Why are you paying ₹10,000+ every year?Your renewal invoice just arrived. This year, the software is ₹0.
A side-by-side look at what you get with Dhaba.ai and with a Petpooja-class POS, and what each one costs.
| Block | Dhaba.ai | Petpooja-class POS |
|---|---|---|
| Software fee | First ₹1 lakh of sales each month free, then ₹20 per lakh, capped at ₹10,000 per outlet per year. No licence. | Base Plan ₹12,000 excl. tax; the page doesn’t say whether that is a month, a year or per outlet (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). Techjockey lists “Core” at ₹10,000 per outlet per year excl. GST* (Techjockey, 9 Oct 2026). |
| Published rate card | Yes — ₹20 per lakh (max ₹10,000 a year), ₹0.50 per WhatsApp bill, ₹1 per marketing message | Plan prices are published. No per-message rate: the marketing plans come with 4,000–10,000 WhatsApp credits (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). |
| Base licence includes | POS, KOT, KDS, tables, inventory, CRM, loyalty, reports, GST export | Base Plan: “Cloud Billing, Customized Reporting Module (Dynamic Reports), Inventory, Menu Management, 90+ Reports, Food Aggregators Integrations, Unlimited Users & Terminals”, with online installation, training and 24x7 online support (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). |
| Kitchen display | Included | Not in the Base Plan. Included in the Operations Manager plans, ₹20,000 or ₹30,000 excl. tax (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). |
| Loyalty & automations | Included | Not in the Base Plan. “CRM + Loyalty” is in the Marketing Manager plans, ₹20,000 to ₹40,000 excl. tax (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). |
| CRM & WhatsApp campaigns | Included; sends ₹0.50 / ₹1 | In the Marketing Manager plans, ₹20,000 to ₹40,000 excl. tax, with 4,000–10,000 WhatsApp credits (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). Techjockey lists an “In-built CRM” in “Core”* (Techjockey, 9 Oct 2026). |
| Table QR ordering | Included | Not in the Base Plan. “Scan & QR Order” is in the Operations Manager plans, ₹20,000 or ₹30,000 excl. tax (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). |
| Inventory & recipe costing | Included | Inventory is in the Base Plan (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). Item-wise recipes deduct stock as it is used (Petpooja inventory page, 9 Oct 2026). |
| How you buy | Apply online, get an automatic check, and set it up yourself | Through a demo: the price page asks you to “Book a Demo” (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). |
| Hardware | Any phone, tablet, laptop or desktop; free printer app. No terminal to buy. | Runs on “iOS, Windows, and Android laptops, computers, tablets and phones” (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). Techjockey says POS hardware is a separate purchase* (Techjockey, 9 Oct 2026). |
| Onboarding & support | ₹4,999 onboarding, including a year of phone support. Tutorials are always free. | No separate onboarding fee is published. The Base Plan includes online installation, training and 24x7 online support (Petpooja price page, 9 Oct 2026). |
* Techjockey is a reseller listing, not Petpooja’s own price list. Prices change: ask Petpooja for a quote; yours may differ. Every competitor fact on this page comes from the public pages listed below, as they read on the date shown; where they say nothing, we say “Not published”. Petpooja is a trademark of its owner; Dhaba.ai is not affiliated.
Sources
- Petpooja price page, seen 9 Oct 2026: petpooja.com/poss/pricing
- Petpooja inventory page, seen 9 Oct 2026: petpooja.com/poss/restaurant-inventory-management-software
- Techjockey, seen 9 Oct 2026: techjockey.com/detail/petpooja-pos
The four things owners say before switching.
"My software works."
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"My staff know the old system."
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"Switching will disrupt service."
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"There’s no reason to change."
Your renewal invoice is the reason.