Daftra vs Qoyod

Arabic and English cloud ERP with a contracting module and ZATCA e-invoicing

Daftra is a cloud accounting and business-management system operated by Izam, Inc., which says it has headquarters in the United States and Egypt; it serves Saudi Arabia with an Arabic and English site and a Saudi phone line. Its contracting module covers projects, progress-payment statements with retention, labour and materials costing and per-project profit reports. Daftra says more than 45,000 companies use it.

Pros

• + Contracting module with progress-payment statements and retention
• + Per-project labour, materials and profitability reports
• + Daftra says it meets ZATCA Phase 1 and Phase 2 at no extra cost
• + Published prices and a 14-day trial with no card required

Cons

• − Priced in USD, not SAR
• − Each plan includes one user; extra users cost $7-9.33 a month
• − Lower plans cap monthly invoices (100 or 500) and clients
• − No Saudi office address published; the contract is with Izam, Inc.

Saudi cloud accounting with ZATCA e-invoicing, inventory and POS

Qoyod is a Saudi cloud accounting platform founded in Riyadh in 2016 and operated by Automated Cloud for Communications and Information Technology Company, a Saudi limited liability company. It covers accounting, ZATCA e-invoicing, inventory, POS, HR and CRM, and also serves Jordan from an office in King Hussein Business Park. Qoyod says more than 35,000 Saudi businesses use it.

Pros

• + Saudi company with a Riyadh office and Saudi terms of service
• + Qoyod says it is ZATCA-certified and submits invoices to Fatoora in real time
• + Projects and tasks on the Pro and Advanced plans
• + 14-day free trial, no card required

Cons

• − Phase 2 e-invoicing integration starts on the Professional plan, not Basic
• − Basic plan covers only Phase 1 e-invoicing and excludes projects and purchases
• − Plans cap users and locations (1, 3 or 5); extra users are charged separately
• − Accounting software, not construction project management