Dojo vs Elavon Restaurant Payments
Dojo
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| Figure | Dojo | Elavon Restaurant Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | £11.99/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 11 | 3 |
| Spec score · Restaurant Payment Processing Software | 9.3 (#1) | 7.5 (#13) |
| Security | Dojo says all card machines use point-to-point encryption and that this reduces PCI-compliance work to two documents and two questions for many merchants. | Elavon uses encryption, tokenization, fraud rules, and EMV to protect payment data in transit and at rest. |
| Support | The company advertises UK-based technical support seven days a week, with integrated-payments support from 8am to 11pm. | Elavon’s locally based multilingual support team is available 24/7, while sales callbacks are available Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM EST. |
Plans
Dojo
- Tap to Pay on iPhoneFree
- Transaction rate (below £100,000 annual card turnover)Priced on request
- Plus£11.99 a month
- Dojo Wired (pay monthly)£15 a month
- Dojo Pocket (pay monthly)£20 a month
- Dojo Go Max (pay monthly)£25 a month
- Dojo Go Max (pay upfront)£149, paid once
- Dojo Wired (pay upfront)£179, paid once
- Dojo Pocket (pay upfront)£239, paid once
- Custom pricingPriced on request
Elavon Restaurant Payments
- In-person processing$2.60, paid once
- Online payment processing$3.30, paid once
- Interchange PlusPriced on request
In their own words
Dojo
Dojo provides card payment services and card machines for businesses taking payments in person, online or by phone. Its Sidekick tools cover payments, refunds, reconciliation and real-time business insights, including across multiple locations. Listed payment features include links, native-currency payments, digital and printed receipts, bill splitting, cashback, tipping and pre-authorisations. Dojo says it partners with over 450 EPOS providers and syncs card-machine transactions with EPOS systems for reconciliation. Integrated payment options include Pay at Table and Pay at Counter; developers can use APIs for online payments and EPOS integrations, mobile integration documentation and a prebuilt checkout page. Dojo lists Android, iOS, web and API availability. The pricing page lists a free Essential plan and free Tap to Pay on iPhone, alongside transaction rates and paid software and hardware plans. Dojo says payment-processing environments are PCI DSS compliant and transmissions use TLS. It also advertises 99.99% uptime and seven-day technical support from 8am to 11pm.
Elavon Restaurant Payments
Elavon Restaurant Payments has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.