Your customers order and pay in the app
- Your menu, your prices, your bars, in the DrinkLync app on iPhone and Android.
- Paid in the app before the ticket reaches the bar. Pickup by code.
Flat pricing
Pour more. Pay flat.
Zero cut of your sales.
Start with what DrinkLync is projected to add for your venue type, just below. Then the price: a flat monthly fee, the same on your biggest Saturday as on a quiet Tuesday, and no share of anything you sell.
Yearly agreement
No share of your sales
Card processing is separate, paid to Stripe
Customers pay nothing to DrinkLync
Your drink money lands in your own Stripe
Before the price
What the flat fee is up against.
Pick your venue type. Year one in three labelled scenarios, beside everything DrinkLync costs in that year, setup included. The price list is right below.
Run your own numbers
Worked example, not a reading from any bar
Broadway honky-tonk (Nashville), 3 bar stations, on our defaults for that venue type: 5 busy nights a week, 6 busy hours, 6 bartenders at peak, $13 a drink.
Projection, expected case
$519,452 more in year one
kept after pour cost and card processing, on the ramp while customers learn the app.
7 more drinks a busy night
covers the whole monthly bill: $1,297 a month for Core Venue + 2 extra stations.
On these inputs the projection covers a month of DrinkLync in about 1 busy night, and even the low scenario covers the monthly bill. Projection, not a guarantee.
A projection from our published model and price list, not a measurement and not a guarantee. Card processing is your venue's own Stripe fees; DrinkLync takes 0% of sales. Every assumption and its source.
Then, what it costs
Three plans. Every price on the page.
You pay us three things and nothing else: the flat Core fee, $299 a month for each extra station, and Insights if you want it. Card processing is separate: your customers pay into your own Stripe account, and Stripe charges you its standard card fees exactly as it would on any card you take today. We never touch that and never mark it up.
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Core
$699 /mo
+ $500 one-time setup · includes 1 station
- Customer ordering from the DrinkLync app, paid and tipped in the app
- Sequenced queue per station, on venue-bound iPads
- QR-verified pickup and the ready wall
- Venue dashboard plus a nightly recap, waiting there the morning after
- No share of your sales — card processing is separate, paid to your own Stripe
Event / Pop-up
$299 /night
+ $500 setup · 2-night minimum
- The full Core system, deployed for your dates
- Festivals, pop-ups, stadium event nights
- Fast standup, clean teardown
- Same deal: no share of your sales
Enterprise / Stadium
$6,000 /mo
Annual contract · stadiums, arenas and multi-venue groups
- Your entire building outfitted: every floor, bar and concourse
- Custom station topology and a rollout team that has done it
- Onboarding, plus support that answers within 1 hour Thursday to Saturday nights 4 PM to 4 AM Central and on your event nights
- One yearly agreement, one flat number
What DrinkLync bills you, in full.
Three recurring lines and one setup fee. There is no fifth line, and not one of them is a percentage of what you sell.
| What you pay DrinkLync | How much | When |
|---|---|---|
| Core platform fee | $699 / month | Every month. One station included. |
| Each extra station | $299 / month | Only for the stations you actually set up beyond the one Core includes. No extra setup: setup is $500 once for the venue. |
| Insights add-on | $199 / month | Optional. Free for your first 30 days, then $199 a month only if you choose to keep it. It is never charged automatically. |
| Setup | $500 once | One time, at onboarding. Covers the stations you start with. |
| A share of your sales | $0 | There is no percentage, no per-order cut and no revenue share. What the bar rings up is the bar's. |
Card processing is separate, and it is not ours. Customers pay into your own Stripe account, and Stripe bills you its standard card fees on those payments at whatever rate your account is on — the same fees you already pay on any card you take today. DrinkLync is software, not your payment processor: we never hold that money, never set that rate, never mark it up and receive no part of it. When you compare the two, compare DrinkLync's flat fee against the extra rounds, and leave your card fees where they already are.
Only two add-ons. That is the whole list.
Extra station
$299 /mo each
Another rail, a rooftop station, a VIP well. Core includes one station; each additional station is $299 a month, with no extra setup.
Insights
$199 /mo
First 30 days free for every venue. Per-bar, per-bartender, per-drink and per-gatekeeper breakdowns, best-times, Lync recommendations in your portal, demand forecasting, and marketing built from your own demand.
What $699 a month gets you
Everything a busy night needs, for one flat number.
Here is what is in Core, what it takes to get live, and the terms. Nothing below costs extra unless it says so.
A live queue on each station iPad
- Tickets routed to the bar they were ordered from, in order.
- Accept, make, ready. The customer is told when it is ready.
Verified pickup and a ready wall
- One scan per hand-off. Used codes are refused.
- Every hand-off logged with the time and who made it.
The dashboard and the recap
- The live night in your manager dashboard, any browser.
- Menu, prices and 86s yours to change mid-service.
- Staff invited by email, signed in by PIN.
Setup, $500 once
- A guided setup in your manager dashboard: venue, bars, payments, menu, team, iPads, then a final run-through.
- Pair iPads you already own with a QR code, or tell us how many stations you run and we ship them set up for your bar.
- Ordering stays off until every required go-live check passes.
- No share of your sales, no per-order cut and no cut of a tip.
- Your drink money lands in your own Stripe account. You are the merchant of record; Stripe pays out to your bank on your schedule.
- Insights is free for your first 30 days, then $199 a month only if you choose to keep it. It is never charged automatically.
- The price on this page is the price every venue pays. No intro rate, no haggling.
- Core is a yearly agreement. You see the full terms before you sign, and you can read our terms of service any time.
What DrinkLync adds, and what it replaces
More drinks out of the same rail, and every tool a packed night needs, in one system.
Broadway bar, 3 stations. Projected +$27,142 to +$46,413/mo in added profit (conservative to expected case) for $1,496/mo all in: about 18 to 31 times what DrinkLync costs.
+131 to +224 drinks a packed night (+8% to +14%), conservative to expected case, from the same model as /math. Bought separately, the tools and staff time come to $999/mo before a single extra drink. DrinkLync is $1,496/mo, all in one, and the added profit is what no separate tool gives you.
| Your size | Projected added profit, conservative to expected | More drinks a packed night | Tools and staff time bought separately | DrinkLync, all in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One-bar room | +$9,117 to +$15,333/mo | +44 to +74 (+8% to +13%) | $849/mo | $898/mo |
| Broadway bar, 3 stations | +$27,142 to +$46,413/mo | +131 to +224 (+8% to +14%) | $999/mo | $1,496/mo |
| Multi-floor Broadway bar, 6 stations | +$54,079 to +$92,825/mo | +261 to +448 (+8% to +14%) | $1,248/mo | $2,393/mo |
Projection, not a guarantee. Projected added profit is a range for a packed Broadway bar, from the model's conservative case to its expected case (what a typical venue like this sees), kept after pour cost and card fees: the extra drinks a faster rail pours, from the projection you can set to your own nights. Nothing is banked until your own nights are measured. Staff time is valued at $14 an hour, the Nashville bartender wage; bartender time back is left out of the separate cost because the added profit already counts those seconds. DrinkLync, all in, is Core, your extra stations and Insights. Card processing is separate on both sides and paid to your own Stripe.
Everything in it, priced on its own
Each line is what that piece would cost bought on its own, at the lowest published price we could find, beside what it costs inside DrinkLync. This table is one station. Sources are at the bottom.
| What you get | Bought separately | With DrinkLync |
|---|---|---|
| Order and pay | ||
| Mobile order and pay, with a card saved to the accountA group at a table orders the next round from their phones instead of three-deep at the rail. | A separate mobile order and pay app | Included |
| Round buys and giftingOne person buys the round; each friend claims their drink from a link or a QR. | No standalone tool does this | Included |
| Behind the bar | ||
| A live bartender queue on an iPad at every barPaid tickets land in order at the right rail, so bartenders just pour. | A kitchen display subscription, per screen | Included |
| Menu builder with drink photos, prices and sold-out drinks per barChange a price or 86 a drink mid-set and every bar and phone has it. | A digital menu builder | Included |
| Stock counts, par levels, reorder suggestions and purchase ordersCount the bar on the iPad and the reorder list builds itself from your par levels. | A bar inventory app | Included |
| Pickup | ||
| Ready wall and QR pickup handoffNo names shouted over the band: the app shows ready, one scan hands it to the right person. | A queue and pickup-alert tool | Included |
| Apple and Google Wallet pickup passesThe pass becomes the pickup QR code when the drink is ready, scanned straight from the lock screen. | A digital wallet pass service | Included |
| A rating after every pickup, per drink and per barYou hear about a slow rail tonight, not in a one-star review next week. | A review and reputation tool | Included |
| Your team | ||
| Tip prompts after pickup (18, 20, 25, 33% or custom), round-up, and the tip pool split on clocked hoursEvery app order asks for a tip, each bartender sees their tips on the iPad, and the pool splits itself at close. | A tip management add-on | Included |
| Staff scheduling and a time clock on the bar iPad: publish the week, shift swaps and drops, overtime flagsThe week is built where the night runs, and every punch feeds the tip pool and the labor numbers. | A staff scheduling and time clock app | Included |
| Manager portal, staff invites and rosterInvite the team by email, sign in by PIN, see the live night from any browser. | Usually part of each separate tool | Included |
| Staff training: practice mode, in-app guides, a live session with usNew bartenders are ready before Friday, not during it. | A hospitality training library, per staff seat | Included |
| Getting live | ||
| iPads shipped set up for your bars, and managed for youTwo iPads a bar, enrolled in our device manager before they arrive. | Buying the iPads yourself, spread over three years | Included |
| Setup done with you: iPads configured, menu built, team invited ProjectionOrdering stays off until every go-live check passes. | Your own staff hours to set it all up | Included |
| Help center with real flow recordings, and support from usEvery screen has a how-to, and a person answers. | Each separate tool's own help desk | Included |
| Insights (add-on, first 30 days free) | ||
| Live speed by bar, busiest hour, top drink by hour, bartender and pickup performanceSee which rail backs up at 11 and who is pouring fastest, while it is happening. | A restaurant analytics platform | Included |
| Lync recommendations: what to change next, from your own numbersA next step on every number, not just a chart. | An AI forecasting tool | Included |
| Customer records: regulars, at-risk and champions, each with a next actionKnow who comes back every weekend and who has not been in since the summer. | A digital loyalty program | Included |
| Time back on the rail | ||
| Order taking and card running leave the rail ProjectionEvery app drink skips the order and the card, about 20 seconds of bartender time each. | Bartender hours spent taking orders and running cards | Included |
| One menu, one login, one bill ProjectionNo keeping prices and sold-out drinks in step across separate apps. | Staff hours keeping separate tools in step | Included |
| What no tool gives you | ||
| More drinks out of the same rail: projected added profit, after pour cost ProjectionConservative to expected case. Source: drinklync.com/math. | No tool sells this | +$9,117 to +$15,333/mo |
One station. Projected +$9,117 to +$15,333/mo in added profit (conservative to expected case) for $898/mo all in: about 10 to 17 times what DrinkLync costs.
Bought separately, the tools and staff time come to $849/mo before a single extra drink. DrinkLync is $898/mo, all in one, and the added profit is what no separate tool gives you. DrinkLync: Core $699/mo plus Insights $199/mo, and Insights is free for your first 30 days. Setup is $500 once; doing it yourself is about $84 of staff time plus the iPads above.
Arenas and multi-venue groups run on Enterprise, from $6,000 a month. Ask us for the stack at your size.
Sources and method (prices checked 2026-10-31, re-checked 2026-11-07)
We used the lowest published price for each category, on yearly billing where the vendor offers it, so nothing here is inflated. A line with no paid tool to compare adds nothing. Anything not live in DrinkLync yet is left out.
- A separate mobile order and pay app: Ordrslip, annual plan: $100 a month per location ($1,200 paid up front; monthly plan is $119 plus $299 setup). Lowest published. pricing page
- No standalone tool does this: No published comparable found; listed as included and adds nothing to the total.
- A kitchen display subscription, per screen: Square KDS app: $20 a month per device on Square Premium ($30 on Plus). Lowest published. The required Square subscription is not added. pricing page
- A digital menu builder: Menubly lists a $0 plan (Pro is $7.99 a month billed yearly). Priced at $0, so it adds nothing. pricing page
- A bar inventory app: Backbar lists a $0 Basic plan for one location (Essential is $79 a month billed yearly, $99 monthly). The page does not say which features Basic includes, so the line is priced at $0 and adds nothing. pricing page
- A queue and pickup-alert tool: Waitlist Me Premium: $27.99 a month billed annually ($34.99 monthly). Lowest published. pricing page
- A digital wallet pass service: PassKit platform fee: $39.50 a month for one team member (pass-volume fees not added). Lowest published. pricing page
- A review and reputation tool: Grade.us Small Business: $99 a month for one location; the page says annual billing saves 20%, so $79.20. Lowest published. pricing page
- A tip management add-on: Homebase Tip Manager add-on: $25 a month per location (pools POS tips and splits them on time-clock hours). Lowest published; 7shifts Tip Management is $49.99 a month per location. Neither prompts the customer for a tip. pricing page
- A staff scheduling and time clock app: Homebase Basic is $0 for up to 10 employees (scheduling and time tracking); Essentials is $30 a month per location, and the page says annual billing saves 20%, so $24. Priced at $0 while the venue's staff seats (3 a station, our assumption) fit the $0 plan. Lowest published. pricing page
- Usually part of each separate tool: No separate published price; listed as included and adds nothing to the total.
- A hospitality training library, per staff seat: Typsy Team: $120 a member a year (about $10 a month). Seats: 3 a station (two bartenders and a gatekeeper, our assumption). pricing page
- Buying the iPads yourself, spread over three years: Apple iPad (Wi-Fi) from $449; 2 a station over 36 months (our assumption). Device management priced at $0: Mosyle Business lists a $0 plan for up to 30 devices. pricing page
- Your own staff hours to set it all up: 6 hours a station (DrinkLync estimate) at $14 an hour, the Nashville bartender wage (BLS OEWS). wage source
- Each separate tool's own help desk: No separate published price; listed as included and adds nothing to the total.
- A restaurant analytics platform: MarginEdge: $350 a month per location. pricing page
- An AI forecasting tool: Lineup.ai Forecasts Only: $79 a month per location; the page says an annual commitment saves 10%, so $71.10. pricing page
- A digital loyalty program: Loopy Loyalty Starter: $250 a year (about $20.83 a month; $25 monthly). Lowest published. pricing page
- Bartender hours spent taking orders and running cards: 20 seconds a drink (time-per-drink model, conservative case) x 100 app drinks a station a busy night x 4 busy nights a week (DrinkLync estimates) at $14 an hour (BLS OEWS Nashville). Valued at the wage only; the extra drinks those seconds pour are in the revenue projection, not here. wage source
- Staff hours keeping separate tools in step: 1 hour a week (DrinkLync estimate) at $14 an hour, 52 weeks over 12 months. wage source
Who it helps
Not another cost for your team. Less work for each of them.
Four people touch every order. Here is what changes for each one, and what it costs them.
Control of the night, while it is happening
- Change a price or 86 a drink mid-service, per bar.
- Every order is stamped with the bartender who made it and the person who handed it over.
- The night's recap waits in your manager dashboard the next morning.
What it costs: $699 a month, flat, and no share of what you sell.
A clear queue instead of a shouting crowd
- Tickets reach your station already paid, in order. No cards to run, no orders to shout over.
- Mark it ready and the customer's app shows it, so nobody hovers at the rail.
- Customers are asked to tip after pickup, and the tip is credited to the bartender who made the drink.
- Sign in on the station iPad with your own PIN.
What it costs them: nothing. No app to buy, no phone of their own.
Fast pickup, no arguments over whose drink it is
- Scan the customer's code and the server checks it against the order before the drink goes over.
- A code that was already used is refused, so one drink cannot be collected twice.
- Every hand-off is logged with the time and who handed it over, so a dispute is settled from the record.
What it costs them: nothing. One iPad at the pickup point.
Skip the line
- Order and pay from your phone, from wherever you are in the venue.
- The app shows when it is ready. Walk up, show your code, collect.
- Tip only once the drink is in your hand, and only if you want to.
The bar's menu price. DrinkLync adds no fee for customers.
Pricing questions, answered short
Does DrinkLync take a cut of each order?
No. Core is $699 a month whether you sell 200 drinks or 20,000, and customers pay the bar's menu price plus their tip — DrinkLync takes none of either. Card processing is separate and is not ours: those payments land in your own Stripe account and Stripe charges you its standard card fees on them, the same as any card you take today. We do not collect it, mark it up or receive any part of it.
Why flat?
Every order platform that takes a cut earns the most on the nights you work the hardest. DrinkLync charges the same on your biggest Saturday as on a quiet Tuesday, so 100% of the volume is yours.
Where does the drink money go, and who pays the card fees?
Straight to your own Stripe account. DrinkLync is software; it never holds your customers' money and it is not the merchant of record. Stripe's card fees on those payments are billed by Stripe to you, at whatever rate your Stripe account is on. DrinkLync neither receives nor sets that.
What is in Core?
Customer ordering with in-app payment and tips, the sequenced queue per station, QR-verified pickup and the ready wall, a live dashboard, live-editable menu with instant 86s, staff and station management, the customer ratings feed, and a nightly recap in your dashboard. One station included.
What does Insights add?
Per-bar, per-bartender, per-drink and per-gatekeeper breakdowns, best-times intelligence, Lync recommendations in your portal, demand forecasting, and marketing campaigns built from your own demand and your customers' drink photos and ratings.
Does Insights start billing right away?
No. Every venue gets the first 30 days free. After that it lapses unless you choose to keep it, and then it is $199 a month. It is never charged automatically.
What does the $500 setup cover?
Your venue built out on the platform, station provisioning for the station Core includes, and staff onboarding. Each extra station has its own one-time setup of $199, charged at sign-up with the $500, or when you add it later. The only thing waived at sign-up is Insights' free first month.
How long is the agreement?
Core and Enterprise are yearly. Events and pop-ups are billed per night, $299 a night with a 2-night minimum and a $500 setup. The number on the card is the whole number.
What counts as a station?
One bar: a bartender iPad where drinks are made and a gatekeeper iPad where they are handed off. Core includes one; each extra station is $299 a month.
Who supplies the iPads?
Either of us. Pair iPads you already own by scanning a QR from your setup screen, or tell us how many stations you run and where to ship, and we send iPads pre-configured and locked to DrinkLync. Either way each station is two iPads paired to your venue, one for the bartender and one for the gatekeeper; the staff app is built for iPad, and managers can use any browser.
Do I keep my POS?
Yes. DrinkLync runs the ordering, queue and pickup layer on the iPads paired to your venue, yours or ones we ship. Your POS keeps doing what it does.
Does it pay for itself at your bar?
Put your nights, bartenders and drink price into the calculator. Our real price beside an estimate built only from your inputs, every assumption on the page, with payback in busy nights.