Highway dhaba
12 tables, tandoor, chai all day
- Sales / mo
- ₹80,000
- Fee / mo
- ₹0
- Fee / yr
- ₹0
Nothing. You’re under the allowance every month.
₹1 lakh free every month. Then ₹20 per lakh.
Never more than ₹10,000 a year per outlet. Everything included.
Get onboarded · ₹4,999
- 2-minute form
- Login in about 15 minutes
- First ₹1 lakh of sales, every month₹0
- Every lakh after that₹20
- Most you’ll ever pay in a year, per outlet₹10,000
- WhatsApp bill₹0.50 each
- Marketing message — WhatsApp or email₹1 each
- Onboarding, including a year of phone and WhatsApp support₹4,999, once
Billing, kitchen, inventory, reports and GST are all included. No licence, no plans, no add-ons.
Prices exclude 18% GST. It’s shown on your GST invoice, and GST-registered restaurants claim it back as input tax credit.
What would you pay?
Move the slider to see your monthly fee. Sales means the bill amount after discounts, before GST.
What kind of place is it?
Rolls and momos with tokens: ₹4 lakh a month costs ₹60. About two rolls of bill paper.
Monthly sales (per outlet)
₹
a month
Outlets
1
Each outlet gets its own ₹1 lakh a month and its own ₹10,000 cap.
The whole price list
- First ₹1 lakh of sales, every month
- ₹0
- Every lakh after that
- ₹20
- Most you’ll ever pay in a year, per outlet
- ₹10,000
Your Dhaba.ai fee
₹60 a month
₹720 a year
- Free this month
- ₹1,00,000
- Counted for the fee
- ₹3,00,000
- As a share of sales
- 0.015%
Less than a plate of biryani a month.
A paid POS licence, for comparison₹10,000 / year
Techjockey listing, Petpooja “Core” plan, ₹10,000 per outlet per year excl. GST, retrieved 9 Oct 2026. Not the vendor’s own price list — your quote may differ.
Prices exclude 18% GST. It’s shown on your GST invoice, and GST-registered restaurants claim it back as input tax credit.
Our pricing has three rules.
Every month starts at zero. The first ₹1 lakh of sales is free. On the 1st, the counter resets.
Above ₹1 lakh, you pay ₹20 for every lakh — 20 paise per ₹1,000. Sales means the bill after discounts, before GST. Cancelled and refunded bills don’t count.
Once an outlet has paid ₹10,000 in a financial year, it pays nothing more until April. That’s the starting price of a paid POS licence — and it’s the most we’ll ever charge.
Every screen your staff touches is included in the same ₹20 per lakh.
All of this. No licence, no plan, no add-on.
Billing & kitchen
- Dine-in, takeaway, delivery
- QSR token mode
- Variants, add-ons, notes
- Discounts with staff caps
- Customer phone capture
- Swiggy & Zomato order entry
- KOT on confirm, by station
- Live kitchen display
- Thermal printing (free printer app)
Floor & QR
- Floor map & table status
- Reservations & check-in
- Walk-in queue
- Public queue status page
- Printable QR menu
- Interactive table QR
- Custom menus
- Pure Veg / Vegan outlet
- Menu import from photos, PDF or Swiggy
Inventory
- Stock in hand & minimum levels
- Ingredients & units
- Recipes & food cost
- Purchase orders
- Wastage with reasons
- Stock counts (expected vs actual)
- Suppliers & ledger
Customers & loyalty
- Customer directory & 360
- Segments & auto-tag rules
- WhatsApp inbox
- Campaigns & templates
- Loyalty points & rewards
- Birthday / win-back automations
- Coupon codes
- Feedback forms
- Google review reply
Reports & GST
- Daily, hourly, by channel
- Items, categories, add-ons
- Cancelled bills, free items, discounts
- Payment mix & refunds
- Shift / till & cash variance
- KOT timing
- Bills without GST if you’re not registered
- GSTR-1 & GSTR-3B files for your CA
- Food cost vs sales
- Money lost to cancellations & reprints
Staff & security
- Roles & permissions
- Staff PIN login
- Owner authenticator
- See who’s logged in right now
- Named POS terminals
- Multi-outlet, one login
Devices
- Any phone, tablet, laptop or desktop
- Free printer app (Windows, Mac)
- Any cashier can log in on any counter device
- No per-terminal fee
Print it: ₹0. WhatsApp it: 50 paise.
What you pay for, and exactly when.
| What | Rate | When it’s charged |
|---|---|---|
| First ₹1 lakh of sales each month | ₹0 | Every month, per outlet. The counter resets on the 1st. |
| Every lakh of sales after that | ₹20 | 20 paise per ₹1,000, after discounts, before GST |
| Most you can pay in a year, per outlet | ₹10,000 | Once reached, nothing more is charged until April |
| WhatsApp bill | ₹0.50 | When you tap "Send on WhatsApp" on a bill |
| Marketing message on WhatsApp | ₹1 | Campaigns, birthday/win-back automations |
| Marketing email | ₹1 | Campaigns and automations sent by email |
| Printed bill, KOT, report, GST export | ₹0 | Always |
| Customer replies in your inbox | ₹0 | Always |
An outlet selling ₹4 lakh a month, with 1,000 WhatsApp bills and one campaign to 500 customers: ₹60 + ₹500 + ₹500 = ₹1,060 for the month.
The usage fee is worked out each month and deducted from your prepaid Dhaba.ai wallet, with 18% GST added when it is deducted and shown on a monthly GST invoice. The app shows every message sent.
WhatsApp marketing requires a connected WhatsApp Business account and Meta-approved templates. We walk you through it in the app.
What nine different restaurants would pay.
Examples of real restaurants in a normal month. Sales are after discounts and before GST.
Neighbourhood café
8 tables, counter, weekend rush
- Sales / mo
- ₹1,50,000
- Fee / mo
- ₹10
- Fee / yr
- ₹120
One filter coffee.
QSR counter
Rolls and momos, tokens, two cashiers
- Sales / mo
- ₹4,00,000
- Fee / mo
- ₹60
- Fee / yr
- ₹720
About two rolls of bill paper.
Cloud kitchen, two brands
One kitchen, two outlets in the app
- Sales / mo
- ₹3L + ₹2L
- Fee / mo
- ₹60
- Fee / yr
- ₹720
Two allowances, so two brands pay less than one would.
Family restaurant
30 guests, mostly dinner
- Sales / mo
- ₹8,00,000
- Fee / mo
- ₹140
- Fee / yr
- ₹1,680
Less than half a kilo of paneer.
Fine dining
40 guests, bookings, ₹1,800 average bill
- Sales / mo
- ₹20,00,000
- Fee / mo
- ₹380
- Fee / yr
- ₹4,560
One bottle from your own wine list.
Busy multi-cuisine
₹4.8 crore a year, the top of the market we serve
- Sales / mo
- ₹40,00,000
- Fee / mo
- ₹780
- Fee / yr
- ₹9,360
Still less than a paid POS licence.*
Hill-station café
Open six months, dead six months
- Sales / mo
- ₹3L × 6, ₹40k × 6
- Fee / mo
- ₹40 / ₹0
- Fee / yr
- ₹240
A paid licence charges you for the six months you’re shut. We don’t.
Opening next month
Menu built, staff trained, no sales yet
- Sales / mo
- ₹0
- Fee / mo
- ₹0
- Fee / yr
- ₹0
Set up for free before you open. The counter starts when you do.
How it’s counted
It moves with your sales. No revenue limit.
Every month starts at zero: the first ₹1,00,000 of sales is free, and above that you pay ₹20 per lakh — 20 paise per ₹1,000. Sales means the bill after discounts, before GST; cancelled and refunded bills are not counted. Once an outlet has paid ₹10,000 in a financial year it pays nothing more until April. There is no revenue cap and no eligibility test.
Full textOptional human support
₹4,999 onboarding. A human in about 30 minutes, all first year.
Call or WhatsApp us when you get stuck. Without it, you have the tutorials, the FAQ, and in-app guides — which is how most owners set up.
Prices exclude 18% GST. It’s shown on your GST invoice, and GST-registered restaurants claim it back as input tax credit.
What we will never do
- Add a licence fee, a plan, or a tier
- Charge to unlock a screen — KOT, kitchen display, inventory, CRM, reports are all in
- Rent you software per billing terminal — the devices are yours
A paid POS licence typically starts at ₹10,000 per outlet per year.* Ours is ₹0.
Compare* Techjockey listing, Petpooja “Core” plan, ₹10,000 per outlet per year excl. GST, retrieved 9 Oct 2026. Not the vendor’s own price list — ask them for a quote. Your quote may differ.
Questions owners always ask.
A one-time ₹4,999 to get set up, which includes a year of phone and WhatsApp support. After that there is no licence and no plan. The first ₹1 lakh of sales every month is free. Above that you pay ₹20 for every ₹1 lakh, capped at ₹10,000 per outlet per year. Billing, kitchen, inventory, reports and GST files are all included at that price. A restaurant selling ₹90,000 in a month pays ₹0. Support after the first year is optional, ₹1,999 a year. Prices exclude 18% GST. It’s shown on your GST invoice, and GST-registered restaurants claim it back as input tax credit.
No. Any independent restaurant can apply. The fee scales with sales and is capped at ₹10,000 per outlet per year, so a bigger restaurant simply reaches the cap sooner.
The bill amount after discounts and free items, without GST. Cancelled and refunded bills are not counted. Sales are counted when a bill is settled, and the month resets at midnight on the 1st.
From your prepaid Dhaba.ai wallet, which you top up. Each message is charged to the wallet as it is sent, with 18% GST added, and you get a GST invoice every month. The app shows every message sent.
Run Dhaba.ai alongside it for a week. There’s nothing to cancel first. Most owners switch the register over once the cashier is comfortable.
Yes. There’s no sales call. Your login details come by email, and there’s a video for every screen. Most outlets bill the same day.