Is the restaurant POS free?
Yes. The in-house POS, ingredient-level inventory, and menu/recipe basics are free at $0 with no card required. Online ordering and reservations are paid add-ons you can turn on when you need them.
Restaurant POS
Restaurant POS that runs the whole house — starting free.
TrackYourShelves gives restaurants an in-house point of sale, ingredient-level inventory, and menu costing — free to start at $0 with no card required. Add online ordering, reservations, and deeper recipe costing only when your kitchen needs them.
POS + inventory at $0
Run an in-house point of sale with cashier PINs and ingredient-level inventory — free to start, no card required.
Menu & recipe costing
Cost your menu and keep an eye on food cost. The basics are free; live food-cost % is the Recipe Costing add-on.
Online ordering + kitchen board
Pickup, delivery, and dine-in on your own branded domain with a live kitchen board — a $29/mo add-on, clearly labeled.
What restaurants can run today
Every point below maps to currently shipped commercial workflows and published plan boundaries — the free essentials and the add-ons are priced exactly as they are.
- Commercial Free at $0 covers an in-house POS (1 terminal, 3 PINs), ingredient-level inventory, purchasing, menu/recipe basics, and a branded online store — no card required
- A declining platform fee on card sales (1% on Free down to 0% on Scale) charged on top of your own payment processor's fee — TrackYourShelves does not process cards
- Online Ordering is a $29/mo add-on covering pickup, delivery, and dine-in plus a live kitchen board — never bundled into a tier
- Reservations & Waitlist is a $15/mo add-on for tables and front-of-house flow
- Recipe Costing & COGS is a $19/mo add-on for live food-cost % and COGS — bundled free from Growth
- Guests can order from a branded storefront on your own custom domain
- No tax filing, and not built for clinical or healthcare use — TrackYourShelves stays focused on food and small business
Free plan for restaurants
Commercial Free runs the in-house essentials at $0 with no card required: an in-house POS, ingredient-level inventory, purchasing, menu/recipe basics, and a branded online store. It is capped at 1 location, 1 POS terminal, 3 POS PINs, and 100 items — turn on Online Ordering, Reservations, or Recipe Costing as add-ons, or move up a plan when you outgrow the caps.
Restaurant POS FAQ
Does it do online ordering?
Yes — Online Ordering is a $29/mo add-on that covers pickup, delivery, and dine-in plus a live kitchen board on your own branded domain.
Can I cost my menu and track food cost?
Menu and recipe basics are free. Live food-cost % and COGS are the $19/mo Recipe Costing add-on, which is bundled free from the Growth plan.
Can guests order on my own domain?
Yes. You can run a branded storefront on your own custom domain so guests order under your name, not ours.