eCard Systems vs GoTab
eCard Systems
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GoTab
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| Figure | eCard Systems | GoTab |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $15/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · Restaurant Gift Card Software | 7.6 (#18) | 8.0 (#8) |
| API | The REST API provides account management, transaction processing, and reporting endpoints and uses OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials authentication. | GoTab describes its architecture and API as open and says they allow integration with modern systems. |
| Founded | 2001 | 2016 |
| Headquarters | Brentwood, Tennessee, USA | Arlington, Virginia, United States |
| Product | eCard Systems provides physical and digital gift cards and gift card processing software that integrates with point-of-sale systems. | GoTab describes itself as an end-to-end restaurant commerce platform supporting full-service, quick-service, online ordering, curbside pickup, and delivery. |
| Support | The company says its support is U.S.-based and describes phone pickup and same-day email responses. | GoTab provides 24/7 live support by chat, SMS, and phone on Pro and Sync; it is an add-on for Basic. |
Plans
eCard Systems
- Digital gift card storefrontPrice not published
- In-store gift card programPrice not published
In their own words
eCard Systems
eCard Systems has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
GoTab
GoTab is an end-to-end restaurant commerce platform for restaurants and other hospitality venues. It supports full-service and quick-service operations, online ordering, curbside pickup, and delivery. Guests can order and pay from their phones while keeping one tab across staff-assisted and digital ordering. Its point-of-sale software runs on Windows, Android, and iOS devices, while the service is also listed for web, API, and Android and iOS access. Plans are priced per location: Basic is $15 a month with QR and online ordering, preauthorized tabs, one POS, and flexible hardware options; Pro is $99 a month and adds handheld access, Easy Tab, and a kiosk; Sync is $229 a month and adds OpServer with enhanced offline capabilities, fraud and insufficient-funds protection, and order-status SMS. GoTab lists integrations for accounting, reservations, hotel PMS, inventory, marketing, loyalty, and other areas, including QuickBooks Online, Xero, OpenTable, Uber Eats, and 7shifts.