Tillster
Tillster is a digital ordering and guest-engagement platform for large restaurant chains. It covers kiosks, web and mobile ordering, call-centre ordering, delivery and marketplace management, loyalty and promotions, and a customer data platform, all connected to the chain's POS. It is sold to multi-unit quick-service and fast-casual brands, not single restaurants.
Last reviewed

- Best for
- Quick-service and fast-casual chains, Franchise systems that need central control
- Pricing
- Quote only
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Quick-service and fast-casual chains
Tillster says it serves the top quick-service and fast-casual brands and supports thousands of locations.
Franchise systems that need central control
Menus, promotions and loyalty can be managed centrally with regional and multi-brand variations and brand-consistency controls across franchise networks.
Brands running several ordering channels
Kiosk, web, mobile, call centre, drive-thru and third-party delivery orders are managed from one platform and sync to the POS.
Convenience-store and travel-centre operators
The vendor publishes convenience-store content and a kiosk deployment for a travel-centre operator with a quick-service brand.
Less suited to: Single-location or small independent restaurants. Tillster describes its platform as enterprise-grade and built for large multi-unit brands.
What it does
Kiosk software
Self-ordering software that is hardware-agnostic and runs on new and existing kiosks, with branded interfaces and menu flows.
Web and mobile ordering
Branded web and mobile ordering with integrated loyalty, offers and recommendations.
Call-centre ordering
Tools for call-centre agents to take orders, upsell and see order status.
Order manager
Shows orders from in-store, mobile, web, call centre and third-party channels in one place, adjusts promise times by store load and syncs with the POS.
Menu manager
Manages menus, pricing and complex catalog items from one source and pushes updates to online channels, with multi-brand and regional variations.
Delivery and marketplace management
Controls in-house drivers and third-party marketplaces from one dashboard, with markup rules, item limits, automatic pausing and POS order injection.
In-house delivery tools
Dispatch, a branded driver app, ETAs and digital proof of delivery for a restaurant's own fleet.
Offers and loyalty engine
Creates promotions, coupons and loyalty programmes across channels, with coupon wallets and A/B testing.
Customer data platform
Combines web, mobile, call-centre and loyalty data into guest profiles for segmentation and campaign measurement.
Recommender AI
Suggests add-ons and items during ordering using guest data, time of day and location, across kiosk, app, web and drive-thru displays.
Open API integrations
Connects to POS, payment, loyalty, CRM and delivery systems through open APIs with two-way data sync; custom integrations are supported.
Pricing
- Pricing model
- Quote only
Tillster publishes no prices, plans or trial. Its site directs buyers to request a demo or contact sales.
How it compares
Compared with the 111 products in Online Ordering System that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 22 integrations. The median in this category is 6.
- Lists Web only. Among the 110 products in this category that state their platforms, 56 list an iOS app and 56 list an Android app.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Stripe, Square, Deliverect, Toast, Apple Pay, Uber Direct, Google Pay, Lightspeed, PayPal, Clover. Of these, this product's listing names Stripe, Toast.
Works with
- Point of sale
- Oracle MICROSRevel SystemsNCR AlohaPAR/BrinkToastToshiba POSXenialPOSitouchXpientSICOMSpeedLine SolutionsPanasonic BPOS
The integrations page lists many more POS and payment systems and also has delivery-marketplace and loyalty/CRM groups whose partner names are not shown as text.
Where and how it runs
- Platforms
- Web
- Hardware
- Kiosk software is described as hardware-agnostic and runs on new and existing kiosks. Diebold Nixdorf builds kiosk systems for Tillster software, per a press release listed on the site.
Tillster says it has teams across North America, EMEA and APAC and locations worldwide, but publishes no country list.
The company
- Company
- Tillster, Inc.
- Founded
- 2002
- Headquarters
- Los Angeles (per LinkedIn), United States
- Other offices
- San Diego, Atlanta, Portugal
- Team size
- 201 to 500 (per LinkedIn)
- Customers named by the vendor
- Porto's Bakery & Cafe, Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, McAlister's Deli
Security and support
- Support
- Customer support is available 24/7 worldwide by phone and email, per the contact page.
Listing details
- Built for
- Bars, Cafés, Restaurants
- Focus
- Food-specific
- Status
- Active
- Website
- tillster.com
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Any price, plan or free trial (none published)
- Funding history and investors
- Names of delivery-marketplace and loyalty/CRM integration partners (the vendor shows logos without names)
- Interface languages and a list of countries served
- Security certifications
- Current headquarters address (LinkedIn says Los Angeles; the office news dates from 2017)
- Founders and legal registration details
- The "40,000 locations" and "over 100 brands" figures are vendor claims and were not verified
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 navigation and positioninghttps://www.tillster.com
- Platform tools and featureshttps://www.tillster.com/platform/restaurant-technology
- POS and payment integrationshttps://www.tillster.com/platform/integrations
- Delivery and marketplace featureshttps://www.tillster.com/solutions/restaurant-delivery-and-marketplaces
- Web and mobile orderinghttps://www.tillster.com/solutions/restaurant-web-and-mobile-ordering
- Positioninghttps://www.tillster.com/company/why-tillster
- History since 2002, EMN8 rebrand, Portugalhttps://www.tillster.com/company/our-story
- 40,000 locations claim, regionshttps://www.tillster.com/company/careers
- Support hours and sales contacthttps://www.tillster.com/contact
- Press listhttps://www.tillster.com/press-and-media
- Legal entity Tillster, Inc.https://www.tillster.com/privacy-policy
- Reports and case studieshttps://www.tillster.com/reports-and-case-studies
- Porto's customer releasehttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240813753016/en/Portos-Bakery-Caf-Partners-with-Tillster-to-Enhance-Digital-Ordering-Experience
- Stripe partnershiphttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241022646507/en/Tillster-Partners-with-Stripe-Bolstering-Frictionless-Payment-Options-for-Tillster-Customers
- Freddy's customer releasehttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/freddys-frozen-custard--steakburgers-partners-with-tillster-to-create-robust-digital-ordering-and-loyalty-platform-300755056.html
- McAlister's customer releasehttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mcalisters-deli-partners-with-tillster-to-improve-customer-insights-and-guest-experience-300603522.html
- Los Angeles, San Diego, Atlanta offices (2017)https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/exponential-growth-fuels-tillsters-move-to-larger-los-angeles-office-300527448.html
- LinkedIn: headquarters and team sizehttps://www.linkedin.com/company/tillster