Review: CafeSuite

Visit CafeSuite at http://www.cafesuite.com

Developer Country: Poland

Price: 100 EUR for the Server plus 10 EUR per client

Where to Get It? http://cafesuite.net/downloads

They Say:

CafeSuite is powerful Cyber Cafe management software that helps with managing customers and employees, controlling computers and printers, securing systems, accounting and billing. It simplifies and automates running your Internet Cafe business. Unlike many other competitive programs, CafeSuite is robust, quick, secure and very intuitive and easy to use. It doesn’t matter how big your Internet cafe is – CafeSuite is capable of controlling any number of workstations. CafeSuite is designed to be a complete solution for Internet cafes and to make life easier for Internet cafe owners, operators and customers.

The package constsists of two applications:

CafeStation

a main program installed at the operator desk. It is used by operators to control all connected client workstations.

CafeAgent

installed on all client workstations – it secures and locks the system, offers possibility to log in and out and shows session information.

The basic task of our software is to provide operators and customers with an accurate timing and billing information at any time. CafeSuite keeps customer accounts, so that customers can log in on their own using username and password, printed account ticket with a timecode or even a magnetic card. It is possible to set any pricing you might imagine including periodic discounts on specific days or times, traffic and group discounts, time bonuses or points system. The software keeps inventory of products and services and supports POS devices such as receipt printers, barcode scanners and vending machines. Other important features include reservations, print control, remote screen and instant recovery of disk partitions. The software generates various statistics, which give detailed information about business performance. All transactions and actions are recorded into a database and can be viewed through multiple reports. Reports can also be delivered by e-mail.

Our software is used in over 5,000 cyber cafes all over the world.

We Say:

CafeSuite has built a solid reputation in the internet cafe world.  There website is easy to use while they have a wide variety of support options.  Their support options include a knowledge base, forums, and email support.

CafeSuite had a new release (3.5.1.0) on January 22 / 2010.  This release has Vista and Windows 7 fixes included.