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🛒 Buying Advice 👁️ 1,147 views 💬 25 replies 📅 Jun 2, 2025
Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles bar operations well

Budget is around $185/month. What would you suggest?
Angela Reed 👑 Master
1,400 points • Member since May 2025

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Eugene Nguyen
👑 Master
210 posts
Jun 10, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Thrive POS, it has been working well for us
Catherine Kim
👑 Master
197 posts
Jun 13, 2025
Cost us about $140/month all in. Worth it.
Elizabeth Green
👑 Master
212 posts
Jun 16, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Catherine Wilson
👑 Master
206 posts
Jun 22, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
Frances Chen
👑 Master
220 posts
Jun 24, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Carlos Ford
👑 Master
209 posts
Jul 4, 2025
This is why we switched to Paycargo. No regrets.
Sarah Barnes
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206 posts
Jul 14, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
Ashley Graham
👑 Master
219 posts
Jul 18, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Grubhub for Restaurants, it has been working well for us
Catherine Alexander
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206 posts
Jul 28, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
Raymond Harris
👑 Master
198 posts
Aug 3, 2025
Check out the split tabs setting, that might help.
Stephanie Hill
👑 Master
189 posts
Aug 12, 2025
For bar, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Eric Coleman
👑 Master
219 posts
Aug 15, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Benjamin Turner
👑 Master
231 posts
Aug 24, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Dennis Brown
👑 Master
208 posts
Sep 3, 2025
Had the same problem, support was responsive when I contacted them.
Dennis Cook
👑 Master
206 posts
Sep 12, 2025
This is why we switched to KORONA POS. No regrets.
Samantha Green
👑 Master
222 posts
Oct 10, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Rebecca Bennett
👑 Master
211 posts
Oct 12, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Eugene Bennett
👑 Master
205 posts
Oct 16, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
Nancy Peterson
👑 Master
230 posts
Oct 22, 2025
The inventory by pour is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
James Mitchell
👑 Master
221 posts
Oct 25, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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