How It Works

Three stages. Fully automated.

Stage 01 — Data Collection

Your POS and HCM, connected.

Ferry connects to your point-of-sale and HR systems and pulls in tip data, transaction records, employee shifts, and job codes in real time. Your team works. Ferry collects everything automatically.

→ POS: tip data, transactions, payments
→ HCM / Time & Attendance: employees, shifts, job codes
→ No manual exports. No re-keying data.

Stage 01 — Tip Logic Filter

Your rules, applied every shift.

Tip and shift data flows through Ferry's calculation engine in real time. You set the rules once – tip pool percentages by role, shift definitions, job code mappings, compliance guardrails. Ferry applies them every shift, without being asked.

→ Tip pool rates by role and job code
→ AM vs PM, weekday vs weekend shift rules
→ Minimum dis

Stage 03 — Calculation & Reporting

Every figure, to the cent.

Ferry generates a complete tip calculation report for every shift – per employee, per job code, with the pool rate applied. Every figure is documented and audit-ready. From here, Ferry Pay handles distribution.

→ Per-employee tip amount, calculated to the cent
→ Job code, pool rate, and shift on every line
→ Downloadable, audit-ready records

OPTIONAL ADD ON

Distribution is handled by Ferry Pay.

Once Ferry Tip Manager has the numbers, Ferry Pay distributes them – instantly to a Pay Card, via bank transfer, or through payroll. Same platform, natural next step.

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What's Included

Everything tip management needs.
Nothing it doesn't.

POS & HCM integration

Ferry connects to Toast, Square, Micros, Aloha, Clover, and your HCM. Tip data, shift data, and job codes flow in automatically – no manual exports, no double entry.

Custom pooling rules

Set tip pool percentages by role, shift type, time of day, or location. AM vs PM rules. Weekday vs weekend. Server vs support staff. Ferry applies them without manual intervention

Fully automated

No manager intervention at shift end. Tips are calculated and reported automatically. Your managers close the floor – Ferry handles the numbers.

Reporting per shift, per employee

Every tip calculation is documented. Who earned what, which pool rate applied, which job code. Audit-ready records without anyone having to build a spreadsheet.

Built-in compliance

Tip pooling laws vary by state and change regularly. Ferry tracks multi-state compliance and keeps the rules current. Minimum distribution thresholds, tipped credit rules, and guardrails are built in and kept current.

Live in days

Ferry delivers payroll-ready files with tip calculations included, so procurement is simpler. No HRIS integration required to get started. Most operators are live within a week of signing.

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Tip share app

Give your team control over their own tip-outs.

Tip Share App is a Ferry Tip Manager add-on that lets tip-earning employees review and adjust their tip allocations directly within the POS – within the guardrails you set. Servers can recognise the busser who saved them on a Saturday night, or the food runner who never let a plate sit. Managers approve. Ferry calculates.The only product of its kind. Patented. Currently available in PosiTouch and CBS North Star, with more POS integrations on the roadmap.

Employee-controlled tip distribution within the POS

Configurable guardrails and approval workflows

Patented technology – no other platform offers this

Talk to sales about adding Tip Share App to your setup

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★★★★★

"Ferry has transformed how we handle tip distribution across all of our locations. What used to take hours now happens automatically — and our team trusts the numbers."

Jake Guild

SVP & CAO, BJ's Restaurants

200+

Locations

66%

Cost savings

Who It's For

Built for growing operators.
Battle tested at 200+

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Full-service restaurants

Servers, bartenders, bussers, hosts – Ferry handles multi-role pools with different rates and rules across every shift.

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Fine Dining

Fine dining is often a single-restaurant operation. Ferry handles single-location point pools with the same calculation engine and compliance tracking – just with less to configure on day one.

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Multi Brand Restaurant Groups

Tip distribution by location. Payout timing by region. Compliance status by state. Outliers flagged automatically. Drill down by region, by brand, by store, or by shift. Audit-ready records on demand.

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Hotels & Hospitality

Whether it's F&B, spa, or events, Ferry handles tipped staff across departments with the same automated calculation and compliance engine.

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Every tip.
Every role.
Every shift.
Done.

Three stages. Fully automated.