PEKO vs Advocado
Written by PEKO Research Team.Last updated: 10/22/2026.
Published: 07/23/2026
Last updated 22 Oct 2026
PEKO publishes this guide. We think PEKO fits venues that want to keep their current POS; below is when another tool fits better.
Updated October 2026: Advocado's strength is phone-number enrolment: guests join with a number, no card or app, and a campaign tool sits behind it. Its Singapore Pro plan is S$200 per outlet a month billed yearly. PEKO costs less per outlet and drafts the campaigns for you to approve.
Advocado's strength is phone-number enrolment: guests join with a number, no card or app, and a campaign tool sits behind it. Its Singapore Pro plan is S$200 per outlet a month billed yearly. PEKO costs less per outlet and drafts the campaigns for you to approve.
What is Advocado? Loyalty CRM with phone-number enrolment and campaign tooling.
Choose PEKO if
- Nobody on staff has time to write campaigns: PEKO's AI Agent drafts them and you click Approve.
- You want the whole table to join, not only the payer: PEKO's Group Check-In enrols everyone.
- You want a lower yearly price for one outlet: Advocado Pro billed yearly comes to S$2,400, against S$490 for the Standard plan in the cost example below.
Choose Advocado if
- Your team wants to run campaigns by hand: Advocado gives you the campaign tooling to operate.
- Guests should join with only a phone number: that is Advocado's core enrolment flow.
- Your POS is on Advocado's supported list: confirm the model and the till can feed it directly.
Feature by feature
| Feature | PEKO | Advocado |
|---|---|---|
| Published price (checked Oct 2026) | Standard S$49/month (S$490/year); Professional S$99/month (S$990/year); Professional Max S$179/month (S$1,790/year), per outlet | Pro S$200/month/outlet billed yearly; S$225/month/outlet billed monthly. |
| Needs POS change? (checked Oct 2026) | No: runs alongside any POS | No: supported POS integrations; confirm your model |
| Customer app needed? (checked Oct 2026) | No: QR or receipt scan on the web | No: phone-number enrolment |
| WhatsApp messaging (checked Oct 2026) | Yes: approval-gated win-back | Not on the public pricing page |
| Free plan (checked Oct 2026) | Yes: 300 members | Not on the public pricing page |
| Can customers self-enrol without a cashier? | Yes: customers scan a table/receipt QR or photograph the bill and PEKO's OCR credits points automatically. Cashier is out of the enrolment loop. | Not clear from public documentation |
| Can it earn points from other POS receipts? | Yes: AI OCR reads receipts from any POS (KiotViet, iPOS, Sapo, MISA, PosApp, Toast, Square). No POS swap or API required. | Not clear from public documentation |
Published price (checked Oct 2026)
Standard S$49/month (S$490/year); Professional S$99/month (S$990/year); Professional Max S$179/month (S$1,790/year), per outlet
Pro S$200/month/outlet billed yearly; S$225/month/outlet billed monthly.
Advocado: public pricing page (checked Oct 2026), checked on 2026-10-21
Needs POS change? (checked Oct 2026)
No: runs alongside any POS
No: supported POS integrations; confirm your model
Advocado: public pricing page (checked Oct 2026), checked on 2026-10-21
Customer app needed? (checked Oct 2026)
No: QR or receipt scan on the web
No: phone-number enrolment
Advocado: public pricing page (checked Oct 2026), checked on 2026-10-21
WhatsApp messaging (checked Oct 2026)
Yes: approval-gated win-back
Not on the public pricing page
Advocado: public pricing page (checked Oct 2026), checked on 2026-10-21
Free plan (checked Oct 2026)
Yes: 300 members
Not on the public pricing page
Advocado: public pricing page (checked Oct 2026), checked on 2026-10-21
Can customers self-enrol without a cashier?
Yes: customers scan a table/receipt QR or photograph the bill and PEKO's OCR credits points automatically. Cashier is out of the enrolment loop.
Not clear from public documentation
Can it earn points from other POS receipts?
Yes: AI OCR reads receipts from any POS (KiotViet, iPOS, Sapo, MISA, PosApp, Toast, Square). No POS swap or API required.
Not clear from public documentation
Worked yearly cost: one outlet
One restaurant outlet, one year, Pro plan versus PEKO Standard.
Advocado
- Advocado Pro billed yearly: S$200 × 12 = S$2,400 a year.
- Advocado Pro billed monthly: S$225 × 12 = S$2,700 a year.
PEKO
- PEKO free plan: S$0 a year while the venue stays at or under 300 members.
- PEKO Standard, billed yearly: S$490 a year for the outlet.
- PEKO Standard plus the WhatsApp Business add-on (S$399 a year): S$889 a year.
Advocado's public pricing page does not show a free plan or WhatsApp pricing, so neither is included. Prices as published, checked Oct 2026.
Need a POS too?
LOOP POS (a separate product from the same team) has a free plan for one outlet. PEKO customers get 50% off LOOP POS paid plans.
FAQ
How do guests join Advocado?
With a phone number. Advocado's site describes phone-number enrolment, so no card or app is needed. PEKO guests scan a QR or photograph the receipt.
What does Advocado Pro cost per outlet in Singapore?
S$200 per outlet a month billed yearly, or S$225 billed monthly, on its Singapore pricing page checked Oct 2026.
Does Advocado offer WhatsApp messaging?
It is not on the public pricing page. Ask Advocado directly. PEKO drafts WhatsApp win-back messages that send only after you approve them.
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Answer
Advocado vs PEKO: the quick answer?
Advocado is the PSG-subsidised, Singapore-headquartered incumbent; PEKO is the AI-first, free-to-300-members challenger: pick Advocado for the grant, PEKO for Receipt Scan, Group Check-In and AI Agent setup, with AI churn prediction and messaging that runs itself.
Comparator
PEKO vs Advocado
Advocado's strength in Malaysia is a full loyalty CRM: points, cashback, tiers and campaign tools, with guests joining by phone number and no cards or apps. Its Malaysia pricing page shows Pro at RM350 and RM370 per outlet a month. PEKO is the lower-cost layer for one outlet keeping its POS.
Comparator
PEKO vs Aptsys
Choose Aptsys if you are buying a new POS, kiosk or QR-ordering system and want loyalty built into it, with up to 50% grant support for eligible SMEs. Choose PEKO if you are keeping the POS you have, want the whole table enrolled through Group Check-In, and want an AI Agent that sets up rewards and win-backs from one message, with a free plan.
Sources & citations
These public sources support the competitor pricing, feature, and limitation claims in this comparison.
- Advocado: public pricing (checked Oct 2026)
Published pricing and product requirements, checked Oct 2026.
- PEKO Singapore price cards (checked Oct 2026)
Singapore plan prices and free limit, checked Oct 2026.
- Advocado: phone-number enrolment and POS compatibility (checked Oct 2026)
Vendor product page, checked Oct 2026.
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