Epos Now vs Toast
Last updated August 2026
Looking for a European alternative to Toast? Here's how Epos Now compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.
Our pick for a European buyer: Epos Now. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.
What it is
UK-based cloud POS for retail and hospitality with 100+ integrations and EU data hosting.
not established
Headquarters
🇬🇧 GB
No
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
DSGVO / GDPR
Yes
not established
Certifications
No
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Price from
No
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Free plan
No
not established
Open Source
No
not established
Integrations
Xero, Sage, QuickBooks, Loyalzoo, LoyaltyDog +11
not established
We have not yet completed our own research on Toast; rows above show only what we can evidence. Check the vendor for specifics.
Data residency & compliance
Epos Now
Toast
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
not established
Transfer mechanism
Not required — data stays in the EU
not established
Sub-processors
not established
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Certifications
No
No
Features
Epos Now
- Transaction Processing
- Accept card and cash payments, Contactless payments (Apple Pay, Google Pay), In-house and third-party payment processing, Flat-rate transactions for Visa, Mastercard, Diners, Discover
- Inventory Management
- Real-time stock level tracking, Automatic deduction of sales from inventory, Low stock alerts, Automated inventory management
- Reporting and Analytics
- Real-time sales data collection, Easy-to-read business reports with up-to-date information, Tracking of top profit-generating products, Monitoring of inventory levels
- Loyalty and Marketing
- Digital rewards programs, LoyaltyDog and Loyalzoo loyalty programs, Email marketing via Mailchimp, Customer relationship management (CRM)
- Accounting and Finance
- Integration with Sage, Xero, and QuickBooks, Automatic financial data transfer to Xero, Integrated accounting capabilities
Toast
Feature breakdown not yet compiled.