Insly POS vs Loyverse
A popular free global POS app widely used by small and medium businesses in South Africa for its low cost of entry.
TL;DR
Loyverse is free, easy to learn, and a genuinely usable starting point for a very small shop or café. Once you need a real floor plan, a kitchen display, structured shifts and cash-ups, or deeper reporting for South African VAT, Insly POS covers all of that in one place.
At a glance
| Insly POS | Loyverse | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Retail & restaurant | Retail & restaurant |
| Monthly price | From R249/mo per location | Free core app plus paid add-ons |
| Card / transaction fee | None — bring your own gateway | Depends on your own connected payment gateway |
| Restaurant floor plan, KDS & reservations | Yes — built in | No — no floor plan, kitchen display or table management |
| Loyalty & reporting | Built-in — loyalty, shifts, full reports | Basic — simple loyalty add-on, limited reporting depth |
| Modern cloud UX | Yes | Yes — modern app |
| South African VAT built-in | Yes | Manual setup — no dedicated SA VAT support |
What Loyverse does well
- Free to start, with a genuinely usable core POS
- Easy to set up and learn without training
- Decent basic inventory tracking and a simple loyalty add-on
- Works across multiple devices for a small operation
Where Loyverse falls short
- No proper table management or floor plan for restaurants
- No kitchen display system for back-of-house order flow
- No structured shift or cash-up workflow for accountability
- Limited reporting depth and no dedicated local South African support
Who Loyverse is best for
Very small shops and cafés on a tight budget who need the basics only.
Why teams choose Insly POS instead
- ✓Real restaurant floor plan, kitchen display and reservations
- ✓A proper cash-up workflow with shifts and drawer tracking
- ✓Deeper reporting built for South African VAT and tax needs
- ✓Proper staff PINs, roles and manager overrides, not just basic logins
Who Insly POS is best for
Shops and restaurants that want one modern system instead of stitching several together — full restaurant tooling (tables, kitchen display, reservations, checks) alongside a fast retail till, South African VAT handled correctly out of the box, and no cut taken out of your card sales. It also scales cleanly to multiple branches under one account as you grow.
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See how Insly POS compares to all South African POS providers, or dig into the specific features Loyverse customers ask about most: Tables & floor plan and Kitchen display system.