Pesapal vs Restoflash

Pesapal is a payments company in East and Southern Africa that offers card and M-Pesa acceptance on POS machines, online payments and business loans. Restoflash is a French mobile meal-voucher (titre restaurant) service run by Octoplus. Both are listed under Payment Processing for Food Businesses. They differ in audience, platforms and countries covered.

Key differences

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: Pesapal: Restaurants and cafes in Kenya and East Africa that need M-Pesa and card payments; Restoflash: French restaurants that accept meal vouchers.

  • platforms

    They do not run on the same platforms. Pesapal: Web; Restoflash: Web, iOS, Android.

  • countries covered

    On geography, Pesapal names 7 countries and Restoflash names 1 country. No country appears in every list.

  • integrations

    On integrations, Pesapal names 9 integrations and Restoflash names 3 integrations. No partner appears in every list.

  • company background

    Headquarters: Pesapal, Nairobi, Kenya; Restoflash, Paris, France.

Side by side

Pesapal vs Restoflash: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldPesapalRestoflash
What it isPesapal is a payments company in East and Southern Africa that offers card and M-Pesa acceptance on POS machines, online payments and business loans.Restoflash is a French mobile meal-voucher (titre restaurant) service run by Octoplus.
Best forRestaurants and cafes in Kenya and East Africa that need M-Pesa and card payments; Restaurants, bars and hotels running Oracle Simphony or OPERA; Restaurants that want online ordering with paymentsFrench restaurants that accept meal vouchers; Employers offering meal vouchers
Pricing modelPercentage of salesPercentage of transactions
Starting priceNot publishedNot published
Free planNot publishedNot published
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNone; the FAQ says it is without commitment
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, Android
CountriesKenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and 1 moreFrance
LanguagesNot publishedFrench
Number of integrations93
CertificationsPCI DSS, PCI compliantNot published
Security practices128-bit SSL in transit and 256-bit AES for stored data, Regulated by the Central Bank of KenyaOperates under the supervision of the Commission Nationale des Titres Restaurants and the Banque de France
Founded2009Not published
HeadquartersNairobi, KenyaParis, France
OwnerNot publishedNot published
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by Pesapal

  • Compulynx
  • Fitbit Pay
  • Google Pay
  • Microsoft AMX
  • M-Pesa
  • Oracle Hospitality OPERA
  • Oracle Hospitality Suite8
  • Oracle Micros
  • Oracle Simphony/Micros RES

Named only by Restoflash

  • Clyo Systems
  • Nayax
  • PayPal

Which to choose

Pesapal

Choose Pesapal if you fit its listed audience: Restaurants and cafes in Kenya and East Africa that need M-Pesa and card payments; Restaurants, bars and hotels running Oracle Simphony or OPERA; Restaurants that want online ordering with payments.

Restoflash

Choose Restoflash if you are in one of these groups: French restaurants that accept meal vouchers; Employers offering meal vouchers.

Less suited to: Businesses without the French meal-voucher approval. The FAQ says only merchants approved by the Commission Nationale des Titres Restaurant can accept these vouchers.

What we could not confirm

Pesapal

  • Transaction rates, POS terminal prices or subscription fees (not published)
  • Contract term and renewal
  • Founders, funding and ownership
  • Interface languages
  • Restaurant POS integrations beyond the Oracle and named POS systems

Restoflash

  • Employer pricing
  • Current POS integrations
  • Founding year
  • Employee count

Go further

Pesapal profileRestoflash 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.

Restoflash, reviewed 29 September 2026

  1. Home page (employers)https://www.restoflash.fr/
  2. Home page details and regulator notehttps://www.restoflash.fr/index.html
  3. Merchant pagehttps://www.restoflash.fr/pros.html
  4. FAQhttps://www.restoflash.fr/faq.html
  5. Press pagehttps://www.restoflash.fr/presse.html
  6. Legal notice with company detailshttps://www.restoflash.fr/mentions.html