Which POS and billing software should a restaurant or cafe use?
Petpooja for most Indian restaurants and cafes, Zoho POS for a small cafe starting free, Restroworks for chains. Petpooja lists its base plan at ₹12,000 plus tax, covering cloud billing, inventory, menus, 90+ reports, unlimited terminals and aggregator integrations, while its Operations plans (₹20,000 and ₹30,000 plus tax) add a captain app, kitchen display and Zomato and Swiggy reconciliation; Zoho POS for restaurants is free for businesses billing up to ₹12 lakh a year, then from ₹499 per location a month billed yearly, with kitchen order tickets, offline billing and GST compliance; Restroworks is built for multi-unit and franchise chains, with central kitchen, recipe management and 500+ integrations, priced after a demo. Before choosing, test KOT printing, how aggregator orders arrive, GST invoices and stock deduction by recipe. The rule: one outlet, start on a free or base plan; several outlets, pick the system with central menu and recipe control.
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Petpooja's restaurant POS plans: a base plan at ₹12,000 plus tax with cloud billing, inventory, menu management, 90+ reports and aggregator integrations, and Operations and Marketing add-on plans priced separately.
Zoho's restaurant POS: free forever for businesses billing up to ₹12 lakh a year, then Essentials ₹499 per location a month billed yearly, with KOTs, counter and offline billing, inventory and GST compliance.
Restroworks' restaurant platform for multi-unit and franchise chains: central menu, recipe and inventory control, central kitchen, online ordering and 500+ integrations, sold after a demo.
A side-by-side listing of three Indian restaurant POS systems with user ratings, review counts and listed plan prices, useful as a second view next to the makers' own pages.
