Restaurant owners sometimes compare these two because both can take an online order. That is where the overlap ends. Toast runs the counter and the floor. Daviah runs the website people find you by, the orders they place on it, the screen those orders appear on in the kitchen, and the records of the people who work for you.
The Toast figures below are reported by third-party sources as of November 2026, and sources disagree. Read them as approximate and check Toast's own pricing page before you decide.
Side by side
Daviah's prices are published. Toast's are reported as of November 2026, and hardware is priced separately.
| Compared | Toast (reported) | Daviah |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A point-of-sale system with hardware | Website, online ordering, kitchen order screens and staff records; not a POS |
| Pricing model | $0 Starter Kit or a $69 a month POS plan, with add-ons | Flat per restaurant, no per-user or per-seat charge |
| Online ordering | About $75 a month as an add-on | Included on Website + Members, pickup orders |
| Price for POS plus online ordering | About $144 a month before hardware and processing | No POS; website and ordering at $79.99 a month, or $819.99 a year |
| Hardware | Extra; terminals and readers are part of the system | None; screens run in a browser on a tablet you already own |
| Card processing | About 2.49% plus $0.15 in person on the $69 plan | Online orders paid into your own Stripe account; only Stripe's fee, no platform fee |
| Website | Check Toast's current offering | Included, on your own domain |
| Contracts | Check Toast's current terms | No contract; monthly or yearly |
| Setup | Check Toast's current onboarding options | Self-serve, or done for you on Pro at $149 a month |
Where Toast is the better choice
Any restaurant that takes payment at a counter or at the table needs a point-of-sale system, and Daviah does not provide one. There is no till, no card reader and no hardware of any kind. If that is what you are shopping for, choose Toast or another POS.
Toast's $0 Starter Kit also makes it possible to get a POS running without a monthly software fee, by the reported pricing. Daviah's ordering is on its Website + Members plan, so it is never free to publish.
And if you want everything from one vendor, in-room and online, a POS that also does online ordering keeps it under one roof, even if the online ordering costs extra.
Where Daviah fits
Daviah fits a restaurant that already has a POS it is happy with, or a small kitchen that takes most of its orders for pickup, and wants a website it can keep current, its own online ordering, and a screen in the kitchen where those orders land. Orders appear on a kitchen screen and on station screens, so the grill and the cold side each see what they need.
Online orders are paid by card into the restaurant's own Stripe account. Daviah takes no commission and no platform fee, so the only cost on each order is Stripe's processing fee.
Staff records are kept in the same office, and a tablet at the door signs staff in to the shift on now. The price is the same however many people work for you, and every restaurant's records are backed up separately every night.
- Website and menu you can keep current yourself
- Online ordering for pickup, paid into your own Stripe account
- Kitchen and station screens for incoming orders
- Staff records and shift check-in on a tablet
- One price, no per-order commission
Using both
The two are not mutually exclusive. A restaurant can run Toast at the counter and Daviah for its website and pickup orders. Daviah does not connect to Toast, so the two keep separate records of their own orders, and you should weigh that before splitting them.
Questions
Is Daviah a point-of-sale system?
No. Daviah has no POS hardware, no till and no card reader. It is a website, online ordering for pickup, kitchen order screens and staff records. If you need a POS, choose Toast or another POS provider.
Does Daviah take a commission on online orders?
No. Online orders are paid into the restaurant's own Stripe account. Stripe charges its processing fee, and Daviah adds nothing on top.
Do I need to buy hardware for the kitchen screens?
Not from Daviah. The kitchen and station screens run in a web browser, so a tablet or screen you already have will do.
Can Daviah do delivery?
Not today. Daviah's online ordering is for pickup.
Read next
- Is Daviah too cheap? Why the price is flat, and what the catch is
- Your staff, your menus, your takings — one place to keep it all running
- The delivery platform fee that eats your margin — and a direct ordering path that does not
- Ordering tools that protect your counter — even when nobody is watching the screen
Daviah — Toast is a point-of-sale system with hardware; Daviah is not. What each does and costs, and why a restaurant that needs a POS should pick Toast.
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