POSolid is a café POS system for coffee shops, brunch spots and bistros that run counter and table service side by side. Menus, orders, open tabs, payments, staff and sales reports on the phone or tablet you already own.
A café POS system is the software that takes the order, prices it, sends it where it is made and records what was sold. A cash register does the last part — it totals a sale and opens a drawer. A POS does the whole thing: it knows your menu, so a flat white with oat milk and an extra shot is three taps rather than a price typed from memory; it keeps that order attached to a table or a tab; and it writes every sale into a report you can read at closing.
Cafés need more from it than a shop does, because a café is two businesses at once. Some guests order at the counter and leave with a cup. Others sit down, order drinks, then food, then another round, and pay at the end. Retail software assumes the first pattern and has nowhere to put the second; restaurant software often assumes the second and makes the quick coffee slow. A café POS has to do both on the same screen, with the same menu, without the staff thinking about which mode they are in.
POSolid runs in a browser, so the till is whatever device you already have — a tablet on the counter, a phone in an apron pocket, a laptop in the back. The order a server takes at table six reaches the bar and the kitchen as it is entered, the tab stays open until the guests are ready, and the day's takings are on the dashboard before you have cashed up.
Add drinks, brunch and plates with photos and prices. Sizes become variants, milks and extra shots become modifiers — priced, optional or required, whichever the item needs.
Ring up a takeaway coffee in a few taps, or open a tab against a table on the floor plan. Same menu, same screen — the order type is a choice, not a separate mode.
Drinks appear on the bar's screen, food on the kitchen's, the moment you confirm. Each station sees only its own items, and a station that prefers paper gets its ticket printed instead.
Guests add a second round, then food, then dessert. Everything lands on the same open check, from any device, so nobody rekeys the first order to add to it.
Cash, card or mobile payment, in one go or split across several. Apply a loyalty card or a coupon before you close it, then print the receipt or save it as a PDF.
Sales by hour, best and worst sellers, takings by payment method, and who served what. Enough to decide tomorrow's staffing and this week's order without guessing.
Everything you need to launch: what to buy, how the tablet, printers and internet connect, which settings to turn on, and our recommendations for every size of crew.
Fire orders to the bar and kitchen the moment you take them, so drinks and plates start without a second trip.
Add a loyalty card so the guests who come every morning have a reason to keep choosing you.
Put a QR code on the table so guests browse and send orders themselves at the busiest times — fewer trips for your staff.
Clock staff in and out, track hours, and build the week's rota so every shift is covered without over-staffing.
If you are comparing systems rather than looking for a particular one, these are the ten things a café actually needs software to handle. Every one of them is a question worth asking of whatever you end up choosing — POSolid included.
Most cafés start on a till drawer and move when it stops answering questions. This is what changes — not a comparison with any other POS, just with the register it usually replaces.
| What you need to do | Cash register | POSolid |
|---|---|---|
| Ringing up a drink | A price typed from memory or a printed list | The item, tapped — with its size and options priced automatically |
| Milk, syrups, extra shots | A note on a cup, or a second key press | Modifiers on the item, priced and carried to the bar ticket |
| Counter and table service | Counter only; tables tracked on paper | Both, on one menu, with a floor plan for the tables |
| A tab across several rounds | A docket that has to be found and added up | An open check any device can add to until it is paid |
| Splitting a bill | Mental arithmetic and separate sales | Split the check, several payment methods against one order |
| Getting orders to the bar and kitchen | Calling them out, or carrying a slip | On the station's screen as you confirm, or printed there |
| Guests ordering themselves | Not possible | A QR menu at the table that reads your live prices |
| Knowing what sold | A Z-report total at close | Sales by item, hour, payment method and staff member |
| What a cup costs to make | Worked out by hand, if at all | Recipes against stock, with the plate cost per item |
| Who served it | Whoever had the key | A PIN login per person, with roles and shift hours |
Every part named above is a module of the same platform — the plans build on each other, and the 14-day trial opens all of them.
Three things usually make up the bill: the software, the hardware, and getting it installed. POSolid is a monthly subscription with a 14-day free trial and no setup fee, and there is no engineer visit to pay for — you create the account, add the menu and start serving. There is no commission on your sales.
Hardware is where cafés are normally caught out, and it is the part you can mostly skip: POSolid runs in a browser on a phone, tablet or laptop you already own, so there is no dedicated terminal to buy. Budget for a thermal receipt printer, and a card terminal if you take cards. Every module on this page — QR menu, kitchen display, stock, staff, reports — is part of the platform rather than a separate purchase; the modules sit across the plans, each plan includes everything in the one below it, and the 14-day trial opens all of them.
It is the software that takes an order, prices it from your menu, sends it to the bar or kitchen and records the sale. A cash register totals a sale; a POS knows what was in it. For a café that matters most on drinks, where size, milk and extras change the price, and on tabs, where an order stays open across several rounds before anyone pays.
It is built for exactly that case. There is no dedicated terminal to buy — a single tablet on the counter is a complete till — no setup fee and no engineer visit, and the whole menu can be entered in an afternoon. The smallest plan is sized for a one- or two-person café, and every feature is in it; larger plans add users and devices, not capabilities.
Yes, through the same menu and the same screen. A takeaway coffee is rung up and closed in a few taps. A table order is opened against a table on your floor plan and stays open until the guests pay. Staff pick the order type as they start; they are not switching between two systems or two menus.
Yes — sizes, milk alternatives, syrups and extra shots are modifiers on the drink, so they are priced correctly and carried through to the bar ticket rather than written on a cup. If your venue is counter-led rather than table-led, the coffee shop page covers that setup specifically.
Yes. A QR code on the table opens a menu that reads your live catalogue — current prices, current availability — in whichever languages you enable, and guests can send their order from it. It is most useful at the times when the queue is long enough that someone would otherwise leave.
Yes. An open check stays against the table or the guest until it is paid, and any device can add to it — so the server who takes the second round does not need the one who took the first. Everything lands on one bill at the end.
Yes. A check can be split into separate receipts, and a single order can take more than one payment method — part cash, part card. Split receipts are an organization setting, so you can turn the option off for venues that do not want it.
Yes. Stations are yours to define, and each one sees only the items that belong to it, so the bar is not reading through food and the kitchen is not reading through drinks. A station that would rather have paper can have its tickets printed to a thermal printer instead of shown on a screen.
Yes. Each person gets a PIN login and a role that decides what they can do — who may discount, who may void, who may see reports. Staff clock in and out, breaks are tracked, and the week's rota is built in the system, so hours and sales both have a name against them.
Yes. Sizes are variants with their own prices; milk, syrups, extra shots and food add-ons are modifiers, grouped so you can make a group required (pick a size) or optional (add a shot), single-choice or multiple. Allergens sit on the item and show on the QR menu.
Yes — that is the normal setup. POSolid runs in a browser, so an inexpensive tablet on the counter and a phone in a server's pocket are both full tills, and a wall screen in the kitchen is the display. Several devices run at once on the same live data, and swapping one mid-shift loses nothing, because the orders are on the server.
With POSolid it is a monthly subscription with a 14-day free trial, no setup fee and no commission on sales. The hardware is a receipt printer and, if you take cards, a terminal — the till itself is a device you already own. The modules sit across the plans, each plan includes everything in the one below it, and the 14-day trial opens all of them. Current prices are on the pricing page.
POSolid is set up differently for each kind of venue. Here is how it works for the others.
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