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In 2026, the best Loyverse alternatives are LOOP when you need aggregator integrations, local e-invoicing and AI operations, Square for Restaurants for card-led venues, StoreHub for mixed retail groups, and Qashier for payment-first counters. Stay on Loyverse if a genuinely free single-outlet till is all your business needs today.
5 Loyverse Alternatives for F&B in Southeast Asia (2026)
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PEKO ecosystem
LOOP runs the venue. PEKO brings the customer back. Two products, one company.
PEKO — the AI customer-retention platform (heypeko.com) from the same company as LOOP. PEKO handles retention; LOOP handles operations.
| LOOP — operations | PEKO — retention |
|---|---|
| Inventory & recipes | Churn prediction |
| Shift & staff management | Automated win-back |
| Table layout | Member portal |
| Kitchen display (KDS) | Loyalty tiers |
| E-invoice (TT78) | Receipt OCR enrolment |
| Aggregator queue (GrabFood / ShopeeFood / Be) |
LOOP and PEKO each work on their own. Run both and the data syncs into one single AI brain, so nothing is entered twice. PEKO is not a POS and does not replace one — it also runs alongside any other POS.
What Loyverse does well
Loyverse is the only POS that stays genuinely free for the core register, works on any Android tablet, and syncs to a free cloud back-office. For a single-outlet indie kiosk with no aggregator or e-invoice needs, it's a defensible default and hard to beat on price.
Stay with Loyverse if
- You run a single kiosk, hawker stall or takeaway on the tightest possible budget.
- You don't take foodpanda / GrabFood / ShopeeFood orders, or you're happy re-keying them.
- You don't need MyInvois (MY) or IRAS InvoiceNow (SG) e-invoicing to be automatic.
- You're happy with descriptive analytics and don't need forecasting or a daily P&L brief.
Why teams look for Loyverse alternatives
Loyverse's core POS is free, but every operationally useful module is a paid add-on — Advanced Inventory (USD 25/outlet), Employee Management (USD 5), Integrations (USD 9) — so a real F&B stack quickly costs USD 40–60/outlet/month with none of the local integrations.
— per Loyverse's published pricing page
Reviewers repeatedly flag missing native aggregator integrations and no local e-invoicing (MyInvois / IRAS) — F&B operators end up manually re-keying delivery orders and issuing invoices in a second system.
— per G2 and Capterra reviews
Loyverse's own documentation describes analytics as sales and inventory reports rather than predictive forecasting; there is no demand prediction, prep-waste flag or per-outlet daily brief.
— per Loyverse's own help documentation
The 5 alternatives
1. LOOPour product
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- AI-native F&B ops with real local integrations: predictive day-3-to-day-7 demand forecasting, one unified kitchen queue across foodpanda + GrabFood + ShopeeFood, MyInvois + IRAS InvoiceNow ready, English + Bahasa Malaysia voice/text commands. Free tier for 1 outlet, published pricing above that, 15-minute setup. Mobile-native and hardware-agnostic — runs on any iPhone, Android phone, iPad or Android tablet the merchant already owns.
- Weakness
- Loyverse's free tier includes multi-user and multi-device on a single outlet; LOOP's free tier is intentionally single-outlet only. Fewer years of track record than Loyverse's global install base.
- Pricing
- Free tier (1 outlet), Growth from SGD 79 / RM 249 per outlet/month, Business SGD 189 / RM 599 per outlet/month with all integrations bundled.
- Pick if
- You've outgrown Loyverse's manual aggregator workflow, need MyInvois / IRAS compliance, or want AI forecasting without piecing together paid add-ons.
What we don't have yet
- Loyverse's free tier is broader for a single outlet with lots of staff — if that's your only constraint, Loyverse still wins.
- Smaller partner ecosystem than Loyverse's decade-plus community.
- Not currently PSG pre-approved in Singapore.
2. Square for Restaurants
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- Mature US-born F&B POS with strong hardware, KDS and payments integration in supported markets. Free plan available for very small operators.
- Weakness
- Not officially supported in most SEA markets (SG/MY/VN/PH) — payments and hardware routes are limited, and local e-invoicing is not built in.
- Pricing
- Free plan for basics; Plus USD 60/location/month; Premium custom. Payments processed by Square in supported markets.
- Pick if
- You operate in a Square-supported market and want a mature freemium F&B POS with first-party payments.
3. StoreHub
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- Regional MY/SG incumbent with mature field service, Beep loyalty and PSG pre-approval. Real F&B workflows out of the box, not a bolted-on retail POS.
- Weakness
- Aggregator experience is fragmented (separate tablets), analytics are descriptive, and add-on pricing climbs across a chain.
- Pricing
- Published tiers from around RM 129 / SGD 89 per outlet/month.
- Pick if
- You want a mature MY/SG F&B POS with local field support and are ready to pay for it.
4. Qashier
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- SG terminal-first bundle (POS + payments + hardware) with PSG pre-approval. Smoothest single-outlet SG launch story.
- Weakness
- Hardware-tied to Qashier's own terminal — no first-party iOS/Android phone app for the manager's pocket. Multi-outlet consolidation is thin, MY-specific compliance is secondary.
- Pricing
- Published tiers from around SGD 65/outlet/month plus hardware bundle.
- Pick if
- You're a SG single-outlet operator claiming PSG and want everything in one vendor.
5. SumUp POS
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- Very low-friction card reader + tablet POS combo, popular with mobile / small-format operators globally.
- Weakness
- F&B-specific features (KDS, recipe inventory, aggregator queue) are minimal in SEA. E-invoicing is not built in.
- Pricing
- Free POS app; hardware from around USD 39 one-time; per-transaction card fees.
- Pick if
- You run a food truck, pop-up or market stall and want a lightweight card + POS combo without a monthly fee.
Decision framework
| If this describes you | Pick |
|---|---|
| Zero-budget indie or hawker stall, no aggregator needs | Loyverse — free stays free. |
| Indie that has outgrown Loyverse and needs aggregator + e-invoicing | LOOP — Free tier still covers 1 outlet with the local integrations built in. |
| Growing 2+ outlet SG/MY chain | LOOP or StoreHub — LOOP for AI + aggregator unification, StoreHub for field support + PSG. |
| Food truck / pop-up / mobile | SumUp POS — no monthly fee, card reader bundled. |
| Market where Square operates first-party | Square for Restaurants — mature freemium tier with real payments. |
How long it takes to switch from Loyverse to LOOP
Migrating a single outlet from Loyverse to LOOP takes 4–7 working days end to end. Zero — same-evening cutover.
- Typical duration
- 4–7 working days
- Hardware
- Retained; Loyverse runs on the same class of device.
- Longest step
- Rebuilding recipe-level inventory, which Loyverse does not hold.
- Step 1
Export your data
Half a dayExport items, categories, modifiers, staff and 12–24 months of sales history to CSV from your current back-office. LOOP's import template accepts the raw export — no reformatting.
- Step 2
Import and re-map the menu
1–3 daysLOOP imports the CSV and rebuilds categories, modifier groups and prices. Recipe-level inventory and sub-recipes are built here — this is the step that scales with SKU count, roughly one day per 300 SKUs.
- Step 3
Reconnect payments and e-invoicing
1–2 daysRe-issue the QR rail (VietQR/NAPAS, PayNow Corporate, DuitNow, QR Ph) against your merchant UEN or tax code, and re-point the e-invoice issuer (HĐĐT/TT78 in Vietnam). Bank-side activation is the gating factor, not LOOP.
- Step 4
Relink delivery aggregators
1–3 daysConnect GrabFood, ShopeeFood, foodpanda, Deliveroo and Baemin into one LOOP kitchen queue. Aggregator API approval turnaround is the longest external dependency in most migrations.
- Step 5
Parallel run, then cut over
2–3 daysRun LOOP alongside the old POS for two to three trading days, reconcile the daily totals, then cut over after close. Downtime is zero; staff need no classroom training because ordering is voice- and text-driven.
Frequently asked
- Is Loyverse actually free forever?
- The core POS is genuinely free forever. What's paid: Advanced Inventory (USD 25/outlet), Employee Management (USD 5), Integrations (USD 9). Once you turn those on, Loyverse costs USD 40–60/outlet/month with no local aggregator or e-invoice.
- What's the best Loyverse alternative that stays free?
- LOOP's Free tier covers 1 outlet and already includes MyInvois / IRAS-ready invoicing and aggregator sync — the modules Loyverse charges extra for. Beyond 1 outlet, LOOP moves to published paid tiers.
- Best Loyverse alternative for delivery-heavy F&B?
- LOOP — one unified kitchen queue across foodpanda / GrabFood / ShopeeFood is built in, whereas Loyverse expects operators to re-key delivery orders or use third-party middleware.
- Does Loyverse support MyInvois or IRAS InvoiceNow?
- Not natively as of 2026. Operators either issue e-invoices in a separate system or use a third-party bridge. LOOP, StoreHub and Qashier have first-party support in their respective markets.
- How hard is it to migrate off Loyverse?
- Loyverse exports items, categories, employees and sales history to CSV. LOOP's migration cohort averages 4–7 working days end-to-end for a single outlet, since hardware is reused.
- Does LOOP include loyalty?
- LOOP handles operations. For AI-driven customer retention, PEKO is the sibling product from the same company — it runs alongside LOOP or alongside any other POS. Together they cover operations and retention.
- Can PEKO handle inventory and staff scheduling?
- No — PEKO is the retention layer. LOOP covers inventory, recipes, shifts, table management and kitchen display in the same ecosystem.
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