A Foodics alternative for restaurants: the real difference
According to its official site, Foodics is a POS and restaurant management system sold as subscription bundles. CashHub is a Saudi POS system for restaurants, cafés and shops, where you pay per invoice instead of a fixed subscription. The main difference is not how the screen looks. It is how you pay and how wide the product is.
If you are looking for a Foodics alternative for restaurants, three things usually matter: what you pay in a quiet month, how long you are committed, and whether you need every product around the register or just the register, the tables and the kitchen.
What Foodics offers, per its official site
We read their public pages on 26 October 2026 and their KSA pricing page on 6 November 2026. This is what they say about themselves:
- They describe Foodics as a POS and restaurant management system for food and beverage businesses of all types.
- They list products around it: Foodics Black for full-service restaurants, Pay at Table, Self Ordering, a Waiter App, a kitchen display screen and a customer display screen, and Foodics Accounting.
- Pricing is three bundles (Starter, Basic and Advanced) with a daily, monthly or annual price. The figures are in the table below.
- Under the daily price they write: "Per branch, covered by your daily sales. No upfront payments. Hardware Included." That line is shown with the daily price only.
- Table management, inventory management and gift cards start from the Basic bundle per their page, so compare the features with the figure.
- The figures are in riyals as shown on their page, and the page does not say whether they include VAT.
- They follow up with a price quote based on the hardware and software you need, and a Foodics specialist reaches out within 24 hours to schedule a demo, per their page.
| Bundle as their page names it | Daily | Monthly | Yearly |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter Bundle | SAR 12.00 a day | SAR 248 a month | SAR 2,736 a year (SAR 228 a month billed annually) |
| Basic Bundle | SAR 19.00 a day | SAR 450 a month | SAR 4,968 a year (SAR 414 a month billed annually) |
| Advanced Bundle | SAR 29.00 a day | SAR 765 a month | SAR 8,448 a year (SAR 704 a month billed annually) |
What CashHub offers your restaurant
CashHub focuses on the register, the floor, the kitchen, stock and reports:
- Tables on a floor plan for each area, and you move an order from table to table in one tap. Order types are dine-in, takeaway and pickup.
- Kitchen display: each item goes to its station (grill, cold, bar) on the station screen or printed at its printer, and the cook marks the order ready so the cashier sees it.
- Recipes are linked to stock, so every sale deducts ingredients and you see each dish's cost and margin.
- Selling carries on without internet, and invoices sync when the connection returns, with no loss or duplicates.
- Delivery with your own drivers: you create the order in the dashboard and assign it to a driver, the driver signs in from a phone browser, and the customer gets a tracking link.
- One dashboard for every branch, and your data sits on two servers inside Saudi Arabia.
Pay per invoice versus a fixed subscription
CashHub has no monthly subscription. Each invoice costs 5 halalas from a balance you top up (minimum SAR 50), and each branch has a cap of SAR 149 a month including VAT, after which the rest of the month is free. Your first 30 days from sign-up are free, with no contract and no setup fee.
Three examples using CashHub's own numbers only:
- A quiet month: 20 invoices a day × 30 days = 600 invoices × 0.05 = SAR 30.
- A middle month: 1,500 invoices × 0.05 = SAR 75.
- A busy month: 4,000 invoices would be SAR 200 by the arithmetic, but the cap stops it at SAR 149. The cap kicks in at about 2,980 invoices a month.
Pricing details and founding seats
Comparison table
Where we found nothing on their official pages, we wrote «not stated on the pages we read».
| Item | Foodics (from their public pages) | CashHub |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Subscription bundles priced per day, per month or billed annually | 5 halalas per invoice |
| The price itself | SAR 248 to 765 a month by bundle, less when billed annually, or a daily price (table above) | Cap of SAR 149 per branch a month including VAT, SAR 99 for founding seats for one year |
| Hardware | Cost depends on software and hardware, and the daily price is shown with "Hardware Included" | Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows and POS terminals with printers; the back-office dashboard opens in a Mac browser |
| Contract and setup fees | Not stated on the pages we read; their pricing page says "No upfront payments" next to the daily price | No contract, no setup fee |
| Kitchen display | Listed (kitchen and customer display screens) | Included, with kitchen stations |
| Accounting | A separate product called Foodics Accounting | Not available |
| Loyalty and gift cards | Gift cards from the Basic bundle; a loyalty programme is not stated on the pages we read | Not available in CashHub |
| Trial | A demo with a specialist | First 30 days free |
When Foodics fits and when CashHub fits
Foodics fits if you want a wider set from one vendor: self-ordering, a waiter app, pay at the table, an accounting product, and you prefer a subscription at a listed daily, monthly or annual price.
CashHub fits if your restaurant has one branch or a few and you want the register, the floor and the kitchen in one system, your sales swing between a packed Thursday night and a quiet month after Ramadan, and you don't want a contract. Your cost follows your invoices and never passes a cap you know in advance.
To be plain: CashHub has no accounting or general ledger, no loyalty programme, no gift cards and no driver app, and we don't promise self-ordering or a waiter app. If those are essential for your restaurant, look at what Foodics offers and compare for yourself.
Compatibility limits: what you won't find in CashHub
If your restaurant relies on any of these today, CashHub does not cover it:
- Accounting and a general ledger.
- A loyalty programme.
- Gift cards.
- A waiter app.
- Customer self-ordering.
- A dedicated driver app. Your driver signs in from a phone browser.
- Delivery app integration: their orders do not reach the register automatically.
E-invoicing: ask both vendors the same question
Foodics publishes a Phase 2 guide that explains adding the commercial registration number in its console and onboarding a device on the Fatoora platform. The guide is dated December 2022 on their page. Ask both vendors about the connection status today.
CashHub is built on the Phase 2 requirements: the device signs the invoice and adds the QR code even offline, and invoices are chained and can't be deleted. Connecting to the Fatoora platform is done with you during setup, with no technical configuration on your side. We register your devices on the Fatoora platform for you and with you.
How CashHub handles e-invoicing
What moves from your data and what doesn't
The move works from a file of your data. This is where each kind stands today:
| Data | Moves? |
|---|---|
| Items | Moves |
| Prices | Moves |
| Barcodes | Moves |
| Sizes | Provisional until a real export/import file is tested |
| Modifiers | Provisional until a real export/import file is tested |
| Suppliers | Provisional until a real export/import file is tested |
| Your past invoices | Does not move: download the archive from Foodics before you cancel |
| Loyalty points and gift card balances | Does not move: CashHub has no loyalty or gift cards |
| Accounting entries | Does not move: CashHub has no accounting |
If you decide to move
Message us before any step. We review your subscription, add-ons and the commitments you can see, and tell you plainly what we still need to know.
- Reserve a founding seat for free. Reservations are open to the first 500 restaurants, cafés, bakeries and sweet shops.
- We move your items, prices and barcodes from your current system for free; sizes, modifiers and suppliers as the table above says.
- We set up your devices and printers, and you sell from the same day once your items are moved.
- Ask Foodics how to get a copy of your invoice records, keep it yourself and check it opens before you close the account.
- A person from support answers within 10 minutes during business hours.
Ask us on WhatsApp what moving would cost
About this comparison
This comparison is based on Foodics's public pages as of 26 October 2026, and on their KSA pricing page and terms of service as of 6 November 2026. Prices and features may change afterwards, so confirm on their official site before you decide. Foodics is a trademark of its owners, and we have no relationship with them. If you find anything inaccurate about them here, write to info@cashhubapp.com and we will correct it. Sources are listed at the bottom of the page.
Sources: Foodics: home page · Foodics: KSA pricing · Foodics: terms of service · Foodics: ZATCA e-invoicing Phase 2 guide
Frequently asked questions
Is CashHub a full replacement for every Foodics product?
No. CashHub covers the register, tables, kitchen, stock, reports and branches. It has no accounting, no loyalty programme and no gift cards.
What do I pay with CashHub after the free days?
5 halalas per invoice, capped at SAR 149 per branch a month including VAT. The first 500 businesses get a SAR 99 cap for a year. The minimum top-up is SAR 50.
What happens in my CashHub account if my balance runs out?
You finish your day as normal, you get a grace period to top up, and we remind you.
What do Foodics' terms say about closing an account?
Per the terms of service on their site, read on 6 November 2026: you may close your account at any time and without cost, but you remain liable for any outstanding purchases and for fees or other charges incurred, and amounts previously incurred through their services are not refunded once you close. In certain cases they may not allow closure, including an open or pending purchase or payment, or money owed to them. The terms also say that if you close the account yourself they remove your personal information immediately, and they do not mention invoice records, so take a copy before you close. They say nothing about a commitment period or early exit, so check your contract or the quote you agreed to, and any services linked to your account.
Does my restaurant work without internet?
Selling at the register carries on. Invoices are saved on the device and sync when the connection returns. The kitchen display needs the device's connection to the local network or the server, and printed station tickets also work.
Related pages
First 500 restaurants, cafés, bakeries and sweet shops: a SAR 99 monthly cap.
Instead of SAR 149, per branch, for a full year. Free to join, no commitment.