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POS Beast
Buying guide

How to choose restaurant POS software

Eight questions worth asking any vendor — including us — and the honest answer to each.

7 أيام مجاناً · بلا بطاقة ائتمان · كل الميزات مُفعّلة

The short answer

Choose restaurant software by five things, in this order: whether it files tax in your country automatically, whether the till keeps selling when the internet drops, whether stock comes off a recipe rather than a guess, whether staff permissions go down to the individual button, and whether you own your ordering channel instead of renting it from an aggregator. Everything else — the look of the screen, the length of the feature list — is decided after those five. POS Beast Restaurant Management Software answers all five, in Pakistan and the Gulf, for a flat monthly fee with no commission on any order.

The eight questions

In the order they matter. Ask every one of them of every vendor you are considering — this list is more useful to you than our answers are.

  1. 1

    Does it file tax where I actually trade?

    What to ask: Ask which tax authority it is integrated with by name, and whether the fiscal number prints on the customer receipt. "Tax ready" means nothing.

    Our answer: FBR (IMS) and PRA in Pakistan, ZATCA (Fatoora) in Saudi Arabia, submitted as the sale is rung up, with the returned invoice number printed on the receipt as a verifiable QR code.

  2. 2

    Does the till keep working without internet?

    What to ask: Ask what happens mid-service when the line drops, and how the software knows not to record the same sale twice when it comes back.

    Our answer: Cashiers stay signed in and sales are stored on the till, then uploaded exactly once when the connection returns. A power cut or a dropped line never stops service.

  3. 3

    Does stock come off a recipe?

    What to ask: Ask whether selling one dish deducts its ingredients, or only the dish. Without recipes you can count sales but never a margin.

    Our answer: Every dish is tied to its ingredients with quantities and waste, so a sale deducts flour, chicken and oil at cost and the reports show profit per dish, not just takings.

  4. 4

    How fine are the staff permissions?

    What to ask: Ask to see a role that can take a payment but cannot apply a discount, and check the restriction is enforced on the server rather than by hiding the button.

    Our answer: Permissions go down to the individual button — settle payment, apply discount, void an item, see a cost price — and every one is re-checked on the server.

  5. 5

    Do I own the ordering channel?

    What to ask: Ask what it costs per order. Anything charging a percentage of the bill is an aggregator wearing a software badge, and the cost grows with you.

    Our answer: Your own ordering site, QR table ordering and WhatsApp ordering all run on your own menu and your own address, with no commission on any order at any volume.

  6. 6

    Does it understand how this market actually works?

    What to ask: Ask about the credit book. A regular who pays at the end of the month is normal here and invisible to software written for somewhere else.

    Our answer: The Khata is built in: a bill goes on a named customer's book at the till, the ledger tracks what is owed, and payments come off it with a receipt. Aged debt has its own report.

  7. 7

    Will my staff read it in their own language?

    What to ask: Ask which languages, and whether the layout flips for right-to-left rather than just translating the words into a left-to-right screen.

    Our answer: English, Arabic, Urdu, French, Russian and Spanish, with a true right-to-left layout for Arabic and Urdu. On a multi-branch account each branch picks its own language and currency.

  8. 8

    Can I leave with my data?

    What to ask: Ask for an export before you sign, not after. Software you cannot leave is a decision you only get to make once.

    Our answer: Every one of the reports exports to PDF, Excel and CSV, and the menu, customers and stock export the same way. Nothing is held hostage.

Who this is for — and who it is not

A good fit

  • Restaurants, cafés and cloud kitchens in Pakistan and the Gulf that have to file with FBR, PRA or ZATCA.
  • Anywhere service cannot stop when the internet does — which, in practice, is everywhere.
  • Kitchens that want to know the margin on a dish, not just how many of it sold.
  • Anyone paying a third of every delivery order to an aggregator and wanting their own channel alongside it.
  • Restaurants that keep a credit book, take orders on WhatsApp, or run more than one branch in more than one language.

Look elsewhere if

  • A single mobile food cart that needs nothing more than a receipt — a phone and a notebook will genuinely cost you less.
  • A retail shop, pharmacy or supermarket. This is built around recipes, tables and kitchen tickets; general retail software will fit you better.
  • A restaurant needing a tax integration we do not have. We are integrated with FBR, PRA and ZATCA; if your authority is not one of those, ask us before you buy rather than after.
  • A chain already committed to a bespoke system its own developers maintain — you will fight the integration more than you gain.

Before you sign up

ما هو POS Beast؟

POS Beast هو برنامج متكامل لنقاط البيع وإدارة المطاعم من تصميم Arriverr (Arriverr Software Solutions). وهو يدير المطعم بأكمله من نظام واحد - نقطة البيع حتى، وعرض المطبخ، والمخزون والوصفات، والشراء، والتسليم، والموظفين، والخاتا، WhatsApp والطلب عبر الإنترنت، وأربعة روبوتات، والتقارير، وإقرارات الضرائب FBR، وPRA، وZATCA - للمطاعم في باكستان والخليج.

هل POS Beast من صنع Arriverr؟

نعم. POS Beast هي العلامة التجارية لبرنامج المطاعم Arriverr Software Solutions (Arriverr). تم بيعه سابقًا باسم Arriverr Restaurant Management وArriverr POS - نفس البرنامج ونفس الفريق ونفس الشركة، تحت اسمه الخاص.

كم تكلّف التجربة المجانية؟

لا شيء. تجربة الـ 7 أيام مجانية تماماً ولا تحتاج بطاقة ائتمان — تنشئ حساباً فيفتح النظام فوراً وكل الميزات مُفعّلة.

ماذا يحدث عند انتهاء التجربة المجانية؟

يُقفَل حسابك وتظهر لك صفحة الترقية عند تسجيل الدخول. ولا يُحذف شيء: تُحفَظ قائمتك وطلباتك وإعداداتك لمدة 30 يوماً، فاختيارك لباقة يعيدك تماماً إلى حيث توقفت.

هل أحتاج إلى تثبيت أي شيء؟

لا. النظام يعمل في متصفّح إنترنت عادي، فجهاز الكاشير والجهاز اللوحي على الطاولة وهاتف السائق كلها تستخدم العنوان نفسه. والتنزيل الاختياري الوحيد هو «وكيل الطباعة» الصغير، إن أردت طباعة الإيصالات بصمت وبلمسة واحدة.

هل هو مرتبط بـ FBR وZATCA؟

نعم. تستطيع المطاعم الباكستانية إرسال مبيعاتها إلى بوابة FBR لنقاط البيع، ويُطبع رقم الفاتورة الضريبية على الإيصال كرمز QR يمكن التحقق منه عبر Tax Asaan، وPRA مدعومة لإقليم البنجاب. أما المطاعم السعودية فتستطيع التقديم عبر ZATCA (فاتورة).

Try it against the list

Every feature is switched on for the trial, so you can check each of the eight yourself rather than take our word for it.