Best of · Point of Sale

The best POS systems for Singapore and Malaysia

Most POS roundups compare feature lists. The number that decides this category is what you pay to take a dollar off a customer, and whether you need to know what stock is left afterwards. We rank on those two things, with every price checked against the vendor’s own page.

4 tracked, 0 hands-on tested yet Edited by Wei Chun Updated 2026·07

Nothing in this category is hands-on tested yet, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Every score here is research based, from verified vendor pricing and named user reviews, and each card says so. Some links are affiliate links; we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you, and it never decides what we cover or how we rank it. See our affiliate disclosure and methodology.

Our picks

Straight to the winners

Answer one question and this category resolves itself: do you need to take payment, or do you need to run a shop? They are not the same purchase, and most buyers only need one of them.

★ Best for payments

HitPay

Payments & POS · SG

8.2

No monthly fee, and PayNow at 0.65% costs a fraction of a card sale. The cheapest honest way to take money at a Singapore counter.

No monthly feeRead review →

Best full POS

StoreHub

Retail & F&B · MY

7.9

A real till with stock control and F&B table management. The default in Malaysia, and the right answer if you need to run a shop, not just charge for one.

from RM122/moRead review →

Best for marketplaces

SiteGiant

Multichannel · MY

7.5

If your real sales floor is Shopee and Lazada rather than a counter. Strong channel sync, but it will not show you a price.

By quoteRead review →

Side by side

Every option, compared

All prices below were checked against the vendor’s own page in July 2026. Where a vendor does not publish a price we can verify, we say so rather than repeat a number from a comparison site.

Software	Our score	Cost model	Stock control	Best for	State
HitPaypayments · SG	8.2	No monthly fee	Basic	Taking PayNow cheaply	Review →
StoreHubfull POS · MY	7.9	from RM122/mo	Full, plus F&B	Running a shop or cafe	Review →
SiteGiantmultichannel · MY	7.5	By quote	Across marketplaces	Shopee & Lazada sellers	Review →
AppsPOScloud · SG	not scored	By quote	Unverified	See note below	Listed

Scores are out of 10 and are research based, not hands-on. Pricing is entry level and checked July 2026.

How we picked

What a place on this list has to earn

The cost of a sale

The headline price matters less than what you lose on every transaction. We weight the real cost of taking a dollar, not the sticker.

Payment rail or shop system

These are different purchases. We say plainly which one each product is, rather than letting a payment app pose as a POS.

Prices we can verify

Every figure here was checked against the vendor’s own page. Where a vendor will not publish one, we print no number instead of guessing.

Merit, not commission

Nothing is ranked higher, or added, because it pays a referral fee. StoreHub barely pays anything and still places second.

Read the full testing methodology →

The shortlist

Our take on each, in a paragraph

8.2 Research

HitPay

#1 · Best for payments

The cheapest way to get paid. No monthly fee, no setup fee, and PayNow at 0.65% plus S$0.30 above S$100. On a S$400 sale that is about S$2.90, against roughly S$10.50 on a card. It is MAS-licensed, and the POS app will run a counter, but it will not run your stock. There is a recurring complaint pattern about frozen accounts, so keep a bank buffer.

No monthly feeBest for PayNowSources shown in review

7.9 Research

StoreHub

#2 · Best full POS

A real shop system. Stock control, reporting and F&B table management in one place, at RM122, RM235 or RM471 a month in Malaysia. It is close to the default there, which means your next hire may already know it. Two honest warnings: hardware is a real cost and reviewers report upgrades breaking printer compatibility, and there is no Singapore pricing page, so SG buyers are billed in US dollars.

RM122/moBest for retail & F&BSources shown in review

7.5 Research

SiteGiant

Best for marketplaces

For sellers whose counter is Shopee. If your stock is spread across Shopee, Lazada and TikTok Shop and none of them talk to each other, this is built for exactly that. Strong sync, well-rated onboarding. But it does not publish a price we could verify, it bills annually, and named Malaysian reviewers keep flagging gross-profit reporting that needs manual correction.

By quoteBest for marketplacesSources shown in review

Listed

AppsPOS

Tracked, not reviewed

A Singapore POS vendor we are tracking, with no score, because we could not find enough to justify one. It has no presence we could verify on any independent review platform, so its reputation currently rests entirely on its own marketing. Two cautions if you are researching it: it is a different company from the similarly-named AppzPOS, which is easy to confuse, and its PSG-approval claim is vendor-sourced, so check the GoBusiness PSG directory yourself. We are not saying it is bad. We are saying we do not know, and neither, from what is public, can you.

By quoteSingaporeHands-on test planned

FAQ

Questions buyers ask us

What is the best POS system in Singapore?

It depends on which problem is actually yours. If you mainly need to take payment cheaply, HitPay is the best answer in Singapore: no monthly fee, and PayNow at 0.65% plus S$0.30 above S$100, far below card rates. If you need to run a shop, with stock control and F&B tools, StoreHub is the more complete system, though Singapore buyers are quoted in US dollars because there is no SG pricing page.

How much does a POS system cost in Singapore?

There are two pricing models and they suit different businesses. Payment-led tools like HitPay charge no monthly fee and take a cut per transaction, from 0.65% on PayNow. Full POS systems like StoreHub charge a subscription, from USD 39 a month for Singapore buyers or RM122 in Malaysia, plus hardware. A quiet month costs you nothing on the first model and the full subscription on the second.

What is the best POS system for a restaurant or cafe?

StoreHub, of the systems we track. Table management, order flow and stock control sit in one system, which is exactly what an F&B floor needs and exactly what a payment app cannot do. Budget for hardware, and ask about the upgrade path before you buy, because reviewers report platform upgrades breaking printer compatibility.

Do I need a POS system, or just a payment app?

Ask whether you need to know what stock you have. If you just need to take money, a payment app like HitPay is cheaper and simpler, with no monthly fee. If you need to know what sold, what is left and what makes money, that is a POS problem and no payment app will solve it, however good its rates are.

Edited by

Wei Chun

Founder & Editor

Every product here carries a research based score, not a hands-on one, and each card says so. I verified all pricing directly against vendor pages, which is how I found that widely-quoted StoreHub figures were wrong and that SiteGiant does not publish a price at all. Hands-on testing for this category is on the list, and the scores will be re-dated when it happens.

Editor profile → How we test → Editorial & corrections →

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