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How much does it cost to set up a POS for a small cafe in Nepal?

The quote that frightens a cafe is usually the whole fit-out. This one is only the counter: something to tap, something to print, and the software that keeps the bill. Rent, the machine, and the cups are a different article.

A small cafe counter with a tablet on a stand, a thermal printer, paper rolls, and a cup of coffee.
The counter, not the fit-out.

Prices below are what those shops had on their own pages when this was written, in September 2026. They will move. The links are the check.

The pieces, from people who publish a price

A 10.1 inch Android tablet that is actually sold as a tablet, the Blackview Tab 60 Pro, was listed at NPR 21,999 by Warrantore. An 80mm billing printer, the ZKTeco ZKP8016, was listed at NPR 8,500 by Quality Computer. Nepali Cart had another 80mm printer at NPR 9,000. Pasal Pro for a year is NPR 18,000 on the pricing page. A new shop also opens on Pro free for 7 days, which is long enough to ring real bills before any of this hardware is worth buying.

Add the cheap end: NPR 21,999 for the tablet, NPR 8,500 for the printer, NPR 18,000 for the year. That is NPR 48,499, and it does not include a stand or a stack of rolls.

PiecePrice as listedSource
Blackview Tab 60 ProNPR 21,999Warrantore
ZKTeco ZKP8016, 80mmNPR 8,500Quality Computer
Another 80mm printerNPR 9,000Nepali Cart, New Road
Pasal Pro, one yearNPR 18,000pasal.studio/pricing
Those three, cheap endNPR 48,499Added here
Pasal Complete, first yearRs 49,999Tablet, 80mm printer, stand, starter rolls, Pro for a year
A cafe counter, two ways
  • Tablet, 80mm printer, Pro yearNPR 48,499
  • Pasal Complete, first yearNPR 49,999

Pasal Complete is Rs 49,999 (NPR 49,999) for the first year. The hardware is yours to keep. The box is an Android tablet, an 80mm thermal printer, a counter stand, starter rolls, and Pasal Pro for that year. After the year, Pro renews at the usual price. It does not include a cash drawer. If you want a drawer, that is a separate buy from New Road, and the printer you choose should have a drawer port. We are not going to invent a drawer price.

Wifi, a kitchen printer, and a second screen are not in either column. Opening the cafe's technology list is the wider one. Which printer width is why Complete is an 80mm roll and not a thin one.