## Best Free Restaurant POS System in Thailand (2026)

URL: https://minimalpos.com/restaurant-pos/thailand
Last reviewed: 2026-08-22

MinimalPOS is a free cloud restaurant POS for Thai F&B businesses. It handles counter, table, takeaway and QR orders, sends them to a kitchen display, and produces billing and shift reports. It records 7% VAT and the 10% service charge convention separately, and works alongside PromptPay and any card terminal you already use.

### Tax and invoicing in Thailand

- Thailand's VAT rate remains 7% (6.3% plus local taxes) and is legislated to stay at that level until 30 September 2026. Plan for a rate review rather than assuming it is permanent. (Source: https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/thailand/corporate/other-taxes, checked 2026-08-22)
- A compliant Thai tax invoice must carry the 13-digit Tax Identification Numbers of both buyer and seller, the transaction date, a description of the goods or services, and VAT shown as a separate line item — not folded into the total. (Source: https://www.forvismazars.com/th/en/insights/doing-business-in-thailand/tax/value-added-tax-vat-in-thailand, checked 2026-08-22)
- The 10% service charge is a pricing convention, not a tax. It is common in hotels, hotel restaurants, rooftop bars and higher-end dining rooms, and generally absent from casual restaurants, street-food shops, cafés and noodle shops. (Source: https://www.thefinestthai.com/2026/05/31/thailand-plus-plus-pricing-vat-service-charge-guide/, checked 2026-08-22)

### Payment methods used in Thailand

- PromptPay: Thailand's national QR transfer scheme, and the default cashless method for most independent venues.
- TrueMoney Wallet: Widely used e-wallet, particularly outside Bangkok.
- Rabbit LINE Pay: Common among LINE-native customers and transit users.
- Card terminals: Visa, Mastercard and increasingly UnionPay for tourist-facing venues.

Delivery platforms: GrabFood, LINE MAN, foodpanda.

### Published restaurant POS pricing in Thailand

- Silom POS: From THB 490/month (Source: https://emenuthailand.com/blog/tpost/best-restaurant-pos-systems-thailand-2026, checked 2026-08-22)
- Ocha POS: THB 799/month (Source: https://emenuthailand.com/blog/tpost/best-restaurant-pos-systems-thailand-2026, checked 2026-08-22)
- StoreHub: From THB 990/month (Source: https://emenuthailand.com/blog/tpost/best-restaurant-pos-systems-thailand-2026, checked 2026-08-22)
- FoodStory: Software price not published — FoodStory publishes hardware pricing (iPad packages reported at THB 1,590–2,290/month) but not a software price list, so a like-for-like software comparison is not possible from public sources. (Source: https://foodstory.co/, checked 2026-08-22)
- MinimalPOS: Free — limited-time launch offer — Includes QR ordering, kitchen display, table management, staff roles and full report history. (Source: https://minimalpos.com/compare, checked 2026-08-22)

### Questions

**Is there a genuinely free restaurant POS system in Thailand?** Yes. MinimalPOS is free as a limited-time launch offer, including QR ordering, the kitchen display, table management, staff roles and full report history. Most Thai alternatives are subscription-based: Silom POS from THB 490/month, Ocha POS at THB 799/month and StoreHub from THB 990/month, before hardware.

**How should a Thai restaurant handle VAT and service charge in its POS?** Keep them separate. VAT is 7% and must appear as its own line on a tax invoice; the 10% service charge is a pricing convention, not a tax, and is usually applied before VAT. MinimalPOS records taxes and service charges as distinct components so the receipt shows both and your reports do not conflate them.

**What does a compliant Thai tax invoice need to show?** The 13-digit Tax Identification Numbers of both the buyer and the seller, the transaction date, a description of the goods or services, and VAT as a separate line item. Our free Thai restaurant receipt generator produces this layout if you need it before setting up a full POS.

**Does MinimalPOS support PromptPay?** MinimalPOS records PromptPay as a payment method against the bill so it appears in your payment-mix reports, but it does not generate the transfer itself. If you want per-guest PromptPay QR codes for splitting a bill, our free PromptPay split bill generator creates an exact-amount QR for each guest.

**Does it work for a bar as well as a restaurant?** Yes. Fast drink entry with modifiers, food tickets routed to the kitchen, staff permissions, void tracking and end-of-night payment and void reports are all included. Bar service was one of the workflows the product was built around.