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A Seamless POS alternative for UK cafés and restaurants

Seamless POS is a UK hospitality till for iPad and Android that works with card machines from several providers, on monthly plans with no contract. Café QR is a cloud POS for independent cafés, restaurants and pubs with the till, kitchen screen, QR table ordering and your own online ordering page in one published price.

No card No contract Runs on any tablet 0% platform fee

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Café QR

Price check · Café QR vs Seamless POS

Café QR POS plan: £39/month per venue, no VAT added
Seamless Pro: £39/month per terminal + VAT
Seamless Starter: £24/month per terminal + VAT

Café QR platform fee: 0%
Setup fee: £0.00
Contract: none

Checked 10 November 2026

FROM THEIR OWN WEBSITES

Seamless POS is a trademark of its owner. Café QR is not affiliated with or endorsed by Seamless POS. Competitor details checked on 10 November 2026 from their public websites; check current terms with them.

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Prices exclude payment-processing charges unless the row says otherwise. Check the linked provider pages before making a decision.

Monthly price
Café QR
Order & Pay £9.99, POS £39 and Multi-site £59 plus £29 for each extra venue, per venue per month; first month free with no card needed. Café QR is not VAT registered, so no VAT is added
Seamless POS
Starter £24, Pro £39 and Pocket £14 per terminal a month, Unlimited £69 for unlimited terminals, all + VAT; 20% off when paid yearly; 14-day trial
Card processing
Café QR
Card payments go to the venue’s own Stripe account at Stripe’s rates (standard UK cards: 1.5% + 20p online, 1.4% + 10p in person); 0% Café QR platform fee; or Dojo linked to the till, or any card machine recorded on the till
Seamless POS
Integrated with Teya, Zettle, SumUp Solo, Dojo and Square Terminal at the provider’s rates; non-integrated card payments also supported
Till
Café QR
Counter till and waiter app on the £39 POS plan, with cash, refunds, voids, tabs, split bills, courses, phone orders and cash-up; card by Stripe Terminal reader (UK) or your own card machine
Seamless POS
iPad or Android till with modifiers, tabs in up to 5 table areas, bill splitting, print routing to up to 5 printers; table management on Pro
Kitchen display (KDS)
Café QR
Kitchen screen in every plan, in any browser; kitchen stations, held courses and ticket times on the POS plan
Seamless POS
Seamless KDS optional at £12 a month + VAT
QR ordering
Café QR
Table and counter QR ordering in every plan, from £9.99
Seamless POS
Table QR ordering through Storekit, charged separately (Storekit from 3.9% + 20p per order)
Online ordering
Café QR
Your own collection and delivery page from £14.99 a month, with no commission
Seamless POS
Click and collect and delivery through Storekit, charged separately; delivery app integration optional from £25 a month + VAT
Table bookings
Café QR
Online booking page, bookings diary and waitlist on the POS plan
Seamless POS
Through TableSense, charged separately
Stock
Café QR
Stock, recipes and dish costs on Multi-site, or a £12 a month add-on per venue
Seamless POS
Optional at £9 a month + VAT
Contract
Café QR
No contract; cancel any time
Seamless POS
No contract, month to month, no cancellation fee
Hardware
Café QR
Any iPad, Android tablet or laptop you already have; Stripe card readers from £229 + VAT; Star or Epson network printers
Seamless POS
iPad or Android tablet, an all-in-one unit with Dojo, or Pocket on a Teya terminal; Star Micronics and Epson printers
Works offline
Café QR
Till sells offline for cash and your own payment types and syncs when back online; card payments wait for the connection
Seamless POS
Offline mode built in, syncing when the connection returns

A Seamless POS alternative for UK cafés and restaurants
Detail	Café QR	Seamless POS
Monthly price	Order & Pay £9.99, POS £39 and Multi-site £59 plus £29 for each extra venue, per venue per month; first month free with no card needed. Café QR is not VAT registered, so no VAT is added	Starter £24, Pro £39 and Pocket £14 per terminal a month, Unlimited £69 for unlimited terminals, all + VAT; 20% off when paid yearly; 14-day trial
Card processing	Card payments go to the venue’s own Stripe account at Stripe’s rates (standard UK cards: 1.5% + 20p online, 1.4% + 10p in person); 0% Café QR platform fee; or Dojo linked to the till, or any card machine recorded on the till	Integrated with Teya, Zettle, SumUp Solo, Dojo and Square Terminal at the provider’s rates; non-integrated card payments also supported
Till	Counter till and waiter app on the £39 POS plan, with cash, refunds, voids, tabs, split bills, courses, phone orders and cash-up; card by Stripe Terminal reader (UK) or your own card machine	iPad or Android till with modifiers, tabs in up to 5 table areas, bill splitting, print routing to up to 5 printers; table management on Pro
Kitchen display (KDS)	Kitchen screen in every plan, in any browser; kitchen stations, held courses and ticket times on the POS plan	Seamless KDS optional at £12 a month + VAT
QR ordering	Table and counter QR ordering in every plan, from £9.99	Table QR ordering through Storekit, charged separately (Storekit from 3.9% + 20p per order)
Online ordering	Your own collection and delivery page from £14.99 a month, with no commission	Click and collect and delivery through Storekit, charged separately; delivery app integration optional from £25 a month + VAT
Table bookings	Online booking page, bookings diary and waitlist on the POS plan	Through TableSense, charged separately
Stock	Stock, recipes and dish costs on Multi-site, or a £12 a month add-on per venue	Optional at £9 a month + VAT
Contract	No contract; cancel any time	No contract, month to month, no cancellation fee
Hardware	Any iPad, Android tablet or laptop you already have; Stripe card readers from £229 + VAT; Star or Epson network printers	iPad or Android tablet, an all-in-one unit with Dojo, or Pocket on a Teya terminal; Star Micronics and Epson printers
Works offline	Till sells offline for cash and your own payment types and syncs when back online; card payments wait for the connection	Offline mode built in, syncing when the connection returns

When Seamless POS may fit

Seamless may fit a café or restaurant that wants a dedicated hospitality till and to keep the card machine it already has, with totals sent from the till to Teya, Zettle, SumUp, Dojo or Square readers.

Its Pocket plan runs the till on a Teya card terminal, which can suit a small counter with no tablet.

When Café QR may fit

Café QR may fit an independent café, restaurant, pub or takeaway that wants one system for the till, the kitchen screen and QR table ordering, and wants to see the full price before speaking to anyone. The POS plan is £39 per venue a month and includes the till, waiter app, tabs, floor plan, bookings and your own online ordering page.

It runs in a browser on hardware you may already own, and card payments go to your own Stripe account with no Café QR platform fee. There is no contract and the first month is free.

It is not the right choice if you need to take card payments through an internet outage: offline, Café QR’s till takes only cash and your own payment types.

The main difference from Seamless is what is in the price: Café QR includes the kitchen screen, QR table ordering, bookings and your own online ordering page in its plans, where Seamless prices its KDS, stock, bookings and Storekit ordering separately. Café QR’s prices also have no VAT added.

The app you’ll use

One glass dashboard. Open it on any screen, every shift.

Takings, live orders, tables and what needs you now, on a laptop, a tablet or the phone in your pocket.

Café QR owner dashboard on a laptop: today's takings, live orders, tables and what needs attention.

Takings, liveTill, table QR and online orders in one number.
Kitchen on timeLate tickets flag themselves.
The floor at a glanceWho’s seated, and who’s waiting to pay.
Light or darkPick the look that suits your venue.

50-second video

Add up what you pay now.Separate tools for the till, QR ordering, bookings and the rest, against one Café QR bill. Watch it on the pricing page

Switching from another till

Switching is easy. We do the heavy lifting.

1We load your menuSend a photo, a PDF or a link. We add the items, prices, options and allergens, free, while you're on your trial.
2Keep your card machineTake card on the machine you have and tap Card to record it, or move to a Stripe reader when you're ready.
3No contract, no setup feePay monthly per venue and cancel any time. The first month is free and needs no card.
4Run it beside your old tillStart with table ordering or the kitchen screen first. A Square till can be linked so paid orders are pushed to it.

Try it now · free AI menu preview

Snap your paper menu. See it as a phone menu.

Upload a clear photo or a short PDF and we’ll read up to 8 items, so you can see how your menu could look before you start.

Drop a menu photo or PDF here

Choose file

JPEG, PNG, WebP or PDF

Photos are resized in your browser (4 MB after resizing; PDFs 1.5 MB; three previews an hour). Your file is sent to OpenAI to read the menu. Café QR does not save it or add the preview to an account. Check prices and allergens before using them.

Your menu, on a phone

Your items appear here. The file is only used for this preview.

What you need. Probably what you already have.

No proprietary hardware, and no setup fee.

The one you haveA tablet or phoneRuns in the browser on an iPad, Android tablet, phone or laptop.
OptionalA card readerA Stripe reader, or keep your own machine and record card sales.
OptionalA kitchen printerStar or Epson network printers, or use the kitchen screen.
NeededWi-FiIf it drops, the till keeps taking cash and uploads the sales later.

Switching fromSquare →Epos Now →Lightspeed →SumUp →Or send your menu on WhatsApp

Sources

Official pages reviewed. Check them yourself.

Ask before buying

Details we could not verify

Seamless’s café page mentions a £0 Starter plan when taking payments through Teya; its pricing page lists Starter at £24 + VAT.
Which features sit on Starter versus Pro beyond table management, booking integration and print routing.
Card processing rates, which are set by each payment provider.

Questions

Straight answers, before you start.

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How much is Seamless POS?

Seamless’s pricing page lists Starter at £24, Pro at £39 and Pocket at £14 per terminal a month, and Unlimited at £69 a month for unlimited terminals, all plus VAT. Its kitchen display (£12), stock (£9) and delivery integration (from £25) are optional extras, and QR and online ordering run through Storekit at a per-order fee.

Can I keep my card machine with Café QR?

Yes. Café QR’s till sends the total to a Dojo card machine or a Stripe Terminal reader, or you can take card on any other machine you already have and record it on the till.

Is Café QR cheaper than Seamless POS?

Both have a £39 a month plan, but Seamless adds VAT and charges separately for its kitchen display, stock, bookings and QR or online ordering. Café QR includes the kitchen screen, QR table ordering, bookings and an online ordering page in the POS plan, with no VAT added. Compare the total for the features you need.

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