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Taplo
What Taplo is
Taplo is a freemium platform for selling, marketing, and running businesses in food and beverage, gear and service, regulated retail, events, and hospitality. Sales tools include in-person checkout, QR and online ordering, a branded storefront, and an AI website builder. Operations cover inventory, loyalty, gift cards, employee time tracking, tips, roles, reporting, and work orders. Taplo says the service works offline, including food-truck checkout, and runs in a browser on iPhone, iPad, or Android devices without proprietary hardware. Paid plans add SMS and MMS campaigns, text and email automations, loyalty, and customer contacts. Integrations include Fastbound, Google Pay, Google Analytics, QuickBooks, Facebook Pixel, and Apple Pay. Free costs nothing forever but charges payment processing fees and excludes text marketing. Plus costs 39.20 USD monthly per location, Pro 119.20 USD, and Multi-Location 249.00 USD.
Who it suits
Taplo suits businesses selling in person or online that also need inventory, marketing, ordering, and customer tools. Its browser-based, offline-ready approach fits operators using existing phones or tablets.
What it does well
- Supports offline checkout
- Runs on existing iPhone, iPad, or Android devices
- No proprietary hardware required
- Combines sales, operations, and marketing tools
- Free plan has no monthly fee
What to know first
- Free plan charges payment processing fees
- Text marketing requires a paid plan
- Paid plans charge per location
- Free plan excludes text marketing
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo, forever; pay only when you take a payment · 2.6% + 15¢ in person · 3.5% + 30¢ online · No text marketing | Free |
| Plus | $39.2/mo per location · 500 text credits/mo · 1 sender number · Extra texts 2¢ each · 2.5% + 15¢ in person · 3.25% + 30¢ online | $39.20 a month |
| Pro | $119.2/mo per location · 2,500 text credits/mo · 1 number included, add more for $20 · Extra texts 1¢ each · 2.4% + 15¢ in person · 3.15% + 30¢ online | $119.20 a month |
| Multi-Location | $249/mo · Talk to sales · Centralized menus · Brand-wide reporting · Pooled text credits · Corporate controls · Custom processing available | $249 a month |
As usetaplo.com lists them, read 12 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Taplo combines checkout, ordering, operations, and marketing for several business sectors, with browser access and offline support. Review processing rates, text-credit allowances, and per-location pricing to match your setup.
Facts from Taplo's own pages
- Audience
- Taplo says it is built for food and beverage, gear and service, regulated retail, events, and hospitality businesses. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- Taplo's privacy policy says it follows applicable U.S. privacy laws and, where applicable, EU/UK GDPR. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · usetaplo.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Hardware
- The site says Taplo requires no proprietary hardware. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The integrations page lists Fastbound, Google Pay, Google Analytics, QuickBooks, Facebook Pixel, and Apple Pay. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Limits
- The Free plan has no monthly fee but charges payment processing fees, and texting is available on paid plans with included monthly credits. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Marketing
- Paid plans include SMS and MMS campaigns, text automations, email automations, loyalty, and customer contact tools. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Offline use
- The site says Taplo works offline and describes food-truck checkout as offline-ready. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Operations
- Taplo lists inventory, loyalty, gift cards, employee time tracking, tips, roles, reporting, and work orders among its tools. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Payment data
- Taplo says Payroc handles card payments and Taplo does not store full card numbers on its systems. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Product
- Taplo describes itself as an all-in-one platform for selling, marketing, and running a business. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Request channels
- sms · usetaplo.com, 22 Sept 2026
- AI response assistance
- Yes · usetaplo.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Review sources
- Google; in-store reviews · usetaplo.com, 22 Sept 2026
- Sales
- The platform includes in-person checkout, QR and online ordering, a branded storefront, and an AI website builder. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- Taplo says it uses safeguards including TLS encryption in transit, access controls, and logging. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Story
- Taplo's Our Story page says its team spent four years listening to business owners before building the platform. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Pro plan includes 24/7 priority human support. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
- Supported devices
- Taplo says it runs in a browser on iPhone, iPad, or Android devices customers already own. · usetaplo.com, 12 Oct 2026
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