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Take the order and the payment in the same conversation.

Pulse lets restaurants collect by text-to-pay for pickup and catering, over the phone for call-in orders, and on a branded portal — so payment happens right in the conversation, and staff never read a card number aloud.

The challenge

What’s slowing collection down.

Phone orders mean staff keying card numbers — slow, error-prone, and in PCI scope.

Catering deposits and invoices get chased manually.

No-shows and unpaid pickup orders eat into thin margins.

How Pulse helps

Built for restaurants, on one secure platform.

Text-to-pay for pickup

Text a secure link when the order is ready; customers pay before arrival, so pickup is fast and prepaid.

Phone-order payments

Take call-in order payments by keypad — staff never key or hear the card number.

Catering deposits & invoices

Send deposit links and invoices for catering, and set recurring house accounts for regulars.

AI phone answering

An AI voice agent can answer, capture the order, and collect payment on the call during a rush.

Branded pay portal

A self-service page for house accounts and repeat catering clients, under your brand.

No card at the counter

PCI DSS Level 1 and tokenized — card data never lands in your POS notes or on paper.

See pay-by-phone & text-to-pay, the payments product, or the PCI DSS Level 1 security model.

FAQ

Restaurants payments, answered.

How can a restaurant take payment by text?

When an order is ready or a catering invoice is due, Pulse texts the customer a secure link. They tap and pay on a tokenized page with no app, so pickup orders arrive prepaid and catering gets collected faster.

Can we take call-in order payments securely?

Yes. Customers enter card details by keypad straight into the gateway, so staff never key or hear the card number — keeping card data off your counter and out of PCI scope.

Can an AI answer the phone and take payment during a rush?

Yes. An AI voice agent can answer calls, capture order details, and collect payment on the line, so no order is missed when the line is busy.

Does it handle catering deposits and house accounts?

Yes. Send deposit links and invoices for catering and set up recurring house accounts for repeat clients on the same platform.

Is card data secure?

Payments run on PCI DSS Level 1 rails with tokenized vaulting, so raw card numbers never touch your staff, POS notes, or systems.

Get started

See it on your restaurants workflow.

Book a walkthrough and we’ll show text, phone, and portal payments on your setup.