specification: API Commons Plans
specificationVersion: '0.1'
schema: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/interface-research/main/schema/api-commons.yml#/$defs/Plans
provider: SpotOn
providerId: spoton
created: '2026-06-03'
modified: '2026-06-03'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Restaurant
  - Point of Sale
  - Payments
  - Reservations
  - Pricing
description: >-
  SpotOn prices its restaurant platform as hardware-and-software subscriptions
  bundled with card-processing take rates. The publicly promoted tiers are a $0
  all-in "Quick Start" plan that recovers cost through a higher processing rate,
  a per-station "POS Essentials" subscription with a lower processing rate, and a
  custom "Build Your Own" enterprise plan for multi-location operations.
  Subscriptions are month-to-month. The developer APIs (Restaurant POS Export API
  and Reserve API) are not separately metered; API access is granted to SpotOn
  customers and integration partners as part of the platform relationship. Exact
  rates are negotiated per merchant and shift over time, so this artifact is not
  reconciled to a single authoritative figure.
sources:
  - https://www.spoton.com/pricing/
  - https://developers.spoton.com/restaurant/docs/introduction
  - https://developers.spoton.com/reserve/docs/getting-started
plans:
  - id: spoton-quick-start
    name: Quick Start
    type: freemium
    description: Zero monthly software fee with cost recovered through a higher card-processing rate.
    entries:
      - label: Software subscription
        name: software_subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: month
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: '1'
        price: '$0'
        userMultiplied: false
      - label: Card processing
        name: card_processing
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: '1'
        price: '2.89% + $0.25'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Restaurant POS
      - name: Online ordering
      - name: Payments
      - name: Restaurant POS Export API access
  - id: spoton-pos-essentials
    name: POS Essentials
    type: subscription
    description: Per-station monthly subscription with a lower card-processing rate and hardware financing.
    entries:
      - label: Per-station subscription
        name: station_subscription
        type: subscription
        metric: seat
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: '1'
        price: '$55'
        userMultiplied: true
      - label: Card processing
        name: card_processing
        type: metered
        metric: transaction
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: usage
        geo: US
        unit: '1'
        price: '1.99% + $0.25'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Restaurant POS
      - name: Online ordering
      - name: Reporting
      - name: Restaurant POS Export API access
  - id: spoton-build-your-own
    name: Build Your Own
    type: enterprise
    description: Custom pricing for multi-location and complex restaurant operations.
    entries:
      - label: Custom platform pricing
        name: custom_platform_pricing
        type: flat
        metric: varies
        limit: -1
        timeFrame: month
        geo: US
        unit: '1'
        price: 'contact sales'
        userMultiplied: false
    elements:
      - name: Multi-location management
      - name: Restaurant POS Export API access
      - name: Reserve API access
      - name: Dedicated support