TipJar
TipJar is web software for restaurant tip pooling and payroll workflows.
What TipJar is
TipJar is web software for restaurant tip pooling and payroll workflows. It synchronizes point-of-sale data, applies rules for sharing tips, and produces payroll-ready exports. Pools can be divided by role, shift, or sales category, then allocated using hours, sales, or points. The system reconciles refunds and adjustments, keeping ticket-linked audit trails and change history. Payroll tools import timecards, calculate regular and overtime hours, handle tipped and non-tipped wages, and provide file exports. Employees receive personal logins for shift tip share-outs, tips, hours, base pay, total pay, and pay-period history; the employee portal has no extra charge. Listed POS integrations are Toast, Winston POS, Focus POS, Clover, and Square, with Square using OAuth. TipJar serves independent and small-scale restaurants in Florida, Oregon, South Carolina, and North Carolina. Plans are month-to-month: $35/mo, $55/mo, or $70/mo by employee count.
Good
- Rules by role, shift, or sales category
- Payroll-ready file exports
- Ticket-linked audit trail
- Employee portal included
- Month-to-month plans
Watch out
- No free plan
- Currently serves only four states
- Payroll, legal, and financial advice are excluded
- Customers must review outputs and follow wage laws
Who it suits
It is aimed at independent and small-scale restaurants in the four listed states. It suits operators needing tip rules, POS reconciliation, and payroll exports.
Verdict
TipJar brings tip allocation, POS reconciliation, employee visibility, and payroll exports into one web service. Its regional availability and customer responsibility for compliance are important limits.
Plans and prices
From TipJar's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Small | $35 a month | 1–20 employees · All features included · $35/mo; month-to-month |
| Medium | $55 a month | 21–50 employees · All features included · $55/mo; month-to-month |
| Large | $70 a month | 51–80 employees · All features included · $70/mo; month-to-month |
The facts
Each one read from TipJar's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Employee portal
- Each employee can use a personal login to view shift tip share-outs, tips received, hours, base pay, total pay, and pay-period history; the portal is included at no extra cost.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Integration access
- TipJar describes its POS integrations as secure and read-only.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Payment security
- TipJar says Stripe handles subscription billing and that TipJar does not store raw credit card numbers or banking credentials.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Payroll features
- TipJar pulls timecards, calculates regular and overtime hours, handles tipped and non-tipped wages, and offers payroll exports.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Payroll responsibility
- The terms say TipJar provides calculation and data-integration tools, not payroll, legal, or financial advice, and customers are responsible for reviewing outputs and complying with wage and tip laws.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Pool rules
- Tip pools can split tips by role, shift, or sales category, with distribution based on hours, sales, or points.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- TipJar says it does not sell personal information and uses administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect it.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Reconciliation
- TipJar accounts for refunds and adjustments, reconciles POS data, and provides a ticket-linked audit trail and change history.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Regional availability
- The company says it currently serves four states: Florida, Oregon, South Carolina, and North Carolina.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- TipJar offers a 20-minute walkthrough and says typical replies arrive within one business day.checked 5 Oct 2026
- What it does
- TipJar automates restaurant tip pooling and payroll workflows by syncing POS data, applying tip-sharing rules, and exporting payroll-ready reports.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- TipJar says it is built for independent and small-scale restaurants and currently serves restaurants in Florida, Oregon, South Carolina, and North Carolina.checked 5 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- POS integrations
- The listed POS integrations are Toast, Winston POS, Focus POS, Clover, and Square; Square connection uses OAuth.checked 5 Oct 2026
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