Coastal SkyTab
We'll Pay You $5,000 to Switch to SkyTab!
At Coastal Payment Systems, we believe restaurant owners deserve better—better support, better technology, and a better deal. That’s why we’re on a mission to eliminate credit card processing fees for small businesses across the U.S. with smart, transparent solutions like SkyTab POS.
We’re not some giant faceless corporation. We’re your local, hands-on partner offering white-glove service, personalized support, and modern point-of-sale systems that make running your restaurant smoother, faster, and more profitable. From table-side ordering to real-time business analytics, we bring you the tools you need—without the sky-high fees and surprise costs.
With Coastal, you get more than a POS system—you get a team that knows your name, understands your hustle, and works as hard as you do.
SkyTab vs Clover
Company Overview
Clover is a cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) software, hardware, and payment processing company. They are owned by Fiserv.
Strengths
• Great hardware and reliable payments.
• Brand recognition.
• Owned by a Fortune 500 company (Fiserv).
• Low payment processing rates, depending on the sales channel purchased through.
• Low software prices (relative to Toast).
• Extensive reseller network.
Products
Clover Software Plans:
• Clover Counter Service Restaurant
• Clover Table Service Restaurant Additional Modules:
• KDS
• Clover Online Ordering (free)
• BentoBox partnership Hardware:
• Clover Station
• Clover Flex
• Clover Mini
Pricing
$60-80 per month + $9.95 per additional device.
Weaknesses
• Products are not mature or tailored for sophisticated restaurants.
• App market model results in high prices.
• High cost for hardware, depending on the sales channel purchased through.
• Highly variable processing rates.
• Minimal innovation.
Hardware
• SkyTab hardware is more affordable and just as good (if not better) of a form factor.
• SkyTab is owned by Shift4 and has the experience of all our legacy POS brands.
• A third of restaurants in North America use Shift4.
Features & Benefits
• SkyTab is more feature rich and purpose-built for restaurants.
• Lower cost of ownership over the long run; especially with hardware included in the cost.
Innovation
• SkyTab is built exclusively for restaurants, whereas Clover is a “one-size-fits-all” product used by restaurants, barber shops, retailers, etc.
• Clover is slow to innovate in the restaurant space. SkyTab regularly releases updates with new features.
Pricing
• Clover boasts a low price, but total cost is higher because you have to pay for additional products through their app market and are raising prices.
• Clover hardware is very expensive (unless it's being subsidized by a reseller, in which case the processing rates may be high).
• Extensive reseller network means some merchants may be on high-rate schedules.