Zettle by PayPal, formerly iZettle, is a card reader and point-of-sale app for small businesses. You buy the reader and pay a fee per card payment.
What Paddl adds
- Temperature, cleaning and opening checks recorded on a phone
- SFBB and HACCP documents kept current as the menu changes
- Staff training records and a rota for each site
Epos Now is a cloud point-of-sale for hospitality and retail with tableside ordering, kitchen screens, table management and a large app marketplace. Hardware is bought as a bundle.
What Paddl adds
- Back-of-house compliance: checks, records, allergen matrices
- An audit trail for every task with who did it and when
- Equipment and maintenance records for the kit on the counter
Square provides free point-of-sale software, card payments charged per transaction and its own hardware. It is a common first till for small UK cafes and restaurants.
What Paddl adds
- Daily takings flow into Paddl's sales forecast and rota planning
- Food safety checks, records and the EHO audit pack
- Rota, timesheets and labour cost next to the sales they served
Lightspeed is a cloud point-of-sale and payments platform with table management, stock control and multi-site reporting. Priced by monthly plan, hardware extra.
What Paddl adds
- Compliance records for every site in the group
- Risk assessments, COSHH and fire safety records
- Contractor and equipment records for the estate
Zonal is a UK hospitality technology company selling EPoS, bookings, loyalty and kitchen management, mostly to pub groups, restaurant chains and hotels. Sold on quote.
What Paddl adds
- Food safety and health and safety records the till does not keep
- One compliance dashboard across the estate
- A per-site price with every feature included
Kobas is a UK hospitality platform combining EPoS, bookings, workforce, stock and loyalty for multi-site pub, bar and restaurant operators. Priced by venue count and modules.
What Paddl adds
- Food safety checks and documents kept per site
- Risk assessments, COSHH and incident records
- An EHO-ready audit pack for each venue
Tevalis provides EPoS, kitchen management, bookings, loyalty and payments for UK restaurants, bars, hotels and leisure venues. Priced on quote by venue and modules.
What Paddl adds
- Back-of-house compliance records the till does not hold
- An audit trail for every check, with photos where needed
- Risk assessments and COSHH for the whole estate