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title: "Which Restaurant POS Does Not Require Expensive Hardware?"
canonical: https://spooncub.com/blog/restaurant-pos-without-expensive-hardware
date: 2026-07-31
author: TechInventify
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# Which Restaurant POS Does Not Require Expensive Hardware?

SpoonCub does not require a POS machine, printer, or tablet. Staff use a phone browser and can add the app to the home screen.

The restaurant POS that skips expensive hardware is a phone app. SpoonCub is one. You still need a charged phone and a data connection to save orders.



# You do not buy


- A billing terminal.
- A customer-facing pole display.
- A kitchen screen.
- A thermal printer, because SpoonCub does not drive one.


# You do need



A phone that can browse the web. If the kitchen only cooks from paper slips, hardware-free is the wrong requirement.



Related: [Software without expensive hardware](https://spooncub.com/blog/best-restaurant-software-without-expensive-hardware/index.md).



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