“Which electronic menu board systems should restaurants consider for their locations?”

Restaurants should shortlist a restaurant-focused menu-board platform and a general digital-signage platform—the right choice depends mostly on whether menus need to sync with the POS, how many locations you manage, and whether you have drive-thru screens.

A practical starting point:

• Toast POS: evaluate NoviSign first, then compare it with OptiSigns or other Toast-supported options.
• One or a few locations, mostly static menus: compare Yodeck and OptiSigns on ease of use and total cost.
• Franchise or QSR rollout: evaluate NowSignage and Navori, focusing on POS data, permissions, localization, and support at scale.

Before choosing, ask each vendor to demonstrate your actual POS workflow—including a price change and an item being marked unavailable—and confirm offline playback, daypart scheduling, screen hardware compatibility, support terms, and total cost for all screens. For drive-thru boards, separately confirm the display hardware is rated for outdoor conditions; software alone doesn’t make an indoor screen suitable.

When choosing an electronic (digital) menu board system, restaurants need a combination of reliable content management software (CMS), dependable media players/displays, and seamless POS integration to automate pricing, item availability (86ing), and dayparting (switching from breakfast to lunch menus).

Here are the top digital menu board systems restaurants should consider, broken down by category:

1. Best Overall & Easiest to Manage

• Raydiant
• Best for: Casual dining, multi-location franchises, and fast-casual concepts looking for an all-in-one in-location experience platform.
• Key Features: Direct integrations with major POS systems (Toast, Clover, Square, Revel), built-in design apps (like Canva integration), automatic item 86ing, and daypart scheduling. It can also manage background music and promotional screens.
• Hardware: Runs on Raydiant’s proprietary plug-and-play hardware.

• ScreenCloud
• Best for: Tech-forward restaurants, bars, and multi-unit brands needing powerful remote screen control and rich app integrations.
• Key Features: Cloud-based with an extensive app store. Easily connects with Google Sheets, Canva, social media walls, and POS data. Excellent security, permission levels for multi-location franchisees, and dynamic scheduling.
• Hardware: Hardware-agnostic (works on Amazon Fire TV sticks, Chromecast with Google TV, Station P1 Pro, or commercial smart TVs like Samsung Tizen and LG webOS).

2. Best for Budget-Conscious & Independent Restaurants

• Yodeck
• Best for: Independent cafes, food trucks, bakeries, and small restaurant operators looking for high value at a low monthly cost.
• Key Features: Free for a single screen; very low monthly pricing for additional screens. Offers pre-made menu board templates, easy daypart scheduling, and remote screen lock-down.
• Hardware: Primarily optimized for Raspberry Pi (which Yodeck provides for free on annual plans) or Fire TV/Android devices.

• Pickcel
• Best for: Small to mid-sized restaurants wanting flexible pricing and straightforward menu board design.
• Key Features: Built-in digital menu board app that supports calorie and allergen tags (ideal for local health code compliance), automated dayparting, and multi-zone screen layouts (e.g., menu on the left, video promo on the right).

3. Best for Seamless POS Ecosystem Integration

• Toast Digital Menu Boards
• Best for: Restaurants already running their operations entirely on the Toast POS ecosystem.
• Key Features: Complete real-time menu sync. If an item sells out in the POS, it disappears or marks as sold out on the screen instantly; price updates on the terminal automatically reflect on the boards.
• Consideration: Tied exclusively to the Toast hardware/software ecosystem.

• Revel Systems / Square Signage Partners
• Both POS systems partner with specialized signage tools (such as NoviSign or Raydiant) via their app marketplaces to pull live inventory and pricing directly to screens without manual data entry.

4. Best for Enterprise QSR & Drive-Thrus

• WAND Digital
• Best for: Large Quick-Service Restaurant (QSR) chains and drive-thru networks.
• Key Features: Enterprise-grade 24/7 reliability, outdoor high-brightness drive-thru hardware, tight enterprise POS/ERP integrations, and deep data analytics for menu item optimization.

• NoviSign
• Best for: High-volume restaurants requiring advanced interactive features or complex multi-screen video walls.
• Key Features: Hundreds of customizable food & beverage templates, dynamic ticker tapes, queue management integrations (e.g., showing order numbers ready for pickup), and offline playback capabilities if the internet drops.

Essential Hardware Considerations

When deploying digital menu boards, software is only half the equation:

• 1.Commercial Displays vs. Consumer TVs:

• Consumer TVs (Best Buy/Costco): Cheaper upfront, but only rated for 6–8 hours of daily use. They often suffer from burn-in, have reflective glossy screens, and their warranties are voided if used in a commercial environment.
• Commercial Displays (Samsung SMART Signage, LG Commercial, Phillips): Rated for 16/7 or 24/7 continuous operation, feature matte/anti-glare coatings (crucial under bright restaurant lighting), higher nit brightness, and heat-resistant chassis.

• 1.Media Players:

• For basic setups: Chromecast with Google TV or Fire TV Stick 4K.
• For enterprise/heavy commercial duty: Dedicated media players like BrightSign, Raydiant Player, or industrial mini-PCs that auto-reboot upon power outages and run reliably in hot kitchen environments.

Key Features to Prioritize Before Buying

• POS Integration: Will you have to update prices twice (once in POS, once in signage software), or does it sync automatically?
• Dayparting: Does it support seamless scheduling (e.g., 6:00 AM–10:30 AM breakfast, 10:30 AM–close lunch/dinner)?
• Regulatory Compliance: Does the template builder make it easy to display mandatory calorie counts, allergen indicators, and nutritional disclosures?
• Offline Caching: If the restaurant’s Wi-Fi goes down during a rush, will the screens stay lit with the last cached menu, or will they display an error screen?

Restaurants should consider Yodeck, NoviSign, ScreenCloud, OptiSigns, Kitcast, Rise Vision, and Samsung VXT as general-purpose electronic menu board systems, with Menuboard Manager, MenuPi, and SmarterSign standing out when POS sync and restaurant-specific workflows matter more.⁵⁷⁸¹⁸

The best fit depends on the restaurant’s operating model:

A practical short list is to start with Yodeck for cost-sensitive operators, NoviSign or ScreenCloud for managed multi-location menus, and Menuboard Manager or MenuPi if live POS synchronization is the top requirement.²⁵⁷¹⁸

If you want, I can also narrow this down to the best option for a single location, a small chain, or a POS-specific setup like Toast or Square.

Electronic Menu Board Systems Worth Considering

There's no single "best" system—the right choice depends heavily on your restaurant's size, budget, hardware preferences, and how deeply you need it to connect with your POS. Here's a breakdown by scenario:

For Single-Location / Independent Operators

• Yodeck – Built on Raspberry Pi, it offers the lowest cost-of-entry including a free single-screen tier, making it a natural fit for independent operators piloting digital signage for the first time. It's also used by major brands—Domino's Pizza, Pizza Hut, PepsiCo and many more popular brands are using Yodeck for digital signage.
• Juuno – A lightweight, affordable option at $5–$9 per screen/month that runs on a smart TV browser or Amazon Signage Stick, geared toward cafés, food trucks, and small independents.
• OptiSigns – Single-location operators typically get the most value from OptiSigns or Yodeck. It also offers drag-and-drop menu board templates and integrations with Canva and Google Slides.

For POS-Driven Live Pricing & 86'ing (marking items sold out)

• Menuboard Manager – Cloud-based digital menu board software built for restaurants, with POS integration, scheduling, and signage management—centering the restaurant workflow with live POS-driven pricing, Canva import, and daypart scheduling out of the box. It also offers Toast-deep webhook synchronization including real-time stock availability and 86-ing, alongside NCR Aloha support.
• NoviSign – Recently shipped a real-time Toast sync, from $14 per screen per month billed annually, whose August 2026 integration clears a sold-out item from the board.
• OptiSigns – Its OptiSync feature builds menu boards from live POS data, with guides for Clover and Toast and Square named as a supported source, and sold-out items can hide automatically—though this sits on the Pro Plus tier and up.
• SmarterSign – Built for Square real-time connectivity with documented inventory control and real-time updates across multi-location networks.

For Multi-Location Chains & Franchises

• ScreenCloud – The go-to for enterprise franchise governance, with approval workflows, custom permissions, and an extensive app ecosystem that lets restaurants integrate review feeds, social media, and promotional widgets into their digital menu display.
• NowSignage – Built for very large QSR rollouts; a prominent enterprise-QSR proof point recognized for massive deployments, such as a Little Caesars rollout spanning thousands of locations across 16 countries within a six-month window, handling regional pricing, multi-language requirements, and multi-currency support while running on drive-thru-grade BrightSign hardware with SOC 2 Type II compliance.
• L Squared – Enterprise-focused with template lockdown + RBAC (brand/region/store) governance and SOC 2 Type II + ISO 27001 security certification.

For Apple TV / Mixed Hardware Environments

• Kitcast – Known for delivering a stable electronic menu board experience across Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, and Android TV, with a heavy focus on enterprise scalability and security.

For Highly Customizable, Android-Based Setups

• NoviSign – A customizable Android-focused platform offering strong widget-based control, allowing restaurants to build highly customized menu templates, with a food service template library covering cafés, QSR, fast casual, bakery, and pizza formats, and hardware-agnostic support for Android, Chrome OS, Windows, Samsung Tizen, LG webOS, BrightSign, and Amazon Signage Stick.

For All-in-One Ordering + Signage (Full-Stack Systems)

If you want the menu board tied directly to ordering and upselling (not just display), consider MENU TIGER, Toast POS, or Presto. These directly influence order value through upselling and ordering flows, while platforms like NoviSign or ScreenCloud primarily enhance visibility and branding. Presto in particular is a complete contactless restaurant platform incorporating paperless menu QR code tools, AI voice ordering, kiosks, and tablet ordering.

Key Factors to Weigh

• 1.POS integration depth – Do you need automatic price syncing and sold-out item removal (Toast, Square, Clover), or is manual updating fine?
• 2.Hardware flexibility – Raspberry Pi (cheapest), Android/Chrome OS devices, Apple TV, or commercial-grade displays like BrightSign for drive-thrus.
• 3.Scale – Systems built for large-scale deployment differ from tools better suited for small, static operations.
• 4.Budget – Pricing runs from free (single-screen entry tiers) to $45+/screen/month for enterprise.
• 5.Reliability needs – Offline caching matters if your location has unstable internet, especially for drive-thrus.

Bottom line: For a single café or small restaurant, Yodeck, Juuno, or OptiSigns are strong low-cost starting points. For growing multi-unit brands needing live POS sync, look at Menuboard Manager, NoviSign, or OptiSigns. For large enterprise QSR chains, NowSignage, ScreenCloud, or L Squared offer the governance and scale required.

Electronic Menu Board Systems Worth Shortlisting

The honest answer is that there's no single best system — restaurant buyers fall into distinct scenarios, and the right pick depends on three things: how fast you need to update menus, how tightly the system syncs with your POS, and how much of your screen stack you want to manage in one place (guideflow.com).

The factor that matters most: POS integration depth

POS integration is the single biggest differentiator, and vendors use the term loosely. There are four meaningful levels (cast-hub.com):

• 1.Manual export/import — you export a CSV from the POS and upload it to the CMS
• 2.Scheduled pull — the CMS polls the POS API on a schedule
• 3.Event-driven webhook sync — the POS pushes a change and screens update within seconds
• 4.Operational sync — availability, 86-ing, modifiers, and location-specific overrides handled in real time

Most restaurants genuinely need level 3 or 4 only if prices or availability change often during service.

Quick comparison

(guideflow.com)

By scenario

Solo cafe or single independent location — Yodeck is the natural lead. A free first screen plus low per-screen pricing gives the lowest entry cost, and the large template library cuts design time (cast-hub.com). Kitcast is the other low-cost option if you're on Apple TV or similar consumer hardware (guideflow.com).

Small multi-unit group (2–10 locations) — CastHub's flat-rate Pro at $35/month covers 10 screens regardless of growth, so a five-location group with two screens each crosses the breakeven against per-screen vendors almost immediately. NoviSign is stronger if you're template-heavy, and OptiSigns brings broader hardware support plus its OptiSync API (cast-hub.com).

Mid-market chain on Toast (11–50 locations) — Menuboard Manager is built specifically for Toast-deep integration, with documented stock-availability webhooks and real-time on-screen changes. It also lists Olo, NCR Aloha, and MICROS integrations (cast-hub.com). Expect to pay for that depth — it starts around $89/screen/month (guideflow.com).

Mid-market chain on Square for Restaurants — SmarterSign is built for Square's Catalog API with webhook-driven menu updates and inventory sync across multi-location networks. Pickcel is a solid alternative with Square integration and broad hardware support across Android, Tizen, webOS, and Fire TV (cast-hub.com).

Large QSR / franchise system (200+ locations) — NowSignage has the strongest published proof point: the Little Caesars rollout covered thousands of locations across 16 countries with centralized cloud CMS, regional pricing, multi-language and multi-currency support in under six months. Spectrio covers 150,000+ locations with franchise-deep bundles, and Scala brings legacy enterprise depth (cast-hub.com).

If you want self-serve POS sync on a budget

OptiSigns is worth a close look. Its OptiSync feature documents building menu boards from live POS data with step-by-step guides for Clover, Toast, and Square, and sold-out items can hide automatically. Note the catch: that capability sits on Pro Plus and up, so budget $15/screen/month, not $10. Offline playback is supported with content cached on the player, and multi-location works through device attributes so one API request can serve different stores' prices (crowntv-us.com).

The franchise tension nobody advertises

Corporate marketing wants brand consistency; franchisees want to push local promos and holiday hours without filing a ticket. How a platform handles this matters more than its template count:

• ScreenCloud Pro offers multi-step approval workflows where local drafts route through corporate before publishing
• NoviSign locks templates down tightly — right when consistency is non-negotiable
• CastHub gives each location its own device group and schedule, but doesn't ship scoped permissions, so store-level restrictions are an operating agreement rather than a setting (cast-hub.com)

Before you commit

Vendor capabilities shift quickly, and POS integration depth especially can change. Run hands-on trials with the two or three vendors matching your scenario, test the POS integration in your actual restaurant environment, and confirm daypart and multi-location controls do what you need on a single location for a week before scaling (guideflow.com).

I'll research the top electronic menu board systems for restaurants to compare options.

I've found some promising candidates. Now I'll dig into the details on pricing and features.

I have solid details on the leading platforms. Let me check QSR-specific options before finalizing recommendations.

Restaurants should consider electronic menu board systems as a bundle — not just a screen:

Digital menu board software puts menu, prices and promotions on screens and keeps them current, covering the CMS where menus are built and scheduled, players/displays, POS link, and central control across locations.

Top systems to short-list by use-case:

1. Best all-round for independent, cafe, fast-casual

Kitcast - Top Pick for ease + design

• Named top pick for restaurants for dayparting, instant menu edits, and affordable per-screen pricing.
• Built-in templates for lunch-to-dinner scheduling and weekly specials promos.
• Runs on Apple TV, Android TV, and Amazon Fire TV Stick, so you are not locked to one player.
• Known for “set it and forget it” reliability especially on Apple TV, plus simple breakfast/lunch/dinner scheduling.
• Listed from $7/screen.

Yodeck - Best budget start

• Cloud-based signage that runs on its own preloaded player as well as common devices.
• Highest score in Olive’s report on cost and pricing at 82%, with strong CMS at 81% and hardware compatibility at 75%.
• Annual plans often include a free Yodeck Player, a pre-configured Raspberry Pi, making it very low-cost to start.
• Pricing reported as Free forever for a single screen, Basic $8/month, Premium $11/month, Enterprise $15/month.
• Trade-off: Raspberry Pi is not as stable/powerful as Apple TV or modern Android TV and can lag with high-res video.

ScreenCloud - Best for integrations / use-your-own hardware

• Cloud platform that runs on a wide range of screens and devices.
• Scores well on pricing, CMS, integrations and scalability, just behind the two leaders.
• Best fit described as groups that want flexible cloud platform on hardware they already own.
• Primary selling point is giant app store with over 70 integrations.
• Also hardware-agnostic, running on wide variety of devices.
• Cloud menus with Canva, Google Drive, Google Slides and POS integrations and drag-and-drop simplicity.
• Reported annual pricing: Core $20/screen/month, Pro $30/screen/month, Enterprise custom minimum 25 screens.
• Supports FireOS, Android, Chrome OS, Windows, iOS, and BrightSign.

OptiSigns - Best for template volume

• Feature-rich with over 500 free templates and more than 100 app integrations from social to weather.
• Good scheduling and content management and supports wide hardware including pre-configured devices.

2. Best for QSR, drive-thru, franchise / multi-location scale

BrightSign - Best for reliability at scale

• Leads Olive’s evaluation with 70%, one point ahead of Yodeck at 69% and two ahead of ScreenCloud at 68%.
• Makes media players and manages them through BSN.cloud platform.
• Top scores on integrations, scalability at 74% and performance/reliability at 71%, with strong hardware compatibility at 80%.
• Best fit: multi-location brands that want dependable players and central control across many sites.

WAND Digital - Best QSR-specific platform

• Specializes in tailored solutions for QSRs and fast-casual restaurants.
• Integrates seamlessly with Revel, Toast, and PAR Technology’s Brink, creating centralized hub for managing menus.
• Industrial-grade hardware designed for drive-thru and indoor demands for durability and reliability.
• Hosted on AWS and supported by offline automatic playback system for reliability.
• Features dynamic displays, menu customization, day-parting, and menu design services.

Top fast-food systems offer centralized management, real-time POS sync, daypart automation, and multi-location deployment, with platforms such as L Squared designed for scalable QSR rollouts with hardware flexibility and high-uptime across franchises. L Squared is built for multi-location QSR operations with offline playback and remote device monitoring.

Xenial - Best if boards must tie to POS/ordering data

• Provides POS and ordering technology with menu boards as part of wider platform.
• Highest analytics and reporting score at 71% and ties for second on integrations at 76%.
• Best fit: enterprise restaurants that want menu boards tied closely to POS and ordering data.

Spectrio - Best if you want signage + audio together

• Provides digital signage alongside on-hold messaging and in-store audio for multi-location businesses.
• Highest CMS score at 83% in report.
• Best fit: multi-location businesses that want signage, audio and messaging from one provider.

Other enterprise-heavy options: Navori for deep data-driven automation and AI scheduling for hundreds/thousands of screens, but with massive learning curve and cost too complex for 99% of restaurants. TelemetryTV for conditional content and API access with granular controls, built for large-scale complex deployments, but too complicated for most restaurants.

3. Best for interactive / touch / kiosk menus

Intuiface

• No-code platform for building interactive signage and touchscreen experiences.
• Highest user interface and experience score at 83% and strong CMS at 78%.
• Best fit: brands that want interactive or touch-enabled menus built without code.

Elo

• Makes commercial touchscreen monitors and all-in-one computers used for POS, self-ordering and signage.
• Highest hardware compatibility score at 82% and strong content management at 79%.
• Best fit: operators choosing screens and touch hardware first and pairing them with software.

NoviSign

• Strong candidate for interactive menu or self-service kiosk with robust widgets for live data, clocks and tickers.
• Excellent for interactive, touch-screen content.
• Menu editor with real-time updates, compatible with any hardware including Android, Windows, and LG, with over 300,000 screens deployed globally.
• Annual pricing: Business $18/screen/month, Business Plus $26/screen/month, Premium $44/screen/month.

4. Ultra-low-cost / repurpose existing TVs

Juuno

• Simple Canva-integrated TV display, excellent for small businesses or pop-ups that want to use existing screens.
• Deep native Canva integration inside dashboard to design, update and edit graphics in real time.
• Pay-per-TV model: Business $5/screen/month, Growth $9/screen/month after 7-day trial.

AIScreen

• Allows creating menus using over 1,500 digital menu templates and broadcast on TVs or monitors.
• Owners can update from desktop or mobile and deploy across one or multiple screens instantly.
• Supports timed promotions so breakfast can switch to lunch without staff intervention.
• Pricing: Essential $12/screen/month, Business $20/screen/month, Enterprise $40/screen/month after 14-day trial.

How to choose

Judge on 4 criteria used for restaurant picks: ease of use for non-IT shift managers, professional food-service templates, reliability during rush, and clear affordable pricing.

• Single cafe / 1-3 screens: start with Yodeck, Juuno, AIScreen, or Kitcast trial.
• Growing 3-20 locations needing dayparting + brand control: Kitcast, ScreenCloud, BrightSign.
• QSR / drive-thru / franchise needing POS sync + rugged hardware + offline playback: WAND Digital, BrightSign, Xenial.
• Touch ordering / kiosk: Elo + Intuiface / NoviSign.

Hardware budget note: indoor boards range $400–$2,500 per screen plus $50–$300 for mounting/installation, with commercial displays rated for 16–24 hours daily use. A typical 3-screen menu wall runs about $10,350–$11,550; full front-of-house deployment around $18,000–$30,000.

There is no single best electronic (digital) menu board system. The right choice depends on your POS, how many locations you run, whether prices and sold-out items must update automatically, and how much you want to manage yourself versus buy as a turnkey package.

What to prioritize

• POS sync depth. “Integrates with POS” can mean a live feed of prices and 86’d items, or a manual/CSV process. Confirm exactly what updates and how fast.
• Scale and control. One café needs simple remote edits. A multi-unit group needs templates, permissions, and location overrides.
• Hardware duty cycle. Consumer TVs often fail under all-day restaurant use and may void warranties. Prefer commercial displays rated 16/7 or 24/7.
• Total cost. Budget roughly $500–$2,500 per indoor screen for hardware and setup, plus about $8–$40 per screen per month for software. Outdoor drive-thru boards cost much more. Software-only prices below exclude displays and installation.

Systems worth shortlisting

Single location or tight budget Yodeck is the most consistently recommended low-cost option. One screen is free forever with core features; paid plans start at $8 per screen per month (Basic), with Premium around $12 and Enterprise around $16. Annual plans include a media player. It has a large template library, remote scheduling, and strong user ratings, and it works well when menus change by hand or on a schedule rather than live from the POS.

OptiSigns (often around $9–$10 per screen per month on entry plans) is another strong value pick, with broader hardware support (including Fire TV and Android) and POS options such as Toast and Clover on higher tiers. Kitcast (from about $7 per screen) is worth a look if you prefer Apple TV or Fire TV players.

Toast (or other major POS) and frequent price or availability changes NoviSign launched a direct Toast integration that syncs menu items, prices, descriptions, categories, and availability so sold-out items can clear from the boards without a second manual update. Published starting rates are often cited around $14 per screen per month (billed annually), which is far below specialist restaurant platforms. It also supports dayparting and custom layouts.

Menuboard Manager is purpose-built for restaurants and documents deeper integrations (Toast, NCR Aloha, Micros, and others, plus order-confirmation style workflows). Full POS integration sits on the top tier, published at $299 per screen per month (Professional is listed at $199). It makes sense when automatic 86’ing and multi-site menu control justify the premium, not for a simple one-screen café.

MustHaveMenus is useful if the same menu must stay consistent across print, QR, web, and screens, with Toast and Square sync on higher plans and a display add-on.

Square users Start with Square’s own digital display tools if they cover your layout needs—they are often included or low-cost and stay in sync with the Square catalog. Third-party options such as SmarterSign are alternatives when you need more design control.

Multi-location groups that care about brand control ScreenCloud (commonly from about $20 per screen per month) is frequently recommended for polished editing, an app ecosystem, and permissions so corporate can lock templates while stores handle local items. It is less of a pure “menu-from-POS” specialist than NoviSign or Menuboard Manager. Yodeck and OptiSigns remain viable if cost per screen matters more than enterprise governance.

Large QSR, franchise, or drive-thru networks Look at specialists rather than generic signage: Coates, Spectrio, Mood Media, NowSignage, Raydiant, and turnkey installers such as CrownTV. These are usually quote-based and cover outdoor high-brightness boards, order confirmation screens, fleet monitoring, and professional installation. Reliability and support matter more than the lowest software rate when a dark drive-thru board costs sales.

Hardware to pair with the software

For indoor boards, commercial Samsung (QM/QMC-class, often ~500 nits, 24/7-rated, Tizen) or LG (UH-series, webOS) displays are the usual standard. Aim for at least 400–500 nits indoors and 2,500+ nits with weather protection for drive-thru or window-facing boards. Portrait mounting, anti-glare, and a real commercial warranty matter more than consumer 4K specs. Players can be a vendor stick/Pi, a BrightSign-class player, or the display’s built-in system-on-chip—match the player to the software you choose.

Practical next step

• 1.List your POS and whether sold-out items must disappear automatically.
• 2.Count screens and locations.
• 3.Trial two platforms (Yodeck or OptiSigns for cost; NoviSign or Menuboard Manager if Toast/POS sync is required).
• 4.Buy commercial displays, not living-room TVs, for anything that runs most of the day.

Pricing and integration depth change often, and many “best of” roundups are published by vendors ranking themselves first. Confirm current rates, which plan includes POS sync, offline playback, and support hours directly with the vendor before you commit.