ARISTRALPlatform Overview · 2026 The AI-native point-of-sale platform
Point ofSale Software
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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Native UK payment rails: Stripe, Worldpay, SumUp, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Pay by Bank baked in
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GBP-first receipts: Full VAT handling and Making Tax Digital exports built in
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Multi-site, multi-role: from day one, one login for every branch in the group
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Real-time dashboards: not end-of-day spreadsheet exports or paper cash-up sheets
Today · Live
Shoreditch Branch · London
£2,840
↑ 18% revenue vs. yesterday
Flat White× 52£260
Fish & Chips× 18£234
Sourdough Toastie× 24£108
Full English× 42£546
Live on every device. Every branch. Every second.
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.
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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.
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Order Kanban
Pending → Preparing → Served → Paid, with prep timers and colour-coded alerts when a ticket ages past target.
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Live Analytics
Hourly revenue, category mix, payment breakdown: every chart filterable from today back to any custom date range.
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Customer Profiles
Auto-flag VIPs after 10 orders or £200 spent. Track preferences, allergens, and visit frequency for every repeat customer.
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Expense Tracking
Localised categories (energy, business rates, rent, wages, supplies) with receipt capture and MTD-ready exports.
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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.
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UK payment rails, day one
CashChip & PINContactlessApple PayGoogle PayStripeWorldpaySumUpPay by Bank
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GBP-first currency
Every figure, receipt, and report formatted in Pounds Sterling by default. No currency plugin. No decimal-comma surprises.
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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.
| Role | POS | Orders | Products | Dashboard | Team & Billing |
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| Owner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Admin | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Site Manager | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | – |
| Cashier | ✓ | ✓ | – | – | – |
| Accountant | – | ✓ | – | ✓ | – |
🔒Row-level security isolates every tenant. Every invitation, permission, and action logged to an immutable activity trail. GDPR-aligned by default.
Platform focus
Built for hospitality and independent retail workflows.
The platform combines point-of-sale operations with cloud-based tools for payments, reporting and multi-site management.
Payments
Payment workflows
Configured around the payment providers and methods selected for the deployment.
Multi-site
Location management
Role and site structures for operators managing one or more locations.
Reporting
Operational visibility
Sales and operational views based on connected point-of-sale data.
Business Model
Plans that scale with you. Built for UK operators.
Three tiers that match every operator, from single-site cafés to multi-site groups and white-label rollouts. Pricing is tailored to your sites and volume.
Starter
Single-site operators
1 site
Up to 3 users
POS + Orders + Receipts
Email support
Growth · Most Popular
Multi-site groups
Unlimited users
Full analytics & dashboards
All UK payment methods
Kitchen Display + Expenses
Priority support
Enterprise
White-label & volume
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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