45 rows against the ten systems Saudi merchants actually shortlist — including the rows we do not win.
Wameed’s own verdicts come from a review of the codebase, not a brochure. The competitor marks are best-effort from their published documentation as of August 2026; they may have changed since, and where a vendor does not publish something the cell says so rather than guessing.
IncludedIncludedPartialPartialNot availableNot availableNot published by the vendorNot published by the vendor
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Wameed compared with other point-of-sale systems
Capability
Wameed
Foodics
NCR
Oracle
Rewaa
Marn
Revel
Geidea
Odoo
Sapaad
Hala
Selling & the till
Offline modeFull selling, ZATCA signing and printing — even in the browser
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Industry vertical modesRestaurant, pharmacy, jewellery, electronics, florist, bakery
Included
Not available
Partial
Partial
Partial
Partial
Not available
Partial
Included
Not available
Not available
Cashier languages beyond AR/ENUrdu, Bengali and Pashto
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Not available
Not available
Drive-thru
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Not available
Mobile POSNative Landi C20 Pro, SoftPOS tap-to-phone, and Zebra / Honeywell PDAs
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Included
Split checkBy item, equally or by custom amount, plus split tender
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Not available
Not available
Web cashierWorks offline inside the browser
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Not available
Self-service kioskOn the store’s own hardware, reading the same catalogue as the till
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
Customer display screenNative dual-screen, a web display and digital signage
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Not available
Restaurant & kitchen
Offline kitchenTickets print from the device itself, plus a LAN mode for the display
Included
Not available
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Reservations & waitlistBoth, with guest notification and a no-show timeout
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Not available
Not available
Table managementA floor plan, zones and timers
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Kitchen managementKDS, station routing and course firing
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Payments & finance
Buy-now-pay-later at checkoutTabby, Tamara, MisPay and Madfu
Included
Not published by the vendor
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not published by the vendor
Not available
Not available
Not published by the vendor
Tap-to-phone SoftPOSEdfaPay NFC
Included
Not published by the vendor
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not published by the vendor
Not available
Included
Not available
Not available
Included
Accounting & payrollA native ledger with auto-posting, payroll with GOSI and WPS, plus Qoyod, QuickBooks and Xero export
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Not available
Not available
ZATCA Phase 2 e-invoicingNative on-device signing, working offline for 24 hours
Included
Included
Not published by the vendor
Not published by the vendor
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Included
Payment solution (KSA)EdfaPay: SoftPOS live, online planned — and it settles into your own account
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Digital receiptsWhatsApp, SMS and email
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Customers & marketing
AI assistant for merchantsForecasting, invoice OCR intake, smart reorder and chat
Included
Not published by the vendor
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Partial
Not available
Not available
Business intelligenceForecasting, anomaly detection, pricing and shrinkage
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Not available
Timed eventsHappy hour and scheduled menus
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Coupons
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Gift cards
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Customer module
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
PromotionsBOGO, bundles, auto-evaluated
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
LoyaltyTiers, badges and challenges
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Marketing moduleAudiences, approved WhatsApp templates, opt-in consent, scheduling, recurrence, automations and attributed return — but no visual builder for branching journeys
Online orderingA storefront on your own domain, DNS-verified, with trading hours enforced on orders
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Not available
Basic marketplaceThrough the Thawani marketplace
Partial
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
App marketplace & public APIScoped keys, signed webhooks, OpenAPI docs, and developer registration, review and owner-consented install
Included
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Included
Not available
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Extensive marketplaceThe programme runs and developers can register — but the catalogue today is five first-party apps, not a wide third-party ecosystem
Partial
Included
Included
Included
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Not available
Core
Cloud POS
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Dashboards
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Reporting
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Menu & product management
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Included
Unvarnished
Wherewedonotwinyet
These are the same rows from the table above, gathered in one place and explained. If one of them is decisive for you, it is better learned now.
Marketing module
Audiences, approved WhatsApp templates, opt-in consent, scheduling, recurrence, automations and attributed return — but no visual builder for branching journeys
Basic marketplace
Through the Thawani marketplace
Extensive marketplace
The programme runs and developers can register — but the catalogue today is five first-party apps, not a wide third-party ecosystem
We publish this list because a merchant who discovers a gap during implementation loses far more than one who read it before signing — and so do we.
And where we lead
Therowsthatarehardtomatch
Not the longest list — the one that matters when your shop is in Riyadh, the connection is unreliable, and an inspector is due.
Offline mode
Full selling, ZATCA signing and printing — even in the browser
Eleven point-of-sale systems sold in the Kingdom, compared on the rows that decide the purchase: offline behaviour, ZATCA Phase 2, hardware lock-in, real monthly cost and the features each one is missing.
Foodics is the default answer in Saudi hospitality, and for good reason. Here is where Wameed is genuinely better, where Foodics is genuinely better, and the four things you should test before you sign either contract.
Rewaa is a retail-first Saudi platform with a strong inventory story and a hardware bundle. Wameed covers retail and hospitality with full offline signing. Here is the comparison, including where Rewaa is the safer choice.
Compareitonyourownnumbers
Tell us what you run today and what annoys you about it, and we will answer straight — including when another system suits you better.