ARISTRALPlatform Overview · 2026
The AI-native point-of-sale platform
POSENGINE
Built from the ground up for UK cafés, restaurants, and independent retailers — with AI agents running the back-office work owners would rather not.
ProductPOS ENGINE
ByAristral
MarketUnited Kingdom
DateApril 2026
270K+
UK hospitality & independent retail SMBs on the platform's target market
8
Native UK payment rails supported on day one, from contactless to Pay by Bank
Multi-site
Multi-tenant, multi-role architecture — from single site to national group
The Problem
UK high streets are stuck with POS tools built for someone else’s market.
Foreign payment stacks
Most POS platforms ignore Faster Payments, Pay by Bank, and UK-first card UX. Stripe, Worldpay, and SumUp sit outside the till instead of inside the flow.
Hardware-first, offline-fragile
Independents pay £1,200+ upfront for locked-in terminals, then lose sales the minute the café's 4G drops. No graceful offline mode. No device freedom.
No multi-site scale
Single-shop tools break the moment a group opens site two. Managers have nowhere to centralise menus, pricing, staff, or stock across locations.
The Solution
One POS. Every site. Built for the UK.
POS ENGINE is a cloud-native, multi-tenant point-of-sale platform designed from the ground up for UK cafés, restaurants, and independent retailers — with AI agents handling the work owners would rather skip.
✓
Native UK payment rails — Stripe, Worldpay, SumUp, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Pay by Bank baked in
✓
GBP-first receipts — Full VAT handling and Making Tax Digital exports built in
✓
Multi-site, multi-role — from day one — one login for every branch in the group
✓
Real-time dashboards — not end-of-day spreadsheet exports or paper cash-up sheets
How It Works
A three-tier architecture, ready from day one.
One platform serves platform operators, groups running multiple sites, and the counter staff on the ground — each with the view they actually need.
Tier 01 · Super Admin
Platform Operator
Manage every account, subscription plan, and invoice. Impersonate any group for white-glove support. Push platform updates to every tenant in one move.
Tier 02 · Account
Group / Business
Run multiple sites, invite team members, configure payment methods, and set branch-level pricing, menus, and themes — all from one central dashboard.
Tier 03 · Branch
Single Site
POS, kitchen display, orders, products, customers, and expenses — every daily-ops tool the counter, kitchen, and office need to run the shift.
The Product
Everything a modern venue needs. Nothing it doesn’t.
Point of Sale
Fast, category-filtered product grid, cart, split bills, and receipt flow — tuned for one-handed use on a tablet at peak service.
Order Kanban
Pending → Preparing → Served → Paid, with prep timers and colour-coded alerts when a ticket ages past target.
Live Analytics
Hourly revenue, category mix, payment breakdown — every chart filterable from today back to any custom date range.
Customer Profiles
Auto-flag VIPs after 10 orders or £200 spent. Track preferences, allergens, and visit frequency for every repeat customer.
Expense Tracking
Localised categories — energy, business rates, rent, wages, supplies — with receipt capture and MTD-ready exports.
Kitchen Display
Dedicated screen so the kitchen never misses a ticket — ticket printers optional, station routing built in.
Localisation
Built for the UK — not ported to it.
Every localisation detail most SaaS tools leave to “Plugin #47”, POS ENGINE ships by default.
£
GBP-first currency
Every figure, receipt, and report formatted in Pounds Sterling by default. No currency plugin. No decimal-comma surprises.
📧
Email & wallet receipts
Digital-first receipts with Apple Wallet, Google Wallet pass sharing, and WhatsApp Business built in. Paper roll optional.
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Localised expense categories
Energy, business rates, rent, wages, stock — the line items UK owners actually track, pre-mapped to HMRC-friendly exports.
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GMT / BST aware, VAT-ready
Timestamps, VAT handling, and Making Tax Digital exports that match UK operations out of the box.
Roles & Security
Role-based access — designed around real operations.
Owners see everything. Cashiers see the till. Accountants see the books. No configuration headaches, no hidden toggles.
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Row-level security isolates every tenant. Every invitation, permission, and action logged to an immutable activity trail. GDPR-aligned by default.
Market Opportunity
A massive, underserved market — digitising now.
The UK’s hospitality and independent retail sector is moving off legacy terminals and paper cash-ups onto cloud-native tools — with contactless and Open Banking leading the shift.
270K+
Hospitality & independent retail SMBs
Hospitality and independent retail across the United Kingdom
~60%
Still on legacy terminals or spreadsheets
Untapped opportunity for a cloud-native, AI-assisted POS
2×
YoY growth in contactless & Pay by Bank volume
UK Finance & Open Banking Implementation Entity data
Sources: UK Finance, ONS, UKHospitality, Open Banking Implementation Entity (directional estimates).
Business Model
SaaS pricing. Priced for UK operators.
Three tiers that match every operator — from single-site cafés to multi-site groups and white-label rollouts.
Starter
£39
per month · per site
1 site
Up to 3 users
POS + Orders + Receipts
Email support
Growth — Most Popular
£89
per month · per site
Unlimited users
Full analytics & dashboards
All UK payment methods
Kitchen Display + Expenses
Priority support
Enterprise
Custom
volume pricing
Unlimited sites
White-label option
API & webhook access
Dedicated account manager
Let’s digitise the UK high street.
POS ENGINE is shipping today. Ready to run your first shift this week — across London, Manchester, Birmingham, and every UK high street in between.
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