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Comparison: Simplebks vs Biz Edge
Choosing between Biz Edge and Simplebks?
For Nigerian retailers and restaurants comparing two ways to run tills, stock and books.
See how till, stock, suppliers, production and accounting compare.
10,000+ businesses run on Simplebks. 14-day trial, no card. Biz Edge details checked on 25 October 2026.
Simplebks vs Biz Edge: the comparison
This page compares Simplebks with Biz Edge RetailPOS from Valinno, the Lagos point-of-sale company that has built software for Nigerian retailers and restaurants since 2007. It is not the HR and payroll product with a similar name.
Simplebks is one app where the till, stock, suppliers, production and books already work together.
Simplebks and Biz Edge: does it offer it?
| Does it offer it? | Simplebks | Biz Edge |
|---|---|---|
| How it's delivered | One app: till, stock, suppliers, production and books | Tills and cloud portal; accounting and production sold separately |
| Point-of-sale till | ✓ Built in | ✓ RetailPOS, RestaurantPOS and Biz Edge Online |
| Offline selling | ✓ Offline till up to 24 hours | ✓ Offline Mode listed on Biz Edge Online |
| Restaurant tables, kitchen screens, QR menu | ✓ Tables, kitchen screens and QR menu | ✓ RestaurantPOS, a separate product; QR digital menu |
| Multi-branch stock and transfers | ✓ Branch stock with approved transfers | ✓ Multi-location and inventory transfer listed |
| Customer credit limits | ✓ Limit per customer, with owner override | Not found |
| Scale-label (weighed) items | ✓ Weighing-scale labels scan into the cart | Not found |
| Stock counts | ✓ Counters, blind counts, reviewer approval | ✓ Stock counts |
| Recipes, bills of materials, batch costing | ✓ Recipes, bills of materials, batch costs | ✓ Biz Edge Inventory & Production, a separate product |
| VAT and WHT reports | ✓ VAT and WHT reports from your transactions | Not found |
| Request for quote to suppliers | ✓ One request, several suppliers, compare quotes | Not found |
| Full accounting (ledger, P&L, balance sheet) | ✓ Ledger, P&L, balance sheet, reconciliation | ✓ Biz Edge Accounting, a separate product |
Simplebks features can depend on your plan; offline selling is on Enterprise. See pricing.
Not found means we did not find it on their public pages when we checked (28 September and 25 October 2026): Biz Edge.
Who each is right for
Valinno has built this software in Lagos since 2007, reports more than 1,000 installations across Nigeria and West Africa (a figure for the whole Valinno group), supplies and installs counter hardware, and supports customers by phone, email, remote session and on-site visit, Monday to Saturday. Biz Edge runs under an ISO/IEC 27001-certified information security management system.
Choose Biz Edge if
you want a till installed on your own computers with the hardware supplied and supported on site, or if you already run Biz Edge.
Choose Simplebks if
you want your till, stock, suppliers, production and books in one simple app, set up from your industry on day one and supported by a Nigerian team.
Moving from Biz Edge to Simplebks
Export your products and contacts from Biz Edge to Excel or CSV and import them into Simplebks. You match the columns, preview the result and confirm.
Moving from Biz Edge? We have done it
We have moved a retailer off Biz Edge. Its exports can arrive without column headings, so we map and clean them with you first. Products, prices, stock, customers and purchase history come across.
FAQ
Is Simplebks a replacement for Biz Edge RetailPOS and RestaurantPOS?
Yes. Simplebks covers the till, stock, purchasing, production, restaurant service and full accounting in one app. Biz Edge covers the same ground with RetailPOS, RestaurantPOS, Biz Edge Online, Accounting and Inventory & Production as separate products.
Does Biz Edge include accounting and production?
Biz Edge sells them as separate products, Biz Edge Accounting and Biz Edge Inventory & Production. The Biz Edge Online plan list shows purchase invoices, receipts and payment vouchers, not a ledger. Simplebks includes full accounting and production in one app.
Can I run a restaurant on Simplebks?
Yes. Simplebks includes tables and a floor plan, kitchen screens, tabs and split bills.
Does Simplebks work when the internet goes down?
On Enterprise, the offline till keeps selling for up to 24 hours with no connection, then syncs.
Can Simplebks run production for a small manufacturer?
Yes. Simplebks handles multi-level recipes and bills of materials, production batches with overheads costed in, and contract-staff wages spread across the batches they worked on.
Can I bring my Biz Edge data into Simplebks?
Yes. Export your products and contacts from Biz Edge to Excel or CSV and use the Simplebks import. You match the columns and preview the result before saving.
One app for the till, the stock, the suppliers and the books.