Ferry vs Tip-Pooling
Ferry
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| Figure | Ferry | Tip-Pooling |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $49/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Spec score · Restaurant Tip Management Software | 7.8 (#8) | 6.8 (#22) |
| Custom rules | Operators can set tip-pool percentages by role, shift type, time of day, or location. | Pooling rules can be based on roles, hours worked, sales, or percentage splits. |
| Setup | Ferry says customers can go live the same day without an HRIS integration, using payroll-ready files. | The homepage FAQ says most restaurants are up and running in less than a week, with onboarding help to connect systems, import employees, and configure rules. |
| Support | Ferry support is available Monday through Friday, 9am–6pm ET, and typically responds within a few hours. | Ongoing onboarding and support are included in the plan price. |
Plans
In their own words
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.
Tip-Pooling
Tip-Pooling has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.