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What a 'stitched-together' POS stack really costs you.

Most venues aren't paying for one system. They're paying for eight or nine, quietly, across separate invoices. Here's the real monthly bill, itemised, next to a single NUA subscription.

Figures below are indicative monthly averages for a single, mid-size Australian venue, compiled from publicly listed pricing as at July 2026. Actual costs vary by provider, plan, region, transaction volume and negotiated rate, treat this as a guide, then for a number based on your actual stack.

Your numbers
$
Defaults to our 13-tool estimate below: edit to use your own invoices.
Your current stack
$0/mo
across 13 separate tools & invoices
NUA Growth plan
$0/mo
$149/mo platform + $20/mo optional terminal, per venue
You save
$0/mo
$0/year

Per venue. Running five venues on the old stack? That's roughly $0/mo back, every month.

The itemised breakdown.

Every line item most venues pay for separately, and what replaces it in NUA.

POS software subscription
Typical major POS provider: base plan
$199/mo
POS add-ons
Extra register licence, advanced reporting, online ordering module
$110/mo
EFTPOS & payment processing markup
Bundled in-house processing + terminal rental
$140/mo
Booking & reservations
OpenTable / NowBookIt
$220/mo
AI phone booking agent
Sadie-style AI phone answering & booking agent
$249/mo
Delivery platform integration
Doshii / Deliverect
$130/mo
Staff rostering & scheduling
Tanda / Deputy
$120/mo
Inventory management
Stock app + manual counting & ordering time
$220/mo
Food safety & temperature logging
Compliance app + manual logging time
$150/mo
Loyalty & rewards program
Standalone loyalty / CRM platform
$150/mo
Marketing automation
Email/SMS campaign tool + agency hours
$180/mo
Digital menu & QR ordering
Separate contactless ordering app
$60/mo
Gift card platform
Add-on gift card module
$40/mo
Total, across separate tools$1968/mo

And here's what else is bundled in.

Features many stacks charge extra for, or don't offer at all, that ship standard with NUA.

Kitchen Display System

Often sold as a separate hardware-and-software add-on elsewhere: built into every NUA plan.

Multi-location dashboard

Franchise and group reporting is usually an enterprise upsell, included from the Growth plan up.

Guest reviews & feedback

NUA surfaces guest sentiment automatically to the AI agent. No separate reputation-management tool needed.

Menu engineering & profit analytics

Usually gated behind a premium analytics tier elsewhere: standard in NUA's Analytics Dashboard.

Voice ordering

Rarely offered by legacy POS at all: built into NUA as Voice POS, included in every plan.

Want your actual number, not an estimate?

Bring us your current invoices: POS, EFTPOS, rostering, booking, delivery, whatever you're juggling, and we'll build a savings breakdown specific to your venue.