A direct answer, since that is what you are looking for: lacaisse.ma has no free version. Their offer starts “from only 199 MAD a month”, that figure is quoted excluding VAT, and the way in is a demo request. Here is what that really amounts to, what is included, and where to find a till that genuinely is free.
The short answer
- No free plan. The offer starts at 199 MAD excluding VAT a month and the call to action is “Request a demo” (recorded 27 July 2026).
- 199 MAD excluding VAT is 238.80 MAD including it. Always compare VAT-inclusive figures with each other, or you are 20% out.
- Modules are added on top: invoicing 100 MAD, stock management 100 to 400 MAD, WhatsApp 99 MAD, order QR 99 MAD, ordering kiosk 199 MAD, per month, all excluding VAT.
- Four functions are advertised free with them: kitchen display, queue screen, QR menu and customer-review QR. That is a real strength.
- BelloPOS Lite is free for life, offline, with no demo and no card.
The solutions compared
Two Moroccan solutions, two opposite ways of starting a relationship: with one, a demo and then a quote; with the other, a download. Neither is better in the abstract, they simply address different buyers.
lacaisse.ma
A Moroccan till solution, sometimes searched for as “Ma Caisse” and served from macaisse.ma. The software is sold on a monthly subscription, with modules billed separately on top. The publisher also offers its own payment product, lacaissePay, and claims more than 2,200 customers.
BelloPOS
Our Windows till software, built in Morocco. It runs 100% offline: no sale depends on the connection. The interface and the receipts exist in French, Arabic and English. Three tiers: Lite free for life, Go and Pro bought once, never subscribed to.
The comparison, criterion by criterion
Every amount in the left column comes from their features page, and is quoted excluding VAT.
| The criterion | lacaisse.ma | BelloPOS |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Monthly subscription from 199 MAD excl. VAT, plus separately billed modules. | Lite free for life. Go 9,000 MAD once. Pro 40,000 MAD once. |
| Genuinely free version | No. The way in is a demo request. | Yes. BelloPOS Lite, a free lifetime licence, up to 3 users. |
| What the base offer includes | The software, the back office, updates, 7-day support and data backup. | Lite: sales, stock, receipts, barcodes, second screen, customer balances, 3 users. |
| Paid modules | Invoicing 100 MAD, stock 100 to 400 MAD, WhatsApp 99 MAD, order QR 99 MAD, kiosk 199 MAD, per month, excl. VAT. | No monthly modules. Go and Pro are tiers bought once. |
| Included at no extra cost with them | Kitchen display, queue screen, digital QR menu, customer-review QR. | Kitchen display included in Pro. We offer no QR menu or review QR. |
| Works offline | Not stated on their public site at this date. | Yes, 100% offline. |
| Payments | lacaissePay, their own payment product. | A bank terminal of your choice. |
| Languages | Site in French. An Arabic interface is not publicly advertised. | French, Arabic, English, on screen and in print. |
| Price shown before contact | The entry point yes, the total no: stock modules are on request. | Yes, all of it, on a public page. |
| Who it suits | A business wanting a broad platform with a channel manager and integrated payments, and comfortable with a subscription. | A business that wants to start at zero dirhams, sell offline and print in Arabic. |
What it really costs over five years
The table below converts everything to include VAT, which is the only honest way to compare a VAT-exclusive price with a one-off purchase. The “base + invoicing + stock + QR” configuration matches a restaurant or a business that invoices other businesses.
| The solution | Over 1 year | Over 3 years | Over 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| BelloPOS Lite (free for life) | 0 MAD | 0 MAD | 0 MAD |
| BelloPOS Go (9,000 MAD, once) | 9,000 MAD | 9,000 MAD | 9,000 MAD |
| lacaisse.ma, base offer (199 MAD/month excl. VAT, shown incl. VAT) | 2,866 MAD | 8,597 MAD | 14,328 MAD |
| lacaisse.ma, base + invoicing + stock + QR (498 MAD/month excl. VAT) | 7,171 MAD | 21,514 MAD | 35,856 MAD |
The amounts above are worked out from the public prices recorded on 27 July 2026, with VAT added where a price is quoted excluding tax, and with no commercial discount. For prices in dollars, the rate used: 1 USD = 9.4 MAD, recorded 27 July 2026. Redo the sum with the day’s prices before you decide: they move, and it is your money.
The base offer crosses BelloPOS Go a little after year three, and the full configuration well before year two. If you are starting out and do not yet know what you need, the subscription has a real merit: it does not tie up capital. If you already know your business will run for five or ten years, the reading changes completely.
What “from 199 MAD” really means
A detail that changes everything in a comparison: lacaisse.ma’s prices are quoted excluding VAT. 199 MAD excluding VAT is 238.80 MAD including it at 20%, and over five years the gap between the two readings is more than 2,300 MAD. This is not a criticism, quoting excluding VAT is normal in business-to-business selling. But if you compare their 199 MAD excluding VAT with a competitor’s 250 MAD including it, you are not comparing the same thing. Every amount in this article is converted to include VAT.
Then comes the question of modules. The entry price covers the software, the back office, updates, 7-day support and backups. Many businesses will need at least one more module, and that is where the real figure is decided: invoicing at 100 MAD excluding VAT a month, stock management between 100 and 400 MAD depending on your needs and on request, the WhatsApp integration at 99 MAD, the on-site order QR at 99 MAD and the ordering kiosk at 199 MAD.
A business that invoices other businesses and tracks stock is therefore realistically around 399 MAD excluding VAT a month, or close to 479 MAD including it. That is a perfectly defensible amount for what the product does, but it is two and a half times the headline figure, and it is better known before the demo than after.
What they give away, and why it counts
Four things are advertised as free on their features page and deserve pointing out, because they are often paid for elsewhere: the kitchen display, the queue screen, the digital QR menu and the customer-review QR. For a restaurant, the kitchen display is usually the dearest line on a quote. Finding it included is a real point in their favour (recorded 27 July 2026).
It deserves measuring properly: at several competitors the kitchen display is a separately sold device or an option on a higher tier. Finding it included in a 199 MAD offer changes the sum for a restaurant, and it is exactly the kind of detail an honest comparison has to point out even when it does not suit us.
The question with no public answer
Their site does not say what happens when the connection drops. That is not an accusation, it is missing information, and it is the first thing to pin down during the demo. Ask: does the till keep taking payments without internet? For how long? Do the sales sync afterwards? Have them show you the actual behaviour rather than trusting a verbal answer, and write it down.
How to choose: the twenty-minute method
The method applies to them as much as to us. It is particularly useful against a modular offer, where the final price depends entirely on what you tick.
- Count your real needs before you look at a single price. How many tills, how many users, do you invoice businesses, do you need stock, do you take delivery orders. Five answers, and half the offers rule themselves out. Our guide to choosing a till works through this questionnaire.
- Test the checkout, not the demo. Ask to ring up ten items, one return and one split payment, yourself, and time it. A well-rehearsed demo tells you nothing about what your cashier will face on a Saturday.
- Pull the internet cable and try to sell. That one test splits the whole market in two, and it takes thirty seconds. We go through it in detail in our offline or cloud POS comparison.
- Ask for an export of your own data before you pay anything. Products, customers, sales, in a file you can open. If the answer is vague, you already know how this ends.
- Add up five years, not one month. A subscription is compared with a one-off purchase over the time you will actually use it.
- Check that the receipt prints correctly in Arabic before you commit. On a thermal printer that is not a given, and it takes a minute to see.
- Ask who answers the phone on a Saturday at 8pm, and in which language. That is exactly when a till breaks.
What each solution does better
lacaisse.ma
Its functional breadth and what it gives away. The channel manager, the back office and lacaissePay make a coherent whole, and above all the kitchen display, the queue screen, the QR menu and the customer-review QR are advertised as free on their features page: elsewhere the kitchen display is often the most expensive line on the quote. For a restaurant that wants those four things immediately, that is a real point in their favour.
Mistakes to avoid
- Comparing a VAT-exclusive price with a VAT-inclusive one. It is the market’s most common mistake, and it is worth a 20% gap.
- Remembering the headline price and forgetting the modules. Invoicing and stock are often essential, and they nearly double the bill.
- Not asking for the exact band on the stock module. Between 100 and 400 MAD excluding VAT, the five-year gap is over 21,000 MAD.
- Not testing offline behaviour during the demo.
- Forgetting to ask about the commitment period and the exit terms.
Frequently asked questions
Does lacaisse.ma have a free version?
No. Their offer starts “from only 199 MAD a month”, quoted excluding VAT, and the path runs through a demo request. There is no permanent 0 MAD tier on their public site (recorded 27 July 2026).
Are Ma Caisse and lacaisse.ma the same thing?
Yes. The product is often searched for as “Ma Caisse”, presents itself as lacaisse.ma, and its site is served from macaisse.ma. All three refer to the same Moroccan solution.
What does lacaisse.ma cost in total?
It depends on the modules. The base is 199 MAD excluding VAT a month. Invoicing adds 100 MAD, stock management 100 to 400 MAD on request, the WhatsApp integration 99 MAD, the order QR 99 MAD and the ordering kiosk 199 MAD. A common configuration lands around 399 to 498 MAD excluding VAT a month.
Why insist on VAT-exclusive versus VAT-inclusive?
Because a 20% gap on a five-year subscription is several thousand dirhams, and because their competitors sometimes quote including VAT. Comparing 199 MAD excluding with 250 MAD including gives a false impression: the real figures are 238.80 and 250 MAD.
Which till is genuinely free in Morocco?
BelloPOS Lite, a free lifetime licence with no card and no expiry, entirely offline, with sales, stock, receipts, barcodes, the second customer screen and up to three users, in French, Arabic and English.
Is lacaisse.ma a good product?
Their offer is broad and well built: channel manager, back office, lacaissePay, and a kitchen display, queue screen, QR menu and customer-review QR advertised as free, which is generous. If you want a complete subscription platform and your connection is good, they are a serious candidate.
Our recommendation
If you are searching for the word “free”, it is not them, and their site does not claim otherwise: the entry point is 199 MAD excluding VAT a month, after a demo. For a genuinely free till, BelloPOS Lite installs today and asks for nothing.
If you want a complete platform and a subscription does not bother you, look at them seriously. The kitchen display, queue screen, QR menu and review QR advertised as free are a real argument, particularly for a restaurant.
If you are reasoning over five years, do the VAT-inclusive sum before the demo. The base offer comes to about 14,300 MAD over five years, a full configuration to nearly 35,900 MAD. Against that, BelloPOS Go is 9,000 MAD paid once.
Sources
Every claim made here about a competing product comes from its publisher’s own public page, consulted on 27 July 2026. No figure is taken from a review aggregator or another comparison.
- lacaisse.ma: https://macaisse.ma/
- lacaisse.ma: https://macaisse.ma/fr/fonctionalite
- BelloPOS: https://bellocommerce.com/fr/bellopos/
- BelloPOS: https://bellocommerce.com/fr/bellopos/pricing/
The trademarks named here belong to their respective owners. They are mentioned for the purpose of comparison, and this article implies no partnership with or endorsement by them.
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