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. It is sold to table-service and quick-service restaurants, bars, pizzerias, coffee shops, venues and multi-location groups. The old skytab.com address now leads to the Shift4 Dine site.

SkyTab now presented as Shift4 Dine (per search results).

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Table-service and quick-service restaurants, Multi-location and enterprise groups
Pricing
From USD 29.99 per month
Runs on
Web, iOS, Android

Who it is for

  • Table-service and quick-service restaurants

    Covers table service, coursing and payments, plus kiosks and online ordering for quick-service formats.

  • Multi-location and enterprise groups

    Menus, pricing, promotions and taxes can be managed centrally across locations, with consolidated reporting and location comparison.

  • Bars, nightclubs, pizzerias and coffee shops

    Shift4 has separate pages for each of these formats and lists them alongside restaurants.

What it does

  • Cloud POS with restaurant hardware

    POS software plus workstation, handheld, tablet, kitchen display, customer display and kiosk hardware, with a lifetime warranty stated by the vendor.

  • Built-in payment processing

    Payment acceptance is built in to the system.

  • Online ordering

    Commission-free ordering from the restaurant website that goes straight to the POS and kitchen, with menu sync and order throttling.

  • Marketplace delivery integrations

    Connects to DoorDash, Uber Eats and other third-party delivery services so their orders arrive in the POS.

  • Reservations and waitlist

    Free integrated online reservations, a host mode for reservations and walk-ins, table layouts and table-ready notifications by call or SMS.

  • Loyalty and marketing

    Point-based rewards, customer segmentation, email campaigns from templates and a customer database built at checkout.

  • Gift cards

    Gift card programme sold across channels.

  • Labor management

    Weekly scheduling with templates, time card capture, overtime control, payroll export and a mobile app for shift swaps.

  • Reporting and analytics

    Cloud back office (Customer Hub) with customisable dashboards, drill-down reports and X and Z reports.

  • Multi-location management

    Central control of menus, pricing and taxes across locations grouped by region, brand or franchisee.

  • Mobile back-office app

    App showing total sales, sales per ticket, average ticket time, open tickets, voids and labour by location.

  • Website builder and QR ordering

    Builds a restaurant website and lets guests order and pay from a QR code at the table.

Pricing

Starting price
From USD 29.99 per month
Pricing model
Subscription per month
Free trial
Yes

The US pricing page advertises $29.99 per month for new customers, and the UK page advertises £39 per month; the unit the fee is charged per (for example per terminal) is not stated. The monthly fee covers the POS software and updates, POS hardware with a lifetime warranty, 24/7 support and the cloud back office. Third-party marketplace integrations cost extra. The vendor mentions a risk-free trial and free marketing, reservations, QR and website tools.

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.

  • Its starting price is USD 29.99 per month. That is below 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 25 integrations. The median in this category is 8.
  • Has a free trial. 69 of the 70 products in this category that say whether they have a free trial do.
  • 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, Deliverect, Grubhub, OpenTable.

Works with

Accounting
Restaurant365MarginEdgeclickBACONShogo
Inventory
MarketmanCraftableORCAPour ControlsBackbar

The integrations page lists more than 60 partners in total; this list is a selection. Some are marketplace integrations that carry extra fees, and availability varies by country.

Where and how it runs

Available in
United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Spain
Languages
English, Spanish
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Apps
Shift4 Dine Mobile App: Sales, ticket and labour insights for owners and managers. Workforce mobile app: Staff accept, swap and cancel shifts
Hardware
Own hardware range: workstation, handheld, tablet with an 8-inch screen, kitchen display in 16- and 22-inch sizes with optional bump bar, customer-facing display, and self-service kiosk. The vendor says all hardware carries a lifetime warranty.

Shift4 Dine runs regional versions of its site for these markets and lists these countries, plus the US Virgin Islands, in its demo request form. The integrations filter also lists Australia and Germany as supported countries for some partners.

The company

Company
Shift4 Payments, LLC
Customers named by the vendor
Shoney's, Taffer's Tavern, 7Pie

Security and support

Support
The vendor says its in-house team provides 24/7/365 technical support at no extra cost, with an on-demand knowledge base and onsite installation by certified technicians.

Listing details

Vendor
Shift4 Payments
Headquarters
United States
Built for
Bars, Cafés, Restaurants
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Rebranded
Website
skytab.com

Alternatives to SkyTab

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  • 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 29.99 per month for SkyTab.

  • Lightspeed Restaurant

    Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads.

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

  • Harbortouch POS

    Harbortouch was rebranded as SkyTab, and SkyTab is now sold as Shift4 Dine, a restaurant point-of-sale platform from Shift4.

    Names 18 integrations, against 25 for SkyTab.

  • 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 29.99 per month for SkyTab.

What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • What unit the monthly fee is charged per (terminal, location) and any setup or processing rates
  • Contract term, renewal and early termination terms
  • Founding year and headquarters of the SkyTab product
  • Employee count and funding
  • Security certifications
  • Full list of countries served