CardFree Loyalty
CardFree Loyalty is a configurable platform for restaurants building branded rewards programs and encouraging repeat visits.
What CardFree Loyalty is
CardFree Loyalty is a configurable platform for restaurants building branded rewards programs and encouraging repeat visits. Restaurants can add enrollment to web and app ordering, kiosks, tableside service, point-of-sale systems, and receipt scans. Programs may use one or several membership tiers, reward catalogs, and banked points. Customers can earn through purchases, milestones, referrals, challenges, gift-card activity, and other rules, then redeem points for dollar or percentage discounts on an order or specific menu items.
A merchant portal provides audience segmentation, offer creation, campaign analytics, and email, SMS, push, or geolocation-triggered campaigns. Campaigns may run immediately, on a schedule, or after events such as birthdays, transactions, or inactivity. Customers can manage personal gift cards and send digital ones by SMS or email. CardFree lists integrations across ordering, kiosks, tableside service, POS, and receipt scans. The service is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Pricing is on request; businesses can contact CardFree or book a demo.
Good
- Enrollment spans web, apps, kiosks, tableside, POS, and receipts.
- Programs can include multiple tiers and banked points.
- Campaigns support email, SMS, push, and geolocation triggers.
- Customers can send digital gift cards by SMS or email.
Watch out
- Pricing is available only on request.
- Security protections do not guarantee absolute security.
Who it suits
It suits restaurants that want to run loyalty programs online and in-store, from simple rewards to more complex membership structures. It may also suit teams looking to connect rewards with campaigns and gift cards.
Verdict
CardFree Loyalty combines restaurant rewards, campaign tools, gift cards, and integrations across online and in-person channels. Businesses need to contact CardFree for pricing and a demo.
Plans and prices
From CardFree Loyalty's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| CardFree Loyalty | Priced on request | Pay only for the functionality you need; contact CardFree for a demo |
The facts
Each one read from CardFree Loyalty's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Campaign scheduling
- Campaigns can be sent immediately, scheduled, or triggered by events such as birthdays, completed transactions, and inactivity.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Data handled
- For the Clover POS version, the privacy policy says CardFree may use phone numbers to identify loyalty members, present offers and discounts, and assign transaction points.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Earning rules
- Customers can earn through milestones, transactions, item purchases, points multipliers, gift-card purchases or reloads, challenges, randomized offers, and referrals.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Enrollment channels
- Loyalty enrollment can be added to web, app, kiosk, tableside, POS, and post-transaction receipt-scan experiences.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Gift cards
- Customers can manage personal gift cards and send digital gift cards to contacts by SMS or email.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The loyalty page lists integration across web and app ordering, kiosks, Pay@Table, tableside EMV or mobile POS, POS single scan or phone number, and receipt scans.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Intended customers
- CardFree presents the platform for restaurants and describes deployments for both simple and complex loyalty programs, online and in-store.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Marketing tools
- The merchant portal supports audience segmentation, offer creation, campaign analytics, and email, SMS, push, and geolocation-triggered campaigns.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Program structures
- Programs can include single-tier or multi-tier rewards, membership tiers, reward catalogs, and banked points.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- CardFree Loyalty is a configurable restaurant loyalty platform designed to support customer engagement, repeat visits, and branded rewards programs.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Redemption
- Loyalty points can be redeemed as dollar or percentage discounts on order totals or specific menu items.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Security and privacy
- CardFree says independent third-party experts confirmed its adherence to high industry standards and describes security protections for personal data; it does not guarantee absolute security.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- CardFree describes its loyalty service as including white-glove service and directs businesses to book a demo or contact the company.checked 3 Oct 2026
- Third-party integrations
- CardFree says its integrations include POS systems, payment processors, loyalty programs, gift cards, and other systems, and invites businesses to ask about integrations not listed.checked 3 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2012checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Sausalito, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
