eTip vs Ferry
eTip
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| Figure | eTip | Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 2 |
| Spec score · Restaurant Tip Management Software | 7.5 (#13) | 7.8 (#8) |
| Integrations | The integrations page lists payroll systems ADP, Workday, UKG and Dayforce, and POS systems Toast, Agilysys, Micros, Square and Aloha. | Named integrations include Toast, Square, 7shifts, ADP, Gusto, Clover, Lightspeed, and Paychex; Ferry also says it can work with payroll data or a CSV export. |
| Payouts | Employees can receive tips through debit cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App or an eTip card. | Ferry Pay can send tips to a Ferry Pay Card or a nominated bank account at shift end; card funding is described as taking under 60 seconds. |
| Product | eTip provides digital tipping, tip management, gratuity distribution and operational tools for hospitality and service businesses. | Ferry automates restaurant tip calculations by connecting to POS and workforce systems, applying pooling rules, and calculating each employee’s tips at shift end. |
| Reporting | The platform offers automated IRS-compliant tip reporting, export-ready payroll data and transaction audit trails. | Ferry produces per-employee, per-shift tip reports with job codes and pool rates, and describes the records as downloadable and audit-ready. |
| Support | The customer support page says the team responds to submitted questions within one business day. | Ferry support is available Monday through Friday, 9am–6pm ET, and typically responds within a few hours. |
Plans
In their own words
eTip
eTip is a digital tipping and tip-management platform for hospitality and service businesses, available on Android, iOS, and the web. Guests scan a QR code to tip without downloading an app. Managers configure pools and splits by individual, room, shift, department, or custom criteria. Employees can receive payouts through debit cards, ACH, PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, or an eTip card. The platform provides automated IRS-compliant reporting, payroll-ready exports, transaction audit trails, and real-time dashboards. Listed payroll integrations include ADP, Workday, UKG, and Dayforce; POS integrations include Toast, Agilysys, Micros, Square, and Aloha. Customizable CSV files cover unlisted systems. Businesses can white-label the interface and guest experience. Employees can view tips, transactions, and reviews and initiate payouts. Pricing is on request; there is no free plan.
Ferry
Ferry automates restaurant tip calculations by connecting point-of-sale and workforce systems, applying operator-set pooling rules, and calculating employee tips at shift end. Operators can configure pool percentages by role, job code, shift, time of day, or location. Ferry creates downloadable per-employee, per-shift reports with job codes and pool rates, described as audit-ready, and says it tracks multi-state tip compliance with minimum distribution thresholds, tipped-credit rules, and guardrails. Ferry Pay can distribute tips to a Ferry Pay Card, a nominated bank account, or through payroll; card funding is described as taking under 60 seconds. Workers can optionally access a portion of wages they have already earned before payday. The Ferry Pay Card lists a $0 activation fee and $0 monthly fees, while US out-of-network ATM withdrawals carry a $3 fee. Ferry names integrations including Toast, Square, Clover, Lightspeed, POSitouch, Aloha, ADP, Gusto, Paychex, and 7shifts. Its Tip Share App lets employees adjust POS tip allocations within operator-set guardrails and is listed for PosiTouch and CBS North Star. Pricing for Tip Manager and Ferry Pay is on request.