Why a web-based KDS beats dedicated hardware

Dedicated kitchen display hardware made sense when browsers could not keep a live connection open all day. That stopped being true years ago. Today a tablet with a browser tab is a kitchen display, and it costs nothing extra.

What you give up with proprietary hardware

• Per-device fees on top of your POS subscription.
• Replacement lead times when a unit dies on a Friday night.
• Screens that only work with one POS forever.

What a web-based KDS needs to get right

Reliability under bad Wi-Fi, instant reconnection, and never losing a ticket. ExpoKDS keeps every ticket on the server, reloads the board on reconnect, and falls back to polling when the live connection drops, so the tablet is just a window onto the kitchen's state.