Ferry Tip Manager

Every tip.
Every role.
Every shift.
Done.

Manual tip-out is slow, error-prone, and a compliance risk waiting to happen. Ferry Tip Manager is tip distribution software that connects to your POS and HCM, applies your pooling rules, and produces a complete, accurate tip calculation for every employee – automatically, at shift end.

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Restaurant worker at the counter beside the prep line, where Ferry Tip Manager calculates tips from POS data.

States of compliance coverage

66%

Reduction in cash-
carrying costs

Same day

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THE PROBLEM

Manual tip management breaks at scale.

At one location, it's just about manageable. As you scale, it becomes a liability – legal risk, calculation errors, manager overtime, cash handling, and staff who don't trust the process. Ferry fixes all of it.

Hours lost
every shift

Tip-out takes 45–90 minutes at shift end. Multiply that across locations, and you're paying managers to do the math that software should be doing.

Compliance exposure

Tip pooling laws differ by state and change regularly. A miscalculated distribution across multiple locations isn't just a headache – it's a legal risk.

Errors and disputes

Manual calculations are wrong more often than anyone admits. A mistake at close creates staff disputes that managers have to resolve on their day off.

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.

Connected sources: POS, HCM, and time and attendance syncing tip data, shifts, and job codes into Ferry in real time.

Stage 02 — 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 distribution thresholds

Tip Logic Filter rules: tip pool split by role, manager exclusion, shift rules, and role weighting.

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

Tip calculation report — per-employee tips with job code, pool, and method, audit-ready.

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 same day

Ferry delivers payroll-ready files with tip calculations included, so procurement is simpler. No HRIS integration required to get started. Customers who are ready can be up and running the same day.

Restaurant staff member reviewing her tip share on a tablet at the pass.

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 recognize 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

Tip Share App on a POS tablet — a server allocates extra tip-out to support staff within house guardrails, pending manager approval.

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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 scale.

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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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