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Restaurant Software That Integrates with Square for Restaurants

Square is a popular POS and payments platform for small and growing restaurants. Scheduling, inventory and ordering tools connect to pull sales and employee data.

For this guide we tested and reviewed the platforms hands-on wherever a trial or demo was available, and verified each price against the vendor's own pricing page before publishing.

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Square for Restaurants restaurant software integration
Integration depth across 9 vendors
0
Native
8
Certified
1
Marketplace
Square for Restaurants official site ↗

Square for Restaurants integration facts #

Category
Cloud POS / payments
What it syncs
Sales, employees, timecards, orders
Sync direction
Varies (sales/employees out; orders in)
Setup steps
Install the connector from the Square App Marketplace or the partner's settings
Auth
Square OAuth / app authorization
Plan availability
Open marketplace; some paid add-ons
Data residency
Cloud (Square-hosted)
Limitations
Depth varies by partner

Overview #

Square\'s open app ecosystem makes it an easy target for back-office tools. 7shifts, Deputy and MarketMan pull Square sales for labor and food-cost reporting; Sling syncs employees, positions and locations and sends timecards from Square into Sling; MarginEdge and ChowNow connect for invoices and online orders; and Resy syncs reservation and check data. When I Work connects Square Payroll for pay runs.

Native integrations (0) #

Built-in, first-class. The platform ships with automated data sync and reconciliation, no marketplace install required.

No vendor in our directory ships a native Square for Restaurants integration. Check the certified list below.

Certified integrations (8) #

Vendor is in the Square for Restaurants partner certification program. Tested connector, formal support contract.

7shifts

7shifts

Certified
Restaurant scheduling, time clocking, and labor-cost control that connects to your POS
7shifts pulls Square sales for scheduled-vs-actual labor.
ChowNow

ChowNow

Certified
Commission-free online ordering and marketing for independent restaurants
ChowNow online orders flow into the connected Square POS.
MarketMan

MarketMan

Certified
Restaurant inventory, purchasing, and food-cost control that feeds your POS and accounting
MarketMan pulls Square sales for food-cost reporting.
Deputy

Deputy

Certified
Cloud staff scheduling and time-and-attendance for restaurants — not a POS
Deputy syncs Square sales and hours.
MarginEdge

MarginEdge

Certified
Flat-priced restaurant back office: invoice-to-food-cost, inventory, and daily P&L on top of your POS
MarginEdge connects Square for invoice/sales data.
Sling

Sling

Certified
Employee scheduling and labor-cost tracking for shift-based restaurants, now Sling by Toast
Sling syncs employees/positions/locations and sends Square timecards into Sling.
Resy

Resy

Certified
Reservations, table management and guest CRM with a booking network, backed by American Express
Resy syncs reservation and check data with Square.
When I Work

When I Work

Certified
Employee scheduling, time clock, and team messaging for shift-based restaurant teams
When I Work connects Square Payroll.

Marketplace integrations (1) #

Available as an app listing or webhooks-level connector. Functional, but depth varies — confirm which data syncs (sales, menu items, labor), sync direction and supported record types before signing.

Lavu

Lavu

Marketplace
iPad restaurant POS with in-house Lavu Pay processing and direct online ordering
Lavu's Marty AI reads Square data for insights — compatibility claim, not a two-way integration.

How Square for Restaurants integration works #

Square for Restaurants connects to restaurant platforms through one of three technical patterns: (1) native data feed built into the platform; (2) certified partner-marketplace connector installed by admins; or (3) webhook/API integration built via the vendor's REST API and file/data exchange.

The choice of pattern determines the depth of data sync, reconciliation and record mapping available. Native feeds ship in weeks; marketplace connectors deploy in days; API builds require engineering.

Common setup steps
  1. Verify vendor integration depth (native / certified / marketplace)
  2. Install connector from the vendor's integration directory or marketplace
  3. Complete OAuth 2.0 handshake or API key exchange
  4. Map menu items, sales and staff records to the platform schema
  5. Configure reconciliation and sync frequency for each data feed
  6. Test the sync with 5-10 real transactions
  7. Roll out to production in a phased pilot

Top 4 use cases for Square for Restaurants + restaurant software #

  • ✓ Compare Square sales to scheduled labor cost
  • ✓ Sync employees and send Square timecards into a scheduling tool
  • ✓ Feed Square sales into inventory for food-cost tracking
  • ✓ Run payroll off Square worked hours

Limitations to verify before signing #

Square\'s open marketplace means breadth, but depth varies by partner — confirm whether a connector is two-way or a one-way sales pull. Lavu\'s Marty AI only reads Square data for insights, which is not a certified integration.

Frequently asked questions #

From vendor research: 7shifts, Deputy, MarketMan, Sling, MarginEdge, ChowNow, Resy and When I Work (Square Payroll).

Yes — Sling sends timecards from Square into Sling timesheets.

How we score depth. Native means the integration is built into the platform out of the box, with automated data sync. Certified means the vendor is in the Square for Restaurants partner certification program. Marketplace means an app/marketplace listing or webhooks-level connector. Sources: vendor integration directories, partner-marketplace catalogs and vendor product documentation as of June 2026. If a depth score looks wrong, tell us and we will verify.
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