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The self-hosted Hike POS alternative

Vendra: Self-hosted POS and inventory that will not sell below zero recorded stock, even when two tills sell the last unit at the same moment. Own it once, run it on your own server, and stop paying Hike POS every month.

Own Vendra for $59 Try the live demo

Stop renting Hike POS.

Rented Hike POS Essential $69 USD/month billed monthly ($59/month billed annually), single outlet; Plus $119 billed monthly ($99 annually), multiple outlets; Enterprise "Call us" [1] billed every month, for as long as you use it; your data in their cloud
Yours
Vendra
$59 once · self-hosted · your data on your server

1 month of Hike POS costs what Vendra costs once.

Buy once

How we counted: The billed-monthly Essential price for a single outlet; the annual rate sits beside it on the page and is quoted so it is not mistaken for the monthly one. A second outlet requires the Plus tier. Vendra is one payment for the shop.

How Hike POS pricing grows

Hike meters by OUTLET: one outlet on Essential, more outlets on Plus at nearly double, and enterprise on request.

“Single outlet only”, their own page, read 2026-08-30
What Hike POS does that we don't

Hike runs multi-outlet retail from one hosted account and sells matching hardware with in-person payment processing.

“Perfect for growing retail businesses”, their own page
Who should stay with Hike POS

Stay with Hike if you run more than one outlet and want hosted stock sync between them with in-person card processing from the same vendor. Vendra is one shop, one server, no card processing.

What Vendra deliberately doesn't do is on its product page.

Why owning beats renting Hike POS.

One payment

No monthly, per-seat or per-location fees. The license is perpetual.

Your data stays on your server

It never lives in Hike POS's cloud.

No plan ceilings

Records and users are limited by your hosting, not by a pricing tier.

It keeps working if the vendor doesn't

Self-hosted software can't be sunset or repriced out from under you.

The fair trade-offs: you host it, back it up and apply updates yourself. See the product page for its limits, and the full Vendra vs renting comparison.

Questions about moving off Hike POS.

Does it process card payments online?
No — it records cash/card tender and change; it doesn't process cards online.
Can I run multiple stores?
No — one shop per installation: one stock ledger, one set of registers. A second shop runs as a second installation on its own domain or subdomain, which the Extended license covers.
Does barcode scanning need special drivers?
No — keyboard-wedge USB scanners just work.
MySQL or SQLite?
Either — MySQL for shared hosting, SQLite for a local trial.
Better together
Vendra is part of the Retail Suite
5 apps for one price, $146 less than buying them separately.
$209once

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Sources

  1. Hike POS: price checked 2026-09-03, source“'$59USD per month billed annually or $69 billed monthly' ... 'Single outlet only' ... '$99USD per month billed annually or $119 billed monthly' ... 'Call us'”

Competitor prices change, so always confirm on the linked page. We only print figures we could verify on the date shown. This vendor is tracked in the Price Observatory: every figure verbatim, dated, re-checked quarterly.

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