Not a competitor teardown — a comparison of two models. Traditional systems are bought once and installed on a machine in your shop; cloud systems are rented monthly and updated centrally. Each suits a different restaurant.
| What you are comparing | Traditional on-premise POS | ChatPoint (cloud) |
|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | Licence plus hardware, typically tens of thousands of HK dollars before you serve a table | From HK$99 a month, no licence, use the tablets you already have |
| Updates | Paid upgrades, often needing an engineer visit | Included and applied automatically |
| Seeing your sales | Usually only from the machine in the shop | From any browser, wherever you are |
| Delivery platforms | A separate tablet per platform; staff re-key every order | Foodpanda and Keeta orders arrive in the kitchen automatically |
| Hardware | Proprietary terminals from one supplier | Ordinary Android tablets and mainstream receipt printers |
| Adding a station | Buy another terminal and a licence | Sign in on another tablet |
| If you stop paying | The system keeps running on the machine you bought | Access stops, but your data is exportable at any time |
Comparison of two delivery models, not of any specific vendor. Traditional POS pricing varies widely by supplier — always ask for a two-year total.
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