Most tip platforms charge per employee, per location, or take a cut of every tip. ScanToTIP is free to start and a flat $19 per business when you want more — and we never take a cut of the tip itself.
| ScanToTIP | Per-employee tools | Per-location tools | Per-transaction tools | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free — unlimited codes | usually none | usually none | often none |
| Paid plan | $19 / business / mo, flat | ~$4–6 / employee / mo | ~$50–200 / location / mo | subscription + fee |
| Cut of tips | 0% — no cut of tips | varies | varies | ~1–2% per transaction |
| Card processing | Your own low-fee gateway or Stripe | usually locked | usually locked | usually locked |
| Hardware | None | Sometimes | Sometimes | Sometimes |
| Contracts | None — cancel anytime | Varies | Often annual | Varies |
Competitor figures reflect publicly published pricing ranges (per-employee ~$4–6/mo; per-location ~$50–200/mo; per-transaction ~1–2%) and vary by plan and team size. Names omitted deliberately — compare us to whoever you’re considering.
A 20-person team is often $80–120/mo on per-employee tools, or $50–200 per location elsewhere. On ScanToTIP it’s $19 — unlimited staff, unlimited codes. The bigger your team, the more you save.
Start with unlimited codes at $0. Most rivals have no free plan. Roll it out to one department or your whole property before you ever pay a cent.
We never take a slice of a tip. Platforms that charge 1–2% per transaction quietly shrink what your staff earn. When the guest covers the processing fee (on by default), the full tip amount reaches your business.
Bring your own low-fee gateway (CardConnect, TSYS, Elavon and more) for interchange-plus rates — typically 20–30% cheaper than flat-rate processing on high volumes of small tips. Or use Stripe with one click.
With one tap, a guest covers the card fee so your team keeps the full tip — and on our free plan, that’s how it stays free for you.
Sign up yourself, print a code, and you’re live in minutes. Cancel anytime. No terminals to buy, no annual lock-in.
Some platforms do more than we do — if you need automated payouts straight to staff bank accounts and deep payroll/POS integration, dedicated tip-distribution tools (which cost more) may fit better. ScanToTIP collects and reports; you distribute how you already pay your team. That’s a deliberate choice: it keeps us simple, cheap, and free of lock-in.
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