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orderbird

orderbird GmbH DE

orderbird is an iPad till built around German cash register law, with the fiscal module, onboarding and emergency support folded into one monthly price. It serves Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France, which means a Luxembourg, Belgian or Dutch restaurant cannot buy it.

From
€99.90
Free plan
No
Trial
No
Visit the vendor site Opens the vendor site in a new tab Editorial score 7 /10
orderbird website, captured on 2026-11-11
Screenshot of orderbird, captured 2026-11-11. Source: https://www.orderbird.com/

Best for

German speaking bars and restaurants that want KassenSichV handled for them without a project

Strengths / Weaknesses

Strengths

  • One all-in monthly price that already contains the certified German TSE, onboarding and 24/7 emergency support
  • Fiscal compliance is the product: BSI certified TSE, GoBD and DATEV export, cash register notification handled for 99.99 EUR
  • Mature iPad handling for bars: table plan, handheld ordering, kitchen display, digital cash book
  • Prices are published in full, including every add-on, with no quote process

Weaknesses

  • Sold in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and France only, the vendor's own boilerplate names no Benelux country
  • Taking a competitor's card processing costs 20 EUR a month more on every plan
  • QR ordering is a 39.90 EUR add-on and reservations are 59.90 EUR, so the real bill climbs fast
  • No published offline statement, no named delivery platform integrations, no stated interface languages
  • No Belgian GKS certificate, no French NF525 claim on the vendor's pages

Pricing

Plan Price Unit Note
PRO S Price on request per month, net 119.90 EUR without orderbird card payment, 1 device licence, Online TSE included
PRO M Price on request per month, net 159.90 EUR without card payment, 2 device licences, cash book, gift cards
PRO L Price on request per month, net 199.90 EUR without card payment, 3 licences, reservations
orderbird MINI Price on request per month, from TSE included, stated on the vendor TSE page
Add-ons Price on request per month, net extra device licence 39.90, QR ordering 39.90, cash book 19.90, reservations 59.90, gift cards 19.90

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Verdict

orderbird solved one problem completely: a German restaurateur can sign one line, pay one price and stop worrying about the tax office. The pricing page is the most honest in this comparison, including the uncomfortable detail that keeping your own card processor costs you 20 EUR a month. For our readers it is a benchmark rather than an option. It is not sold in Luxembourg, Belgium or the Netherlands, and nothing on its site suggests that is about to change.

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Lightspeed Restaurant Lightspeed Restaurant A restaurant with a real dining room, handheld ordering and a kitchen that needs screens, in Belgium, the Netherlands or Luxembourg €89 8.3 LUXPOS LUXPOS Luxembourg shops, cafes and restaurants that want the till, the VAT split and the audit file in one account €59 8 Square POS Square POS Cafes and restaurants in France, Ireland or Spain that want real restaurant software at zero monthly cost Free plan 7.8 unTill Restaurants inside hotels, and independents in the Benelux who want an installer they can phone in their own language €21.85 7.7 L'Addition Restaurants, campsites and food trucks on a weak connection that want the service to continue whatever the line does Price on request 7.6 Shopify POS Shopify POS Retailers who already sell online with Shopify and want one stock pool across the web shop and the counter €32 7.6

Where we write about it

Where these numbers come from

  1. [1] orderbird pricing accessed 2026-11-11
  2. [2] orderbird Online TSE and KassenSichV accessed 2026-11-11
  3. [3] orderbird press release with country coverage accessed 2026-11-11
  4. [4] orderbird contact, legal entity and support hours accessed 2026-11-11

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