Truffle Cloud POS
Self-Checkout vs. Kiosk - What Is the Difference?
Overview
Self-checkout is usually a checkout workflow for products already selected. A self-ordering kiosk is usually an ordering interface for browsing, customization, payment, and production routing.
Key benefits and capabilities
Self-checkout emphasizes product recognition, scanning or lookup, basket review, payment, and exception controls. A self-ordering kiosk emphasizes menu clarity, modifiers, kitchen routing, and order status.
Packaged retail goods commonly fit self-checkout. Made-to-order food commonly fits kiosks. Some operations use both, connected to shared menus, reporting, and payment processes.