price per month. The median mixes prices quoted with and without tax, so treat it as a rough guide.
• Names 3 integrations. The median in this category is 8.
• Does not have a free plan. 28 of the 50 products in this category that say whether they have a free plan do.
• Lists Web only. Among the 218 products in this category that state their platforms, 110 list an iOS app and 116 list an Android app.
• 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, Grubhub.

Delivery

Uber EatsGrubhubDoordash

The vendor says the POS connects with delivery apps, accounting tools and payment processors, but names only the three delivery apps above. Its own marketplace apps (inventory, scheduling, payroll, loyalty and others) are Plum products rather than third-party integrations.

Customers in

United States

Platforms

Web

Hardware

Plum sells its own hardware: POS terminals, handhelds, self-order kiosks, receipt printers, kitchen display systems, credit card terminals, cash drawers and QR code scanners. Equipment carries a one-year warranty. Bundles list 0 USD hardware cost; an added terminal is quoted at 1,000 USD in the FAQ.

The vendor states no country list. United States is inferred from the California head office, USD pricing and US sales-tax content.

Company

Plum Technologies, LLC

Headquarters

Costa Mesa, United States

Customers named by the vendor

Mooyah Burgers, Sandwich Express, Rusty Taco, Cicis Pizza, Gattis, Velarde, DBC

Security and compliance

PCI-compliant mobile checkout with end-to-end encryption

Support

Phone number and demo scheduling are published; the vendor's FAQ describes a hardware warranty process where defective equipment is shipped to Plum. No support hours are stated.

Built for

Restaurants

Focus

Food-specific

Status

Active

Website

plumpos.com

Also listed in

Self-Order Kiosk

• LithosPOS

  LithosPOS is a cloud POS for restaurants and retailers, sold by LithosPOS Inc.

  Starts at USD 19 per month, against USD 60 per month for Plum POS.

• GoTab

  GoTab is a US restaurant and venue POS built around one open tab that follows the guest, whether staff or the guest starts it by QR code.

  Starts at USD 15 per month, against USD 60 per month for Plum POS.

• SkyTab

  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.

  Starts at USD 29.99 per month, against USD 60 per month for Plum POS.

• TouchBistro

  TouchBistro is an iPad-based point of sale and restaurant management system for full-service and quick-service restaurants and bars.

  Starts at USD 69 per month, against USD 60 per month for Plum POS.

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These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Year founded, founders, team size and funding
• Which accounting tools and payment processors it integrates with
• Whether a free trial exists (a demo can be scheduled)
• Availability outside the United States and interface languages
• Native iOS and Android apps and their listings
• Whether processing is required or third-party processors are allowed

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. Homepage: positioning and customer logoshttps://plumpos.com/
2. Bundles, prices, fees, delivery appshttps://shop.plumpos.com/pricing/
3. Contract term, warranty, hardware pricehttps://plumpos.com/faq/
4. App marketplace listhttps://plumpos.com/marketplace/
5. POS terminal features and testimonialshttps://plumpos.com/hardware/pos-terminal/
6. Kioskhttps://plumpos.com/hardware/self-service-kiosk/
7. Mobile and tableside POS, securityhttps://plumpos.com/mobile-pos-system/
8. Legal entity namehttps://plumpos.com/legal/terms-of-use/
9. Page discoveryhttps://plumpos.com/sitemap.xml