How much commission do Talabat, Jahez and HungerStation charge restaurants?

Gulf food-delivery marketplaces typically charge 15–30% commission per order depending on tier and services. When processing fees and in-app advertising are added, the blended real cost commonly reaches 25–35% of order value. Zealve RMS includes a direct ordering storefront and branded PWA with 0% commission — restaurants keep that margin by moving even part of their volume to their own channel.

Is Zealve RMS ZATCA compliant for Saudi Arabia?

Zealve RMS is being built ZATCA Phase-2 (Integration Phase) ready: real-time invoicing with cryptographic stamps against the Fatoora platform. ZATCA has been onboarding businesses in waves since January 2023 — the 20th wave was announced in 2025 — pulling ever-smaller restaurants into mandatory e-invoicing. RMS targets certified integration for its KSA launch.

What does Zealve RMS cost?

RMS is packaged per venue, not per terminal: Starter, Pro and Chain shapes exist today, and every package includes unlimited terminals and unlimited staff logins, works on any hardware (Android tablet, iPad, or existing PC), and lets you keep any payment provider — Zealve takes 0% of your processing. Zealve is in open alpha, so exact numbers are not published yet: use the form below for a quote shaped around your venues, with founding-member terms for early testers.

Does the RMS POS work without internet?

Yes. The POS is offline-first: a Tauri desktop terminal with local SQLite storage that keeps taking orders, printing kitchen and receipt tickets (ESC/POS over the network), and managing shifts with no connectivity. Orders queue in an outbox and sync to the cloud automatically when the connection returns — with an audit trail and idempotent sync so nothing double-charges.

Do I have to buy specific hardware or switch payment providers?

No. RMS is BYOD — any Android tablet, iPad, or existing PC/Laptop terminal — and payment-provider agnostic: Network International, Telr, mada PSPs, STC Pay, Tabby/Tamara or whatever you already use. Zealve takes 0% of your payment processing. There are no lock-in contracts and no per-terminal fees.

Zealve RMS · Product 02

Your restaurant, commission-free

Marketplaces bill you 15–30% per order. RMS hands you your own branded ordering channel at 0% commission, an offline-first POS, inventory, tables and reports — priced per venue with unlimited terminals, ready for ZATCA e-invoicing in Saudi Arabia and the UAE's 2027 mandate.

0% commission storefront + PWAOffline-first POSZATCA Phase-2-ready e-invoicingPer-venue packages — unlimited terminals

01 — Why it exists

You don't have a software problem. You have a 30% leak.

Ask any restaurant owner in Dubai or Riyadh what hurts and the answer is the same: delivery apps. Talabat, Jahez, HungerStation and Keeta charge 15–30% commission per order; stack processing and the ads you buy to stay visible, and the blended real cost of a marketplace order commonly lands at 25–35%. Owner forums fill with the same sentence every week — "I work for the apps now."

The software incumbents don't fix it. Global POS leaders meter you per terminal and lock you into their payment rails; Gulf POS incumbents quote per-branch enterprise pricing. And nobody hands you a channel-P&L that tells the truth about what each sales channel actually nets after commission, ads and fees — because the truth makes the platform look bad.

RMS is built around that truth: your own direct channel at 0% commission, per-venue pricing instead of per-terminal metering, published prices instead of sales calls, and a margin-recovery number you can verify in your own P&L within one quarter.

15–30% marketplace commission — 25–35% blended real cost
KSA POS software market: $1.1B (2025) → $2.2B by 2031
>30% KSA share belongs to one vendor — ~70% of venues are still winnable
ZATCA waves keep pulling smaller venues into mandatory e-invoicing
UAE PINT AE e-invoicing goes mandatory in 2027

Sources: DoorDash/Uber Eats published fee schedules · Mordor Intelligence KSA POS report · EY ZATCA 20th-wave note (2025) · PINT AE (ASP 7/2026).

Run your numbers

What are the apps costing you?

Move the sliders to your reality. The model is deliberately conservative — it assumes the same volume, the same average ticket, and pays card processing on everything.

Free tool · commission calculator

Marketplace orders per month

600 orders

Average order value

AED 45

Marketplace commission you pay

27% per order (Gulf range: 15–30%)

COMMISSION YOU PAY PER YEAR

AED 87,480

Monthly marketplace GMVAED 27,000

Commission paid per year−AED 87,480

Card processing if the same orders ran direct (~2%)−AED 6,480

Margin back in year oneAED 81,000

Model: the same order volume moves to your Zealve direct storefront at 0% commission; card processing stays with any provider you choose. Even if only a fraction of orders shifts direct in year one, the math still clears.

02 — What it is

The whole restaurant, one system — not five apps.

RMS is a restaurant operating system: a multi-tenant core that runs menus with modifiers, dine-in and takeaway orders with a full status machine, invoices and promos, table management with printable QR codes, raw-material inventory with stock movements, and reports — wrapped in a fast owner dashboard for web.

The terminal is where most POS products fail, so that's where RMS starts: an offline-first desktop POS that keeps taking orders, printing kitchen and receipt tickets and managing shifts with zero connectivity — then syncs to the cloud with an auditable, idempotent outbox when the line comes back. Money is stored as integers (paisa/fils), never floats — the accounting stays exact.

Offline-first POS (Tauri + SQLite): orders, printing, shifts, voids with manager PIN
Menu with options/extras, sequencing, top-item recommendations
Dine-in + takeaway order machine, invoices, promos
Tables with staff assignment + printable QR table codes
Raw-material inventory, stock movements, low-stock alerts
Channel P&L report — true margin per sales channel

The report the apps won't give you

Channel P&L — margin truth per channel.

Every venue report shows orders. RMS shows what each channel actually paid you: commission, fees and ads netted out per marketplace, side by side with your direct and in-house volume. When the Keeta subsidy war ends — and it will — you'll know exactly which channel deserves your menu, your prices and your marketing budget.

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rms.zealve.com / reports / channel P&L

Zealve RMSChannel P&LOrdersMenuInventoryTables

Month to dateSAR 84,210

Margin kept+SAR 9,460

Talabat — 612 orders−SAR 8,410 · 27.4%

Jahez — 354 orders−SAR 4,886 · 25.0%

HungerStation — 221 orders−SAR 2,990 · 22.5%

Direct (Zealve PWA) — 388 orders0.0% commission

Dine-in + takeaway POS — 1,102 orders0.0% commission

03 — How we build it

Owned end to end. Deployed where you are.

The core runs on proven, boring-by-design technology that scales from one café to a franchise group, with realtime updates across the dashboard and terminals. The POS terminal is a small, fast desktop app that runs on hardware restaurants already own. The consumer ordering PWA carries your brand, your colors and your customer data — installable from the app stores for direct-order visibility.

On the Gulf compliance side: ZATCA Phase-2 e-invoicing is a bounded integration project (real-time Fatoora reporting with cryptographic stamps) that attaches to the product, not to your entity — we run sandbox certification ahead of the KSA launch, and the same core targets the UAE's PINT AE mandate arriving 2027. Data residency options follow PDPL expectations.

Proven web core · modern dashboard · fast desktop POS terminal
Integer-money accounting — no float drift, ever
Idempotent cloud sync with full audit trail
ZATCA sandbox certification ahead of KSA launch
BYOD hardware, any PSP, 0% of processing taken

Who it serves

One RMS, three seats at the table.

The owner wants the answer, the floor wants speed, and the accountant wants the books to reconcile. Same system, same data, three views — no add-on modules, no per-seat pricing.

The minimalist view — one dashboard, zero training

Your whole restaurant on one screen.

You should not need five apps to know if today was good. The owner dashboard puts sales, channels, tables and stock in one place, and the P&L per channel tells you which of your sales channels actually makes money after commissions and ads.

Beyond restaurants: cloud kitchens, cafés, bakeries and franchise groups run the same playbook; catering operations reuse the menu and order engine for events.

One dashboard: sales, orders, tables, stock, staff
Channel P&L — true margin per sales channel, not vibes
ZATCA e-invoicing handled; UAE PINT AE ready for 2027
Unlimited terminals and staff — priced per venue, not per seat

03 — Direct channels

Your customers order direct

A storefront that carries your name, not ours — plus the back-office that keeps it running.

Customer ordering app — Your menu, your brand, direct orders — on the web and on the phone.
Operations backend — One screen for orders, riders, stock and the day's numbers.
Customer data, order history and re-orders belong to the venue — not an aggregator.

Customer ordering app — Your menu, your brand, direct orders — on the web and on the phone.

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#1042 · dine-in

#1043 · takeaway

Cooking3

#1039 · 12 min

#1040 · 6 min

#1041 · 3 min

On the way2

#1036 · rider assigned

#1037 · packed

Pricing — per venue, not per terminal — open alpha

Pricing — honest, on request

We're in open testing, so we don't publish fixed prices yet. Tell us about your business and we'll shape a package — and a price — that fits.

Free to use during the alpha, while we learn
Packages shaped around your size and market
Alpha members help set the price we launch with

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FAQ

What operators ask before switching.

Do I have to leave Talabat and Jahez?

No — and we'll never ask you to. Most venues start by moving 15–25% of volume (regulars, catering, phone regulars) to their own direct channel and grow it from there. RMS's adapter layer keeps marketplace orders flowing into the same kitchen ticket and the same channel P&L.

What if the internet dies mid-service?

Nothing stops. The POS keeps taking orders, printing to kitchen and receipt printers, and managing shifts offline. When the line returns, the outbox syncs with idempotent writes — nothing double-rings, nothing is lost.

How does ZATCA onboarding work in KSA?

We run your venue through ZATCA sandbox certification as part of onboarding: device registration, CSID, real-time invoice reporting with cryptographic stamps. Your e-invoicing compliance is a project we own, not a form you fill.

Who owns the customer data from direct orders?

You do — that's the entire point. Marketplace orders rent someone else's customer list; direct orders build yours. Names, order history, addresses and preferences live in your RMS, exportable at any time, usable in your own campaigns.

Can RMS run my other branches?

Yes — the Chain plan adds a central console for 5+ venues: shared menus with per-branch overrides, consolidated inventory and P&L, and per-branch role permissions. Built for franchise groups tired of per-branch sales calls.

What does migration look like?

Menu import from spreadsheets or your current system, POS install on hardware you own, a guided training session for staff, and a parallel-run week where RMS shadows your current setup before cutover. Typical single-venue migration: under a week.

RMS · early testing

Pilot RMS in your restaurant this quarter.

Second-wave testers: UAE and KSA restaurants, cafés and small franchise groups. You keep the founding rate for as long as you stay subscribed — and your migration is white-glove.