Pricing
Published prices with no activation fee or contract.
One price per reader covers the full vending management system. The Rain Pay cashless reader comes with its cellular connection included, and card processing is built in.
A full VMS and the cashless reader. Cellular included.
You are not buying a card reader with a dashboard attached, or software that still needs a reader. Each machine gets all four of these.
A full vending management system
Machine fronts, planograms, per-slot inventory, restocking, DEX, three-way reconciliation, reports, and exports. All of it is in Core.
The Rain Pay cashless reader
Tap, chip, and swipe on the machine’s MDB port. One reader per machine, bought once, and it reports straight into Dryline.
Cellular connectivity included
A SIM ships with every reader and its cellular connection is included. It works at sites with no network of their own, with no data plan to buy.
Card processing built in
5.95% per card sale. There is no separate gateway or processor to sign up for.
No activation fee. No contract. No machine minimum.
Core runs the fleet and Pro optimizes it.
Core
Everything to run the fleetDrylineVMS Core
The full vending management system for each machine.
- Visual machine fronts
- Scan-to-fill planograms
- Per-slot inventory and restock
- One product catalog
- DEX ingestion and audit
- Live three-way reconciliation
- Reports and exports
- Cashless with Rain Pay
- Alerts and a daily digest
- Pick list
- Location commissions
- Expiry dates
- Sales tax by location
Pro
All-in replacement for CoreDrylineVMS Pro
The supply-chain layer for a growing fleet.
- Everything in Core
- AI Planogram Assist
- AI Tax Assist
- Exception workflow
- Route planner
- Central warehouse and prekitting
- Forecasting and par levels
- Cross-location benchmarking
- API and webhooks
Add QuickBooks Online sync to Core or Pro for $29 per account per month. What it does
One reader per machine.
The Rain Pay reader (a Dejavoo QD3) is a one-time purchase per machine. It feeds every card vend and DEX read into Dryline.
Rain Pay reader
- Tap, chip, and swipe
- MDB cashless: connects to the machine’s MDB port
- Cellular connectivity included with the SIM in the box
- Rain Pay processing at 5.95% per card sale
- DrylineVMS Core added at checkout, $14.95 per reader per month
Buying for a fleet? Contact us for bulk pricing.
Tell us how many machines you run and we will put a quote together for the readers and the plan.
How Dryline compares
The reader, the cellular, and the whole VMS. One company.
Operators usually weigh us against three kinds of vendor. Here is what each one sells side by side.
Swipe sideways to see Vendor A, B, and C.
| Compared on | Dryline VMS A full VMS with the Rain Pay reader | Vendor A A card reader company that also sells management software | Vendor B A card reader and telemetry platform sold in tiers | Vendor C Management software with no card reader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you buy | A full VMS, the Rain Pay card reader and its cellular connection, from one company | A card reader with management software | A card reader with software sold in tiers | Software only. The card reader and card processing come from another company |
| How it is priced | Published, per reader, on this page | Published for the reader and the base software. Its enterprise management system is by quote | Entry tiers are published. The top tier is by quote | Published |
| Fees and terms | No activation fee, contract or machine minimum | An activation fee per device, and terms that usually run one to three years | A one-year commitment on a purchased reader and three years on a rented one. The top tier is for large fleets | A monthly base fee plus a fee per machine |
| DEX and reconciliation | DEX audit and three-way reconciliation in Core | DEX audit included | DEX verification is in a higher tier | Depends on the reader and telemetry you add |
| Routes, warehouse and forecasting | In Pro with AI Planogram Assist at a published price for any fleet size | Pick lists and pre-kitting in the base software. Routing, warehouse and forecasting are in the enterprise system and priced by quote | Pre-kitting and a daily route in the middle tier. Scheduling, warehouse and forecasting in the top tier and priced by quote | Route planning and pick lists in the base plan. More warehouses, alerts and BI in higher plans |
What you gain over Vendor A
A card reader company that also sells management software
- No activation fee and no contract
- A 30-day return on the reader
- Routes, a warehouse and forecasting at a published price
What you gain over Vendor B
A card reader and telemetry platform sold in tiers
- DEX and reconciliation in the base plan instead of a higher tier
- Routes, a warehouse and forecasting at a published price
- No term commitment and no fleet minimum
What you gain over Vendor C
Management software with no card reader
- The card reader, its cellular connection and card processing are part of it
- One company to call for the reader, the payments and the software
- Card vends, DEX reads and restocks are reconciled in one place
Vendor A, B, and C stand for kinds of company, not one named business. Their columns are based on publicly available information as of October 2026. Plans change, so ask any vendor, us included, for a written quote.
Pricing questions
- What does the price include?
- DrylineVMS Core is the full vending management system for that machine: machine fronts, planograms, per-slot inventory, DEX, three-way reconciliation, reports, and exports. The Rain Pay cashless reader comes with a SIM and its cellular connectivity included, and card processing is built in.
- Is cellular connectivity extra?
- No. Every Rain Pay reader ships with a SIM and its cellular connection is included, so there is no data plan to buy and no site Wi-Fi to arrange. The reader can also use Wi-Fi where you have it.
- Do you offer bulk pricing?
- Yes. If you are buying for a fleet, contact us with the number of machines you run and we will quote it. Email sales@drylinevms.com or call 844-723-9732.
- How is the monthly price counted?
- Per reader. Each Rain Pay reader you buy comes with one license, and each license is billed every month until you cancel it, whether or not the reader is installed yet.
- How do I buy Pro?
- Pro is an in-app upgrade for Core customers: it switches the whole organization to Pro at $19.95 per reader per month, prorated for the rest of the current cycle. It replaces Core, so there is one price per reader, not two. If you are not a customer yet, book a demo and we will start you on the right tier.
- What does card processing cost?
- Rain Pay processing is 5.95% per card sale. It comes with the solution, with no processor to shop for and no separate gateway fee.
- Is there a contract or an activation fee?
- No contract and no activation fee. Plans are month to month and billed per reader. The reader is a one-time purchase.
- Do I need new machines?
- No, provided your machines support MDB cashless, which most modern machines do. The Rain Pay reader connects over the MDB bus alongside the existing coin and bill acceptors. There is no retrofit for a machine that cannot take MDB cashless.
- Can I run more than one location?
- Yes. Core includes per-venue and fleet-wide reporting and reconciliation across all your locations. Pro adds cross-location benchmarking, routes across venues, and a central warehouse.
Get a quote for your machines
Tell us how many machines you run and we will walk you through the numbers, including processing and bulk pricing for a fleet.