Dojo vs Shift4 Payments
Dojo
dojo.techShift4 Payments
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| Figure | Dojo | Shift4 Payments |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | £11.99/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 11 | 0 |
| Spec score · Restaurant Payment Processing Software | 9.3 (#1) | 7.1 (#20) |
| Online checkout | Merchants can integrate Dojo online checkout with existing websites using plugins or the API. | Merchants can use hosted checkout or embed Shift4-hosted payment fields in their own site. |
| 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. | Shift4-hosted checkout and payment components capture card data without bringing card numbers into the merchant’s systems; the documentation lists SAQ A as the typical PCI questionnaire for both. |
| Support | The company advertises UK-based technical support seven days a week, with integrated-payments support from 8am to 11pm. | Shift4’s API documentation directs customers to its API support team at [email protected]. |
| What it does | Dojo provides card-payment hardware, online and remote payment services, EPOS integrations and business payment management for merchants. | Shift4 provides software and payment processing solutions for businesses, including omnichannel payment processing. |
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
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.
Shift4 Payments
Shift4 Payments has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.