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The Toast alternative for independent cafés
No two-year contract, no forced processor — all-in-one loyalty, online store, and POS, built for the indie café.
Toast is a capable, restaurant-grade platform, but it’s built for full-service restaurants and commonly sold on a two-year contract with its own payment processing. R3·POS is built for the independent café: month-to-month, on your own Stripe account, with loyalty and an online store included rather than billed as extras.
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The Toast alternative for independent cafés
What matters
R3·POS
Them
Contract
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Commonly a 2-year contract with early-termination fees
Payment processor
Your own Stripe account — money settles to your bank
Toast Payments required
Loyalty
First-class, included — auto-stamped on every paid order
Add-on module, billed separately
Online store
Included — order-ahead storefront on your brand
Available, often at additional cost
Monthly cost
A flat plan per counter, from $19/mo
From $0–$69+/mo plus add-ons and processing
Hardware
A Sunmi desktop terminal + a Stripe reader, set up for you
Toast hardware, often a larger upfront bundle
Questions
Answers before you ask
No. R3·POS is month-to-month with no long-term contract and no early-termination fee — you can cancel anytime.
Card payments run through your own Stripe account and settle straight to your bank. You’re not forced onto a single in-house processor.
Yes. Digital stamp cards and the cross-merchant wallet are part of the platform, stamped automatically on every paid order — not a separate paid module.
See the all-in-one for yourself
Loyalty, your online store, and your point of sale — one platform, on your brand, live the same day.
Comparison based on publicly available information about competitor plans and is current to the best of our knowledge; vendor terms and pricing change often — verify the latest on each provider’s own site.