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What is the best restaurant POS system in Europe?
When each one fits and what each costs, from its own page, read 4 November 2026. Nivasik is one of the options: we say that up front.
45-day free trial this Christmas · €0 a month per counter, list price €22 · no card · we set it up with you
No single product wins for everyone. What fits depends on your trade, on whether you want card payments built in, and on your total monthly cost. Here is what each company publishes, and when each fits.
How to choose
- A kitchen screen or printed tickets that match how your kitchen works
- Recipes that take stock off, so a plate has a real cost
- Table ordering that a server confirms before the kitchen starts
- The total cost, including card fees and delivery-app connections
The options
| Product | Fits when | Published price |
|---|---|---|
| Nivasik | You want the whole business on one set of books, on what you already own, with your own card machine | €0 for your 45-day Christmas trial; list price €22 a month |
| SumUp | You want card processing with no monthly fee. | €99 (€119,79 incl. btw) Terminal (hardware, one-time), one-time €249 (€301,29 incl. btw) Kassa two-screen (hardware, one-time), one-time €0 per maand Betaal naar gebruik, transaction fee 1,49% |
| Mplus Kassa | You run a shop or hospitality business and want a Dutch till vendor. | No price published on the page we read |
| Zettle | You want a register app with no monthly fee and card payments charged per transaction. | 1,39% Card payments (all cards), per transaction €29 PayPal Reader (first, new business customer offer), one-time |
| Lightspeed | You run a restaurant or several shops and want detailed inventory, add-on modules and built-in payments. | No price published on the page we read |
| Odoo | You want accounting, stock and POS in one suite and have someone to set it up. | No price published on the page we read |
| Square | You want the till and card processing from one company. | €0 Retail Free, no monthly fee €49 + VAT Retail Plus, per month, per location €69 + VAT Restaurants Plus, per month, per location |
| SumUp POS | You already take cards with SumUp readers and want the till from the same company. | €55 Point of Sale Pro, per month €19 each Add-ons: Advanced Promotions, Business Intelligence, Hospitality Module, per month Pay-as-you-go €0/month + 1.69%; Payments Plus €19/month + 0.95% Card payment plans (SumUp Ireland home page), per month plus per-transaction |
| Epos Now | You want hardware and processing from one EPOS supplier with an Irish phone number. | from €349 Complete Solution bundle (terminal, card machine, printer), one-off bundle |
| ready2order | You want an iPad or Android register with TSE as an add-on and monthly cancellation. | €35.90 Kassensystem-Abo, monthly, per Kassengerät, per month €430.80 Kassensystem-Abo, annual, per Kassengerät, per year, paid upfront €15.90 TSE-Paket, per month (or €190.80 per year) |
| orderbird | You run a full-service restaurant and want onboarding, a certified TSE and emergency support bundled. | €99.90 Paket S (1 device licence), per month €139.90 Paket M (2 licences), per month €169.90 Paket L (3 licences), per month |
| Tillhub | You run a retail, hospitality or service business and want a German-built cloud till with TSE. | No price published on the page we read |
| Zelty | You run several restaurants and want a till built for restaurants. | No price published on the page we read |
Sources
- SumUp: read 4 November 2026
- Mplus Kassa: read 4 November 2026
- Zettle: read 4 November 2026
- Lightspeed: read 4 November 2026
- Odoo: read 4 November 2026
- Square: read 4 November 2026
- SumUp POS: read 4 November 2026
- Epos Now: read 4 November 2026
- ready2order: read 4 November 2026
- orderbird: read 4 November 2026
- Tillhub: read 4 November 2026
- Zelty: read 4 November 2026
Straight answers
What is the best restaurant POS system in Europe?
There is no single one: it depends on your trade and on whether you want card payments built in. The table above says when each one fits. Nivasik fits when you want the whole business on one set of books at €0 for now.
What is the best-selling restaurant POS system in Europe?
No neutral public source ranks these by sales. The names you will meet most in Europe include SumUp, Mplus Kassa, Zettle, Lightspeed, Odoo. Vendor-written "top 10" lists exist, and each is written by a company selling one of the products on it.
What is the easiest restaurant POS system to start with?
One you can open before you sign up. Nivasik has a sample business that opens in your browser with no account, and we set your own up with you from a spreadsheet or a photo of your list.
What should I look for in a restaurant POS system?
A kitchen screen or printed tickets that match how your kitchen works Recipes that take stock off, so a plate has a real cost Table ordering that a server confirms before the kitchen starts The total cost, including card fees and delivery-app connections
Run your own place on it, free
Every plan is free for 45 days this Christmas. The list price stays on the page, crossed out, so you know what it is worth; during the trial you pay nothing. The whole product is unlocked, there is no card to enter, and we help you set it up: your rooms or menu or stock list, your staff and your prices.
This is an opening offer. We may change it, or end it, at any time, without prior notice. Ask for your data and we hand it over, with no exit fee.
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