Alternatives, with limits
Daftra alternatives — and when to keep Daftra
Keep Daftra if you use POS, CRM, HR and inventory daily. Move if lower-plan invoice caps hurt, you want a Saudi-focused product, or you need free invoice tools before paying.
An Arabic business suite sold in several markets, not Saudi-only. The site advertises a 14-day trial with no credit card.
Daftra and Fawtar
| Criterion | Daftra | Fawtar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Daftra’s own pricing article lists Basic SAR 99/month (SAR 75 billed annually), Advanced SAR 159 (119), Comprehensive SAR 199 (159). The /en/plans page exists but prices are JavaScript-rendered. Article checked 2026-08-29. | Free: SAR 0 for up to 3 invoices/month with a watermark. Pro: 12.99 USD/month via PayPal after a 7-day trial (about SAR 49). Business: 25.99 USD/month (about SAR 99). Fawtar has no mada/SAR rail for its own subscriptions as of 2026-08-29. |
| Intended company size | SMEs that want a wide operations suite. | Freelancers and service SMEs. |
| Invoicing | Invoicing on all plans; Basic caps invoices and customers per Daftra’s article. | Ordinary or tax invoice, Arabic PDF, Phase 1 QR, public generator with no signup. |
| Quotations | Quotations are a Daftra sales module. | Arabic quotes with accept / revise / reject, then invoice and staged payments. Pro plan. |
| Collections | Daftra lists follow-up and installments under sales modules. | Payment requests, collection links, transfer proofs, receipts, a daily follow-up list, and reminder copy you send yourself. Pro. |
| Receivables aging | Not publicly documented as of 2026-08-29. Aging in the same period buckets. | Customer aging (current / 1–30 / 31–60 / 61–90 / 90+) and CSV, plus a no-account calculator. |
| Accounting | Chart of accounts, assets and cost centres in the accounting modules. | Double-entry ledger with automatic posting on Business. Not a multi-company practice suite at Wafeq/Qoyod scale. |
| VAT reporting | Tax modules span several countries; Saudi is one market. | VAT report on Business, plus a public return estimator that does not store your figures. |
| ZATCA Phase 2 | Daftra’s product pages state ZATCA certification for both phases. Treat that as Daftra’s claim and confirm against ZATCA’s own lists before buying. | A Phase 2 integration path exists on the Business plan: device onboarding with a Fatoora OTP, simplified-invoice signing, and Reporting/Clearance routes. As of 29 August 2026 no customer has completed production onboarding end to end, and Fawtar is not described as a ZATCA-approved or listed solution. |
| Inventory | Products, purchasing and stocktaking modules. | Stock deduction with POS on Business. Not multi-warehouse / BOM inventory. |
| POS | Daftra markets POS and a POS app, including no-device-limit claims in marketing materials. | POS issues a simplified tax invoice with QR, deducts stock, and runs cash-drawer shifts. Business plan. |
| Payroll | HR and payroll modules are part of the suite. | Payroll with GOSI by nationality/scheme and a WPS file. Business plan. Not a full HRIS. |
| Project profitability | Work orders and time tracking under operations. | Project margin from quotes, invoices and costs on Business, including deposit and milestone billing. |
| API | A public developers portal. | Documented REST + OpenAPI + MCP on Business. Filter grammar aligned with Qoyod to ease migration. |
| Webhooks | Not publicly documented as of 2026-08-29. A public webhook event list. | Signed webhooks for invoice and payment events, plus Google Sheets feeds. Docs are public. |
| Bank reconciliation | Treasury and bank accounts sit in accounting. | User-reviewed statement matching on Business. Not a direct Saudi bank feed. |
| Branches | Wafeq says Daftra charges extra per branch; confirm on Daftra. | Branches on the Business plan. |
| Cost centers | A published cost-centres module. | Cost centres on Business. |
| Mobile experience | Business, POS and expense apps are listed. | A PWA in the mobile browser. No native app-store application. |
| Integrations | An apps marketplace and Salla linkage appear in service plans. | Salla was tested on a real production store. Zid/Shopify/Woo paths exist. MCP, Sheets and webhooks. Not Foodics. |
| Free tier / trial | 14-day trial, no card. Enterprise pages mention starting on a free plan; the cap was not clear in the extracted HTML. | Public tools with no signup, a free account at 3 invoices/month, and a 7-day Pro trial that requires a card. |
| Arabic UX | Arabic and English across several markets. | Arabic-first RTL, with Arabic PDFs rather than mirrored English templates. Wafeq and Qoyod are Arabic too. |
| Limitations | Lower-plan invoice/customer caps, JavaScript-rendered prices, and a multi-country focus. | Subscriptions are PayPal USD with a card. Phase 2 has no completed customer production onboarding. Customer WhatsApp is not operationally enabled pending template approval. No third-party ratings republished here. |
| Best for | An operational business that wants POS, CRM and HR in the same suite as invoices. | A Saudi service business that needs an Arabic invoice today, then collections and a ledger, without starting on an ERP. |
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