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Keep your EFTPOS. Drop the sales cut.

An honest, checkable comparison. We never quote a competitor's price - third-party pricing changes, so we describe each one's model in plain terms and state only what's verified about Brulee. Pick who you're weighing us against.

A widely used all-in-one POS and payments company.

Brulee vs Square for Australian cafés.

Both run on hardware you may already have. The core difference is the payments model: Brulee lets you keep your own bank terminal and charges for software only.

What mattersBruleeSquare
Card paymentsPayments-agnostic - keep your own bank EFTPOS (Linkly, Tyro, mx51). Brulee never takes a percentage of sales.Designed around Square’s own payment processing, charged per transaction - plus a monthly software fee.
Software feeFlat monthly fee per location - POS from $59, Ops from $199, bundle from $229 (Free tier $0; AUD, incl GST).Tiered software plans; check Square’s current pricing.
Online orderingCommission-free branded storefront on the same menu and till.Offers an online ordering/site product within its ecosystem.
Menu setupPhotograph a printed menu; AI reads it into your catalogue for review.Manual catalogue entry / import; verify current tools on their site.
OfflineOffline-first - keeps selling with no internet, syncs on reconnect.Has an offline mode; confirm scope on their site.

Where Brulee is different

  • Bring your own EFTPOS and merchant rate
  • No percentage of sales taken by Brulee
  • AI menu ingest from a photo
  • GST/BAS-ready reporting for AU
Where they might suit youIf you want a single vendor for both software and card processing in one bundle, Square’s integrated model may feel simpler.
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