toda.cash vs Square

Square takes a cut of every sale.

Square skims roughly 2.6% off every payment you take, forever. With toda, customers pay you on the apps they already use - Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle - so the money lands straight in your own account with no processor taking a cut.

No card reader · No cut on direct payments, ever · Pay by link or QR from any phone

Your customers pay withVenmoCash AppPayPalZelle

toda vs Square

Square is a full point-of-sale system that charges about 2.6% on every sale and is built around hardware. toda is built for getting paid without any of that - a link or QR that takes Venmo, Cash App, PayPal and Zelle from any phone. Those payments go straight to your own accounts and never run through a card processor, so there’s no per-sale cut on them.

The Square tax

What Square takes from every sale

Drag your monthly sales to see roughly what a card processor like Square skims at ~2.6%.

Monthly sales$3,000
Square's cut / month
$78
Square's cut / year
$936

On toda, the payments your customers send you directly - Venmo, Cash App, Zelle - don't run through a card processor, so there's no per-sale cut on them.

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Estimate based on Square's standard ~2.6% rate. What you actually save depends on how your customers choose to pay.

toda vs Square, side by side

todaSquare
Cut taken from every saleNone, ever~2.6% per sale
Free to start, no monthly feeYesYes
No card reader or hardware neededYesReader for tap/chip
Venmo, Cash App, PayPal & Zelle as one-tap buttonsBuilt inLimited
Get paid by a shareable link or QRYesPOS-first
Your logo in your QRYes - on ProNo
No app or account needed to pay youYesYes
Asks for a Google review after every paymentYes - on ProNo
Best forTips & link paymentsIn-person retail / POS

Comparison reflects each provider’s publicly listed features as of 2026. Plans and pricing change - check Square for their current details.

Switching is easy

Live in two minutes.

1 · Create your free page in 2 minutes
Claim toda.cash/your-name and add your Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle and social links.
2 · Move your link over
Swap the link in your bio, on your QR sticker, or anywhere you shared the old one. Same idea - built to get you paid.
3 · Get paid directly
People pay you with the apps they already have - no app for them, no platform cut on direct payments.

What you get

Real merchants’ stickers.

Every toda merchant can print one. Scan either sticker and you land on that merchant's live payment page.

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Pricing

Start free. Grow when ready.

Free
$0
forever free

Get paid, keep 100%.

  • Your page + printable QR sticker
  • Venmo, Cash App, PayPal & Zelle, straight to you
  • All your social links in one place
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Pro
$5.99
per month · or $39.99/yr

Get paid, then get the review.

Everything in Free, plus:

  • More Google reviews - asked the moment they pay
  • Apple Pay & cards on your page, toda takes 0%
  • Your brand - your logo in the QR, your colors

Plus quick-tip buttons, priority support, and first access to new features.

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Questions? Answered.

Do I need any hardware like Square’s reader?
No. toda is just a link and a QR code - no reader, no terminal, no dock. Your customer pays from their own phone with the app they already have.
Is toda cheaper than Square?
toda is free to start, and direct payments (Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle) carry no platform cut, ever. Pro ($5.99/mo) is optional and adds branding and review links.
When should I use Square instead?
If you run a retail counter with a register, inventory and staff, Square’s POS hardware may fit better. If your goal is simply getting paid - tips, services, on the go - toda is faster and free.
How do customers pay me?
They tap your link or scan your QR and pay with Venmo, Cash App, PayPal or Zelle. No app to download.
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Sign up in minutes - free forever as your payment page. Add branding & review links anytime with Pro. No hardware. No contracts. Cancel anytime.

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