Squirrel Systems
Squirrel Systems sells point-of-sale software and hardware for restaurants, multi-unit chains, and hotels, resorts and casinos. It offers Squirrel Cloud, a cloud-native POS, and Squirrel 11, an on-premise system with cloud reporting and menu management. Both cover ordering and payment, digital ordering, kitchen automation and reporting, sold through demos and resellers.
Last reviewed
- Best for
- Independent restaurants, Multi-unit restaurant brands
- Pricing
- From $90 per month (currency not stated)
- Runs on
- Web, iOS, Android, Windows
Who it is for
Independent restaurants
POS, payments, digital ordering and kitchen automation from one vendor, with iPad and tablet ordering at the table.
Multi-unit restaurant brands
Menus, pricing and promotions can be managed across locations, with changes applied at once or on a schedule.
Hotels, resorts and casinos
Food and beverage outlets with several revenue centres; the vendor says it connects to more than 25 property management systems.
What it does
Order and pay on one device
Servers take orders and payments at the table on a single handheld, tablet or terminal.
Menu management with multiple menus
Add or 86 items, change prices, and schedule different menus and pricing for periods such as lunch, dinner or happy hour (Squirrel Cloud).
Table, bar and course management
Assign and transfer tables, run bar tabs, take and fire orders tableside, and pace meals with multiple coursing options (Squirrel Cloud full service).
Digital ordering
Brings online, kiosk, QR code and third-party marketplace orders into the POS; online ordering, QR ordering and payment, kiosk and third-party delivery integrations are listed as add-ons.
Kitchen automation
Routes items to stations, load-balances work between stations, synchronises prep times and can send guests order status by SMS; listed as an add-on for Squirrel Cloud.
Reporting and analytics
Cloud-based reports on sales trends, menu mix, cover counts and server sales performance, available on desktop or mobile.
Labor and payroll tracking
Tracks employee time and breaks and produces payroll-ready reports from the cloud (Squirrel Cloud).
Multi-location management
Store groups, centralised menu management, location-specific menus, pricing and user access, and automatic software updates across locations; an add-on for Squirrel Cloud.
Gift cards
Branded physical and e-gift cards with a balance portal, listed as an add-on for Squirrel Cloud.
On-premise self-hosting (Squirrel 11)
Runs on the operator's own infrastructure with cloud-based reporting and menu management, and offers an SDK or SQL interface for integrations.
Integrated payments
Take orders and payments in the same POS; the vendor also lists payment partners on its integrations page.
Pricing
- Starting price
- From $90 per month (currency not stated)
- Pricing model
- Subscription per location plus per device
The page shows a dollar sign without saying whether it means US or Canadian dollars. Squirrel Cloud POS editions: Limited Service starts at $90/month plus $40/month per device; Full Service starts at $100/month plus $50/month per device. Volume pricing is available. Multi-location management, kitchen automation, digital ordering and gift cards are shown as add-ons. The page does not state the currency. No price is published for Squirrel 11.
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.
Works with
The five names are property management systems the vendor names in text. Its integrations page groups many more partners by category (kitchen automation, online ordering and delivery, payments, loyalty and gift, reservations and waitlist, inventory, labor, gaming, reporting, PMS, accounting, liquor management) but shows them only as logos without names, so they are not listed here. Squirrel Cloud has a REST API; Squirrel 11 offers an SDK, gateway API or SQL interface.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- Canada, United States
- Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android, Windows
- Hardware
- Sells hospitality-grade fixed terminals (WS152H, 15.6 inch, Windows 11), an 8 inch Touch Dynamics tablet, and supports iPad (10.2 inch and mini). Bring-your-own Android and Windows tablets are supported. Printers, barcode scanners and cash drawers are listed.
The vendor publishes no country list. This is inferred from its Burnaby, Canada address and customer stories (Cactus Club, Smitty's Canada, Crowne Plaza Seattle, Logan's Roadhouse). The hotels page says it has helped over 1,000 hotels and resorts worldwide.
The company
- Headquarters
- Burnaby, Canada
- Customers named by the vendor
- Cactus Club, Factory Hospitality, SIR Corp., Atlific Hotels, Smitty's Canada, Crowne Plaza Seattle, Evario Kitchen + Bar, Logan's Roadhouse
Security and support
- Support
- Squirrel EasyCare offers a help center, training videos, phone and email support; the Squirrel Cloud page lists 24/7 online and phone support and online server training.
Listing details
- Built for
- Bars, Hotel F&B, Restaurants
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- squirrelsystems.com
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Currency of the published Squirrel Cloud prices
- Squirrel 11 pricing
- Named integration partners other than five PMS names (the vendor shows logos without names)
- Founding year, legal entity, parent company, funding and team size
- Contract term and renewal
- Security certifications
- Countries where it is sold and interface languages
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.
- Homepage: positioning and solutionshttps://www.squirrelsystems.com
- Cloud POS features, editions and priceshttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/squirrel-cloud/
- On-premise POShttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/squirrel-11/
- Hardwarehttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/hospitality-pos-hardware/
- Integration categories and APIshttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/ecosystems/
- Independent restaurant fithttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/pos-for-independent-restaurants/
- Multi-unit fit and customer spotlightshttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/pos-for-multi-unit-restaurants/
- Hotel fit and PMS integrationshttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/pos-for-hotels-resorts-casinos/
- Customer nameshttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/customers/
- Company page and addresshttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/company/
- Company storyhttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/squirrel-story/
- Support programmehttps://www.squirrelsystems.com/support/