Software for guard and facility companies in Dubai
STAK Guarding
Guard contracts with an hourly rate and an overtime rule, posts at client sites with licences and post orders, coverage planned onto the rota, attendance by geofence and NFC tag, and incident reports followed up and shared with the client.
One main app is free forever. AI uses prepaid credits; Receptionist is a separate paid add-on. Pricing
34 languages
AED
AI reads an equipment plate from a photo and turns a fault description into price-book lines for you to check. It runs on prepaid AI credits.
STAK in Dubai
Dubai is the largest city in the UAE. Here is what STAK uses for the United Arab Emirates.
- Currency
- UAE dirham (AED)
2 decimal places - VAT
- 5% standard rate
Federal Tax Authority (FTA) - Mandatory registration
- 375,000 AED
annual taxable supplies (reference, confirm with the authority) - Invoices
- Show VAT and feed the VAT return
- Language
- 34 languages
Owner screens; staff screens in 34, the online shop in 34 - Time zone
- Asia/Dubai
The standard VAT rate is 5%, administered by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). It is applied to every invoice from a rate table kept with its effective dates.
POS system and business software in the United Arab Emirates
What your guard company gets
Sell
- Guard contracts with an hourly rate and an overtime rule
- Multi-language invoices with pay links
- Contracts and releases signed online
Guarding
- Posts at client sites with a licence and post orders
- Coverage planned onto the rota, claimed by licence
- Site attendance with geofence and NFC tags
- Incident reports, follow-up and what the client sees
Customers
- Customer list and history
- Client portal with hours delivered and shared incidents
Team
- Till, kitchen and staff-app logins free
- Shifts, clock-in, leave and tip pools
- Auto-rota from sales and live labour cost
- Guard licences with expiry warnings
- Staff SOS button with an incident log
- Payroll with the bank file and payslips in eight languages
- Offers, contracts and recruiting
Money
- Worked site hours billed into an invoice
- Card and local payments through your own payment account
- Owner insights and reports
- Books, VAT and bank matching
Start free, pay when you grow
We suggest starting with STAK Team 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
Invoice generator
VAT calculator
QR code generatorQuestions people ask
What does STAK do for guard and facility companies in Dubai?
It covers Guard contracts with an hourly rate and an overtime rule; Multi-language invoices with pay links; Contracts and releases signed online; Posts at client sites with a licence and post orders; Coverage planned onto the rota, claimed by licence and more, all built in and connected to the same customers, stock and books.
Is STAK free for a guard company?
Yes. STAK Team 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).
How does STAK handle VAT in Dubai?
The standard VAT rate is 5%, administered by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA). It is applied to every invoice from a rate table kept with its effective dates. STAK lists the mandatory registration threshold as 375,000 AED of annual taxable supplies (a reference only; confirm with the authority).
Does STAK support e-invoicing in the UAE?
STAK shows VAT at 5% on invoices and prepares the data for the VAT return. UAE e-invoicing (PINT AE over Peppol) is not switched on in STAK yet, so check your requirements with your adviser.
Which currency does STAK use in Dubai?
UAE dirham (AED) with 2 decimal places. Every amount is stored as a whole number of the smallest unit, so an invoice and the books never differ by rounding.
Do I need a payment account in the United Arab Emirates?
You connect your own payment account and bank with a provider that serves the United Arab Emirates, so your money goes straight to you; STAK never holds it. The payment methods you can take depend on the provider you choose.
Does it work in Arabic?
Yes, with a proper right-to-left layout, and English is one tap away. STAK's owner screens are in 34 languages and its staff screens in 34, which helps a team of many nationalities in Dubai.
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