Sourced comparison
Fawtar or Daftra?
Daftra fits teams that want inventory, POS, HR and CRM with invoicing, across several Arabic markets. Fawtar fits a Saudi firm that wants a correct invoice, collections and a ledger without buying a full operations suite.
Fawtar at fawtar.app is an independent Saudi product. It is not ZATCA’s Fatoora platform, not Fatoora.app, not Oman’s Fawtara programme, and not Jordanian Fawtara products. Fawtar publishes this page. Last verified 2026-08-29.
Where Fawtar is clearer
- Saudi focus: ordinary vs tax invoice, Phase 1 QR, no signup.
- No advertised invoice cap on Pro, versus Daftra’s lower-plan caps.
- A daily collections path written as a product.
Where the other side is stronger
- Wider suite: POS, CRM, HR, inventory, manufacturing.
- 14-day no-card trial and several mobile apps.
- Daftra claims ZATCA certification for both phases — confirm on ZATCA’s lists.
Capability table
| Criterion | Fawtar | Daftra |
|---|---|---|
| Price | 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. | 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. |
| Intended company size | Freelancers and service SMEs. | SMEs that want a wide operations suite. |
| Invoicing | Ordinary or tax invoice, Arabic PDF, Phase 1 QR, public generator with no signup. | Invoicing on all plans; Basic caps invoices and customers per Daftra’s article. |
| Quotations | Arabic quotes with accept / revise / reject, then invoice and staged payments. Pro plan. | Quotations are a Daftra sales module. |
| Collections | Payment requests, collection links, transfer proofs, receipts, a daily follow-up list, and reminder copy you send yourself. Pro. | Daftra lists follow-up and installments under sales modules. |
| Receivables aging | Customer aging (current / 1–30 / 31–60 / 61–90 / 90+) and CSV, plus a no-account calculator. | Not publicly documented as of 2026-08-29. Aging in the same period buckets. |
| Accounting | Double-entry ledger with automatic posting on Business. Not a multi-company practice suite at Wafeq/Qoyod scale. | Chart of accounts, assets and cost centres in the accounting modules. |
| VAT reporting | VAT report on Business, plus a public return estimator that does not store your figures. | Tax modules span several countries; Saudi is one market. |
| ZATCA Phase 2 | 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. | 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. |
| Inventory | Stock deduction with POS on Business. Not multi-warehouse / BOM inventory. | Products, purchasing and stocktaking modules. |
| POS | POS issues a simplified tax invoice with QR, deducts stock, and runs cash-drawer shifts. Business plan. | Daftra markets POS and a POS app, including no-device-limit claims in marketing materials. |
| Payroll | Payroll with GOSI by nationality/scheme and a WPS file. Business plan. Not a full HRIS. | HR and payroll modules are part of the suite. |
| Project profitability | Project margin from quotes, invoices and costs on Business, including deposit and milestone billing. | Work orders and time tracking under operations. |
| API | Documented REST + OpenAPI + MCP on Business. Filter grammar aligned with Qoyod to ease migration. | A public developers portal. |
| Webhooks | Signed webhooks for invoice and payment events, plus Google Sheets feeds. Docs are public. | Not publicly documented as of 2026-08-29. A public webhook event list. |
| Bank reconciliation | User-reviewed statement matching on Business. Not a direct Saudi bank feed. | Treasury and bank accounts sit in accounting. |
| Branches | Branches on the Business plan. | Wafeq says Daftra charges extra per branch; confirm on Daftra. |
| Cost centers | Cost centres on Business. | A published cost-centres module. |
| Mobile experience | A PWA in the mobile browser. No native app-store application. | Business, POS and expense apps are listed. |
| Integrations | Salla was tested on a real production store. Zid/Shopify/Woo paths exist. MCP, Sheets and webhooks. Not Foodics. | An apps marketplace and Salla linkage appear in service plans. |
| Free tier / trial | Public tools with no signup, a free account at 3 invoices/month, and a 7-day Pro trial that requires a card. | 14-day trial, no card. Enterprise pages mention starting on a free plan; the cap was not clear in the extracted HTML. |
| Arabic UX | Arabic-first RTL, with Arabic PDFs rather than mirrored English templates. Wafeq and Qoyod are Arabic too. | Arabic and English across several markets. |
| Limitations | 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. | Lower-plan invoice/customer caps, JavaScript-rendered prices, and a multi-country focus. |
| Best for | A Saudi service business that needs an Arabic invoice today, then collections and a ledger, without starting on an ERP. | An operational business that wants POS, CRM and HR in the same suite as invoices. |
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Who publishes this comparison?
Fawtar publishes this page. It is not a paid independent review. Check the other vendor’s official site before you buy.
Is Fawtar ZATCA-approved?
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.
Where is the other product stronger?
Wider suite: POS, CRM, HR, inventory, manufacturing.