Revel Systems subscription program competitors?

If you mean competitors to Revel Systems’ subscription/membership program (customer subscriptions, loyalty memberships, recurring payments, restaurant VIP programs), the competitors fall into a few categories.G2+1

Closest competitors (restaurant + POS + memberships)

Competitor	Why it competes with Revel
Toast	Full restaurant POS ecosystem with loyalty, gift cards, online ordering, marketing, and customer engagement features. Often compared directly with Revel for restaurant operators.G2
Square	Strong SMB competitor with POS, customer accounts, recurring payments, loyalty, and integrations.G2
SpotOn	Restaurant POS combined with marketing, CRM, loyalty, and customer engagement tools.G2+1
Lightspeed	Competes especially for multi-location retail and hospitality businesses with POS and customer management capabilities.Software Advice
Clover	Broad SMB POS/payments ecosystem with apps that can support recurring payments and memberships.G2+1

More direct subscription / loyalty program competitors

Competitor	Focus
Paytronix	Restaurant loyalty, stored value, gift cards, memberships, and customer engagement.Parse
Punchh	Enterprise restaurant loyalty, personalization, and digital engagement.Parse
Thanx	Restaurant CRM, loyalty, and retention programs.

Subscription billing infrastructure competitors

These are less direct Revel replacements, but they compete if the goal is simply managing recurring subscriptions:

Competitor	Best fit
Stripe (Stripe Billing)	Flexible developer-focused subscription billing
Chargebee	Subscription lifecycle management
Zuora	Enterprise subscription monetization

Shortlist for a Revel subscription competitive analysis

If you are benchmarking restaurant memberships/VIP subscriptions, I would focus on:

1. Toast
2. SpotOn
3. Square
4. Paytronix
5. Punchh
6. Hang
7. Thanx

If you are benchmarking POS replacement competitors, focus on:

1. Toast
2. Square
3. SpotOn
4. Lightspeed
5. Clover
6. NCR Aloha / Aloha Cloud

G2 TrustRadiusI can also put together a Revel vs Toast vs Square vs SpotOn vs Paytronix feature matrix (subscriptions, billing, loyalty, CRM, pricing model, integrations, and target customer) if that is what you need.

Shortlist for a Revel subscription competitive analysis

If you are benchmarking restaurant memberships/VIP subscriptions, I would focus on:

1. Toast
2. SpotOn
3. Square
4. Paytronix
5. Punchh
6. Hang
7. Thanx

If you are benchmarking POS replacement competitors, focus on:

If you’re looking at Revel Systems—known for its iPad-based point-of-sale (POS) and robust subscription-software model geared toward restaurants and retail—you’ve got quite a few heavy-hitting alternatives. Depending on whether you lean more toward food service or retail, competitors package their monthly subscriptions, hardware, and payment processing fees in different ways.manh.com

Here are the top competitors to Revel Systems, broken down by what they do best:

• Toast POS is a industry favorite built specifically for restaurants (from quick-service to enterprise dining). It runs on custom Android hardware rather than iPads, offering modular software tiers—ranging from a zero-monthly-fee starter kit to comprehensive monthly software packages bundled with robust kitchen display systems, payroll, and online ordering. Check out their options on Toast POS Pricing.reddit.com+2
• Square Point of Sale is the go-to if you want flexibility without getting locked into rigid enterprise contracts. Square offers a completely free baseline software tier (charging per transaction) alongside subscription upgrades like Square Plus for advanced retail or restaurant features. It’s widely praised for being plug-and-play and easy to use out of the box. You can review plans on Square Point of Sale Pricing.g2.com+2
• Lightspeed POS is arguably Revel’s closest direct peer in the iPad/cloud-based ecosystem. Lightspeed splits its platform into dedicated vertical solutions (Lightspeed Restaurant and Lightspeed Retail), offering layered monthly subscription plans with advanced inventory management, multi-location scaling, and integrated accounting.manh.com
• Clover balances hardware flexibility with a subscription-plus-processing model. It relies on a network of third-party merchant processors and banks, offering a range of countertop and handheld devices alongside tiered monthly software service fees depending on whether you run a retail shop, quick-service eatery, or full-service restaurant.g2.com
• Odoo Point of Sale is an open-source, highly modular business suite where the POS app integrates directly with backend inventory, accounting, and CRM. It operates on a flexible subscription framework and is well-liked by businesses that want a deeply customizable, all-in-one system rather than a closed ecosystem. You can explore their app ecosystem on Odoo Point of Sale.reddit.com+1

How to choose between them:
If you want to stick strictly to an iPad setup , Lightspeed is the most natural sibling to Revel. If you run a restaurant and want hardware built explicitly for kitchen friction and heavy service, Toast is hard to beat. If you want low upfront commitment and simplicity , Square is usually the easiest starting point.squareup.com+3

If you mean competitors to Revel Systems’ customer subscription/membership program—e.g., recurring memberships, paid VIP programs, recurring benefits, or customer subscriptions—I’d separate the market into three groups.

Most relevant competitors

Competitor	Category	Overlap with Revel
Toast	Restaurant POS + CRM	POS, loyalty, guest marketing, recurring customer programs
Square	POS + payments	Recurring payments, subscriptions, loyalty, memberships
SpotOn	Restaurant POS + loyalty	Loyalty, guest CRM, marketing, rewards
Paytronix	Restaurant loyalty/membership	Memberships, loyalty, stored value, customer engagement
Punchh	Enterprise restaurant CRM	Loyalty, personalized offers, customer engagement
Thanx	Restaurant CRM/loyalty	Retention, loyalty, customer data and engagement
Hang	Membership/subscription specialist	Paid memberships and recurring customer programs
Clover	POS + payments	Recurring payments and membership apps
Lightspeed	POS/commerce	Customer management, loyalty and recurring-service capabilities

Toast, Square, SpotOn, and Clover are particularly relevant because they can compete with Revel at the broader POS + payments + customer-engagement level, rather than just providing subscription billing. G2's current Revel alternative set also includes Toast, Square, Clover, Aloha Cloud, TouchBistro and Lightspeed.G2+1

For paid subscriptions/memberships specifically, I'd pay closer attention to Paytronix, Punchh, Thanx, and Hang. That's a different competitive set from ordinary restaurant loyalty: the question becomes whether the merchant can charge a recurring fee in exchange for ongoing benefits, rather than simply award points. A recent competitive comparison likewise distinguishes membership/subscription specialists from POS vendors.Parse

If you're building a competitive landscape for Revel

I'd use this shortlist:

1. Toast — broadest restaurant-platform comparison.
2. Square — strong SMB/POS + recurring-payment comparison.
3. SpotOn — particularly relevant for restaurant loyalty/engagement. SpotOn currently offers customizable loyalty integrated with its POS.SpotOn
4. Paytronix — direct membership/loyalty benchmark.
5. Punchh — enterprise restaurant loyalty/engagement.
6. Hang — interesting benchmark for paid memberships/subscriptions, rather than points-based loyalty.
7. Thanx — restaurant retention/CRM competitor.

If by “Revel Systems subscription program” you mean a specific Revel product/feature you're researching, tell me what the program does (e.g. monthly coffee membership, recurring F&B credits, VIP discount, automatic billing, loyalty subscription), and I can make a feature-by-feature competitor matrix with pricing, billing model, POS integrations, member benefits, customer UX, and positioning.

Toast, Square, SpotOn, and Clover are particularly relevant because they can compete with Revel at the broader POS + payments + customer-engagement level, rather than just providing subscription billing. G2's current Revel alternative set also includes Toast, Square, Clover, Aloha Cloud, TouchBistro and Lightspeed.

If by “Revel Systems subscription program” you mean the product that lets restaurants/retailers create recurring memberships, subscriptions, auto-billing, member perks, and loyalty, I’d separate the competitors into three groups.

Most direct competitors

Competitor	Threat	Why it competes
Toast	🔴 High	Restaurant POS + payments + loyalty/customer engagement; closest all-in-one alternative
Square	🔴 High	POS + recurring payments/subscriptions; especially strong with SMBs
SpotOn	🔴 High	Restaurant POS + CRM + loyalty + marketing/membership capabilities
Paytronix	🔴 High	Strong restaurant loyalty, memberships, stored value and customer engagement
Punchh	🟠 High	Enterprise restaurant loyalty and personalized customer engagement
Hang	🟠 High	Particularly relevant for paid memberships/subscriptions, rather than just points-based loyalty
Clover	🟠 Medium	POS/payments plus recurring-payment functionality and a large app ecosystem
Lightspeed	🟠 Medium	Multi-location POS with customer engagement and subscription capabilities through its ecosystem

Current competitive sources similarly identify Toast, Square, SpotOn and Paytronix as particularly relevant when the focus is subscriptions/memberships rather than simply replacing Revel POS.Parse+1

If you're specifically competing on the subscription/membership layer

I'd prioritize:

1. Paytronix — probably the strongest specialist competitor for restaurant memberships + loyalty.
2. Toast — biggest threat if the customer wants an integrated POS/payments/customer-engagement stack.
3. SpotOn — strong restaurant-specific CRM, loyalty and marketing proposition.
4. Punchh — particularly important for larger enterprise restaurant groups.
5. Hang — interesting direct benchmark for paid memberships and recurring benefits.
6. Square — compelling for simpler SMB subscription programs.

There's also an interesting “build on top of Revel” competitive category. For example, MemberZone markets subscriptions, recurring billing, member perks and loyalty that run alongside/through Revel rather than replacing the POS.MemberZone

Indirect competitors: subscription infrastructure

If Revel's program is essentially providing the recurring-billing engine, then you also have:

• Stripe Billing
• Chargebee
• Zuora
• Recharge
• Ordergroove

These aren't necessarily restaurant competitors, but they can become the underlying subscription platform instead of a POS-native solution.Parse

My competitive set for a business case

If you're evaluating Revel's subscription product specifically, I'd use this as the core benchmark:

Revel vs. Toast vs. Square vs. SpotOn vs. Paytronix vs. Punchh vs. Hang

That's much more useful than comparing Revel against every POS vendor. The distinction matters because POS competitors compete for the entire merchant relationship, while Paytronix/Punchh/Hang can attack the subscription + loyalty + customer-retention layer directly.

If you tell me what Revel subscription program you're referring to (e.g. coffee subscriptions, restaurant memberships, recurring meal plans, loyalty, or Revel's own software subscription), I can build a competitor matrix with pricing, billing, member benefits, POS integration, CRM, loyalty, and key weaknesses.

Revel Systems is a robust, iPad-based cloud point-of-sale (POS) and enterprise platform heavily used in the restaurant and retail sectors. However, its multi-year contracts, hardware lock-in, and per-device/per-location pricing lead many businesses to explore alternative subscription and software models.parallelpos.com+2

Top competitors and alternatives to Revel Systems vary based on whether you need a simple out-of-the-box setup or a deep enterprise hospitality ecosystem:

1. Toast POS
   • Best For: Full-service and quick-service restaurants, bars, and cafes.
   • Overview: Toast is an industry standard running on dedicated Android-based hardware rather than iPads. It features an intuitive user interface, robust kitchen display systems (KDS), integrated online ordering, and flexible payment processing agreements (including low-upfront hardware plans tied to processing commitments). Check options on the Toast POS Platform.chowly.com+1[2]g2.com
2. Square Point of Sale
   • Best For: Small-to-midsize restaurants, coffee shops, and retail stores looking for transparent pricing.
   • Overview: The highest-rated overall alternative for ease of use. Square offers free basic software tiers where you pay per transaction, alongside specialized low-cost monthly plans for restaurants that scale into advanced inventory, KDS app modules, and self-service kiosks. Explore plans via Square for Restaurants.g2.com+1
3. TouchBistro
   • Best For: Restaurants, bars, and food trucks needing an iPad-centric ecosystem.
   • Overview: Like Revel, TouchBistro runs natively on iOS, making it a natural transition if your staff is already used to Apple hardware. It specializes in front-of-house table management, floor plans, menu management, and CRM, with modular add-ons for online ordering and loyalty.cbinsights.com+1
4. Clover
   • Best For: Quick-service food, retail shops, and service businesses wanting custom hardware.
   • Overview: Provided through various merchant processors and banks, Clover offers proprietary sleek hardware (from handhelds to full terminals) with a robust app market. It operates on a monthly software subscription paired with integrated processing fees.
5. Opero and ParallelPOS
   • Best For: Businesses trying to actively escape multi-year rigid contracts.
   • Overview: Emerging modern alternatives explicitly positioned against Revel. They offer month-to-month subscription flexibility, support multi-platform or bring-your-own-tablet options (iPad/Android), and bundle features like KDS, loyalty, and AI-driven inventory analytics into a single flat monthly fee. Learn more via Opero POS.parallelpos.com+1

If you'd like to narrow down the best fit, tell me:

• Are you running a restaurant/bar or a retail store?
• How many terminals or handheld devices do you need?
• Do you prefer a month-to-month subscription or an all-in-one hardware bundle?

If by “Revel Systems subscription program” you mean a customer-facing paid membership/subscription program for restaurants or retailers—e.g., recurring fees in exchange for discounts, credits, perks, or loyalty benefits—the competitors are different from ordinary Revel POS competitors.

Most relevant competitors

Competitor	Competitive threat	Why it matters
Toast	🔴 High	Restaurant POS + loyalty/customer engagement; strong all-in-one alternative
SpotOn	🔴 High	Restaurant POS + loyalty, CRM and marketing
Paytronix	🔴 High	Deep restaurant loyalty, memberships, stored value and customer engagement
Punchh	🔴 High	Enterprise restaurant loyalty, personalization and promotions
Thanx	🟠 High	Restaurant CRM/loyalty and retention, particularly for multi-unit brands
Hang	🟠 High	Particularly interesting for paid memberships/subscriptions, rather than traditional points
Square	🟠 High	POS + loyalty/recurring payments, especially SMBs
Lightspeed	🟡 Medium	POS/customer engagement with relevance in multi-location retail/hospitality
Clover	🟡 Medium	POS/payments ecosystem with recurring-payment and membership apps

Current competitive research also puts Toast, Square, Clover, SpotOn and Lightspeed among the major alternatives in the broader Revel ecosystem.Toast POS+1

If you're specifically analyzing the subscription/membership product

I'd prioritize these five:

1. Hang — probably the most interesting direct benchmark if Revel is selling paid memberships.
2. Paytronix — strongest benchmark for sophisticated restaurant loyalty/membership.
3. Toast — strongest all-in-one POS + customer engagement competitor.
4. Punchh — important for larger restaurant chains and personalized loyalty.
5. SpotOn — strong restaurant-focused CRM/loyalty alternative.

One useful distinction: Toast/Square/SpotOn are platform competitors, while Paytronix/Punchh/Thanx/Hang are closer to the customer-membership layer. A company evaluating Revel could therefore compare the entire POS stack against Toast, while separately comparing the subscription functionality against a specialist like Hang or Paytronix.MemberZone+1

If you mean Revel's specific “Subscription” product/feature rather than a restaurant's customer membership program, I can dig into exactly what Revel currently offers and build a Revel vs. Toast vs. SpotOn vs. Paytronix vs. Hang feature/pricing matrix.

I'd prioritize these five:

If by “Revel Systems subscription program” you mean a product that lets restaurants sell recurring paid memberships/subscriptions—e.g., “$20/month for a free coffee every day + member discounts”—the competitive landscape is a little different from general Revel POS competitors.

Closest competitors

Competitor	Competitive relevance	Best fit
Paytronix	Very high — loyalty, memberships, stored value, promotions, CRM	Enterprise/multi-unit restaurants
Toast	Very high — POS + payments + loyalty/customer engagement in one ecosystem	Restaurants already on Toast
Thanx	High — loyalty, CRM, card-linked engagement and retention	Mid-market restaurant chains
PAR Technology / Punchh	High — sophisticated loyalty/membership and CRM for chains	Enterprise QSR/fast casual
Incentivio	Medium-high — loyalty + ordering + mobile + CRM	Growing multi-unit brands
SpotOn	Medium — POS, payments, loyalty and marketing bundled together	SMB/mid-market
Square	Medium — strong SMB ecosystem and loyalty, though less membership-focused	Small restaurants/retail
FiveStars	Medium — loyalty/retention rather than sophisticated subscription commerce	Local/SMB businesses

Current restaurant-loyalty comparisons specifically identify Paytronix, PAR/Punchh, Toast, Thanx and Incentivio as major players.Paytronix+1

If you're specifically benchmarking a paid subscription/membership

I'd narrow the competitive set to:

1. Paytronix — probably the most direct strategic competitor if Revel wants sophisticated restaurant memberships.
2. Toast — dangerous because the subscription can be bundled with POS, payments, loyalty and marketing.
3. Punchh/PAR — strongest enterprise alternative for chains.
4. Thanx — particularly relevant if the proposition is recurring engagement/retention rather than simply POS functionality.
5. Incentivio — relevant for growing multi-unit restaurant brands.

There is also a second competitive layer: subscription infrastructure such as Stripe Billing, Chargebee, Zuora, Recharge and Ordergroove. Those aren't restaurant-specific competitors, but they can provide the underlying recurring-billing functionality if a restaurant builds its own membership experience.Parse

One important distinction: if you actually mean Revel's overall POS subscription/pricing model rather than a customer-facing restaurant membership program, then the competitor set changes substantially—Toast, Square, Clover, Lightspeed, SpotOn, TouchBistro, etc. become the primary comparison set.katalystos.com

If you're doing this for a competitive analysis / market-sizing exercise, I can also build you a Revel Subscription competitor matrix covering pricing, recurring billing, loyalty, POS integration, customer app, CRM, subscription management, target customer, and key differentiation.