Loyverse or Syrve: what each system can actually do

Checked against official documentation · 9 November 2026

“Loyverse has no kitchen display or recipe cards, so you need Syrve.” This argument often comes up when choosing a POS, and it is wrong. Both systems support kitchen operations and dish composition.

The real difference lies in the depth of inventory management, the price and the workflows your restaurant actually needs. Here is a point-by-point look at what each system offers and where ResoGuest fits in.

What Loyverse can do — more than you might think

A kitchen display — for free

Loyverse KDS runs on an iPad or Android tablet and receives orders directly from the POS. The chef sees dishes, quantities, modifiers and the server’s comments.

An order changes colour if it has been waiting too long. Individual items or the whole order can be marked ready with one tap, and an order closed by mistake can be recalled. If the kitchen has separate stations, you can install multiple screens, each assigned to its own item group.

Dish composition and costing

Composite Items let you build a dish from components with precise quantities. The system calculates its cost automatically and deducts ingredients from inventory when it is sold, provided stock tracking is enabled.

So saying “Loyverse has no recipe cards” is not accurate. Basic recipe tracking is available and is part of the free core.

Prep items

Sauces, stocks and other semi-finished products can be tracked separately from their ingredients using Production in the paid Advanced Inventory add-on. Prepare a batch: the components are deducted and the finished product is added to stock. Sell a dish: the prepared product is deducted. The reverse operation, Disassembly, is also available.

Pre-bills

For Open tickets, the Print bill button prints a pre-bill; all you need is a connected printer. This is a bill for the guest, not the final sales receipt.

Its own loyalty program

The cashier selects a guest and redeems their Loyverse points as a discount. The important distinction is that these are Loyverse points. Points from third-party systems are not automatically redeemed this way.

A full recipe specification or just a list of ingredients?

The terminology can be confusing. If by a recipe card you mean ingredients, quantities, costing and automatic stock deduction, Loyverse can do that.

If you need a full restaurant recipe specification with gross and net weights, processing losses, preparation instructions and a regulatory print format, Loyverse’s documentation does not describe this. We will not claim those features are absent. Nor will we promise them: they need to be checked against your requirements.

Syrve does have a verified advantage here. The chef can open a recipe directly on the kitchen screen and see the ingredients, weights, estimated time and, if configured, the preparation process itself. That is a real distinction in this specific workflow, not across recipe management as a whole.

Comparing practical tasks

It is fairer to compare specific kitchen and front-of-house tasks than to reduce everything to “available / not available”.

Task	Loyverse	Syrve
Kitchen display	Free KDS, multiple screens, completion marking	KDS with order, dish and course views; cooking and serving statuses
Dish composition and stock deduction	Composite Items: components, quantities, costing, stock deduction	Recipes and inventory management; feature scope depends on configuration
Prep items	Production in paid Advanced Inventory	Production and prep planning; terms depend on the licence
Recipes on the chef’s screen	Items, modifiers and comments; full recipes on KDS are not documented	Recipes view: ingredients, weights, preparation process
Pre-bills and open orders	Open tickets and Print bill	Floor plan, table service, split bills
Guest points	Loyverse points redeemed as a discount	Syrve loyalty programs; mechanics depend on licence and setup

What does it cost?

Loyverse is freemium, not an entirely free system. Free tools include POS, Kitchen Display (KDS), Customer Display, its own loyalty program, multi-store management and essential inventory: stock levels for items and components, plus low-stock alerts. Composite Items with costing and component deduction belong to the core features; this is different from paid production tracking for prep items. Free sales analytics cover only the last 31 days.

Loyverse’s official pricing as of 9 November 2026 lists three separately charged add-ons:

Unlimited sales history — 7 USD per month or 70 USD per year per store: viewing and exporting sales reports beyond the last 31 days.

Employee Management — 25 USD per month or 250 USD per year per store: sales by employee, access permissions and time tracking.

Advanced Inventory — 25 USD per month or 250 USD per year per store: advanced inventory management, including purchase orders, stock transfers between stores and deeper inventory insights. Production and Disassembly for prep items, described above, also require this paid add-on.

Prices are in US dollars, exclude taxes and apply separately to each add-on and each store. Every paid add-on has a 14-day trial; that does not mean it remains free. Integrations are listed as free in Loyverse’s pricing, but this does not make subscriptions to connected third-party services, including ResoGuest, free.

So you do not have to switch to Syrve just to get free KDS, basic stock tracking or a native loyalty program. But it would be incorrect to describe all Loyverse inventory features, prep production, employee management and unlimited report history as free.

Likewise, not every Syrve licence includes everything. Features and integrations vary by country and package. The published UK feature matrix is a reference, not a price list for other markets, so it is best to confirm the terms for your situation.

Where ResoGuest fits in

ResoGuest is not part of the POS. It is a separate set of guest-management tools: reservations, CRM, online menus, messaging campaigns and other modules. It connects to the POS, but the Loyverse and Syrve integrations work differently, which is important to understand in advance.

Three things are commonly confused:

Points belong to three different systems. ResoGuest points, Loyverse points and Syrve programs are separate. A guest profile being synchronised with the POS does not mean that the points balance is transferred or can be redeemed at the till.
A receipt is not a kitchen order. Sending a sale to the POS as a receipt does not mean an open order will appear on the kitchen screen. We check that workflow separately on the specific restaurant’s connection.
Inventory is not a stop-list. When stock is insufficient, Loyverse warns the cashier but still allows the sale. It does not automatically block sales based on stock levels.

When Syrve is genuinely worth considering

When you need specific workflows, rather than just “a kitchen display” or “recipe cards”:

coordinating service by course;
recipes directly on the chef’s screen;
prep planning;
advanced inventory management or management across a restaurant chain.

Ask for a demo of the exact configuration you intend to buy and calculate the total cost of ownership. “Syrve has KDS” is not a deciding argument: Loyverse has it too.

If you decide to migrate, agree in advance how menus, the guest database, purchase history and points balances will be transferred. Check that the data is transferred correctly: no one can guarantee it automatically.