Lavu vs. Square for Restaurants

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Lavu
Score 6.5 out of 10
N/A
Lavu is a point-of-sale software solution with features such as an intelligent combination of cloud computing, wireless technologies, and a sleek touchscreen interface for restaurant.
$59
per month
Square for Restaurants
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
Square for Restaurants is a bundle solution for companies of all sizes, from quick service to full service, with built-in support for menu, kitchen, and table management, online ordering, pickup, and delivery. The solution includes all the features from Square Point of Sale and some overlap with Square for Retail. But its additional features support restaurants, such as online menus and ordering (pickup or delivery), auto-gratuity, table management, open ticket management for diners, and kitchen…
$0
Pricing
LavuSquare for Restaurants
Editions & Modules
Starter
$59
per month
Growth
$129
per month
Optimize
$279
per month
Free
$0
Plus
$69
per month per location
Premium
$165
per month per location
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LavuSquare for Restaurants
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LavuSquare for Restaurants
User Ratings
LavuSquare for Restaurants
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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User Testimonials
LavuSquare for Restaurants
Likelihood to Recommend
Lavu is very easy to teach to new employees. I use it to teach high school students with little to no previous experience and they pick it up very quickly.
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Pros
  • Ease of setting up, editing, and deleting menu items.
  • Tracking employee hours
  • General reporting
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Cons
  • The only issue I have had with Lavu is that when my IT department makes changes our filters make it difficult to edit/update the system. Lavu's technical help has always been great.
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Alternatives Considered
Square has a simpler interface but lower quality reporting for accountants.
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Return on Investment
  • It was easy to set up and train new staff
  • They have a lot of bugs that cause billing issues
  • They told me the system could do things that actually couldn't be done (we need to manage usage by beer name and the system can't track them).
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