# The best point-of-sale system for restaurants and cafés in Saudi Arabia > **In short:** The right point-of-sale system for a Saudi restaurant should keep running when the internet drops, print an invoice compliant with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority, deduct ingredients from inventory instantly, and calculate the cost of each dish. The prominent options are Foodics for restaurant specialization, and Snad for anyone who wants the cashier, the accounts and inventory in one system. - **URL:** https://www.snad.io/en/best/pos-restaurants-saudi - **Publisher:** Snad (snad.io) — a party to this comparison - **Competitor figures verified:** 2026-08-01, from the vendors' own official pages The cashier in a restaurant is not only a payment device — it is where sales, inventory and cost meet. The wrong choice means you know your sales but not your profitability. This guide sets out the operational criteria that matter in the food sector specifically, then the available options at their published prices. ## What to ask about before you subscribe ### Working without internet An internet outage at peak hour must not stop the cashier. Make sure the system keeps issuing orders locally and syncs them when the connection returns — and is not merely a “read-only mode”. ### Deducting ingredients from inventory The difference between a system that deducts “a meal” and one that deducts its ingredients (bread, meat, cheese) is the difference between knowing your sales and knowing your costs. Ask about recipe support and compound units of measure. ### A compliant invoice from the cashier The invoice printed at the point of sale must carry the QR code and the data required by the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority — rather than being issued later from a separate system. ### Tables, delivery and branches If you have a dining room, you need table management and bill splitting. If you work with delivery apps, integrating with them saves a great deal of manual entry. And if you have more than one branch, check for consolidated reporting. ## The options available in the Saudi market | System | What it does well | Published pricing | Scope | Source | |---|---|---|---|---| | Snad | A single Saudi platform covering accounting, e-invoicing, sales, purchasing, inventory, point of sale, HR, bookings and asset management — every app is available on every plan. | Starts at SAR 0 (the permanent Starter plan), then SAR 99/month, with a 30-day trial and no card | Plans differ by usage limits (number of users and simultaneously active apps), e-invoicing integration and the watermark — not by which apps you get. | https://www.snad.io/pricing | | Foodics | The deepest specialization in restaurants and cafés: table, kitchen and delivery management, and a company licensed by the Saudi Central Bank for payment services. | The Starter bundle for the quick-service category is about SAR 423/month (foodics.com/pricing) | Aimed at the food sector specifically; the pricing page lists “Accounting and HR” within the Basic bundle. | foodics.com/pricing — accessed 1 August 2026 | | Rewaa | Specialized in retail: cashier, inventory and accounting, with retail item reporting more specific than general-purpose systems offer. | Intilaqa 275, Numuw 367, Tamayyuz 708 SAR/month, paid annually and excluding tax (rewaa.com/pricing) | Payment is annual and up front, with no monthly payment option announced. HR is not listed among its products. | rewaa.com/pricing — accessed 1 August 2026 | | Daftra | A widely adopted Arabic system serving several Arab markets, covering accounting, invoicing, point of sale, HR and fixed-asset management with three depreciation methods. | Basic SAR 95/month, Advanced 155, Comprehensive 225 (daftra.com/plans) | Phase Two e-invoicing starts from the Advanced plan; Basic covers Phase One. The Basic plan is capped at 100 invoices/month and one user. | daftra.com/plans — accessed 1 August 2026 | | Qoyod | An established Saudi accounting system whose plans set no maximum on invoices, journal entries, products, customers or suppliers. | Could not be documented from the vendor's page — not published | Point of sale and payroll are paid add-ons on top of the plan: point of sale at SAR 50 per user per month or SAR 600 per year, tax not included. | Qoyod help center — accessed 1 August 2026 | ## Why we recommend Snad - The cashier works without internet and syncs automatically when the connection returns - A sale deducts from inventory and creates the accounting entry instantly — no integration between two systems - Point of sale is included on every plan with no per-user fees - An invoice compliant with the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority prints straight from the cashier ## Frequently asked questions ### Does the point-of-sale system work without internet? In Snad, yes — the cashier keeps issuing orders and invoices when the internet drops and syncs everything automatically when the connection returns. This is a question to put to any vendor before subscribing, because the answers differ. ### What is the difference between a restaurant-specific point-of-sale system and a general one? A specialized system offers table, kitchen and recipe management and deeper delivery integrations. An integrated general system offers the cashier inside a suite that also covers accounting, inventory and payroll. The choice depends on whether food is your only activity or one of several. ### Do I need special hardware? Cloud systems usually run on a tablet or an ordinary computer with a thermal printer and a barcode scanner. Expensive closed cashier hardware is not needed in most cases. ### How do I calculate the cost of a dish? You need a system that supports recipes: you define the ingredients of each item and their quantities, and the system calculates the cost of the dish from actual purchase prices and shows the profit margin per item — the most important report in a restaurant. --- ## About the publisher **Snad (سند)** — a private Saudi software company based in Riyadh, founded 2025. Legal form: Sole proprietorship. Commercial registration: 7038154642 VAT number: 310959226500003 Only official domain: snad.io > Snad is a private commercial business-management platform. It is not a > government body, not a bank, and not a government services portal, and it > is not affiliated with any government entity. Any site or app with a > similar name is unrelated to Snad.