PayTabs

PayTabs is a payments company serving the Middle East and North Africa. It offers a payment gateway, a Paymes app for small merchants, phone-based SoftPOS and payment orchestration for banks and enterprises. For restaurants, cafes and hotels it sells TAPn'GO, a scan-to-pay and bill-splitting service for guests in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt.

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Best for
Restaurants, cafes and hotels in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt, Small merchants and mobile food sellers in the region
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web, iOS, Android

Who it is for

  • Restaurants, cafes and hotels in Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt

    TAPn'GO lets guests scan to view the bill, split it and pay by card or Apple Pay, with tips, in those three countries.

  • Small merchants and mobile food sellers in the region

    PayTabs Touch turns an Android phone into a payment terminal with no extra hardware; the vendor mentions coffee carts, deliveries and pop-up shops.

  • Online sellers and small businesses

    The payment gateway covers invoices, payment links, QR payments and recurring billing, with plugins for online store platforms.

What it does

  • Pay at table with bill splitting (TAPn'GO)

    Guests scan a code to view the menu or bill, split it on their phones and pay with Apple Pay or local and international cards, with tipping.

  • SoftPOS on a phone (PayTabs Touch)

    Accepts contactless payments on an Android phone without extra hardware, with digital receipts by QR, SMS or email.

  • Invoices and QR

    Send and share invoices by email, QR code, SMS, WhatsApp or social media.

  • Payment links

    Share a secure payment link to sell through Facebook or Instagram stores.

  • Repeat billing

    E-invoicing for recurring payments such as subscriptions and membership fees.

  • Split payments

    Listed as a feature of the PayTabs Payments gateway on the homepage.

  • Realtime onboarding and dashboard app

    Online onboarding for new merchants and a dashboard and app to track transactions on any device.

  • Online store plugins

    Ready-made shopping cart plugins plus SDKs for iOS and Android.

  • Payment orchestration

    Smart routing, payouts, processing and data localisation for larger merchants, banks and fintechs.

  • Paymes Super App

    A merchant app for accepting payments, payouts, SoftPOS and a customised online store, currently for Saudi Arabia.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

The pricing page lists a Saudi Arabia plan for the Paymes SuperApp at SAR 49 per month, a SoftPOS add-on at SAR 20 per month, mada cards at 1% and credit cards at 2.25% + SAR 1, marked as a testing phase and subject to change. That is the price of a separate app product, so no starting price is listed for PayTabs itself. The payment gateway points to usage terms and the orchestration tier is for talking to sales.

How it compares

Compared with the 12 products in Payment Processing for Food Businesses that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Names 11 integrations. The median in this category is 5.
  • One of 7 products in this category with an iOS app. One of 8 products in this category with an Android app. 10 products in this category state their platforms.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, OpenCart, PrestaShop, Xero, Lightspeed, Oracle Micros, Agilysys, Appetize. Of these, this product's listing names Shopify, WooCommerce, Magento, OpenCart, PrestaShop, Xero.

Works with

Accounting
Xero
Other
ShopifyMagentoWooCommerceCS-CartOpenCartPrestaShopWHMCS
Payments
Apple PaySamsung PaySTC Pay

The vendor lists the shopping cart plugins above under 'Integration in a Box'. No restaurant POS integrations are named on its pages.

Where and how it runs

Available in
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, United Arab Emirates
Languages
English, Arabic, French
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Apps
Paymes Super App: Merchant app for payments, payouts, SoftPOS and online store (Saudi Arabia). PayTabs Touch: Soft POS on Android phones
Hardware
None needed for the app-based products: PayTabs Touch says any Android phone works as a terminal and there is no extra hardware cost.

The country selector on the PayTabs site lists these markets and says products and features vary by country. TAPn'GO is offered in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and the Paymes Super App in Saudi Arabia.

The company

Founded
2014
Founders
Abdulaziz Al Jouf

Security and support

Security and compliance
PCI DSS Level 1 certified, UAE IA standard and SAMA cybersecurity framework, EMV 3D Secure 2.0 ready
Support
A contact page routes customer service, technical support, complaints and sales enquiries, and a community forum is linked from the site.

Listing details

Headquarters
Saudi Arabia
Built for
Restaurants
Focus
General-purpose, used in food businesses
Status
Active
Website
paytabs.com

Alternatives to PayTabs

See all 26 in Payment Processing for Food Businesses

  • Geidea

    Geidea is a Saudi payments company that sells card terminals, a mobile POS app, a payment gateway and payment links, plus a point of sale with online ordering, kiosk, kitchen display and branded app for restaurants and other merchants.

    Runs on Web and Android, against Web, iOS and Android for PayTabs.

  • takepayments

    takepayments is a UK provider of card payment services for small independent businesses, including hospitality.

    Runs on Web, against Web, iOS and Android for PayTabs.

  • Clip

    Clip is a Mexican card-payment provider that sells card terminals, a phone app for taking payments, online payment links and a checkout gateway, with no monthly rent.

    Names 6 integrations, against 11 for PayTabs.

  • Yoco

    Yoco is a South African payments and point-of-sale provider for small businesses.

    Listed as best for: Independent restaurants and cafes in South Africa; Food trucks, markets and pop-ups.

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • 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

Sources

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. 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/