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Three ways to serve. One more choice.

Most restaurants will keep more than one. The counter is still the counter. A kiosk is still the right tool when you want a dedicated station. ScanaCube™ is the overhead prompt into a page you already have. The display starts at $1,095. Five to nine cubes are $995 each. Ten or more are $895 each. Installation is not included. Power is a standard 110V plug or a hardwired connection.

What a cube can do that a kiosk cannot

Stay in the seat

A kiosk is a place the guest has to walk to and stand at. The cube is overhead. The guest scans from the table.

Serve more than one guest at once

A kiosk has one screen. The next guest waits. A cube does not take a turn. Each guest uses their own phone, including from different sides of the room.

Use no floor

A kiosk stands on the floor or the counter. The cube hangs from the ceiling. The seats underneath stay seats.

Open on their phone

The page opens on the phone the guest already carries. Their account, their wallet, and their text size come with them. A shared kiosk screen is not their phone.

A kiosk can still do what the cube cannot. It can take the order and the payment on the station itself, and it can serve a guest who has no phone. ScanaCube™ does neither.

What $1,095 buys

One cube. Not the ceiling work, not shipping to a site that still has to be reviewed, and not an ordering app. The per-cube price steps down at 5 and at 10. A quote groups installation by location.

1–4 cubes

$1,095

Each, before installation. Four cubes, $4,380.

5–9 cubes

$995

Each, before installation. Eight cubes, $7,960.

10 or more

$895

Each, before installation. Ten cubes, $8,950.

The lower price applies to every cube in that order, not only the cubes past the break. Installation is still extra.

Against a kiosk

A floor kiosk takes a standing station, its own software, and often a payment device. The cube does not. Hardware prices below are what those companies published, or a 2026 guide range. They move. Check the vendor before you budget.

Path	Published hardware	After the hardware
ScanaCube™	$1,095, then $995, then $895	1–4 cubes are $1,095 each. 5–9 are $995 each. 10 or more are $895 each. Installation is not included. Power is a standard 110V plug or a hardwired connection.
Otter self-order kiosk	$1,000, $3,000, or $5,500 to buy	Software listed at $99 per device per month. Rent is also listed, from $100 to $289 a month.
Square Kiosk	$149 for the hardware	A compatible iPad is extra. The kiosk app is $50 per device per month on Square Plus, or $30 on Square Premium, on top of the location plan.
Floor unit, typical guide	About $2,000 to $6,000	Installation, payment hardware, and a per-device software fee are usually separate. A second unit repeats them.

Otter’s buy prices and $99 device fee are from its kiosk pricing, checked August 2026. Square’s $149 hardware and per-device app fee are from Square’s own pages, as gathered by Maple in September 2026. The $2,000 to $6,000 floor range is from a July 2026 industry guide, not from one catalog. A tablet kiosk can cost less hardware than a cube. It still stands on the floor and usually adds a monthly device fee. Four cubes start at $4,380 before installation. Four kiosks at a $3,000 published buy price start at $12,000 before software and installation. That arithmetic is not a quote.

Ordering experience

Counter: A person takes the order at the counter or the table.
Kiosk: The guest orders on a dedicated self-service station.
ScanaCube™: The guest scans and opens the page you configured — a menu, an ordering page, or a promotion.

Physical footprint

Counter: The line and the counter. Front-of-house floor space.
Kiosk: A floor-standing unit. Often more than one.
ScanaCube™: Overhead. A 45.7 cm (18-inch) face on a canopy and pipe, with a drop up to 83.7 cm (33 inches). No floor unit.

Customer interaction

Counter: Face to face with staff.
Kiosk: Standing at the station.
ScanaCube™: From a seat or nearby, on the phone the guest already has.

Hardware required

Counter: The counter and the POS you already run.
Kiosk: Kiosk hardware, usually with its own software and often a payment device.
ScanaCube™: The display. The guest’s phone. No payment terminal on the cube.

Employee involvement

Counter: Staff are the ordering interface.
Kiosk: Less staff time at the moment of order. Staff still prepare and hand off the food.
ScanaCube™: Staff are not taking that scan as an order. The cube does not take the order either. Any change in workload has to be measured. It is not promised here.

Digital flexibility

Counter: Boards, print, and what staff are told. Changes follow your current process.
Kiosk: Whatever that kiosk software allows you to change.
ScanaCube™: The printed code stays. The page it opens can be pointed somewhere else without reprinting the face.

Integration

Counter: Your POS, directly.
Kiosk: Usually that vendor’s software and your POS.
ScanaCube™: A web destination you choose. If that page is your online ordering system, the guest is in that system. ScanaCube™ is not your POS, and it is not claimed to work with every POS.

Investment and ongoing cost

Counter: Labor, training, and the counter. Wages continue either way.
Kiosk: Hardware is a spread. A tablet kiosk can start near $150 before the tablet, a stand, and a monthly app fee. A freestanding self-order kiosk is often published from about $1,000 to $5,500 to buy, and many floor units are discussed around $2,000 to $6,000 before installation and software. Each extra station repeats that. Planning ranges from vendor pages and 2026 guides, not a bid.
ScanaCube™: Starts at $1,095 per cube for 1–4. An order of 5–9 is $995 each. Ten or more are $895 each. That price is the display. Installation is not included and is quoted per site. Power is a standard 110V plug or a hardwired connection.

If that path is down

Counter: Staff still take the order, if they are on the line.
Kiosk: That station is out. It can still occupy the floor while guests move to the counter or another unit.
ScanaCube™: An extra path, not the only one. If the cube is dark, the counter and any kiosk you kept are still there.

What you pay again

Counter: Wages. They do not stop because a screen was added.
Kiosk: Software is often a monthly fee per device, commonly discussed from about $30 to $300. Some published plans are $50, $60, or $99 per device. A second kiosk is a second fee.
ScanaCube™: The $1,095 start does not include an ordering subscription. The guest opens the page you already run. Any fee on that page stays with that provider.

Consideration	Counter	Kiosk	ScanaCube™
Ordering experience	A person takes the order at the counter or the table.	The guest orders on a dedicated self-service station.	The guest scans and opens the page you configured — a menu, an ordering page, or a promotion.
Physical footprint	The line and the counter. Front-of-house floor space.	A floor-standing unit. Often more than one.	Overhead. A 45.7 cm (18-inch) face on a canopy and pipe, with a drop up to 83.7 cm (33 inches). No floor unit.
Customer interaction	Face to face with staff.	Standing at the station.	From a seat or nearby, on the phone the guest already has.
Hardware required	The counter and the POS you already run.	Kiosk hardware, usually with its own software and often a payment device.	The display. The guest’s phone. No payment terminal on the cube.
Employee involvement	Staff are the ordering interface.	Less staff time at the moment of order. Staff still prepare and hand off the food.	Staff are not taking that scan as an order. The cube does not take the order either. Any change in workload has to be measured. It is not promised here.
Digital flexibility	Boards, print, and what staff are told. Changes follow your current process.	Whatever that kiosk software allows you to change.	The printed code stays. The page it opens can be pointed somewhere else without reprinting the face.
Integration	Your POS, directly.	Usually that vendor’s software and your POS.	A web destination you choose. If that page is your online ordering system, the guest is in that system. ScanaCube™ is not your POS, and it is not claimed to work with every POS.
Investment and ongoing cost	Labor, training, and the counter. Wages continue either way.	Hardware is a spread. A tablet kiosk can start near $150 before the tablet, a stand, and a monthly app fee. A freestanding self-order kiosk is often published from about $1,000 to $5,500 to buy, and many floor units are discussed around $2,000 to $6,000 before installation and software. Each extra station repeats that. Planning ranges from vendor pages and 2026 guides, not a bid.	Starts at $1,095 per cube for 1–4. An order of 5–9 is $995 each. Ten or more are $895 each. That price is the display. Installation is not included and is quoted per site. Power is a standard 110V plug or a hardwired connection.
If that path is down	Staff still take the order, if they are on the line.	That station is out. It can still occupy the floor while guests move to the counter or another unit.	An extra path, not the only one. If the cube is dark, the counter and any kiosk you kept are still there.
What you pay again	Wages. They do not stop because a screen was added.	Software is often a monthly fee per device, commonly discussed from about $30 to $300. Some published plans are $50, $60, or $99 per device. A second kiosk is a second fee.	The $1,095 start does not include an ordering subscription. The guest opens the page you already run. Any fee on that page stays with that provider.

The ScanaCube™ column is shaded so it is easy to follow. Shading is not a score. Hardware, installation, and ongoing software are separate costs. Kiosk figures are published prices and 2026 planning ranges — estimates, not a quote, not a survey, and not a savings guarantee. ScanaCube™ is $1,095 each for 1–4 cubes, $995 each for 5–9, and $895 each for 10 or more. Installation is not included. Power is a standard 110V plug or a hardwired connection. A scan is not a purchase.