Toast Introduces New Customer Promotion: Buy 1 Get 2 Free Handheld POS with Enhanced All-in-One Functionality
What happened
Between the Jan 4, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024 captures of Toast's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: New Customer Promotion introduced: Buy 1 Get 2 Free Handheld POS (displayed as promotional banner); Handheld POS product renamed from 'Toast Go 2' to 'All-in-one Handheld POS' with updated marketing copy emphasizing its all-in-one functionality. Pulse files it as a pricing change (discount added, add-on change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jul 3, 2026) lists Starter at CAD 120 and Essentials at CAD 220.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Toast. Toast has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Lightspeed and Squarespace also changed their Business Operations pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · DiscountAddedNo Customer PromotionCustomer Promotion
- — · Add-onRewordedToast Go 2All-in-one Handheld POS
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Discount | No Customer Promotion | Customer Promotion | Added |
| — | Add-on | Toast Go 2 | All-in-one Handheld POS | Reworded |
Values as written on Toast's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Toast's pricing page (toasttab.com) from Jan 4, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Customer Promotion now appears.
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Toast, pricing history
Full history- Apr 27, 2026packagingToast rebrands handheld POS as Toast Go 3 with next-gen positioning
- Q3 2024packagingToast Introduces New Customer Promotion: Buy 1 Get 2 Free Handheld POS with Enhanced All-in-One Functionality · this change
Across Business Operations in the same window
All Business Operations changes- LightspeedJan 20Lightspeed Introduces SSO Feature to Plus Plan for Enhanced Security and Streamlined Access
- SquarespaceJan 12Squarespace Increases Commerce Advanced Plan Price by 6.1% Amidst Multiple Discount Changes
- SquarespaceJan 12Squarespace Implements Major 90% Price Hike on Advanced Plan, Discontinues Commerce Plans
- SquarespaceJan 12Squarespace Introduces Free Invoicing Feature Across All Plans, Enhancing Client Payment Experience
- LightspeedJan 12Lightspeed Launches Limited-Time Summer Promotion: Enjoy Up to 20% Off POS Software & Hardware
Questions about this change
Did Toast raise prices in October 2024?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 4, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024. The change Pulse detected was a pricing change: discount added, add-on change.
What changed on Toast's pricing page between Jan 4, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024?
Discount: No Customer Promotion → Customer Promotion, added; add-on: Toast Go 2 → All-in-one Handheld POS, reworded. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 4, 2024 and Oct 1, 2024; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Toast change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Toast in the 90 days before this one; Toast has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
