Head to head
Petpooja vs CountStand
An established POS with a long integration list, and a newer one that opens by invitation. The trade-offs, in both directions.
Last reviewed 10 Oct 2026
- Petpoojaahead on integrations: 200+ on its own list
- CountStandthe kitchen display and captain in the entry plan
- Bothkeep billing when the internet drops, in different ways
- 30 daysto try CountStand before paying, by invitation
01At a glance
Six tests to run before you choose.
- Count your app ordersIf most orders come through Swiggy and Zomato, that outweighs everything else on this page.
- Get a yearly total in writingPer outlet, with tax, for the bundle that includes the kitchen display.
- Unplug the routerBill a table, fire a round and take cash. Watch what each system does, and what happens when the line is back.
- Read a printed billFind the GSTIN, the serial, the place of supply, the HSN code and the FSSAI number.
- Time an orderA real order from your own menu, from the first tap to the kitchen ticket.
- Ask about the way outWhich data leaves with you, in what format, and on what notice.
02Side by side
The line-by-line table
What each publishes. Petpooja’s column is read from its own pages, last checked on 10 Oct 2026.
| What is compared | CountStand | Petpooja | Where Petpooja says it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Single, ₹2,999 a month or ₹2,549 paid yearly | Base plan, ₹12,000 before tax; no period printed | petpooja.com/pricing |
| Kitchen display | In Single | In the Operations Manager bundle, ₹20,000 or ₹30,000 before tax | petpooja.com/pricing |
| Captain app | In Single | In the Operations Manager bundle | petpooja.com/pricing |
| Delivery apps | Not open at launch | Integrations in Base; reconciliation in Operations Manager | petpooja.com/pricing |
| When the internet drops | The till queues bills and KOTs and prints them when the line returns | An on-premise Offline POS, data on your own server | petpooja.com/offline-pos |
| AI | Scheduled agents, in every plan | An AI agent with unlimited queries, in Base | petpooja.com/pricing |
| Clients | New, by invitation | 1,50,000+ served, it says | petpooja.com/pricing |
Petpooja says its plans are “indicative and subject to change”, so check its page and ask for a written quote. We have not tested Petpooja’s AI agent and do not describe it. CountStand’s column is from countstand.com/pricing.
03In detail
Where does each one win?
- Delivery apps: Petpooja. Petpooja’s pricing page lists aggregator integrations in Base and Zomato and Swiggy reconciliation in Operations Manager. In CountStand, delivery-app orders are not open at launch.
- Integrations: Petpooja, which lists 200+. CountStand connects to few things at launch.
- The entry plan: CountStand, because the kitchen display and the captain’s phone are in Single, while Petpooja’s pricing page puts both in a higher bundle.
- Checking the bill: CountStand refuses a tax invoice that is missing a Rule 46 particular or the FSSAI number, and names what is missing. We have not tested Petpooja on this, so test both.
- Scale: Petpooja, which says it has served 1,50,000+ clients. CountStand is new and opens by invitation.
What happens when the internet drops?
Both keep billing, in different ways. Petpooja sells an on-premise Offline POS that keeps billing data on a server at your premises, per its Offline POS page. CountStand is a website: the till keeps billing, taking cash and settling, saves each bill and KOT in its queue, and prints them and sends everything to the server, in order and exactly once, when the line returns.
04Questions
Questions about the comparison.
Neither for everyone. Petpooja is the stronger choice when delivery apps carry your orders. CountStand fits a single outlet on dine-in and takeaway that wants the kitchen display in the entry price and a bill checked before it prints.
Petpooja’s pricing page lists Base at ₹12,000 before tax and the bundle with the kitchen display at ₹20,000 or ₹30,000, with no period printed. CountStand Single, with the kitchen display, is ₹30,590 a year paid yearly, before tax. Put Petpooja’s written yearly total beside it.
Yes. The menu moves from a Petpooja export; past orders do not. The switch guide covers running both for a week first.
Not at launch. If those apps bring most of your orders, give that the most weight.
Let your own floor decide.
Thirty days free by invitation. Run both, then keep the one that kept up.
From ₹2,999 a month per outlet, plus GST