SofraPOS Lite
Free forever, next to a pay-once program
Lite costs nothing, needs no card and never expires. A one-time program still wins some things — here is where, honestly, and what you get instead.
What Lite includes
- One device and one user
- Unlimited orders — no daily cap
- Cash, InstaPay, wallet and Fawry reference payments
- Printed receipts and a cash drawer
- Your daily sales totals
- Keeps taking orders when the internet drops
Not in Lite: a second device or user, the kitchen display, loyalty points, AI employees, ETA e-receipts, a bank card terminal and more branches. Each one says what it costs when you reach it — no nagging before.
Side by side
| Side by side | Pay-once program | SofraPOS Lite | SofraPOS paid plans |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you pay | One payment, then it is yours | Nothing, forever | From 250 EGP a month |
| Monthly fee | None — its clear advantage | None | Yes, monthly or annual |
| Works with no account | Yes — install and sell | Needs a free sign-up and one sign-in online | Needs an account |
| Tills | Usually one licence per machine | One device | 3 on Basic, 10 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise |
| No internet | Works — it never used it | Keeps selling, syncs when back | Several tills keep working together through the store server |
| Reports on your phone | At the shop's computer | Daily totals, from anywhere | Full reporting across branches |
| ETA e-receipts | Rarely, or as a paid add-on | Not included | Included on Pro and Enterprise |
| Bank card terminal | Rarely integrated | Not included | Pro and Enterprise: amount sent to the terminal |
| Fingerprint attendance | A separate device and program | Not included | Pro and Enterprise: linked to shifts |
| AI employees | No | Not included | Included on Pro and Enterprise |
| More than one branch | A copy per branch, no shared view | One branch | Pro and Enterprise: one owner view across branches |
| Updates and support | Often paid for separately | Updates included; help centre and email | Updates and support from a person in Arabic |
| Moving your menu across | You retype it | Free migration from your old system | Free migration from your old system |
Business by business
Versus a pay-once cashier program
A one-time program wins on price, and we say so. Here is what a subscription buys instead, for your kind of business.
Restaurant
- Where a one-time program wins
- You pay once and own it — enough for a till that only prints the bill.
- What SofraPOS adds
- Tables and a floor plan, a real-time kitchen display, every tender recorded, and orders that keep going when the internet drops.
Cafe
- Where a one-time program wins
- Pay once — simple sales for a counter that does not reward its regulars.
- What SofraPOS adds
- Points your regulars earn and spend, open tabs under a name from any till, and Arabic-first screens.
Fast food
- Where a one-time program wins
- Pay once — quick enough for one till and a paper ticket.
- What SofraPOS adds
- Meal combos sold slot by slot, a kitchen display, and a pickup-number board for the queue.
Bakery
- Where a one-time program wins
- Pay once — enough if you only sell over the counter today.
- What SofraPOS adds
- Pre-orders with a deposit that reach the kitchen on time, a morning bake list, selling by weight, and waste logged at close.
Mini-market / grocery
- Where a one-time program wins
- Pay once — and a dedicated retail program may already have departments, shelf labels and supplier catalogues. We do not yet.
- What SofraPOS adds
- Barcode scanning, selling by weight, fast Quick Sale checkout, and cash sales that keep going offline.
Food truck
- Where a one-time program wins
- Pay once — fine on a laptop that never leaves the counter.
- What SofraPOS adds
- Runs on your tablet or laptop, keeps selling for cash with no signal, and prints over Bluetooth or USB.
In every row: updates included, support from a person in Arabic, multi-location, and roles with audit logs.
Try Lite on the device you already have
No card, no expiry date. Upgrade only when you hit a wall you want to get past.