12 Best Upserve Alternatives & Competitors (2026)

Toast is a leading POS and restaurant management platform with built-in reporting, online ordering, and labor tools for QSRs. It excels at payments and guest engagement but offers less specialized real-time AI camera monitoring for drive-thru timing or kitchen quality compared to Hellometer's focused video analytics. Pricing follows a subscription model with hardware fees, suiting operators wanting an all-in-one system rather than pure operations monitoring.

NCR Aloha is a mature POS platform popular with large QSR chains for order accuracy and back-office tools. Its scale is a strength but it typically needs more integration work than Hellometer's camera-only AI setup for immediate performance monitoring.

Shopify POS extends ecommerce stores with in-store hardware and inventory sync. It is strong for retail-restaurant hybrids selling packaged goods online but offers limited table-side ordering or kitchen display features. Justo’s gastronomy-specific tools for reservations, loyalty, and AI-assisted operations make it more tailored for pure restaurant workflows than Shopify’s broader commerce focus.

Square provides affordable POS hardware and basic analytics for small restaurants including order management and inventory. Its strengths lie in simplicity and low cost but it lacks Hellometer's advanced AI drive-thru timers, lobby tracking, and loss prevention video insights tailored for quick-service performance gains.

Clover provides flexible POS hardware and apps for payments, inventory, and basic online ordering. Its app marketplace allows customization, yet advanced marketing automation and integrated delivery logistics require multiple third-party add-ons. Justo’s native AI features and partner lending program deliver tighter integration for restaurant groups prioritizing operational speed and financing access.

Lightspeed Restaurant delivers cloud POS, inventory, reservations, and ecommerce capabilities aimed at multi-location groups. Its reporting suite is robust and its global reach is broad, but it often separates ecommerce and loyalty into additional modules with extra costs. Compared with Justo, Lightspeed offers less emphasis on AI-driven daily operations and regional financing features popular with Latin American restaurant partners.

Revel delivers enterprise POS with strong multi-location reporting and kitchen display systems. It supports complex QSR workflows well yet relies more on staff input than Hellometer's passive camera-based AI for real-time wait time reduction and loss detection.

TouchBistro focuses on iPad-based POS with table management, reservations, and basic online ordering for independent restaurants. It provides quick service features and menu management but offers narrower ecommerce customization and weaker marketing automation than Justo. Its strength lies in ease of use for single-site bars and cafes rather than scaled multi-brand operations.

Verkada specializes in cloud video security with AI analytics for loss prevention across sites. It provides strong surveillance but lacks Hellometer's restaurant-specific drive-thru timers, lobby metrics, and kitchen operations insights tied to guest wait times.

Resy specializes in premium reservation and table management tools used by high-end restaurants. While its booking engine and guest profiles are excellent, it lacks native POS, inventory, or ecommerce storefronts. Restaurants needing Justo’s full-stack approach typically combine Resy with separate systems, increasing complexity and cost compared with Justo’s single-platform model.