Vendors / QSR & drive-thru

Tillster

A 2002-vintage enterprise digital-ordering layer, not a POS: kiosk, web/mobile, call-center and delivery/marketplace channels plus a loyalty engine and CDP sitting on top of the brand's existing POS — deep on channel breadth, entirely opaque on price, ownership and API access.

scored live legacy rubric

Claims in scope
296
Scored
44
Assessed
25
Unknown
271
Not applicable
18
Cells challenged
1
92% of in-scope claims are unknown. This record measures what Tillster 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
Private; ownership, parent and investors are not disclosed anywhere on Tillster's own site. Founded/operating since 2002.
Who it is for
Large global and regional QSR and fast-casual brands — the site claims 100+ brands across 40,000+ locations, with teams in North America, LatAm, EMEA and APAC — buying kiosk, mobile/web and delivery ordering layered on a POS the brand already owns.
Site
https://www.tillster.com/

Pricing

transparency: unknown · unit: unknown (enterprise, quote-only) · processor lock-in: unknown

Software
None published. Demo-request only; no tiers, no per-location or per-kiosk figures, no rate card. Expect enterprise contracting with per-location and per-transaction components, but nothing about the commercial shape is publicly verifiable.

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.

No

order-capture-split-merge

No POS product; in-store check handling stays with the brand's POS.

F
Unknown

order-capture-native-handheld

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

order-capture-offline-order-entry

No POS terminals; kiosk offline behavior is not documented publicly.

F
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.

Partial

order-capture-scheduled-orders

The call-center product page states 'Configurable prep-time and throttling rules to manage future order windows' and 'Visibility into active and scheduled orders for proactive kitchen coordination' - scheduled/future orders are a real order type, distinguished from active orders, with configurable windows. Named shortfall: fire-time injection is not described - nothing says the order enters the make queue at a computed fire time rather than on receipt - and scheduled ordering is only evidenced on the call-center channel; the web/mobile ordering page (solutions/restaurant-web-and-mobile-ordering) and kiosk page mention no order-ahead or pickup-time selection, and the ordering solutions page goes only as far as 'Configure promise times by disposition, product, and channel'. https://www.tillster.com/solutions/call-center-ordering-software · retrieved 2026-08-04

C
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

Unknown

menu-pricing-nested-modifiers

A menu management system is part of the platform; modifier nesting depth and min/max/forced-selection semantics are not documented.

F
Unknown

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

Checked 2026-08-04: tillster.com/platform/restaurant-technology (Menu Manager - 'Manage menus including hierarchy, pricing, and complex catalog items from a single source', 'Support multi-brand and regional variations with localized rules'), solutions/restaurant-kiosks ('Storyboard-style configuration tools make managing content, modifiers, and flows simple') and solutions/restaurant-web-and-mobile-ordering ('Support complex orders, combos, and modifiers'). None of these describes whether a modifier can carry a price matrix keyed to parent item and size, or whether duplication is required. The one place that would settle it, the developer portal at api-docs.dev.tillster.com, is a login-gated SPA (its spec index in S3 bucket api-docs-infra returns HTTP 403 AccessDenied), so the modifier data model is unreadable. Unresolved.

F
Unknown

menu-pricing-topping-quantity-tiers

Checked 2026-08-04: same Menu Manager and kiosk/web-mobile configuration copy as the parent-size cell (tillster.com/platform/restaurant-technology, solutions/restaurant-kiosks, solutions/restaurant-web-and-mobile-ordering). Modifiers are named repeatedly but no quantity tier (light/regular/extra/double) or per-tier price multiplier is described anywhere on the public site, and the api-docs.dev.tillster.com portal that carries the schema is behind AWS Cognito login with its spec bucket returning HTTP 403. Unresolved - no basis either way.

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-versioning-effective-dates differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

menu-pricing-franchise-hierarchy 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.

Unknown

payments-emv-nfc

Kiosks take payment through integrated partner readers rather than Tillster-branded terminals; accepted methods are not enumerated publicly.

F
Unknown

payments-softpos-tap-to-pay differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-qr-guest-pay differentiator

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.

Partial

payments-gift-cards

The ordering solutions page's payments block reads 'Store guest payment preferences securely with tokenization. Support digital wallets, stored cards, and gift cards.' That establishes gift cards as an accepted tender in Tillster's own ordering channels. Named shortfall: nothing on the site describes a first-party Tillster gift card program - no issuance, no real-time balance lookup, no cross-location in-store redemption - and the loyalty page (solutions/restaurant-loyalty-and-promotions) covers points, coupons and offer wallets with no stored-value product. Tillster is a digital-ordering layer over the brand's POS, so card issuance and balance authority appear to sit with the brand's POS or processor. https://www.tillster.com/solutions/restaurant-ordering · retrieved 2026-08-04

C
Unknown

payments-house-accounts

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-split-tender

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-refund-void-controls

Checked 2026-08-04: Tillster takes payment in its own channels (kiosk EMV/wallets, web/mobile vaulted-card checkout), so refund/void handling of digital transactions is in scope, but no page describes it. solutions/restaurant-ordering's payments block covers tokenization, wallets, stored cards and gift cards with no refund or void wording; platform/restaurant-technology's security block (PCI DSS, MFA, 'Secure APIs') has no role model, approval flow or audit-log language; the kiosk page routes cash orders 'to POS for employee-assisted payment'. A client help centre at por-us-clientportal.tillster.com is indexed by search engines but the host no longer resolves (DNS NXDOMAIN), and the API portal at api-docs.dev.tillster.com is Cognito-gated with its S3 spec bucket returning HTTP 403. Unresolved.

F
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-multi-entity-routing differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

payments-p2pe-pci4

Not scored by this record.

Kitchen & production

Unknown

kitchen-station-routing

An order management system is named in the platform; KDS station routing is not described.

F
No

kitchen-expo-consolidation

Tillster enumerates its product set as Customer Data Platform, Order Manager, Menu Manager, Recommender AI, Kiosk Software and Offers & Loyalty Engine; the solutions set is by channel (kiosk, web/mobile, delivery & marketplaces, call center, in-store). No expo screen, prep station or kitchen display product appears in that enumeration or anywhere else on the site, and the kiosk page places kitchen-side execution with the store POS ('Directly connected to the store POS for real-time pricing, menu item, and stock updates'). Order Manager consolidates orders across channels for fulfillment visibility, not station bumps. Expo consolidation belongs to the brand's own POS/KDS (Oracle MICROS, NCR Aloha, PAR Brink, Toast, Xenial and others listed on platform/integrations). https://www.tillster.com/platform · retrieved 2026-08-04

C
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

Tillster enumerates its full tool set - Customer Data Platform, Order Manager, Menu Manager, Recommender AI, Kiosk Software, Offers & Loyalty Engine - and no KDS appears in it; the kiosk page assigns kitchen-side execution to the store POS ('Directly connected to the store POS for real-time pricing, menu item, and stock updates') and the ordering page routes 'orders directly to POS and kitchen systems'. With no kitchen display product there is no bump-bar or keypad hardware to support - the same enumeration that grounds the kitchen-expo-consolidation 'no'. Bump bars belong to the brand's own KDS (Oracle MICROS, NCR Aloha, PAR Brink, Toast, Xenial and other POS partners on platform/integrations). https://www.tillster.com/platform · retrieved 2026-08-04

C
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-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

Unknown

delivery-driver-roster

Delivery is handled as first- and third-party channel/marketplace management, not as an in-house driver roster with clock-in and run history.

F
Partial

delivery-dispatch-board

Tillster ships a first-party delivery product the earlier pass missed: 'Order Manager shows store teams active locations, ETAs, and delivery statuses at a glance' (a store-facing delivery screen), a branded driver app with 'real-time order assignments', digital proof of delivery, and multi-order runs - 'Configure how many orders each driver can fulfill per run, based on vehicle type or time window' - plus hybrid overflow to third-party providers when demand spikes. Named shortfall: the page never describes an undispatched-order queue, a driver-availability display or an elapsed-time-per-order timer, and whether assignment is a manual dispatch action or automatic is unstated; this is a feature page, not an operator guide. https://www.tillster.com/solutions/restaurant-delivery-and-marketplaces · retrieved 2026-08-04

C
Unknown

delivery-route-map differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-driver-tracking differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-address-validation

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

delivery-driver-comp differentiator

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

Yes

digital-first-party-web

First-party web and mobile ordering on the brand's own identity is a core product line, integrated to the brand's POS; commission model is not stated but this is not a marketplace. https://www.tillster.com/solutions · retrieved 2026-08-01

D
Partial

digital-menu-single-source

Central menu management propagates across kiosk, web, mobile and delivery channels, but the source of truth is Tillster's menu system, not the POS record. https://www.tillster.com/solutions · retrieved 2026-08-01

D
Unknown

digital-native-app differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Partial

digital-account-saved-payment

Saved tokenized payment is documented across channels: 'Store guest payment preferences securely with tokenization. Support digital wallets, stored cards, and gift cards' (solutions/restaurant-ordering) and 'Offer tokenized, encrypted checkout on every platform, with vaulted cards and mobile wallets' (solutions/restaurant-web-and-mobile-ordering), with loyalty accrual/redemption 'seamlessly across web and app journeys' implying a persistent guest identity. Named shortfall: saved delivery addresses are described nowhere, and one-tap reorder of a previous order is only evidenced on the agent-assisted call-center channel ('Quick reorder functionality displays previous guest orders instantly', solutions/call-center-ordering-software) - no guest-facing reorder on web/mobile is documented. https://www.tillster.com/solutions/restaurant-ordering · retrieved 2026-08-04

C
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

A customer data platform plus loyalty engine is marketed as unifying guests across ordering channels; dedup/merge rules and POS in-store merge are not documented. https://www.tillster.com/solutions · retrieved 2026-08-01

D
Unknown

guest-loyalty-thirdparty-identity-attach differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

guest-loyalty-accrual-models

Rewards, targeted promotions and personalization are marketed; specific accrual models are not enumerated.

F
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.

Partial

guest-loyalty-lifecycle-automation

Personalized/targeted offer automation is a marketed capability; named always-on lifecycle triggers are not enumerated. https://www.tillster.com/solutions · retrieved 2026-08-01

D
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-cdp-event-api 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

No

labor-clock-in-at-pos

No POS terminal and no labor module in the published catalog.

F
Unknown

labor-photo-punch-verification differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-geofenced-mobile-punch

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-offline-time-punch differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-granular-rbac

Checked 2026-08-04: tillster.com/platform/restaurant-technology (security block lists PCI DSS, tokenized payments, end-to-end encryption, MFA and 'Secure APIs' that 'enforce authentication, access control, and encrypted communication' - no user-role model), solutions/restaurant-data-and-analytics ('Manage data governance and permissions securely' - a single unelaborated phrase), solutions/restaurant-kiosks (kiosk device access is MFA on a hardened Windows image, not an operator role model). Nothing enumerates per-action grants (void, comp, discount, refund, price change, report access) or per-location scoping, and there is no back-office admin guide on the public site. Unresolved.

F
Unknown

labor-manager-override-audit

Checked 2026-08-04: searched tillster.com platform, technology, integrations, kiosk, in-store, ordering and analytics pages for override, approval, audit trail or attribution language - none present; the only governance wording is 'Manage data governance and permissions securely' on solutions/restaurant-data-and-analytics. Tillster ships no POS terminal, so overrides would occur in the brand's POS, but Tillster publishes nothing about audit logging in its own back office and offers no public admin guide. Unresolved.

F
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-fair-workweek-support

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-digital-onboarding-i9

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

labor-server-performance-metrics differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Inventory, purchasing & cost control

No

inventory-recipe-bom-costing

No inventory or recipe-costing module in the published catalog.

F
No

inventory-unit-conversion-yields

No inventory module in the published catalog.

F
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.

No

inventory-count-modes

No inventory module in the published catalog.

F
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-transfers

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-commissary

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-lot-traceability

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

inventory-shelf-life-expiry

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

Partial

reporting-realtime-dashboard

Performance dashboards and customer insights are marketed for the digital channels; refresh latency and off-premise mobile access are not documented. https://www.tillster.com/solutions · retrieved 2026-08-01

D
No

reporting-eod-closeout

No cash drawer or tender reconciliation — EOD stays with the brand's POS.

F
Unknown

reporting-pmix-modifier-level

Checked 2026-08-04: solutions/restaurant-data-and-analytics is the only reporting page and it describes guest-and-campaign analytics - 'Visualize key metrics and trends', 'Filter insights by channel, market, or guest segment', 'Access dashboards for each location or brand region', customer lifetime value, redemption and visit patterns. It never mentions item-level or modifier-level product mix, daypart filtering, revenue centers or gross/net sales columns, and no sample report or report catalogue is published. Absence of the words is not proof the report is missing, so this stays unresolved rather than negative.

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-channel-profitability differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-multiloc-drilldown differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-custom-report-builder differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-scheduled-delivery

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reporting-raw-warehouse-export differentiator

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

Unknown

multi-location-org-hierarchy

Serving 100+ brands across 40,000+ locations implies enterprise hierarchy, but no hierarchy object is documented publicly.

F
Partial

multi-location-central-menu-publish

Central menu management across a brand's estate is a named capability; publish/version history with who-pushed-what-when is not documented. https://www.tillster.com/solutions · retrieved 2026-08-01

D
Unknown

multi-location-local-override-policy differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-price-zones

Checked 2026-08-04: Menu Manager copy on platform/restaurant-technology comes closest - 'Manage menus including hierarchy, pricing, and complex catalog items from a single source', 'Support multi-brand and regional variations with localized rules', 'Prevent pricing discrepancies and manual entry errors' - and solutions/restaurant-ordering offers 'region-specific tipping, receipt, and payment options'. That establishes regional menu variation from one source but never says whether a single item record carries different prices per location group, per order channel and per daypart, or whether localized variants are duplicated records; dayparts and per-channel price tiers are mentioned nowhere. The data model that would settle it sits behind the Cognito-gated api-docs.dev.tillster.com portal (spec bucket HTTP 403), and the indexed client help centre host por-us-clientportal.tillster.com no longer resolves (DNS NXDOMAIN). Unresolved.

F
Unknown

multi-location-scheduled-publish differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-new-store-template differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-corp-vs-franchisee-roles differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-royalty-calculation differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-royalty-collection

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-consolidated-reporting

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-normalized-item-rollup differentiator

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-multi-currency-locale

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-config-audit-log differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-enterprise-sso differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

multi-location-enterprise-api differentiator

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.

Unknown

hardware-os-platforms

Kiosk software is sold without naming client OS or minimum device specs publicly.

F
Unknown

hardware-handheld-purpose-built

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

hardware-handheld-battery-swap differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Partial

hardware-offline-mode

Tillster's only customer-facing terminal is the kiosk, and offline continuity is a stated design point: 'Operates on the local network to eliminate cloud latency and downtime', 'Continues functioning even during internet outages, ensuring uninterrupted service', 'Keep operations running smoothly - even during cloud outages - with local POS integration'. Named shortfall: the claim's second half is unmet - Tillster documents nowhere which functions degrade offline (card authorization, loyalty accrual, stored-card lookup), and kitchen printing and cash recording are explicitly the brand POS's job ('Cash orders seamlessly routed to POS for employee-assisted payment'), so offline survival of those paths depends on the third-party POS, not Tillster. https://www.tillster.com/solutions/restaurant-kiosks · retrieved 2026-08-04

C
Unknown

hardware-kds

An order management system is named; whether a first-party KDS with bump-bar input and course/fire timing exists is not documented.

F
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.

Integrations, API & extensibility

No

extensibility-public-api-docs

No public developer portal or self-serve API reference exists on tillster.com; the only route is a demo request, so integration is sales-gated.

F
Unknown

extensibility-api-access-cost differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-partner-revshare

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-free-sandbox differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-oauth-partner-apps

Checked 2026-08-04: a developer portal does exist at api-docs.dev.tillster.com, but it is a client-rendered SPA whose spec list is loaded from AWS S3 bucket 'api-docs-infra' (us-east-1) behind an Amazon Cognito user pool - unauthenticated requests to the bucket return HTTP 403 AccessDenied, so no endpoint or auth documentation is readable. (The OAuth strings in the portal's own JS bundle are its Cognito sign-in flow, not evidence of a partner-facing OAuth API.) Public copy goes no further than 'Secure APIs - enforce authentication, access control, and encrypted communication between Tillster and partner systems' (platform/restaurant-technology) and 'open APIs' (platform/integrations); contact/partners has no developer program or certification detail. Whether partner apps get scoped, operator-granted, revocable OAuth grants or static keys cannot be determined. Unresolved.

F
Unknown

extensibility-webhooks-push

Checked 2026-08-04: platform/integrations says 'Connect systems in real time through open APIs that enable fast, secure data sharing and order synchronization across channels' and 'Sync data bi-directionally between Tillster and third-party tools' - real-time bidirectional sync, but it never says whether order lifecycle events are pushed as webhooks or pulled by polling, and no event catalogue is published. The API reference at api-docs.dev.tillster.com that would settle it is Cognito-gated with its S3 spec bucket returning HTTP 403. Unresolved.

F
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-data-symmetry differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-published-rate-limits

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-bi-data-warehouse differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-app-marketplace

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-custom-fields-scripting

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-headless-embedded

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-api-versioning-deprecation

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

extensibility-data-portability-exit differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Reliability, offline & operations

No

reliability-offline-order-entry

No on-terminal POS software; order entry depends on the brand's POS and Tillster's cloud.

F
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.

No

reliability-offline-kds-printing

Tillster's published product set - Customer Data Platform, Order Manager, Menu Manager, Recommender AI, Kiosk Software, Offers & Loyalty Engine - contains no kitchen display or kitchen printing product, so there is no Tillster-owned kitchen ticket path to keep running offline. What survives an outage is the kiosk ordering channel: 'Operates on the local network to eliminate cloud latency and downtime. Continues functioning even during internet outages' and 'Keep operations running smoothly - even during cloud outages - with local POS integration' (solutions/restaurant-kiosks). Kitchen routing and its offline behaviour belong to the brand's POS/KDS, not to Tillster. https://www.tillster.com/platform · retrieved 2026-08-04

C
No

reliability-printer-fallback

The only printer Tillster manages is the kiosk's own: 'Back-office visibility into every kiosk, including device, printer, and payment terminal health. Configurable alerts to flag issues before they impact service.' That is health monitoring and alerting on kiosk hardware - there is no configured kitchen printer in Tillster's product set (platform tools are CDP, Order Manager, Menu Manager, Recommender AI, Kiosk Software, Offers & Loyalty Engine) and therefore no automatic failover to a backup printer or KDS station. Kitchen printer redundancy sits with the brand's POS. https://www.tillster.com/solutions/restaurant-kiosks · retrieved 2026-08-04

C
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-contractual-uptime-sla differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

reliability-incident-postmortems

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-backup-restore

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.

No

commercial-autorenew-terms-published

No contract terms of any kind are publicly accessible; the site's only commercial path is 'Request a Demo'. https://www.tillster.com/ · retrieved 2026-08-01

B
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.

No

commercial-pricing-published

No pricing information anywhere on the site; demo request only. https://www.tillster.com/solutions · retrieved 2026-08-01

C
Unknown

commercial-module-unbundling differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-hardware-purchase-outright

Tillster sells software; kiosk hardware is sourced separately and no prices or terms are published.

F
Unknown

commercial-hardware-not-locked differentiator

Not scored by this record.

Unknown

commercial-implementation-fee-published

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-source-available-selfhost

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-soc2-attestation

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 10 values — 1 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 (never examined)resolve-to-partialPlaceholder cell, not a finding of absence. solutions/restaurant-ordering states 'Support digital wallets, stored cards, and gift cards' - gift cards are an accepted tender in Tillster's ordering channels. Shortfall named: no first-party issuance, balance lookup or cross-location in-store redemption is documented, and the loyalty page has no stored-value product. source
kitchen-expo-consolidationunknown / F placeholder (never examined)resolve-to-noTillster's own product enumeration (CDP, Order Manager, Menu Manager, Recommender AI, Kiosk Software, Offers & Loyalty Engine) contains no expo, prep-station or kitchen display product, and the kiosk page assigns kitchen-side execution to the store POS. Positive evidence of absence by enumeration, not mere silence. source
reliability-offline-kds-printingunknown / F placeholder (never examined)resolve-to-noNo kitchen display or kitchen printing product exists in the enumerated Tillster tool set, so there is no Tillster kitchen ticket path to survive an outage; what continues offline is kiosk ordering via local POS integration ('Continues functioning even during internet outages'). source
reliability-printer-fallbackunknown / F placeholder (never examined)resolve-to-noThe only Tillster-managed printer is the kiosk's, and the kiosk page offers health visibility and configurable alerts, not failover. With no kitchen printer in the product set there is no backup-printer or KDS failover path to configure. source
order-capture-scheduled-ordersunknown / F placeholder (never examined)resolve-to-partialPlaceholder cell, not a finding of absence. The call-center page documents 'Configurable prep-time and throttling rules to manage future order windows' and 'Visibility into active and scheduled orders for proactive kitchen coordination'. Shortfall named: fire-time injection into the make queue is not described, and scheduled ordering is only evidenced on the call-center channel. source
kitchen-bump-bar-hardwareunknown / F placeholder (never examined)resolve-to-noTillster's enumerated tool set (CDP, Order Manager, Menu Manager, Recommender AI, Kiosk Software, Offers & Loyalty Engine) contains no KDS, and kitchen-side execution is assigned to the store POS. No KDS means no bump-bar hardware to support - positive absence by enumeration, matching the kitchen-expo-consolidation resolution. source
delivery-dispatch-boardunknown / F placeholder (never examined)resolve-to-partialThe delivery page documents a store-facing delivery screen ('Order Manager shows store teams active locations, ETAs, and delivery statuses at a glance'), a branded driver app with real-time assignments, and multi-order runs configurable per driver by vehicle type or time window. Shortfall named: no undispatched-order queue, driver-availability display or elapsed-time timer is described, and the assignment mechanism is unstated. source
digital-account-saved-paymentunknown / F placeholder (never examined)resolve-to-partialTokenized stored cards and wallets are documented on the ordering and web/mobile pages ('vaulted cards and mobile wallets'), with cross-channel loyalty identity. Shortfall named: saved addresses are documented nowhere, and quick reorder of a previous order is only evidenced on the agent-assisted call-center channel, not guest-facing web/mobile. source
hardware-offline-modeunknown / F placeholder (never examined)resolve-to-partialKiosk offline continuity is a stated design point ('Operates on the local network...', 'Continues functioning even during internet outages'). Shortfall named: Tillster documents nowhere which functions degrade offline, and kitchen printing plus cash recording sit with the brand's POS, so their offline survival is outside Tillster's product. source
commercial-pricing-publishedno, grade B - No pricing information anywhere on the site; demo request onupheldGrade 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. 16 in total.