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 500 customers a month). Paid plans from ₱999/mo. New businesses get a 14-day Pro trial. | Free Lite plan (25 products, sales cap, no add-ons). Essential ₱1,790/mo (₱17,900/yr), Growth ₱2,790/mo (₱27,900/yr), ex-VAT. QR ordering needs Growth, or a ₱590/mo add-on on Essential. |
| Customer-payment commission | Zero — payments go direct from customer to you | 0% commission on QR ordering. Published payment MDR from 0.4% (QR Ph in-store) to 1.8% (cards), but QashierPay is still listed as coming soon in the Philippines. |
| Hardware required | None for ordering - runs on customer phones + a phone, tablet, or laptop you already own. A Bluetooth thermal printer is optional. | A Qashier SuperTerminal (X2, XL Slim, XS) or a compatible Android tablet. Annual Essential bundles with hardware start at ₱24,900 (ex-VAT). Not phone-only. |
| Payment rails (PH) | GCash, Maya, QR Ph (proof screenshot plus reference number, verified by staff in one tap), cash, or your own card terminal. Automatic GCash verification via HitPay on Pro and above. | QashierPay (cards, QR Ph, GCash, GrabPay, and other e-wallets) is listed as coming soon in the Philippines. Payment happens at the counter, not on the diner's phone. |
| Contract term | Month-to-month, no contract, cancel anytime | Sources conflict: the pricing FAQ offers annual or 2-year plans, while the help center also lists a monthly price. Free Lite plan; plan changes happen at renewal. |
| 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 · Not disclosed
| Feature | Nom | Qashier |
|---|---|---|
QR code ordering | ||
Guest checkout (no signup) | ||
Customer mobile app | ||
GCash native integration Nom: proof plus reference number on every plan; automatic verification via HitPay on Pro and above. Qashier: GCash via QashierPay, listed as coming soon in the PH. | ||
Maya payments Nom accepts Maya by proof plus reference number, verified by staff (no Maya API). Qashier does not name Maya in its QashierPay list, which is coming soon in the PH. | ||
QRPH support Qashier lists QR Ph on its terminals under payments coming soon in the PH. | ||
Buy now, pay later (BNPL) Nom offers no BNPL. Qashier lists Atome BNPL through QashierPay, which is coming soon in the PH. | ||
Zero hardware required | ||
Real-time orders board | ||
Kitchen display system | ||
Allergen tags + dietary profiles Nom: FDA Big 9 plus vegetarian and vegan tags, with a kitchen allergen banner. Qashier mentions allergens on its QR menu but publishes no dietary-profile detail. | ||
Structured modifications + price deltas Qashier QR menus support modifiers, combos, and price tiers; price deltas on modifiers are not documented. | ||
Multi-branch menu sync Nom: Enterprise plan. | ||
Per-branch pricing override Nom: Enterprise plan. | ||
Staff transfer between branches Nom: Enterprise plan. | ||
Customer tipping at checkout | ||
POS / walk-up order entry | ||
Recipe / inventory tracking Nom: recipe costing, cost per order, menu margins, stock items and a waste log (Pro); no automatic stock deduction per sale. Qashier includes inventory on every plan and ingredient management on Growth. | ||
BIR-accredited POS Nom does not issue BIR receipts. Qashier and its accreditation partner handle the POS-supplier side. | ||
Thermal-printer hardware bundle Nom sells no hardware. The Nom Staff app prints receipts and kitchen tickets to a Bluetooth ESC/POS thermal printer you buy yourself. | ||
Offline order queueing Nom needs a connection to take orders. Qashier's terminal keeps selling offline and syncs later. | ||
Loyalty program Nom: Growth plan and above. Qashier: Treats add-on, ₱590/mo. | ||
Promo codes Nom: Growth plan and above. | ||
Month-to-month billing Qashier's help center lists a monthly price, but its pricing FAQ describes annual or 2-year plans. | ||
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, multi-outlet inventory, ingredient management (Growth), staff management, reporting, Treats loyalty, KDS, and GrabFood/foodpanda integration (a ₱590/mo add-on), with more than 50 modules in all. A merchant wanting one system to run the whole floor gets more operational breadth than a QR-ordering-first tool.
Integrated hardware, with card acceptance on the way
The SuperTerminal line (X2, XL Slim, XS) prints receipts on the device, and Qashier says QashierPay will accept cards, QR Ph, GCash, and other e-wallets on it once it launches in the Philippines. If you want card acceptance and printing on one countertop terminal, that is worth watching. Nom only records card payments taken on a terminal you already have.
Established scale, licensing, and BIR handholding
Qashier reports more than 20,000 merchants across Southeast Asia, holds a Monetary Authority of Singapore Major Payment Institution licence, raised a US$6.125M Series A+ in June 2026, and says it has been profitable every month since December 2025. It also handles the POS-supplier side of BIR accreditation (the Permit-to-Use filing is ₱5,000 plus VAT per device), reducing the compliance burden on the owner.
Offline resilience
QashierPOS keeps operating offline, stores transactions locally, and auto-syncs when the connection returns. That matters for PH venues with unreliable internet. Nom needs a connection for every order and does not queue orders offline.
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
As of 2026-10-27, Qashier's PH QR ordering page says: 'For businesses in the Philippines, QR code ordering supports in-store use only. Customers can browse and order from their phones, but payment is completed at the counter.' The same page says online ordering and payment are coming soon. On Nom, diners pay by GCash, Maya, or QR Ph on their own phone today (or pick cash and pay at the counter), so guests skip the till queue.
Zero hardware - true BYOD
Qashier runs on its SuperTerminal or a compatible Android tablet, and its annual Essential hardware bundles start at ₱24,900. Nom runs on the diner's own phone and a phone, tablet, or laptop you already own, with no terminal to buy, install, or maintain. Want printed tickets? Pair any Bluetooth ESC/POS thermal printer.
Transparent, free-to-start, no lock-in
Nom is Free (up to 500 customers a month) or from ₱999/mo, month-to-month, with a 14-day Pro trial at sign-up. Qashier's Lite plan is free but allows no add-ons, so no QR ordering; QR ordering needs Growth (₱2,790/mo ex-VAT) or a ₱590/mo add-on on Essential (₱1,790/mo ex-VAT), and its pricing FAQ describes annual or 2-year plans.
Built in the PH, with a customer app
Neither Nom nor Qashier takes a commission on QR orders. Nom is built in the Philippines: its customer app is on the App Store and Google Play, the Nom Business owner app is on iOS, and Nom Staff is on the App Store and on Android by invite. Qashier is a Singapore platform with no customer app, and its QR ordering is an add-on to its 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 on the Free plan; on Qashier it is a Growth-tier feature or a paid Essential add-on layered onto a POS.
Already on Qashier? Here's how to switch.
Most cafés are live on Nom in under an hour. No data left behind.
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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 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: live orders, the order board, and the kitchen view work from day one on devices you already own, with no SuperTerminal to buy. Nom does not issue BIR receipts.
Need help with the migration? Email hello@nom404.com and we'll handle the menu import for free.
Nom vs Qashier: common questions
Nom: ₱0/mo (free tier, up to 500 customers a month). Paid plans from ₱999/mo. New businesses get a 14-day Pro trial. Qashier: Free Lite plan (25 products, sales cap, no add-ons). Essential ₱1,790/mo (₱17,900/yr), Growth ₱2,790/mo (₱27,900/yr), ex-VAT. QR ordering needs Growth, or a ₱590/mo add-on on Essential.
Nom: Zero — payments go direct from customer to you. Qashier: 0% commission on QR ordering. Published payment MDR from 0.4% (QR Ph in-store) to 1.8% (cards), but QashierPay is still listed as coming soon in the Philippines.
Nom: None for ordering - runs on customer phones + a phone, tablet, or laptop you already own. A Bluetooth thermal printer is optional. Qashier: A Qashier SuperTerminal (X2, XL Slim, XS) or a compatible Android tablet. Annual Essential bundles with hardware start at ₱24,900 (ex-VAT). Not phone-only.
Nom: GCash, Maya, QR Ph (proof screenshot plus reference number, verified by staff in one tap), cash, or your own card terminal. Automatic GCash verification via HitPay on Pro and above. Qashier: QashierPay (cards, QR Ph, GCash, GrabPay, and other e-wallets) is listed as coming soon in the Philippines. Payment happens at the counter, not on the diner's phone.
Nom: Month-to-month, no contract, cancel anytime. Qashier: Sources conflict: the pricing FAQ offers annual or 2-year plans, while the help center also lists a monthly price. Free Lite plan; plan changes happen at renewal.
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.
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