Last Updated on September 25, 2026 by Craig Allen Keefner
Self Ordering Kiosk AI Assist
Self Ordering KIosk Clover AI
Update September 2026 — updated post — Ordering Kiosk Square Integration
Restaurant kiosk economics are increasingly about more than the screen, the hardware, or even the POS integration.
Operators need to separate three cost categories:
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Recurring software and per-device fees
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Card-processing fees
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Any additional per-order, transaction, or percentage-of-sale platform charges
Nanonation is positioning its Orderpoint self-ordering kiosk platform around that distinction. The company says its Square-integrated offering does not take an additional percentage of kiosk sales
Orderpoint is designed to synchronize Square menu items, prices, modifiers, and availability with the kiosk, while supporting Square KDS screens and printers. Nanonation also promotes AI-based suggestive selling, presenting recommendations based on the guest’s current order. The company claims this can increase revenue by 28% versus traditional counter ordering; that figure should be understood as a vendor claim.
The larger lesson for restaurant operators: do not evaluate self-ordering kiosks only by hardware price.
Compare the full operating model, including:
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Kiosk and software subscription costs
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Payment-processing costs
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Integration and implementation requirements
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Device management and support
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Menu synchronization and kitchen workflow
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Whether the platform adds a variable fee to every transaction
Nanonation says Orderpoint can support self-ordering kiosks, digital menu boards, and drive-thru applications, and is offering a 60-day free trial.
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Historical Entry from April 2024 — Interested in AI for your self ordering kiosk? Then the new Clover POS kiosk by Nanonation (and Samsung) is a must read. Included is AI Tools Setup Guide pdf. These AI Enhancements will transform your ordering kiosk experience, from crafting enticing menu descriptions to attracting more users and providing the right upsell suggestions to every customer. Suggestive Selling on kiosks leads to an average increase in ticket size of 20.3%, and our new Smart Suggestive Selling feature makes prompting for suggestions as easy as one click!
Here’s a summary of the key points:
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Suggestive Selling: The AI enhancements for ordering kiosks can lead to an average increase in ticket size of 20.3% by providing upsell suggestions to customers
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Smart Suggestive Selling: This feature simplifies sales analysis, A/B testing, and product configuration into a single click, optimizing the value of each order.
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Engaging Content: Attract more traffic to your kiosk with content that automatically creates a visually attractive loop from your existing menu images.
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Menu Descriptions: Generate appealing descriptions for menu items using AI, which can influence customers to order more or higher-priced items.
More Clover POS AI Assist Resources
Excerpt:
POS Clover Order Kiosk ROI
POS Clover case study on customer order kiosks’ positive impact on a relatively small retail shop. Most of us like to think in terms of 14,000 kiosks at Mcdonald’s and relegate small businesses to the footnotes. It’s a challenge aggregating tens of thousands of SMBs literally and dealing with an overall number literally 3X the number of Mcdonald’s. This is a small bubble tea shop in Kansas City and they have been killing it with 100-200+ orders a day through their kiosks. A great example of how kiosks can help a business save costs as well as how readily customers adopt the technology these days. More orders and faster orders with fewer people. One of the restaurant’s main points is shortening the decision process customers go through when ordering (and not tying up employees to wait on them while they do).
