EasyBills vs Petpooja vs DotPe (2026): One App or a Stack of Them
EasyBills runs the whole restaurant from one app. Petpooja and DotPe’s Rista need add-ons, separate products or other software for the books, payroll, purchases and staff routines. Compared from each company’s own website.
All three bill a table, print kitchen tickets, keep working through an internet outage and take Swiggy and Zomato orders straight into the POS. The real difference is how many products it takes to run the restaurant. EasyBills is one app: billing, kitchen, stock, real double-entry books, GST filing, payroll, supplier bills read from a photo and a daily routine for every role, at one flat price (₹599 a month for everything). With Petpooja, several of those are paid add-ons or separate products; with Rista, the books live in other software and the rest is not listed.
The quick answer: choose EasyBills if you want to run the whole restaurant from one app and know your profit every evening, from ₹100 a month plus GST. Choose Petpooja if you are happy to assemble add-ons and separate products and keep your books in Tally. Choose Rista if you run several brands and CRM and loyalty come first.
One app, or a stack of them
| What the restaurant runs on | EasyBills | Petpooja | Rista (DotPe) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billing, KOT and inventory | Included | Base Plan, ₹12,000 a year | Included |
| Captain app and kitchen display | Included | Operations Manager add-on | Included |
| CRM and loyalty | Included | Marketing Manager add-on | Included |
| Accounting books | Included | Tally, synced from the POS | Accounting software, through an integration |
| GST return filing | Included, one tap | GSTR-1 data exported, filed elsewhere | Not listed |
| Payroll with PF and ESI | Included | Petpooja Payroll (Attendo), a separate product | Not listed |
| Supplier bills read from a photo | Included | Petpooja Purchase, a separate product | Not listed |
| Daily routine for each role | Included, ticked off by what is recorded | Petpooja Tasks, a separate app | Not listed |
Every extra product is another subscription, another login and another set of numbers that has to agree with the till. In EasyBills they are the same numbers: a sale, a purchase, a salary or a Swiggy payout is posted to the books the moment it happens.
| EasyBills | Petpooja | Rista (DotPe) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Double-entry books (P&L, trial balance, balance sheet) | Built in | Synced to Tally, SAP or Microsoft Dynamics | Through accounting integrations |
| GST returns | GSTR-1 filed in one tap; GSTR-3B prepared | GST reports; GSTR-1 data export | GST bills; return filing not listed |
| Works without internet | Yes | Yes ("Bridge Server", up to 5 days) | Yes (local server, syncs when back online) |
| Swiggy and Zomato orders in the POS | Yes, with menu, stock and hours sync | Yes, with menu, price, timing and stock sync | Yes, with menu, deal and stock-out sync; ONDC too |
| Delivery-app payouts | Matched order by order and booked: commission, GST on fees, TCS, TDS; Section 9(5) | Payout reconciliation (commission, discounts, TCS) | Payout reports |
| Price per channel, timed menus | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI | Supplier bills read from a photo; assistant on your own numbers | "Ask Me Anything" assistant; AI inventory agent; invoice reading in Petpooja Purchase | Not listed |
| Price | All-in-one ₹599 a month (₹5,999 a year), or Billing ₹100 with Operations ₹199 and Finance ₹299 as needed, plus 18% GST; QR ordering on its own is free | Base Plan ₹12,000 a year, add-ons extra | Not published |
Based on each company’s own website, checked 7 October 2026.
What each one is built around
Petpooja is the broadest of the three: a core POS plus add-ons for operations (captain app, kitchen display, table reservations, kiosk), marketing (CRM, loyalty, a website builder), payroll and attendance (Attendo), purchasing (Petpooja Purchase) and payments (Petpooja Finance). It suits an operator who wants to buy modules from one large vendor as they grow. Rista, DotPe’s restaurant POS, leans towards multi-brand and multi-outlet operations, with tier-based loyalty, customer segmentation, a central kitchen and reservations and queues. EasyBills starts from a different question: what if the billing, kitchen and inventory system was also your set of books, instead of a sales report that is sent to an accounting product afterwards?
Accounting: the clearest difference
Petpooja sends daily sales, GST and purchase figures to Tally, SAP or Microsoft Dynamics, so the accountant works in that second product; its POS shows a profit and loss view of sales, purchases and expenses, but not a ledger, trial balance or balance sheet. Rista lists integrations with accounting tools rather than books of its own. EasyBills posts a double-entry entry the moment a bill, purchase, refund or payout happens, so the profit and loss, trial balance and balance sheet are always current, in the same app.
GST
Petpooja builds GST reports and exports the GSTR-1 data for you or your accountant to file. Rista’s bills carry GST; return filing is not listed. EasyBills builds GSTR-1 from your own invoices and files it in one tap, prepares GSTR-3B, and reports Swiggy and Zomato sales correctly as supplies through an e-commerce operator under Section 9(5).
Offline billing
All three keep billing through an outage. Petpooja’s POS Local uses a "Bridge Server": on the same computer as the POS, "billing carries on fully offline"; on a separate one, "billing keeps going for up to 5 days without a connection." Rista switches to a local server during an outage and syncs when the connection returns. EasyBills keeps billing, kitchen tickets and tables working on the device and syncs each order, with its accounting entry, when it is back.
Swiggy and Zomato
All three take app orders straight into the POS and keep the menu and stock in step on the apps, and Petpooja and Rista both let you set a different price per channel and time-based menus. The difference is what happens to the money. Petpooja reconciles payout reports against orders, and Rista shows payout reports. EasyBills matches each payout order by order and books every deduction into your accounts: commission, GST on those fees as input credit, TCS and TDS you can claim back, ads and penalties, with the bank receipt matched to the payout.
AI
Petpooja has an "Ask Me Anything" assistant that answers questions from the outlet’s billing data, an AI inventory agent, and AI invoice reading in its separate Petpooja Purchase product. Rista does not list AI features. EasyBills reads supplier bills from a photo or a WhatsApp forward into purchases, stock and GST input credit, and its assistant answers questions from your sales, costs, staff and stock, on prepaid credits rather than a subscription.
Pricing
Petpooja lists its Base Plan at ₹12,000 a year plus tax, with paid add-ons for operations and marketing; its page notes plans can change, so confirm the current figures with Petpooja. Rista does not publish prices and offers a demo instead. EasyBills publishes its price in India: everything for ₹599 a month (₹5,999 a year), or counter billing at ₹100 a month with Operations (₹199) and Finance (₹299) when you need them; QR ordering on its own is free; plus 18% GST.
Which one fits
Choose EasyBills if you want one app for the whole restaurant: the books, GST returns, payroll, purchases and payout accounting inside the system you bill from, a routine that keeps every role on track, and a price that follows your orders, with the move from your current POS done for you, free. Choose Petpooja if you want one large vendor for many add-ons and your accountant works in Tally. Choose Rista if you run several brands or outlets and CRM and loyalty matter most. Check the figures here against each company’s site, then try the EasyBills demo with your own menu.