Budget POS for starting restaurant?

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Sharing my experience in case it helps others.

We recently made some changes to our setup

Has anyone else seen this?

Heather Brooks 👑 Master

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Angela Long

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Aug 9, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal

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Tom Hill

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198 posts

Aug 10, 2025

This is why we switched to Windward Software. No regrets.

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Paul Murphy

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209 posts

Aug 17, 2025

Cost us about $98/month all in. Worth it.

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Emily Rodriguez

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211 posts

Aug 23, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Margaret Rivera

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Aug 23, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Scott Adams

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238 posts

Sep 21, 2025

This is why we switched to accesso. No regrets.

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Mike Martin

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208 posts

Sep 24, 2025

I've been using Deputy for 3 months and it has been working well for us

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Betty Hamilton

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Oct 1, 2025

For restaurant, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Stephanie Thompson

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Oct 20, 2025

Had the same problem, support was knowledgeable when I contacted them.

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Harold Nguyen

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Oct 25, 2025

For restaurant, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Nancy Rogers

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225 posts

Oct 27, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Christina Martin

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Oct 29, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Marcus Turner

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233 posts

Oct 31, 2025

Cost us about $99/month all in. Worth it.

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Melissa Walker

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231 posts

Nov 5, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Nancy Lewis

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Nov 14, 2025

Check out the course management setting, that might help.

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Eugene Hill

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Nov 24, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was restarting the terminal

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