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While Toast hardware is commercial-grade and built for constant use and abuse, Square relies on this type of consumer hardware for its POS.
What are iPads / Apple products?
Lightspeed has been around for a long time and is often referred to by this industry term.
What is a legacy system?
Shopify uses this type of app ecosystem, contrasting with platforms that rely heavily on external third-party tools.
What is first party?
While Toast includes retail tools out of the box, Clover customers frequently pay extra for these add-ons, such as those used for scanning barcodes or printing labels.
What are third-party integrations or third party apps?
These two retail BDRs are able to speak Arabic.
Who are Omar and Gabriella?
Toast wins by providing strong value and ROI for its customers. This is the tactic Square uses to win instead.
What is low cost, cheaper, a loss leader, or price?
Lightspeed runs on on-premise servers, has slow connectivity, and offers unreliable support — Toast runs the opposite of this type of system.
What is a cloud-based system?
This Toast feature performs a function similar to Shopify’s stock tool, quickly adding and tracking inventory.
What is Smart Scan?
Toast’s real-time access to shop performance, including sales on the go, is powered by this mobile-friendly platform Clover lacks.
What is Toast Now?
Zoe Lang recently earned a promotion at Toast, stepping into this new role within the organization.
What is Commercial GTM Representative?
Toast’s Marketing Suite gives users unlimited email, text, and social campaigns for one flat monthly rate. In contrast, Square prices their marketing product this way.
What is tiered pricing (you are penalized for doing better)?
When using a third-party credit card processor on Lightspeed, a retailer must pay this each month.
What is a flat fee / a $400 fee?
This Toast feature keeps the system running and prevents interruptions when internet connectivity is lost.
What is Offline Mode?
Toast offers this feature that lets retailers update prices for dozens of items at once, by percentage or dollar amount—something Clover can’t match.
What are bulk actions?
This hometown bar is a frequent hangout spot for both Bobby Dials and Shouv.
What is The Farm?
While this e-commerce company is both a competitor and an integration partner of Toast, it does not integrate with Square.
What is Shopify?
This feature, offered by Toast but not Lightspeed, allows retailers to accept special types of payment from low-income individuals.
What is EBT / SNAP?
This inventory method explains the differences between online and in-person stock counts, keeping totals continuously updated.
What is perpetual inventory?
Within the CBG space, Clover appears most frequently in this type of retail concept.
What are bottle shops?
This BDR used to work for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before joining Toast.
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This automated feature helps retailers stay on top of inventory levels without the fear of running out of items — and it’s something Square does not provide.
What is low stock alerts / replenishment?
This feature, not offered by Lightspeed, allows Toast users to reprice dozens of items at once—by a percentage or fixed dollar amount.
What are bulk actions?
This combination of tools helps retailers manage large inventories efficiently, allowing Toast to win business in high-SKU environments.
What are labeled barcodes and label printing?
This standout Toast feature uses camera-based intelligence to quickly add retail items without manual entry—something Clover doesn't offer.
What is Smart Scan?
Dreu has owned this impressive number of cars over the course of his life.
What is 18?