Software for cafés in Berlin
STAK Café
A fast till with drink modifiers, a kitchen screen and drinks queue, an ordering site of your own with no commission, and a desk for beans, recipes and cost. Every cup is counted and every order reaches the right station.
One main app is free forever. AI uses prepaid credits; Receptionist is a separate paid add-on. Pricing
34 languages
EUR
AI suggests menu changes from your sales and recipe costs, and flags unusual returns and voids at the till. It runs on prepaid AI credits.
STAK in Berlin
Berlin is the capital of Germany. Here is what STAK uses for Germany.
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- VAT
- 19% standard rate
- Tax authority
- Tax office (Finanzamt)
- Cash register law
- Germany requires a certified till (KassenSichV: a TSE and the DSFinV-K export). STAK does not offer that yet, so cash sales on STAK POS are not available in Germany yet.
- Language
- 34 languages, German included
- Time zone
- Europe/Berlin
The standard VAT rate is 19%, administered by the Tax office (Finanzamt). STAK’s tax pack keeps the rates with the date each one applies from, so every invoice is taxed at the rate in force on its date. Return data is prepared for you; filing stays with you and your adviser.
What your café gets
Sell
- Counter till and receipts
- Modifiers, combos and size ladders
- Floor plan, tables and seat splits
- QR order and pay at the table, split bills
- Reservations and waitlist
- Customer display
- Your own ordering site with zones, slots and pickup, no commission
- Your store on its own web address
- Delivery apps in one queue with payout checks
- Your customers' own installable app: orders, card and bills
Kitchen
- Kitchen screen with a chime and order ageing
- Drinks queue for the bar
- "86" with countdown and ingredient cascade on every channel
- Course pacing, virtual brands and bar variance
- Recipes, food cost and menu engineering
- Café brew desk: dial-in, recipe card and waste
- Stock, suppliers, purchasing and receiving
- Reorder automation, supplier scorecards and markdowns
- Nutrition labels from recipes
Customers
- Customer list and history
- Loyalty points, stamps, tiers and referrals
- Campaigns, segments and journeys on WhatsApp and email
- Google reviews and replies
Team
- Till, kitchen and staff-app logins free
- Shifts, clock-in, leave and tip pools
- Payroll with the bank file and payslips in eight languages
- Auto-rota from sales and live labour cost
Money
- Card and local payments through your own payment account
- Owner insights and reports
- Books, VAT and bank matching
- Profit per channel and a self-completing month-end close
Start free, pay when you grow
We suggest starting with STAK Kitchen free forever. Cashiers, waiters, kitchen staff and drivers are free; you only pay for back-office users.
Prices are in US dollars; every detail is on the Pricing.
Free tools that help
QR code generator
Invoice generator
Profit margin and markup calculatorQuestions people ask
What does STAK do for cafés in Berlin?
It covers Counter till and receipts; Modifiers, combos and size ladders; Floor plan, tables and seat splits; QR order and pay at the table, split bills; Reservations and waitlist and more, all built in and connected to the same customers, stock and books.
Is STAK free for a café?
Yes. STAK Kitchen is free forever. Paid plans count back-office users only: Standard is USD 16 a user a month billed yearly (USD 20 monthly) and Custom USD 31 (USD 39 monthly). Till, kitchen, staff-app and driver users are free; you see the price in your own currency on the pricing page.
How does STAK handle tax in Berlin?
The standard VAT rate is 19%, administered by the Tax office (Finanzamt). STAK’s tax pack keeps the rates with the date each one applies from, so every invoice is taxed at the rate in force on its date. Return data is prepared for you; filing stays with you and your adviser.
Can I use STAK POS as my cash register in Germany?
Not yet. Germany requires a certified till (KassenSichV: a TSE and the DSFinV-K export). STAK does not offer that yet, so cash sales on STAK POS are not available in Germany yet. Online sales, invoices, stock, bookings and accounting work.
Which currency does STAK use in Berlin?
EUR. Every amount is stored as a whole number of the smallest unit, so an invoice and the books never differ by a rounding error.
Do I need a payment account in Germany?
You connect your own payment account and bank with a provider that serves Germany, so your money reaches you directly and STAK does not hold it. Which payment methods you can offer depends on the provider you connect.
Which languages does STAK work in?
Owner screens run in 34 languages; staff screens in 34 languages and the online store in 34 languages.
Other businesses in Berlin
Start STAK Café free
Reserve your free workspace. One main app is free forever.
- No card needed
- Free forever