The $99 and $135 plans still printed by third-party listings are not on SpotOn's own pricing page any more. What is there is All-In at $0 a station with the hardware included, on a 2-year minimum and a 2.79% + 20¢ card-present rate, or POS Essentials at $55 a station with hardware at $750–$995 and 2.45% + 15¢. Online ordering is a Core Bundle: $50 a month plus 20 basis points of card volume.
SpotOn's pricing has moved, and the $99 and $135 plans that third-party listings still print are not on SpotOn's own page any more. What is there now is two priced plans, one quoted plan, and a software bundle:
The All-In plan is not free; it is a financing choice. SpotOn says so on its own page: the hardware and software are paid for over time through a higher card rate, and a monthly processing minimum applies. The published gap against POS Essentials is 0.34 of a percentage point and 5¢ a transaction.
Two further things are on SpotOn's terms page and are worth knowing before a demo: cancelling within a year of installation triggers a hardware clawback for the difference between what you paid and list price, and changing processor while keeping the system costs a $995 conversion fee with the software licence doubling. Neither is unusual in this market. Both are the reason the term matters more than the monthly fee.
Which plan is cheaper depends on your card volume, and the crossover is high enough to be worth doing on a napkin. The gap is 0.34 points plus 5¢ a payment: at $40,000 a month and 1,000 payments, All-In costs about $186 a month more in processing than Essentials and saves the $55 station fee — so Essentials is ahead by about $131 a month, which repays the $750 station in six months.
Below roughly $7,500 a month in card sales, All-In's higher rate no longer covers the hardware you did not buy, and the $0 plan is genuinely the cheaper one. Above it, Essentials is. Neither number includes the implementation charge, which SpotOn states applies on Essentials and does not price.
| SpotOn | ShopLaunch | |
|---|---|---|
| Subscription | $0 a station (All-In, hardware included) or $55 a station (POS Essentials) | $49 / $199 / $499, once |
| Minimum term | 2 years on All-In, per the pricing page — the terms page says month to month | No contract |
| Hardware | Included on All-In; $750–$995 a station on Essentials, plus implementation | None |
| Card rates | 2.79% + 20¢ (All-In) · 2.45% + 15¢ Essentials, Amex 3.19% + 15¢ · 3.45–3.79% + 20¢ keyed | We do not process payments |
| Online ordering | Core Bundle: $50 a month + 0.20% of card volume, capped at $200 | Not offered — we take no orders |
| The website | A custom website is part of the custom quote | One page, built for you, in the pack |
| Print: QR menu and posters | Not the product — receipts and kitchen tickets | QR menu per table + 3 print-ready posters |
| Time to live | Install scheduled; implementation costs quoted separately | 24 hours |
| Changing processor | $995 conversion fee and the software licence doubles | Nothing to convert |
| What you keep | The hardware after a year; the licence ends with the agreement | The files and the link |
SpotOn plan prices, rates, processing minimums and the Core Bundle formula are from SpotOn's published 2026 pricing (updated 24 October 2026), read 11 November 2026. The contract conflict, the clawback and the $995 conversion fee are from its point-of-sale terms as summarised below. ShopLaunch prices are the ones on this site, before tax.
SpotOn is a full restaurant platform with a rep who answers, and at one or two stations its $0 up-front plan is easier on a new shop's cash than any hardware purchase here.
Not a template you fill in. We take your hours, prices and photos, build each piece, and hand back files and a live link.
One form, five minutes. Live the next business day. No app for you or your guests, no monthly fee, and no cut of anything you sell.
The page and the menu are the Local Pack. Nothing here is a subscription, and nothing renews.
One page, one business day.
The one most shops order.
Everything, plus 30 days of us on call.
Payment is taken by Polar Software, Inc., our merchant of record, on their checkout page — we never see your card. By ordering you agree to our terms and refund policy. One round of edits is included; the files are yours to keep and reprint.
Not on SpotOn's own 2026 pricing. Third-party listings still print $99 and $135 bundles from an earlier plan set. SpotOn now publishes All-In at $0 a station with hardware included on a 2-year minimum, POS Essentials at $55 a station with hardware at $750–$995, and a Core software bundle at $50 a month plus 20 basis points of card volume. Ask which set your quote is on.
Two SpotOn pages say different things, and both were readable in September 2026: the restaurant pricing page attaches "2yr minimum term" to All-In, while the point-of-sale terms page describes the restaurant agreement as month to month and cancellable at any time. That is a question for the order form, in writing, before you sign — not for a comparison page.
Above roughly $7,500 a month in card sales, POS Essentials: its rate is 0.34 points and 5¢ a payment lower, which covers the $55 station fee and repays the $750 station in about six months. Below that, All-In's higher rate is the smaller number because you never buy the hardware. The processing minimum on All-In is not published, and it can change that answer.
No. The page is static and takes no payments, so it works with SpotOn, Square, Clover, Toast or a cash drawer. The only connection is a link: your page for the guest deciding, your POS for the guest paying.
Polar Software, Inc., our merchant of record, takes it on their checkout page. Your card details are entered there, never on this site, and they handle the receipt and the tax. We never see your card number.
The two priced plans, the All-In vs Essentials crossover and the contract questions, on one printable page.
Want all eleven on one page? The 2026 cost comparison puts them side by side.
Send your shop once. We build the page, the QR menu, the posters and the posts, and hand it back the next business day. If you already pay a platform for a page like this, this is the line you can take off the bill.