The quote that frightens a cafe is usually the whole fit-out. This one is only the counter: something to tap, something to print, and the software that keeps the bill. Rent, the machine, and the cups are a different article.
Hardware prices below are what those shops had on their own pages when this was written, in September 2026. Retriever's prices are the ones on the pricing page in November 2026. They will all move. The links are the check.
The pieces, from people who publish a price
A 10.1 inch Android tablet that is actually sold as a tablet, the Blackview Tab 60 Pro, was listed at NPR 21,999 by Warrantore. An 80mm billing printer, the ZKTeco ZKP8016, was listed at NPR 8,500 by Quality Computer. Nepali Cart had another 80mm printer at NPR 9,000.
Which plan a cafe needs
The till, the bills, stock and the day's close are on Retriever Free, at NPR 0, for the owner alone and up to 15 items. A cafe usually wants more than that: table QR ordering, the kitchen screen and a second pair of hands at the till are all on Plus, at NPR 9,999 a year. Pro, at NPR 29,999 a year, adds things a small cafe can often do without, such as your own domain, the message inbox and full analytics, with automatic wallet payments once they open to shops. Every new shop gets 7 days of Pro first, which is long enough to ring real bills before any of this hardware is worth buying, and then moves to Free unless you choose a plan.
Adding it up
Take the cheap end of the hardware: NPR 21,999 for the tablet and NPR 8,500 for the printer, NPR 30,499 together. Then add a year of the plan.
- With a year of Plus, NPR 9,999, it is NPR 40,498.
- With a year of Pro, NPR 29,999, it is NPR 60,498.
- On Free, it is the NPR 30,499 of hardware alone.
None of those include a stand or a stack of rolls.
| Piece | Price as listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Blackview Tab 60 Pro | NPR 21,999 | Warrantore |
| ZKTeco ZKP8016, 80mm | NPR 8,500 | Quality Computer |
| Another 80mm printer | NPR 9,000 | Nepali Cart, New Road |
| Retriever Plus, one year | NPR 9,999 | retriever.com.np/pricing |
| Retriever Pro, one year | NPR 29,999 | retriever.com.np/pricing |
| Tablet, cheap printer, Plus year | NPR 40,498 | Added here |
| Tablet, cheap printer, Pro year | NPR 60,498 | Added here |
| Retriever Complete, first year | Rs 49,999 | Tablet, 80mm printer, stand, starter rolls, Pro for a year |
Retriever Complete is Rs 49,999 (NPR 49,999) for the first year. The hardware is yours to keep. The box is an Android tablet, an 80mm thermal printer, a counter stand, starter rolls, and Retriever Pro for that year. It does not include a cash drawer. If you want a drawer, that is a separate buy from New Road, and the printer you choose should have a drawer port. We are not going to invent a drawer price.
So the answer depends on the plan. If you want Pro, Complete is NPR 10,499 less than buying the same tablet, printer and year yourself, and it comes with the stand. If Plus is enough for your cafe, buying the pieces yourself is NPR 9,501 less than Complete, without a stand. After the first year nothing renews by itself: you choose Free, Plus or Pro, and nothing is deleted either way.
Wifi, a kitchen printer, and a second screen are not in any column. Opening the cafe's technology list is the wider one. Which printer width is why Complete is an 80mm roll and not a thin one.