Restaurant POS software that runs the whole operation
CountStand is a restaurant POS and management platform for India that combines GST billing, a kitchen display system, AI-driven inventory, owner analytics and automated compliance in one offline-first system. Five organs, one nervous system.
Updated July 2026 · every claim on this page ships today
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Most software shows you what happened.Ours runs the place.
Billing & POS. GST invoices, UPI QR, offline-first
Tap-first billing that finds items even with typos, computes GST on every line, and prints a UPI QR for the exact amount, internet or not.
How does offline billing work?
Orders save to the device first and sync when you're back online. Retries never create duplicates.
Kitchen Display System (KDS) that never loses a ticket
Paper chits vanish at 8 PM. The KDS routes every item to its station with a live timer, green, amber, red, before a guest has to ask.
What does a KDS do during rush hour?
Tickets age visibly, so the pass works oldest-first without shouting. Every bump is logged.
- 2× Paneer Tikka
- 1× Dal Makhani
- 1× Butter Chicken
- 2× Naan
- 3× Masala Dosa
green → amber → red · the kitchen reads urgency at a glance
Restaurant inventory management with AI forecasts
Every dish has a recipe, so stock deducts itself with each sale, then forecasts what to reorder and flags what doesn't add up.
How is theft caught?
Recipes × sales = expected usage. Any gap against counted stock shows up in rupees.
Owner analytics & menu engineering that speak in rupees
Not yesterday's numbers, ranked next moves: reprice this, reorder that, push a combo here. Each with its rupee impact.
What is menu engineering?
Every dish plotted by popularity and margin. Stars, Plowhorses, Puzzles, Dogs, kept current automatically.
Kadai Paneer, high margin, few orders. The AI's suggestion: reprice +₹15 and give it a combo slot. Modeled impact: ≈ ₹4,200/month.
GST billing software & FSSAI compliance, automated
Every bill is a proper tax invoice, and each one files itself into a GSTR-1 export your CA can use as-is. FSSAI reminders included.
What is GSTR-1?
The GST return listing your sales, filed monthly or quarterly. CountStand compiles it continuously, so the export is always current.
day-close Z-report attached · export ready for your CA
The stack you retire on day one
Not six subscriptions and a notebook, one system that talks to itself.
Billing appExcel stock sheetOrder notebookGST calculatorStaff WhatsApp groupCA follow-ups
Billing, kitchen, stock, insights and GST, one login, from ₹999/month per outlet.
Built like infrastructure, priced like a tool
No marketing numbers, just how the system is engineered.
- Offline mode
- Offline-first billing & printing; idempotent sync on reconnect, retries never duplicate an order
- Tenant isolation
- Row-level security per outlet: one restaurant can never read another restaurant’s data
- Guest privacy
- Customer PII encrypted at rest; erasure on request (DPDP-aligned)
- Live screens
- Floor, KDS and dashboards update via server-sent events
- Printing
- ESC/POS thermal, 58/80mm; station routing; offline queue with retry; audited reprints
- Payments
- Dynamic UPI QR per bill · cash · card · split & partial settlement
- Interfaces
- API-first, every product action is an endpoint an AI agent can call
- Compliance
- GST engine (CGST/SGST/IGST, round-off) · one-click GSTR-1 export · e-invoice-ready fields · FSSAI expiry reminders
Works with the hardware you already have
58/80mm thermal printers
ESC/POS KOTs and GST bills, station-routed, with an offline retry queue.
Dynamic UPI QR
A fresh QR per bill for exact-amount UPI, plus cash, card and splits.
Owner commands and 5-minute onboarding on the app your team already has.
The words on this page
- KOT
- Kitchen Order Ticket, the slip (printed or on-screen) that tells a kitchen station what to cook for which table.
- KDS
- Kitchen Display System, a screen that replaces paper KOTs, routing and timing every ticket by station.
- GSTR-1
- The monthly/quarterly GST return listing outward sales; CountStand compiles it automatically from your bills.
- 86 (eighty-six)
- Restaurant slang for marking an item unavailable, one tap in CountStand, reflected everywhere instantly.
- Variance
- The gap between theoretical ingredient use (recipes × sales) and actual stock, where theft and wastage hide.
Frequently asked questions
Does CountStand work without internet?
Yes, it is offline-first. Billing, KOT printing and the kitchen display keep working when the connection drops; everything syncs automatically when you are back online, and idempotent retries mean no duplicate orders.
What hardware do I need to run it?
Any Android tablet, iPad or PC with a browser, plus standard 58/80mm ESC/POS thermal printers you may already own. No proprietary hardware lock-in.
Can I migrate from any POS or billing app?
Yes. We import your menu (items, prices, categories), customers and suppliers free of charge, typically over a weekend, so you never miss a service.
What is a KDS and do I need one?
A Kitchen Display System replaces paper KOTs with a live screen: every item routes to its station with a timer. If your kitchen ever loses tickets during rush, a KDS pays for itself fast, and it is built into CountStand.
Which GST reports does it generate?
Every bill computes CGST/SGST (or IGST) with round-off, and the GSTR-1 export compiles automatically, plus day-close Z-reports and CSV/PDF exports for your CA.
How long does setup take?
About five minutes via WhatsApp: say hi, share your restaurant name, send a photo of your menu, and you receive a login link with your menu loaded. A 30-day free trial starts with no card.
Does it integrate with Swiggy and Zomato?
Aggregator order intake and payout reconciliation are on our roadmap ("coming soon"). Our 2026 scope is dine-in and takeaway, we only sell what ships today.
How is my data protected?
Each outlet is isolated with row-level security, guest personal data is encrypted at rest, and DPDP-aligned erasure is supported. You can export your data anytime.
See it run your restaurant
Thirty days free, no card, your menu loaded in minutes. If it doesn't earn its keep, walk away with your data.
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