Comparison
4Labs PRO vs Loyverse
Loyverse is a free global POS with an excellent price-to-feature ratio for small shops. What it lacks is the Costa Rica specifics: e-invoicing with Hacienda, recipe-level inventory and an AI copilot in Spanish.
Loyverse is a free global POS with more than 500,000 merchants worldwide. Its strength is how generous the free plan is: POS, basic inventory management and a mobile app at no cost. It's an excellent entry point if you have a very small business and need zero friction to start.
The catch for Costa Rica: Loyverse does not issue electronic invoices to the Ministry of Finance with the v4.4 cryptographic signature, does not calculate food cost per recipe (FIFO inventory), and has no AI copilot. Those are exactly the areas 4Labs PRO was built for from the ground up.
| Feature | 4Labs PRO | Loyverse |
|---|---|---|
| Free forever plan Loyverse has a Free plan with POS + unlimited basic inventory. At 4Labs PRO we build the plan around your operation — talk to us and we'll put together what fits. | No | Yes |
| CR v4.4 e-invoicing (tax authority) Loyverse does not issue signed XML to Costa Rica's Ministry of Finance. You would have to issue invoices elsewhere. | Yes | No |
| Real-time kitchen KDS Loyverse Kitchen Display is a separate module with an additional monthly cost. | Yes | Paid add-on |
| Recipe-level FIFO inventory Loyverse tracks inventory by SKU (finished product). No cost per recipe. | Yes | No |
| Native Uber Eats integration | Yes | No |
| Reservations + WhatsApp | Yes | No |
| Native AI copilot | Yes | No |
| Supermarket mode (barcode POS) Both support standard USB HID barcode scanners. | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-branch with consolidated reports | Yes | Paid add-on |
| HR and payroll | Yes | Basic timesheet |
| Support in Costa Rican Spanish on CR hours | Yes | Yes — global email 24×7 |
Choose Loyverse if you run a very small shop, a market stall, or a corner store that only needs to take payments and track basic inventory. You issue electronic invoices elsewhere (through the tax authority's ATV portal, for example) or simply work with internal receipts.
Choose 4Labs PRO if you run a restaurant, café or supermarket in Costa Rica that needs to issue electronic invoices to the tax authority, calculate real cost per recipe, integrate with Uber Eats, and see the whole business in one panel. A single 4Labs PRO plan replaces Loyverse + an external e-invoicing provider + a separate KDS.
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