Tip Calculations Done in Seconds, Not Hours
AnchOps automates tip pooling, tip outs, and distribution—with full transparency for your team. Connect your POS and let the math handle itself.
Tip Math Shouldn't Be This Hard
Every night, the same routine. Export your sales report. Open the spreadsheet. Remember who worked which position. Figure out who gets what percentage. Calculate the pool. Deduct CC fees. Track down who forgot to declare their cash tips.
And then someone asks why their number is $3 less than yesterday, and you're back in the spreadsheet trying to explain it.
It's tedious. It's error-prone. And it eats up 30+ minutes of your day that you'll never get back.
Your tip distribution model might be straightforward, or it might be complicated. Either way, you shouldn't need a finance degree to figure out who gets paid.
One System for All Your Tip Rules
Whether you do tip pooling, tip outs, or some combination of both—AnchOps handles it. (Not sure which is right for you? Read our guide on tip outs vs. tip pooling.) Set up your rules once, connect your POS, and tips are calculated automatically every single day.
No more spreadsheets. No more manual math. No more "I think you owe me another $5" conversations at the end of the night.
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Everything You Need to Handle Tips Right
Tip Pooling with Role-Based Weighting
Pool tips across your team based on hours worked (pulled directly from your schedule). Weight roles differently so the distribution reflects the work.
Maybe your servers are weighted at 100% and your bussers at 50%. Maybe everyone's equal. Whatever your setup, you configure it once and AnchOps applies it automatically, every day.
Fair. Consistent. No favoritism. No math errors. (Want to understand the math behind it? See how to calculate tip pooling.)
Tip Outs That Actually Make Sense
Some restaurants don't pool—they tip out. Servers give a percentage of their tips to support roles like bussers, food runners, or hosts.
AnchOps handles this cleanly. You define the rules: Server tips out 3% to bussers, 2% to hosts. The system calculates it automatically based on the tips each server actually received.
Tip outs go to the role, not a specific person. If three bussers worked that shift, they split the tip out based on their hours. It's fair, it's trackable, and it's automatic.
Hybrid Models? No Problem
Real restaurants don't always fit neat categories. Maybe your servers tip out to support staff, but your bar pools separately. Maybe drivers keep their direct tips while everyone else shares a pool.
That's exactly how we run Pizza Harbour—and that's exactly what AnchOps was built to handle.
Set up whatever combination of pooling and tip outs reflects how you actually operate. The system handles the complexity so you don't have to.
Cash Tips Tracked and Included
Cash tips are part of the equation—but only if you capture them. AnchOps makes it easy.
Employees enter their cash tips directly in the mobile app, specifying what's a direct tip and what should go into the pool. If someone in a tipped position finishes their shift without entering their cash tips, managers get notified.
No more chasing people down. No more "I forgot." Everything flows into the same calculation.
Full Transparency for Your Team
Tip disputes usually come from one place: employees can't see how the numbers were calculated. They don't trust what they can't verify.
AnchOps fixes that. Every employee can see exactly how their tips were calculated:
- Order-by-order detail for their direct tips
- How much they tipped out (and to whom)
- CC fee deductions
- Their share of the tip pool
It's all there, in the app, anytime they want to look. When employees can see the math, they trust the math.
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A Real Process for Disputes
Sometimes someone still thinks something's off. That's fine—AnchOps gives them a way to flag it.
Employees can dispute a day's tips right in the app. Managers see the dispute in their dashboard, review the details, and resolve it. There's a clear process instead of a parking lot argument after close.
Most of the time, showing them the breakdown is all it takes.
Clear process. No drama.
Connects to Your POS—Tips Flow Automatically
AnchOps integrates with Toast POS to pull in orders, payments, and tips automatically. No exporting. No copying and pasting. Just connect once and let the data flow.
We also integrate with First Delivery for restaurants doing in-house and third-party delivery. When a delivery goes through DoorDash or Uber Eats, those tips are backed out automatically—so you don't accidentally include them in the pool and double-pay your drivers.
Don't use Toast? You can still use AnchOps with manual entry. We're building out more flexibility for restaurants on other POS systems. The same integration also powers labor cost management—so your whole operation runs on the same data.
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Up and Running in Minutes
Connect Toast (or plan to enter data manually)
Link your Toast account and your orders, payments, and tips sync automatically.
Set Your Rules
Configure your tip pools, tip outs, role weightings, and CC fee handling. Do it once—it applies every day.
Tips Calculate Automatically
As soon as the data's in, tips are calculated. No spreadsheets. No formulas. No manual work.
Employees See Their Breakdown
Your team checks their tips in the app. Full transparency, no questions asked.
What Used to Take 30 Minutes Now Takes 30 Seconds
| Before AnchOps | With AnchOps |
|---|---|
| Export sales report from POS | Automatic |
| Build spreadsheet with formulas | Rules configured once |
| Calculate each person's share by hand | Done instantly |
| Chase down cash tip declarations | Employees prompted in app |
| Answer questions about the math | They see it themselves |
Built by a Restaurant Owner Who Hated Tip Math
"At Pizza Harbour, we run a hybrid model—drivers keep their direct tips, and everyone else shares a pool based on weighted hours. Calculating that by hand every night was a nightmare. I'd spend 30 minutes on it, and still get questions the next day.
I built AnchOps to make it automatic. Now tip calculations take seconds, employees can see exactly how their tips were calculated, and I've got that 30 minutes back every single night."
Tony
Founder of AnchOps & Owner of Pizza Harbour
Frequently Asked Questions
What tip distribution models does AnchOps support?
Tip pooling with role-based weighting (by hours worked), tip outs (percentage-based from servers/bartenders to support roles), or a hybrid of both. You can configure whatever matches how you actually operate.
How do employees see their tips?
In the mobile app. They get a full breakdown: direct tips by order, tip outs, CC fee deductions, and their share of the pool. Everything's transparent.
Does AnchOps handle cash tips?
Yes. Employees enter cash tips in the app—both direct tips and tips that should go into the pool. Managers get notified if someone in a tipped position hasn't entered theirs.
What if an employee thinks their tips are wrong?
They can flag a dispute in the app. Managers see it in their dashboard and can review the details and resolve it. Clear process, no drama.
Do I need Toast POS to use tip calculations?
Toast makes it automatic—orders, payments, and tips all sync. But you can also enter tip data manually if you're on a different POS or prefer to do it that way.
How much does AnchOps cost?
$59.99 per month, per location. Free 15-day trial, no credit card required.
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