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Toast rents you ordering and loyalty modules. Rehost leases you a guest app you own, wrapped around the POS you keep.

Toast is a genuinely strong point of sale, and Rehost is not a POS. The comparison is narrower and more honest than that: Toast's guest-facing layer (the branded app, loyalty, online ordering, marketing) is a stack of templated modules priced per location, with the guest list and order data living inside Toast. Rehost leases a custom guest app, loyalty, and website that the restaurant owns from day one, integrated around the Toast POS you keep running. Business tiers from $950/mo, based on monthly active users, month to month.

Where Toast is genuinely the better tool.

Toast's POS is excellent, and we mean that plainly. The handhelds, kitchen display, coursing, modifiers, payroll, and back-of-house reporting are mature, restaurant-specific, and hard to beat. Rehost does not replace any of that, and we will tell a restaurant to keep Toast as its POS on the first call.

For a single location that wants one vendor for the register, online ordering, and a basic loyalty program under one login and one invoice, Toast's all-in-one bundle is convenient and proven. If you never plan to own the guest relationship as a separate asset, that consolidation is a real advantage.

The pricing, side by side.

Toast publishes core POS tiers but quotes the guest-facing modules and hardware by location. Figures below reflect Toast's published rates and reported 2026 ranges; the comparison is the guest layer (app, loyalty, ordering), not the POS itself.

	Rehost	Toast
Guest-layer cost	Business from $950/mo (up to 2K MAU), all-in	POS from $69/mo per terminal; Marketing/Loyalty ~$185/mo; Digital Storefront ~$75/mo; per location
Model	Custom app + loyalty + website, leased as one stack	Templated modules added to the POS, priced per feature
Multi-location	MAU-based, not per-door; $1,500/mo to 10K MAU across all sites	Software and modules billed per location; costs stack as you add doors
Contract	Month-to-month	Two-year term commonly required; ~$150/mo early-termination per remaining month
Who runs it	Rehost's team operates app, loyalty, and content	Your staff configures and administers the modules
If you leave	App, domain, App Store account, code, and guest data stay in your name	Guest list and order data live in Toast; the branded app ends with the subscription

Toast figures combine published POS tiers with reported 2026 module and hardware ranges; actual quotes vary by location count, terminals, and bundle, and hardware (commonly $1,500–$5,000+ per location upfront) is separate. Card processing (~2.49%–2.99% + $0.15) applies to Toast's payment rails regardless; Rehost integrates around the POS you keep and does not take a cut of orders.

Five differences that decide it.

Rehost is not a POS, and that is the point. We do not replace Toast's register, kitchen display, or payroll. The lease wraps a custom guest app, loyalty, and website around the POS you already trust, so the front-of-house investment stays put and the guest relationship becomes a separate asset you own.
Who owns the guest list. On Toast, the guest data, order history, and loyalty members live inside Toast, and they leave with the subscription. On the lease, the guest list and app sit in your name: App Store account, domain on your registrar, code in your repo, data exportable on request.
Templated module vs custom app. Toast's branded app and online-ordering pages are configurations of one templated module that looks like every other Toast restaurant with your logo on it. A Rehost app is designed for your brand, your menu flow, and your loyalty mechanics, and updated by the team that built it.
Per-location vs MAU math. Toast bills the POS and most modules per location, so a three-door group pays the loyalty and storefront fees three times. Rehost prices on monthly active users across the whole group: $950/mo to 2K MAU, $1,500/mo to 10K, regardless of how many doors those guests walk into.
Who does the work. Toast gives your staff a marketing and loyalty console to run. Rehost runs it for you: campaigns, app updates, menu and content changes ship when you ask, inside the lease, with nobody on staff learning a builder.

Stay all-in on Toast if.

You run a single location and want the register, online ordering, and a basic loyalty program under one vendor and one invoice.
You are happy for the guest list and order data to live inside your POS and never need it as a portable, owned asset.
Your team genuinely wants to run the marketing and loyalty modules in-house and a templated branded app is enough.

Add Rehost (and keep Toast) if.

You want a custom guest app and loyalty program your restaurant owns, wrapped around the Toast POS you keep.
You are multi-location and tired of paying per-door, per-module fees that stack every time you open a site.
You want the guest list, app, domain, and code in your name so the relationship is an asset, not a vendor feature.
You would rather a team operate the app and campaigns than assign a manager to a marketing console.

Common questions.

Does Rehost replace Toast POS?

No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Toast's POS, kitchen display, and payroll are strong, and most restaurants should keep them. Rehost leases the guest-facing layer (a custom app, loyalty, and website) and integrates around the Toast POS you keep running. It is an addition to your stack, not a register swap.

Why not just use Toast's built-in app and loyalty?

If a single location is fine with a templated branded app and a console your staff runs, Toast's modules are convenient. The trade is ownership: the guest list, order history, and app live inside Toast and end with the subscription. Rehost gives you a custom app and a guest list you own, which matters most for multi-location groups building a brand.

How does Rehost pricing compare to Toast's module fees?

Toast charges the POS per terminal plus modules like Marketing and Loyalty (~$185/mo) and Digital Storefront (~$75/mo), billed per location, on a two-year term. Rehost's Business tier starts at $950/mo based on monthly active users across all your locations, month to month, with no per-transaction cut and no setup fee. For multi-location groups the per-door module math is where the gap opens up.

Can Rehost integrate with my Toast menu and orders?

Where Toast's APIs allow, yes: we wire the guest app and ordering experience to your existing Toast menu and order flow so the kitchen keeps working the way it does today. The 30-minute call is where we confirm exactly what your Toast setup exposes and what carries over.

What happens to my data if I ever leave Rehost?

It stays yours, because it always was. The App Store account is in your restaurant's name, the domain is on your registrar, the code is in your repo, and the guest and loyalty data export on request. Leaving is a decision, not a rebuild.

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Playbook

Keep Toast. Own the guest app on top of it.

Bring your Toast setup and module quote to a 30-minute call. We map what stays on the POS, what the owned guest app and loyalty layer cover, and the from-$950/mo MAU math across your locations.