KLARA Kasse für Gastro

• Swiss cafes, bars and small restaurants

  Restaurant mode covers tables, courses, kitchen notes and split bills on tablet or handheld hardware sold by KLARA.

• Food trucks and market stalls

  The vendor points to its small mobile payment terminal for market stalls and food trucks and says the register works offline.

• Small businesses wanting accounting and payroll from the same vendor

  The same suite offers accounting, payroll, inventory, online shop and booking as separate modules.

• Restaurant and retail modes

  Choose gastro or retail mode at setup and switch between them later.

• Tables, menus and courses

  Create and configure tables, menus and courses, and group tables into areas such as dining room or patio.

• Order intake with notes

  Add food and drinks with menu variations and repeat orders, and send special requests to the kitchen with a note.

• Kitchen and service notifications

  Send a notice to the kitchen to start cooking and assign a printer to each course.

• Shared receipt printer

  Several registers can print to one external Epson TM30 printer over Wi-Fi, including kitchen printers.

• Synchronised orders and tables

  Tables and orders are mirrored across several devices.

• Split payments

  Split a bill by item, by person with custom amounts, or equally, or take the full amount at once.

• Tips

  Tip entry is available in restaurant and retail modes, on connected or standalone payment terminals.

• Employee logins and daily reports

  Separate staff logins and daily financial statements including sales per employee.

• Integrated card payments

  Card payments run through KLARA terminals at 1.7% per transaction, and the vendor lists methods such as Twint and Apple Pay.

• Accounting, payroll and inventory modules

  The wider KLARA suite adds accounting, payroll, inventory, online shop and online booking as separate paid modules.

• Public API

  KLARA publishes an API with 97 endpoints, aimed at invoices, accounting entries, master data and payroll data.

Starting price

From CHF 48 per month, billed annually, excluding VAT

Pricing model

Subscription per register plus percentage of card sales

Minimum contract

Annual subscription (price depends on contract length, 3-year option)

The Cash Register Flex (mobile tablet) is listed from CHF 48 a month and the Cash Register Duo from CHF 69 a month, both excluding VAT, with 30% off on a 3-year plan and 1.7% per transaction. Standalone payment terminals are a one-off purchase from CHF 199. The business-software packages start at CHF 48 a month. Price basis detail: per month (annual subscription), excluding VAT.

Available in

Switzerland

Languages

German, English, French, Italian

Platforms

Web

Hardware

KLARA sells its own hardware: Cash Register Duo (15-inch main display, 10-inch customer display, built-in printer), Cash Register Flex (mobile 10-inch tablet with printer and NFC), and payment terminals POS Desk, POS Mobile and POS Mobile Mini. It also sells a Wi-Fi receipt printer, cash drawers and charging stations.

The vendor calls it a Swiss solution with Swiss support, is based in Lucerne and quotes prices in Swiss francs; it states no country list.

Company

ePost Service AG

Founded

2016

Headquarters

Lucerne, Switzerland

Customers named by the vendor

Ting's Tuctuc

Security and compliance

PCI PTS 6 certified payment terminals

Support

The vendor offers personal onboarding and installation, an online setup service, a 1:1 support coach, community and FAQ.

Vendor

ePost Service AG (Swiss Post)

Built for

Restaurants

Focus

Food-specific

Status

Active

Website

klara.ch

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• L'Addition

  L'Addition is a French point-of-sale system for cafes, bars and restaurants that runs on iPad, with mobile order taking on iPad mini or iPhone and a connected card terminal.

  Runs on Web and iOS, against Web for KLARA Kasse für Gastro.

• gastronovi

  Gastronovi is a cloud-based, modular restaurant software suite from Germany.

  Runs on Web, iOS, Android, Windows and macOS, against Web for KLARA Kasse für Gastro.

• Lightspeed Restaurant

  Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads.

  Runs on iOS, against Web for KLARA Kasse für Gastro.

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These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Third-party integrations (POS, delivery, accounting names)
• Free trial terms for the cash register itself
• Contract minimum term and cancellation terms for the register subscription
• Employee count and registration number
• Native app names and platforms

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

1. Overview, languages, suitehttps://www.klara.ch/
2. Restaurant mode featureshttps://www.klara.ch/en/pos-gastro
3. Hardware and priceshttps://www.klara.ch/pos-hardware
4. Package priceshttps://www.klara.ch/en/offer
5. API and addresshttps://www.klara.ch/en/api
6. History and Swiss Post ownershiphttps://www.klara.ch/en/about-klara-old