Nom vs Qashier
Both platforms run F&B businesses in the Philippines. They take very different paths to get there. Here's the side-by-side — pricing, hardware, payment rails, contracts — sourced from public materials and our own product. Spot something stale? Tell us.
The 30-second take
Just the numbers — full feature matrix below.
| Nom | Qashier | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | ₱0/mo (free tier, up to 10 daily customers) | No monthly plan; billed annually / 2-year / lifetime. Annual Essential reported ~₱23,990/yr; QR ordering is included only in the Growth plan or as a paid Essential add-on. |
| Customer-payment commission | Zero — payments go direct from customer to you | Not disclosed (no per-order commission rate published for QashierPay / QR Ph settlement on the PH site) |
| Hardware required | None — runs on customer phones + your laptop | Requires a proprietary Qashier SuperTerminal (QashierX2 / QashierXS / QashierPOS); diners order from their own phone (BYOD) but the merchant needs the Qashier device to take payment and print receipts |
| Payment rails (PH) | GCash, Maya, QRPH, BillEase, GrabPay, cards, cash | GCash, Maya, QR Ph, plus Visa/Mastercard cards - processed at the counter on a SuperTerminal, not on the diner''s phone |
| Contract term | Month-to-month, cancel anytime | Annual, 2-year, or lifetime subscription; no month-to-month plan published |
| PH-built | Yes — built and owned in the Philippines | No - Qashier is a Singapore company (founded 2019, Christopher Choo & Franklin Zhao; MAS Major Payment Institution licence). It operates in the PH but is not PH-built. |
Feature-by-feature comparison
Yes · Partial · No
| Feature | Nom | Qashier |
|---|---|---|
QR code ordering | ||
Guest checkout (no signup) | ||
Customer mobile app | ||
GCash native integration | ||
Maya native integration | ||
QRPH support | ||
BillEase / BNPL | ||
Zero hardware required | ||
Real-time orders board | ||
Kitchen display system | ||
Allergen tags + dietary profiles | ||
Structured modifications + price deltas | ||
Multi-branch menu sync | ||
Per-branch pricing override | ||
Staff transfer between branches | ||
Customer tipping at checkout | ||
POS / walk-up order entry | ||
Recipe / inventory tracking StoreHub's recipe inventory is more mature. | ||
BIR-accredited POS | ||
Thermal-printer hardware bundle Nom supports ESC-POS via Web Bluetooth. | ||
Offline order queueing | ||
Loyalty program | ||
Promo codes | ||
Month-to-month billing | ||
Built and owned in PH |
Where Qashier is genuinely better
They've been at this longer. There are real things they do better today. If any of these matter to you more than zero commission and zero hardware, Qashier is the right call.
Full all-in-one POS suite, not just QR ordering
Qashier bundles POS, inventory (low-stock alerts, inter-branch transfer), staff management, reporting, Treats loyalty, KDS, and GrabFood integration into one platform. A merchant wanting a single system to run the whole floor gets more operational breadth than a QR-ordering-first tool.
Proprietary integrated hardware with card acceptance
The SuperTerminal line (QashierX2/XS) takes Visa/Mastercard cards plus GCash, Maya, and QR Ph and prints receipts on one device. Merchants who want physical card acceptance and an integrated countertop terminal are well served - a phone-only QR tool cannot swipe or tap cards.
Established scale, licensing, and BIR handholding
Qashier reports 25,000+ businesses across Southeast Asia, holds a Monetary Authority of Singapore Major Payment Institution licence, and is a PH search incumbent. It also actively manages BIR POS accreditation (handling ~₱5,000/device filing and Permit-to-Use stickers), reducing the compliance burden on the owner.
Offline resilience
QashierPOS keeps operating offline, stores transactions locally, and auto-syncs when the connection returns - valuable for PH venues with unreliable internet, and something a purely cloud/phone QR flow handles less gracefully.
Where Nom wins by design
These aren't roadmap items — they're structural choices that competitors can't reverse without rewriting their stack.
Pay AT the table, not at the counter
Qashier''s own PH page states QR ordering is ''in-store use only, where customers can browse and order from their phones, but payment is completed at the counter.'' Nom closes the loop on the diner''s phone - GCash, Maya, QRPH, or cash - so guests never queue at the till, cutting a whole counter step Qashier still requires.
Zero hardware - true BYOD
Qashier requires purchasing a proprietary SuperTerminal (so central that they finance it via BillEase buy-now-pay-later). Nom runs on the customer''s own phone and the owner''s existing device with no terminal to buy, install, or maintain.
Transparent, free-to-start, no lock-in
Nom is Free / from ₱999/mo, month-to-month. Qashier publishes no monthly plan and bills annually, 2-year, or lifetime (Annual Essential reported ~₱23,990/yr), and gates QR ordering to the Growth plan or a paid Essential add-on - a bigger upfront commitment for the same table-ordering job.
No per-order commission and PH-built native apps
Nom charges no per-order commission and ships native iOS + Android owner and staff apps built in the Philippines. Qashier is a Singapore platform, and its QR ordering is a module of a POS rather than the product itself.
QR ordering is the product, not an add-on
On Nom, QR order-and-pay is the core experience and is included from the entry tier; on Qashier it is a Growth-tier feature or an Essential add-on layered onto a hardware-anchored POS.
Already on Qashier? Here's how to switch.
Most cafés are live on Nom in under an hour. No data left behind.
- 1
Run pay-at-table alongside your existing setup
You don''t have to rip out Qashier to test Nom. Put Nom QR codes on a few tables so diners can order and settle on their own phones (GCash/Maya/QRPH), and compare counter-queue time against Qashier''s pay-at-counter flow before committing.
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Rebuild your menu in minutes, month-to-month
There''s no annual or lifetime contract to sign. Recreate your menu, categories, and modifiers in Nom and go live on a month-to-month plan, so switching carries no multi-year lock-in risk.
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Point your table QR codes at Nom - no new hardware
Replace the table QR codes and you''re done: BIR-registered receipts, live orders, and kitchen view work from day one on devices you already own, with no SuperTerminal to purchase.
Need help with the migration? Email hello@nom404.com and we'll handle the menu import for free.
Stop paying for hardware you don't need.
Nom is free to start, runs on the phones your customers already own, and never charges commission on their payments. Try it side-by-side with Qashier and see for yourself.
Free forever for up to 10 daily customers · No credit card required