Comparison
delEat and Loyverse, side by side.
A free POS for small businesses, with paid add-ons.1 This page sets out where the two differ for a restaurant in the UAE, using only what Loyverse publishes about itself, read on 25 and 26 September 2026. Where its pages say nothing, the table says so.
The short answer
Which one suits which restaurant.
- Choose delEat if
- you want a restaurant’s whole back office in one system: recipe costing and food cost, payroll with a WPS file, VAT by legal entity and TRN, Arabic on the service screens and support from Dubai.
Row by row
delEat and Loyverse, on what a UAE restaurant checks.
The Loyverse column is only what its own pages say; the numbers are the sources at the foot of the page.
| delEat | Loyverse | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A cloud restaurant POS: the till, the kitchen screens, the floor, stock, recipes and the books in one system. | A free POS for small businesses, with paid add-ons.1 |
| Price, as published | AED 149, 429 or 719 per outlet a month (Tab, Shift, Command) on a 2-year term, paid up front; 169, 479 or 799 billed yearly; 199, 579 or 949 billed monthly. Enterprise is quoted. | Core POS free. Add-ons in USD a month per store: sales history 7, employee management 25, advanced inventory 25.2 |
| Priced per | Outlet, with unlimited tills and handhelds on every plan. | Store, per add-on.2 |
| Free trial | 30 days, every module on, no card. | Core free with no card; 14 days on each paid add-on.2 |
| In the UAE | Built and supported in Dubai by The Hungry Inc.; live chat with a person, any hour. | Not published. |
| Arabic in the POS | The till, the kitchen display, the floor, shift and cash-up, reservations, orders and clock-in run right to left; receipts can print their headings in Arabic beside the English. Other screens are English only. | An Arabic website and 30+ languages. Arabic POS screens are not stated.1,7 |
| UAE VAT and TRN | A legal entity and TRN behind every outlet (branches of one company share it); tax invoice or invoice by registration; credit notes on their own series; a threshold watcher. No e-invoicing yet. | General tax reports. Nothing UAE-specific published.6 |
| Trading offline | Yes: new orders and payments with no network, replayed once when the line returns. | Yes, it keeps recording sales offline. Integrated card payments need a connection.1 |
| Kitchen display | Shift plan and up, two screens an outlet. | Yes, free.3 |
| Inventory and recipe costing | Shift plan and up: inventory, recipes and live food costing. | Essential inventory free; purchase orders, transfers and counts in a paid add-on.4 |
| UAE delivery platforms | Talabat, Careem, Deliveroo and Noon Food through UrbanPiper. Coming soon, pending certification with UrbanPiper. | No UAE platforms named. Third-party apps such as Otter.5 |
| Several outlets | Yes; group BI, central recipes and per-outlet pricing on Command. | Yes, free.2 |
| Hardware | None of its own: any browser, on tablets, printers and drawers you may already own. | Phones and tablets you already own.1 |
| Payments | Your own acquirer and rate at the till; online through Stripe, Telr or N-Genius. No cut of your sales. | Through integrated payment providers.1 |
Where delEat is different
The differences that change a shift.
- Built for UAE restaurants
- VAT by legal entity and TRN, Arabic on the service screens and support from Dubai. Loyverse publishes no UAE presence and nothing specific to UAE VAT.
- Recipe costing and food cost
- delEat costs recipes from the ingredient, with live margin, on Shift and up. Loyverse’s free inventory deducts recipe components and does not describe recipe cost reporting.
- A restaurant’s whole back office
- The floor, reservations, shift cash-up, payroll with a WPS file and the VAT records sit in the same system as the till.
Where delEat falls short
What Loyverse has, or delEat does not do yet.
- Loyverse’s core POS, kitchen display and multi-store management are free2,3. delEat starts at AED 149 per outlet a month on a 2-year term.
- Coming soon, and not in delEat today: live sync with Zoho Books and Xero, mall reports by SFTP, card payment at the self-service kiosk, a rider app, e-invoicing and SSO and directory sync.
On pricing
As each one publishes it.
Loyverse: Core POS free. Add-ons in USD a month per store: sales history 7, employee management 25, advanced inventory 25.2
delEat: AED 149, 429 or 719 per outlet a month (Tab, Shift, Command) on a 2-year term, paid up front; 169, 479 or 799 billed yearly; 199, 579 or 949 billed monthly. Enterprise is quoted. Thirty days free without a card. See the pricing page.
Questions
delEat or Loyverse: the questions people ask.
Which is better for a UAE restaurant, delEat or Loyverse?
Choose delEat if you want a restaurant’s whole back office in one system: recipe costing and food cost, payroll with a WPS file, VAT by legal entity and TRN, Arabic on the service screens and support from Dubai. Choose Loyverse if you run a small shop and want a free core POS, with a kitchen display and several stores, on phones and tablets you already own.
How much does delEat cost compared with Loyverse?
delEat: AED 149, 429 or 719 per outlet a month (Tab, Shift, Command) on a 2-year term, paid up front; 169, 479 or 799 billed yearly; 199, 579 or 949 billed monthly. Enterprise is quoted. Loyverse, as published on its own site: Core POS free. Add-ons in USD a month per store: sales history 7, employee management 25, advanced inventory 25.
Can I move from Loyverse to delEat?
delEat has not mapped an import from Loyverse. Your menu comes in from a spreadsheet, a PDF or an export, and we load it; run a month on delEat before you cancel Loyverse. Write to hello@deleat.io to plan it.
Sources
Where every fact about Loyverse comes from.
- Loyverse, home page and FAQ. https://loyverse.com/. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
- Loyverse, pricing page (USD). https://loyverse.com/pricing. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
- Loyverse, kitchen display page. https://loyverse.com/kitchen-display-system. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
- Loyverse, inventory page. https://loyverse.com/advanced-inventory. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
- Loyverse, app marketplace. https://loyverse.com/marketplace. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
- Loyverse, features page. https://loyverse.com/features. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
- Loyverse, Arabic website. https://loyverse.com/ar. Read on 25 and 26 September 2026.
About this comparison. This page is published by delEat and is marketing material, prepared for general comparison only. Everything stated about Loyverse is taken from what Loyverse publishes on its own website, on the pages listed above, read on 25 and 26 September 2026. Everything stated about delEat is what the product does today; what is coming soon or waiting on certification is labelled that way.
Products change. Loyverse may have altered its pricing, packaging or features since those dates and this page may not reflect it, so treat nothing here as a statement of fact about Loyverse’s current product, and nothing here as advice. Check directly with Loyverse before you decide. If you believe anything on this page is inaccurate or out of date, write to hello@deleat.io and we will correct or remove it.
Loyverse and any associated marks are the property of their respective owner. They are used here only to identify the product being compared. No affiliation, sponsorship or endorsement is implied.