PayTabs vs Yoco

PayTabs is a payments company serving the Middle East and North Africa. Yoco is a South African payments and point-of-sale provider for small businesses. Both are listed under Payment Processing for Food Businesses. Where the profiles show a difference, it is in price, audience and countries covered.

Key differences

  • price

    On price, Yoco lists ZAR 249 per location per month. PayTabs does not publish a starting price.

  • audience

    Not every audience is shared. Entries that only one product lists: PayTabs: Restaurants, cafes and hotels in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt; Yoco: Independent restaurants and cafes in South Africa.

  • countries covered

    PayTabs names 9 countries and Yoco names 1 country. No country appears in every list.

  • integrations

    PayTabs names 11 integrations and Yoco names 11 integrations. 3 partners appear in every list.

Side by side

PayTabs vs Yoco: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldPayTabsYoco
What it isPayTabs is a payments company serving the Middle East and North Africa.Yoco is a South African payments and point-of-sale provider for small businesses.
Best forRestaurants, cafes and hotels in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt; Small merchants and mobile food sellers in the region; Online sellers and small businessesIndependent restaurants and cafes in South Africa; Food trucks, markets and pop-ups; Small businesses that want no monthly software fee
Pricing modelQuote onlySubscription per location plus transaction fees
Starting priceNot publishedZAR 249 per location per month
Free planNot publishedYes
Free trialNot publishedYes
ContractNot publishedNo contract on card machines, per the vendor
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesEgypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and 3 moreSouth Africa
LanguagesArabic, English, FrenchNot published
Number of integrations1111
CertificationsPCI DSSNot published
Security practicesEMV 3D Secure 2.0 ready, UAE IA standard and SAMA cybersecurity framework3D-Secure on transactions
Founded2014Not published
HeadquartersNot publishedNot published
OwnerNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

Named by both

  • Shopify
  • WooCommerce
  • Xero

Named only by PayTabs

  • Apple Pay
  • CS-Cart
  • Magento
  • OpenCart
  • PrestaShop
  • Samsung Pay
  • STC Pay
  • WHMCS

Named only by Yoco

  • Lightspeed
  • Loyverse
  • QuickBooks
  • Sage
  • Shopstar
  • stub
  • TallOrder
  • Wix

Which to choose

PayTabs

Choose PayTabs if you are in one of these groups: Restaurants, cafes and hotels in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt; Small merchants and mobile food sellers in the region; Online sellers and small businesses.

Yoco

Choose Yoco if you are in one of these groups: Independent restaurants and cafes in South Africa; Food trucks, markets and pop-ups; Small businesses that want no monthly software fee.

What we could not confirm

PayTabs

  • A price for the payment gateway or TAPn'GO (only Paymes Super App pricing is published, in a testing phase)
  • Headquarters city, legal entity, team size and funding
  • Named restaurant POS integrations
  • Customer names for restaurants using TAPn'GO
  • Contract term and renewal

Yoco

  • Headquarters, founding year and founders
  • Legal entity and registration
  • Funding rounds (the about page says over $100M raised in total, with no round detail)
  • Availability outside South Africa
  • Which accounting integrations need the Pro plan
  • Interface languages

Go further

PayTabs profileYoco profile

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Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.

PayTabs, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Homepage: products, markets, TAPn'GOhttps://paytabs.com/en/
  2. Pricing pagehttps://paytabs.com/en/pricing/
  3. Paymes Super Apphttps://paytabs.com/en/superapp/
  4. Gateway features and industrieshttps://ai.paytabs.com/en/payment-gateway-platform/
  5. TAPn'GO for restaurants and hotelshttps://ai.paytabs.com/en/tapngo/
  6. SoftPOShttps://ai.paytabs.com/en/paytabs-touch/
  7. Shopping cart pluginshttps://ai.paytabs.com/en/integration-solutions/
  8. PCI DSS and frameworkshttps://ai.paytabs.com/en/security-compliance/
  9. Company history and founderhttps://ai.paytabs.com/en/about/
  10. Support routeshttps://ai.paytabs.com/en/contact/
  11. Hospitality pay-by-link (coming soon)https://ai.paytabs.com/en/hospitality-solutions/