ChirplyChirply vs Toast: connect your restaurant to your customer relationships.
Run browser-based restaurant tools inside Chirply, with diner records, reservations and follow-up alongside payments on your connected Stripe account.
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Why choose Chirply
- Runs in a browser on hardware you already own
- Diners are CRM contacts with SMS, email and automations behind them
- Card, cash and split checks on the restaurant's own Stripe
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Run browser-based restaurant tools inside Chirply, with diner records, reservations and follow-up alongside payments on your connected Stripe account.
Choose your Chirply planPricing, product shape, and operating model
Toast quotes each restaurant individually. The published model combines a software subscription per location and per terminal, hardware sold or financed separately, and card processing at a rate quoted for the business, with entry offers that trade a lower software fee for higher processing. Get the whole thing in writing.
| Decision point | Chirply | Toast |
|---|---|---|
| Core product | A native restaurant app inside an all-in-one CRM: menus and modifiers, POS with checks, kitchen display, tablet ordering, inventory, online ordering, reservations and tables | A dedicated restaurant platform sold together with hardware, payments and payroll |
| Hardware | None. POS, kitchen display and tablet ordering run in a browser on devices you already own | Purpose-built terminals, handhelds, kitchen displays and printers, sold or financed |
| Payments | Card, cash or recorded-external on the restaurant's own Stripe, including split checks and a public pay-your-check page | Toast's own processing at a quoted rate, card present on Toast hardware |
| Guest data | Every diner is a CRM contact with SMS, email, pipelines and automations | Strong guest and loyalty data, held inside the restaurant platform |
| Pricing model | Spark $7/mo · Build $27/mo · Launch $47/mo · Grow $77/mo · Scale $97/mo. Access and limits vary; provider usage and partner subscriptions are separate. | Software, hardware and processing quoted per restaurant |
Competitor facts were checked against Toast pricing, Toast restaurant POS on August 11, 2026. This is a Chirply-authored comparison. Pricing and features can change; verify them before purchasing.
4 differences to evaluate
1. Hardware is the real dividing line
Toast's terminals are the spine of the product and the reason switching is hard. Chirply runs in a browser, so the POS is a laptop, the kitchen display is any screen and tablet ordering is a tablet you already have. The honest cost of that is card-present: Chirply takes a card through Stripe's inline payment element, not by dipping it on a certified terminal.
2. Who collects the money
Every restaurant payment resolves through one place that answers the question of who is charging, and the resulting account is pinned onto both the payment and the check, so settlement can always reconstruct the exact seller even if the arrangement changes later. Agencies selling through Stripe Connect are supported by the same path.
3. The diner-facing side belongs to the restaurant
The public menu, ordering and reservation pages are entirely the restaurant's brand, including the browser tab icon, and they can be served on the restaurant's own domain. The platform never appears on them.
4. Toast covers ground Chirply does not
Payroll, delivery marketplace connections, loyalty and gift cards, and offline operation when the connection drops mid-service are Toast's, and the last one matters more than a feature list suggests. A high-volume full-service restaurant should weigh it seriously.
Build your first connected workflow
Map your customer journey
List the triggers, fields, reports, integrations and permissions your team relies on. Use that list to set up your first complete customer journey in Chirply.
Run a small pilot
Use sample records and an internal test audience. Recreate one complete workflow from lead capture through follow-up and payment, checking permissions and reporting at each step.
Budget the complete move
Compare the selected plan, optional apps, provider usage, implementation time and any subscriptions you will retain. Confirm export formats and retention requirements before scheduling a cutover.
Check the commercial terms
Everyone starts with the full platform free for 14 days on Scale. Scale is the only plan with a free trial. A card is required, and you pay nothing today. After your trial, stay on Scale at $97/month or downgrade to any other retail plan. Choose a lower plan in Billing before the trial ends to start there when billing begins, or cancel before then and pay nothing. Connected-provider usage is separate.
Reseller Partner is $297 a month and White-Label Partner is $497 a month. Each one is a complete subscription that includes a Scale-level account, so it replaces a retail plan rather than sitting on top of one. Lower founding rates exist, but only inside a timed window offered shortly after signup — the price on your own Billing screen is the one that applies to you.
Chirply vs Toast FAQ
Is Chirply a Toast alternative?
For counter service, takeout, delivery and online ordering, and for any operator who wants the restaurant inside the CRM that already markets it, yes. A high-volume full-service restaurant that needs certified card-present terminals and offline mode should stay on a hardware platform.
What is in the Restaurant app?
Menus with modifier groups, a point of sale with open checks and splits, a kitchen display, tablet ordering, inventory with stock movements, public online ordering and reservations under the restaurant's own brand, and table management.
Do I have to use Chirply for payment processing?
No, and there is no Chirply processing to use. Card payments run on the restaurant's own Stripe account, or its agency's account through Connect. Cash and payments taken elsewhere are recorded against the check as well.
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