Comparison

ReferLift and Toast QR for table service

A service request is not an order-and-pay QR.

Last updated October 4, 2026. Competitor prices are as publicly listed on October 3, 2026. Verify them on the vendor's site before you buy.

Toast Mobile Order & Pay lets a guest scan a table QR code to order and pay. Toast says that flow produces an average 10% revenue increase. That is Toast's claim, not a ReferLift result. It is a paid add-on with quote pricing and card-not-present rates. A 2021 merchant agreement reported by Reforming Retail showed $69 per month per location. That figure is old. It is not Toast's current price.

ReferLift's table QR does not take an order and does not take a payment. The guest asks for water, a server, napkins, or the bill. The bill request does not calculate or collect the check. The restaurant plan is $39 per location per month after 15 days free, with a card required to start.

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Side by side

TopicReferLiftToast QR
Published price$39 per restaurant location per month. $49 per hotel property if you also need rooms.Quote, plus card-not-present rates. A 2021 agreement showed $69 per location per month. That 2021 figure is not current.
Free trial15 days free. A card is required up front.Not stated in the sources checked for this page.
What the QR doesService requests only. Water, a server, napkins, or the bill. Not a phone call. Not a payment.Order and pay from the table QR, in Toast's description of Mobile Order & Pay.
Guest appNo download. The browser opens from the QR code or an NFC tag.The sources describe a scan of the table QR. They do not say whether a guest app is required.
HotelsYes, on the $49 property plan.Toast Mobile Order & Pay, in the sources checked, is a restaurant order-and-pay add-on.

Where ReferLift differs

ReferLift is the call waiter button: fewer trips across the room for water or the check, with the table already on the alert. The price is published. Guests do not install an app. A hotel on the same account is a separate published plan, not a point-of-sale module.

ReferLift will not raise a ticket average by taking the order on the phone, because it does not take the order. Do not credit ReferLift with Toast's 10% revenue claim.

Where Toast fits better

Choose Toast Mobile Order & Pay when the restaurant already uses Toast and the guest should order and pay at the table. ReferLift cannot do that. Ask Toast for the current add-on price and the card-not-present rate. Ignore the 2021 $69 figure except as history.

A cafe that only wants a refill request, not mobile ordering, is the ReferLift side of this page. The cafe write-up stays on that narrower job.

Sources

The 2021 $69 figure is from Reforming Retail's report of a merchant agreement. This page does not link a guessed article URL. Toast's current price is a quote.

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Questions

Common questions

Can ReferLift replace Toast Mobile Order & Pay?
No. Toast's QR takes the order and the payment. ReferLift sends a service request and does not collect payment. They solve different problems.
Is Toast $69 per location?
A 2021 merchant agreement reported by Reforming Retail showed $69 per month per location. That number is old and is not Toast's current price. Toast quotes Mobile Order & Pay. ReferLift publishes $39 per location.
Does the ReferLift bill button charge the guest?
No. It tells staff the table wants the check. It does not calculate or collect payment.

Use ReferLift when the table needs a person, not a checkout.

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