Vendors / Mainstream commercial restaurant POS

Loyverse POS

The most honestly priced row in this batch and genuinely unusual in shipping a free first-party KDS, but it is a micro-merchant POS, not a restaurant OS: no online ordering, no delivery, no nested modifiers, flat multi-store, and its own API docs state the API cannot integrate with a payment system.

scored live legacy rubric

Claims in scope
278
Scored
45
Assessed
38
Unknown
240
Not applicable
36
Cells challenged
3
86% of in-scope claims are unknown. This record measures what Loyverse POS publishes at least as much as what it does. A vendor that documents little scores low here whether or not the capability exists. Absence of evidence is recorded as unknown, never as no.

Identity

Owner
Loyverse — private, closed-source commercial vendor (freemium). Not an open-source project despite frequently appearing on free/open-source POS listicles.
Who it is for
Micro and small merchants worldwide: cafes, food trucks, kiosks, small eateries and small retail. Very strong in emerging markets; claims 1M+ businesses in 170 countries and 30+ languages.
Site
https://loyverse.com/

Pricing

transparency: unknown · unit: per store per month (add-ons only); core software free per store and per device · processor lock-in: no

Software
Core POS, Dashboard, Kitchen Display System and Customer Display System are free with no per-store fee. Paid add-ons per store: Unlimited Sales History $5/mo or $50/yr; Employee Management $25/mo or $250/yr; Advanced Inventory $25/mo or $250/yr. 14-day free trial on add-ons, no card required; special pricing for 3+ stores. Prices exclude tax.

Capabilities

Every claim is binary and checkable. Grades: A primary documentation · B product documentation · C pricing or feature page · D marketing claim · E third-party reporting · F inference with no source. A yes on a differentiator claim requires A or B.

Order capture & FOH workflow

Unknown

order-capture-floor-plan-editor

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-seat-level

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-coursing-hold-fire

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-split-merge

Split payment across tenders appears in the product; by-item/by-seat splitting and check/table merging are not documented.

F
Unknown

order-capture-bar-tab-preauth differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-transfer-audit

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-native-handheld

Not scored by this record.

Partial

order-capture-offline-order-entry

Documented: sales and shifts continue offline; refunds, new customer registration and adding items do not. Offline kitchen send is not addressed. https://loyverse.com/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

order-capture-qr-same-check differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-kiosk-first-party differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-drive-thru

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-drive-thru-timers

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-voice-ai differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-throttling differentiator

Not scored by this record.

No

order-capture-scheduled-orders

No future-dated/scheduled order capability appears in the published catalog.

F
Unknown

order-capture-catering

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-order-ready-signal differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-void-comp-controls

Not scored by this record.

Menu, modifiers & pricing engine

No

menu-pricing-nested-modifiers

Only flat single-level modifier/option lists are documented; no nesting, min/max counts or forced-selection flags.

F
No

menu-pricing-modifier-price-by-parent-size

No price matrix by parent item and size documented.

F
Unknown

menu-pricing-fractional-placement differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-half-and-half-rule differentiator

Not scored by this record.

No

menu-pricing-topping-quantity-tiers

No light/regular/extra quantity tiers with per-tier multipliers documented.

F
Unknown

menu-pricing-size-style-matrix differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-included-allowance differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-combos

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-upsell-prompts differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-86-propagation

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-countdown-auto-86 differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-dayparting

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-channel-price-books

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-dual-pricing differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-allergen-nutrition

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-recipe-linkage differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-3p-menu-push

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-dynamic-pricing

Not scored by this record.

Payments & money movement

Unknown

payments-processor-choice differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-published-rates differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-dual-pricing differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-surcharge-guardrails differentiator

Not scored by this record.

No

payments-emv-nfc

Software-only; Loyverse sells no first-party payment terminal and its API docs state payment-system integration is unsupported. https://support.loyverse.com/en/articles/8061203-faqs-about-loyverse-api · retrieved 2026-08-01

E
Unknown

payments-softpos-tap-to-pay differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-pay-at-table

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-qr-guest-pay differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-tip-adjust

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-tip-pooling differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-offline-store-and-forward differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-offline-decline-liability differentiator

Not scored by this record.

No

payments-gift-cards

Loyverse staff on the vendor's own community: 'Unfortunately, Loyverse POS does not have the functionality to deal with gift cards.' The documented workaround is to create a customer record per card ('Gift card 22'), print its customer code on the physical card and hand-load loyalty points (100 points = $1.00), which redeem as a discount rather than a tender — merchants in-thread flag the resulting sales-tax distortion. A second staff answer (moderator Georg, 2023-07-30) repeats 'It is not possible to create gift cards with Loyverse'. The Payments section of the help centre enumerates 16 articles — payment-type configuration, split payment, tips, refunds and eight card-acquirer integrations — and contains no gift-card or stored-value article. https://loyverse.town/topic/3836-how-can-i-use-gift-cards-with-the-system/ · retrieved 2026-08-04

B
Unknown

payments-house-accounts

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-split-tender

Not scored by this record.

Partial

payments-refund-void-controls

Employee Management add-on ($25/mo/store) manages access rights covering refunds and discounts; an immutable approver audit log is not documented. https://loyverse.com/pricing · retrieved 2026-08-01

D
Unknown

payments-chargeback-tooling differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-card-on-file differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-payout-timing differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-p2pe-pci4

Not scored by this record.

Kitchen & production

Partial

kitchen-station-routing

Items route to a kitchen display via printer groups with item categories ticked per group; no routing by order type or revenue center. https://help.loyverse.com/help/kds-configuration · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

kitchen-expo-consolidation

Multiple KDS stations are supported but no expo/consolidation screen is documented.

F
Unknown

kitchen-course-firing differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-prep-time-pacing differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-order-throttling differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-channel-pause-propagation differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-order-ready-callback differentiator

Not scored by this record.

No

kitchen-bump-bar-hardware

KDS setup docs cover tablet touch and network pairing only; no bump bar or keypad models are listed. https://help.loyverse.com/help/kds-configuration · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

kitchen-all-day-counts

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-sla-alerts

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-printer-fallback differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-offline-operation differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-item-build-screens differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-pizza-fractional-display differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-recall-refire

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-order-modification-alerts differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-guest-ready-notification differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-waste-logging

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-speed-of-service-reporting

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

kitchen-prep-forecasting

Not scored by this record.

Delivery, dispatch & third-party channels

No

delivery-driver-roster

No driver module in the published catalog.

F
No

delivery-dispatch-board

No dispatch screen in the published catalog.

F
Unknown

delivery-route-map differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-driver-tracking differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-zones-polygon differentiator

Not scored by this record.

No

delivery-zone-pricing

No delivery zones; Loyverse ships no ordering channel to price them from.

F
Unknown

delivery-address-validation

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-driver-comp differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-cash-reconcile

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-daas-dispatch

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-daas-fallback differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-3p-direct-integration differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-3p-injection

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-menu-push

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-86-sync

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-store-pause

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-3p-reconciliation differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-injection-error-visibility differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-tracking-page

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-promise-time differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-offline-behavior

Not scored by this record.

Digital ordering & guest-facing channels

No

digital-first-party-web

No first-party web ordering site in the published catalog.

F
No

digital-menu-single-source

No first-party digital ordering channel exists to propagate to.

F
Unknown

digital-native-app differentiator

Not scored by this record.

No

digital-account-saved-payment

No guest-facing ordering account; API cannot integrate a payment system.

F
Unknown

digital-upsell-engine differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-scheduled-pacing

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-fulfillment-modes

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-qr-table

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-kiosk differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-group-ordering

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-catering-portal differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-voice-ai-phone differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-drivethru-ai

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-sms-ordering

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-google-order differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-apple-business-connect

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-loyalty-attach

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-subscriptions

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-promo-parity

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-guest-data-ownership differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-checkout-pci-sca

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

digital-surcharge-transparency differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Guest data, loyalty & marketing

Partial

guest-loyalty-unified-profile

One customer base across stores, identified by phone number or barcode; no digital channels exist to merge, and dedup/merge behavior is not documented. https://loyverse.com/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

guest-loyalty-thirdparty-identity-attach differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Partial

guest-loyalty-accrual-models

Built-in points loyalty documented; only one accrual model is described, not two of points/punch/tier. https://loyverse.com/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

guest-loyalty-tiers differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-offline-behavior differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-offer-stacking-rules differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-targeted-offers differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-rfm-segmentation differentiator

Not scored by this record.

No

guest-loyalty-lifecycle-automation

No triggered lifecycle campaign engine in the published catalog.

F
Unknown

guest-loyalty-native-email-sms differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-consent-management

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-10dlc-registration

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-campaign-attribution differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-data-export-portability differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-review-capture-routing differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-referral-program

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-wallet-pass differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-privacy-rights-tooling

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-redemption-fraud-controls

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-ai-offer-recommendation differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-stored-value-gift

Not scored by this record.

Labor & workforce

Yes

labor-clock-in-at-pos

Timecards and automatic hour calculation at the POS via the Employee Management add-on; no separate time clock hardware. https://loyverse.com/pricing · retrieved 2026-08-01

C
Unknown

labor-photo-punch-verification differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-offline-time-punch differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Partial

labor-granular-rbac

Add-on 'manage access rights' per employee/role; whether permissions are grantable per discrete action and per location is not documented on the pages fetched. https://loyverse.com/pricing · retrieved 2026-08-01

C
Partial

labor-manager-override-audit

The override mechanism exists: 13 POS access rights (apply restricted discounts, change taxes in a sale, perform returns, void saved items in open tickets, open cash drawer without a sale, reprint and resend receipts, view cost of items...) and 15 back-office rights, and 'When an employee tries to access a function on the POS that they do not have access to, the PIN panel will be opened with the request to enter the PIN. After entering the PIN code of an employee who has access to the function, a one-time access is granted'. Shortfall: nothing records WHOSE PIN granted that one-time access. The receipts report stores items, taxes, discounts, payment method, POS device and employee, filterable by employee and CSV-exportable, but that employee is the operator, not the approver; the article never states the authorising manager is captured. The Reports catalogue (13 articles across sales, exports, stock notifications, dashboard, shift reports, customer history) contains no activity log or override audit. Attribution is per-sale only; approvals are unattributed and unqueryable. https://help.loyverse.com/help/how-manage-access-rights-employees · retrieved 2026-08-04

B
Unknown

labor-native-scheduling differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-demand-labor-forecast differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-realtime-labor-percent differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-overtime-prevention differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-break-compliance-by-state differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-minor-labor-rules

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-tip-pooling-rules

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-tip-distribution-audit-trail

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-qualified-tips-w2-reporting differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-native-payroll differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-payroll-export-formats

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-shift-swap-workflow differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-server-performance-metrics differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Inventory, purchasing & cost control

Unknown

inventory-recipe-bom-costing

Advanced Inventory add-on covers purchase orders and inventory valuation; multi-level sub-recipe costing is not documented.

F
Partial

inventory-unit-conversion-yields

Purchase-unit vs sell-unit conversion is achievable but only as a modelling workaround, not as unit fields on the item. The vendor's own instruction is to create two items — a piece-level item ('Water, bottle 0.5L') and a second composite item ('Water, box 0.5L, 25p') with 'Use production' switched on, whose component is the piece item at quantity 25 — then purchase-order the box item and disassemble it into pieces. There is no purchase/recipe/count unit field with a conversion factor on a single item. Shortfall, and it is two-part: composite items take only a component and a Quantity (cost is derived from component cost x quantity), with no per-ingredient unit of measure; and no yield or waste percentage exists anywhere — conversion is assumed lossless, one box always yields exactly 25. Stock adjustment reasons are limited to Receive Items, Inventory Recount and Loss or Damaged, so raw-to-usable shrink can only be booked after the fact as a manual loss adjustment. https://help.loyverse.com/help/how-order-items-by-boxes · retrieved 2026-08-04

B
Unknown

inventory-theoretical-vs-actual differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-realtime-depletion differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-86-auto-sync differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Partial

inventory-count-modes

Advanced Inventory add-on manages stock and valuation; the three count modes and per-count variance history are not documented. https://loyverse.com/pricing · retrieved 2026-08-01

D
Unknown

inventory-mobile-count-offline

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-vendor-catalogs-edi differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-invoice-ocr differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-price-change-alerts differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-par-auto-suggest differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-waste-logging

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-shelf-life-expiry

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-bar-partial-bottle

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-cogs-gl-export

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-native-not-partner differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-menu-margin-linkage differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Reporting, BI & data access

Yes

reporting-realtime-dashboard

Free Dashboard product: sales analytics accessible from any device, browser back office plus mobile app. https://loyverse.com/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Partial

reporting-eod-closeout

Shift open/close reporting is documented; a single EOD document reconciling tax, tips, discounts, refunds, tenders and expected deposit is not. https://loyverse.com/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

reporting-pmix-modifier-level

Sales-by-item reporting exists; modifier-level PMIX with daypart and revenue-center filters is not documented.

F
Unknown

reporting-comps-voids-audit

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-cash-over-short

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-labor-productivity

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-server-scorecards differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-channel-profitability differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-scheduled-delivery

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-public-api differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-webhooks differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-api-not-upcharged differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-tier-paywall differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-history-retention differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-anomaly-alerts differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-nl-query

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-guest-cohorts differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-sales-forecast differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-tip-tax-compliance

Not scored by this record.

Multi-location, franchise & enterprise governance

No

multi-location-org-hierarchy

Documented as a flat multi-store list for comparison, with no named region/group tier.

F
Partial

multi-location-central-menu-publish

Items are maintained centrally in the browser back office across stores, but there is no documented publish action, version history or audit of what was pushed.

F
Partial

multi-location-price-zones

Only the per-store leg exists: the multi-store guide's Stores section lets one item carry a different price, in-stock quantity and low-stock alert per store without duplication. Per-channel fails outright — moderator Hanna (loyverse.town, 2023-09-09) answers a dine-in vs takeaway pricing request with 'make 2 items with different prices' sharing stock via a component, exactly the item duplication the claim wording excludes. Per-daypart also fails: a discount takes only name, type, value and restricted-access — no schedule field — and vendor forum staff confirm time-based (happy hour) application is manual per ticket. https://help.loyverse.com/help/how-create-and-manage-multiple · retrieved 2026-08-04

B
Unknown

multi-location-consolidated-reporting

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-cross-location-giftcard

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-cross-location-loyalty

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-multi-brand differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-multi-tax-jurisdiction

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-central-labor-policy

Not scored by this record.

Hardware & physical footprint

Unknown

hardware-commodity-devices differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Partial

hardware-os-platforms

Android and iOS apps plus browser back office are named; minimum OS versions and device specs are not stated on the pages fetched. https://loyverse.com/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

hardware-handheld-purpose-built

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-handheld-battery-swap differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-handheld-lte

Not scored by this record.

Yes

hardware-offline-mode

Vendor states sales and shifts continue offline and explicitly enumerates what does not: refunds, new customer registration, adding items. https://loyverse.com/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Yes

hardware-kds

First-party KDS shipped free, with category-based routing and elapsed-time colour escalation; touch input only, no course/fire timing documented. https://help.loyverse.com/help/kitchen-display-system · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

hardware-kiosk differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-drive-thru

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-printer-compatibility

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-peripherals

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-p2pe-terminal

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-tap-to-phone differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-pricing-transparency differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-ownership-vs-lease differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-usable-after-churn differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-rma-sla differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-byod

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-remote-device-management differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-selfpour-scales

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-callerid-integration

Not scored by this record.

Integrations, API & extensibility

Yes

extensibility-public-api-docs

Public API reference at developer.loyverse.com, readable without a partner agreement; support article links it openly. https://support.loyverse.com/en/articles/8061203-faqs-about-loyverse-api · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

extensibility-api-access-cost differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-free-sandbox differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Yes

extensibility-oauth-partner-apps

OAuth 2.0 supported in addition to personal access tokens; only OAuth-created webhooks carry the X-Loyverse-Signature HMAC header. https://support.loyverse.com/en/articles/8061203-faqs-about-loyverse-api · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Partial

extensibility-webhooks-push

Webhooks documented and creatable three ways; but only paid receipts are exposed via the API, so there is no full created/modified/voided order lifecycle. https://developer.loyverse.com/docs/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

extensibility-webhook-reliability differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-order-injection-api

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-menu-write-api differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-doordash-preferred differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-first-party-delivery-integrations differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-middleware-compatibility

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-accounting-connectors

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-payroll-export

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-app-marketplace

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-headless-embedded

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-data-portability-exit differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Reliability, offline & operations

Yes

reliability-offline-order-entry

Sales continue on-device without internet. https://loyverse.com/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
Unknown

reliability-offline-card-auth differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-offline-decline-liability differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-lan-degraded-multi-terminal differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-local-transaction-engine differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-offline-kds-printing

KDS pairs to the POS over the local network, which suggests LAN-only operation, but offline behavior is not documented.

F
Unknown

reliability-printer-fallback

Assessed 2026-08-04, unresolved. Read the whole Printers set in the help centre (help.loyverse.com/help/printers, 14 articles): Supported Printers, the six per-OS/per-transport setup articles, Sunmi built-in printers, Using Kitchen Printers with Loyverse POS, Set Up Kitchen Printer for Each Kitchen Station, Set Up Multiple Kitchen Stations to Share One Printer, Connect Kitchen Printer Bell. Kitchen routing is defined as printer groups with item categories ticked per group and one printer assigned per group in the POS app; a group can be shared by stations, but no article describes a secondary or backup printer for a group, automatic rerouting to another printer or to the KDS, retry behaviour, or a staff alert when a printer is unreachable. The one remedy documented is manual and after the fact — reopen the saved ticket and tap 'Reprint order', available for two hours after the ticket closes. Two candidate troubleshooting pages returned HTTP 404 to me on help.loyverse.com: /help/troubleshooting-when-setting-ethernet and /help/troubleshooting-when-working-with-kds, both listed in the section indexes; their content may settle this. The vendor forum thread on kitchen orders not printing (loyverse.town topic 6800) resolves to a misconfigured printer group and never reaches offline-printer behaviour. No vendor statement either way, so unknown rather than no.

F
Unknown

reliability-sync-conflict-handling

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-offline-feature-matrix

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-public-status-page

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-247-live-support

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-onsite-install differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-menu-build-service differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-hardware-replacement-sla

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-pci-dss-4-attestation

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-mfa-role-based-access

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-self-serve-training

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-failover-terminal-role differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-cellular-backup

Not scored by this record.

Commercial, compliance & data ownership

Unknown

commercial-month-to-month-contract differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-no-early-termination-fee differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-autorenew-terms-published

Monthly and annual add-on subscriptions are published but no renewal term or cancellation-notice window is stated.

F
Unknown

commercial-processing-not-bundled differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-interchange-plus-published differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-rate-increase-clause differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Yes

commercial-pricing-published

Every SKU carries a specific per-store dollar figure, with the core POS and KDS free; no contact-sales gate. https://loyverse.com/pricing · retrieved 2026-08-01

C
Unknown

commercial-module-unbundling differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Partial

commercial-hardware-purchase-outright

Fully BYOD on off-the-shelf Android/iOS tablets, receipt printers and barcode scanners, so nothing is leased; but Loyverse publishes no hardware price list of its own.

F
Unknown

commercial-hardware-not-locked differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-data-export-self-serve

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-export-customer-and-loyalty differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-post-termination-export-window differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-data-ownership-clause differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-pci-p2pe-tokenization

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-pci-dss-4-controls

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-privacy-dsar-tooling

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-wcag-kiosk-accessibility differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-dual-pricing-compliant differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Adversarial verification

An independent pass was instructed to refute this record, defaulting to downgrade when uncertain. It challenged 7 values — 3 upheld, 0 downgraded, 0 upgraded. This is published in full because a reader who can see which values were contested, on what evidence, and which way they moved has something no affiliate-funded comparison offers.

Capability claims

ClaimAs first scoredVerdictWhat the verifier found
payments-gift-cardsunknown / F / placeholder rationale, cell never examinedresolve-to-noNot absence of evidence — two separate Loyverse staff answers on the vendor's own community state it outright ('Loyverse POS does not have the functionality to deal with gift cards'; moderator Georg, 2023-07-30: 'It is not possible to create gift cards with Loyverse'), and the sanctioned workaround is a customer record per card carrying hand-loaded loyalty points that redeem as a discount, not a tender. The help-centre Payments section enumerates 16 articles with no gift-card entry. Meets the positive-evidence-of-absence bar. source
labor-manager-override-auditunknown / F / placeholder rationale, cell never examinedresolve-to-partialHalf the claim is documented and half is documented absent. The PIN-override flow is real and per-employee: a restricted function opens the PIN panel and a colleague's PIN grants one-time access. But no page states the authorising PIN is recorded. The receipts report carries the operating employee (filterable by employee, CSV export) — not the approver — and the Reports catalogue of 13 articles has no activity or audit log. Shortfall named: approvals are unattributed and unqueryable. source
inventory-unit-conversion-yieldsunknown / F / placeholder rationale, cell never examinedresolve-to-partialLoyverse's own article tells merchants to model a case as a separate composite item with 'Use production' on, containing the piece item at quantity 25, then purchase the case and disassemble it. That delivers purchase-to-sell conversion, so not no. But composite components take only component + Quantity, with no per-ingredient unit of measure and no yield or waste percentage — conversion is lossless by construction, and shrink can only be booked afterwards via the Loss or Damaged stock-adjustment reason. Named shortfall on both the unit-triple and the yield half. source
multi-location-price-zonesunknown / F / placeholder rationale, cell never examinedresolve-to-partialOne of the claim's three legs holds. Per location: the multi-store guide documents per-store price, in-stock quantity and low-stock alert on a single item record. Per channel: absent — moderator Hanna (2023-09-09) answers a dine-in vs takeaway pricing request with 'make 2 items with different prices' sharing stock via components, which is the item duplication the claim wording excludes. Per daypart: absent — the discount configuration article enumerates only name, type, value and restricted access, with no schedule, and forum staff confirm time-of-day discounts are applied manually per ticket. Shortfall named: no channel or daypart price tiers without duplicating the item record. source
labor-clock-in-at-posyes, grade B - Timecards and automatic hour calculation at the POS via the upheldGrade only, value untouched. Corpus-wide mechanical pass (workflows/regrade-marketing-pages.mjs): the cited page is a first-party pricing/feature/product page, which atlas-evidence-rules grades C ("vendor pricing page or feature page - first-party, but written to sell"), not B ("vendor product documentation - the manual, the help centre, the admin guide"). No claim was re-researched in this pass and no evidence was re-read; only the grade was brought into line with the source type. source
labor-granular-rbacpartial, grade B - Add-on 'manage access rights' per employee/role; whether perupheldGrade only, value untouched. Corpus-wide mechanical pass (workflows/regrade-marketing-pages.mjs): the cited page is a first-party pricing/feature/product page, which atlas-evidence-rules grades C ("vendor pricing page or feature page - first-party, but written to sell"), not B ("vendor product documentation - the manual, the help centre, the admin guide"). No claim was re-researched in this pass and no evidence was re-read; only the grade was brought into line with the source type. source
commercial-pricing-publishedyes, grade B - Every SKU carries a specific per-store dollar figure, with tupheldGrade only, value untouched. Corpus-wide mechanical pass (workflows/regrade-marketing-pages.mjs): the cited page is a first-party pricing/feature/product page, which atlas-evidence-rules grades C ("vendor pricing page or feature page - first-party, but written to sell"), not B ("vendor product documentation - the manual, the help centre, the admin guide"). No claim was re-researched in this pass and no evidence was re-read; only the grade was brought into line with the source type. source

Sources

Every URL this record cites. 23 in total.