Cobra - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

Cobra is a cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system with integrated SRI-authorized electronic invoicing, built for small and medium-sized businesses in Ecuador. Accessible from any mobile, tablet, or desktop browser with no installation required, Cobra issues authorized facturas and notas de venta in real time, automatically handles SRI authorization, signing, retry logic, and document storage, and delivers the RIDE directly to the customer's email. Target industries include retail (general stores, minimarkets, pharmacies), food and beverage (cafes, restaurants), and any Ecuador-based business obligated to emit SRI electronic tax documents.

Cobra covers the full operational scope of a POS environment: cash register management with opening, closing, and end-of-day reconciliation; inventory tracking with per-product photos or emojis and automatic stock decrement on each sale; barcode scanner support; thermal receipt printing for 80mm and 58mm printers; a customer contact book auto-saved on each invoice; table management; and kitchen order ticket generation. Employee PIN access with individual permissions supports multi-staff operations, while consolidated multi-location reporting is available on the Cadena plan for retail chains managing up to five locations. Sales, IVA, and tax reports are exportable in CSV or PDF format for accountant handoff.

Cobra offers a permanently free plan for micro-businesses processing up to 100 transactions per month, with no credit card required and a reported setup time of five minutes. Paid plans remove transaction limits and expand location capacity, with no long-term lock-in. All sales, product, and customer data is stored in the cloud, providing continuity across device loss or damage. For technical integrations, Cobra exposes a REST API for programmatic invoice emission and an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects the SRI invoicing engine to AI assistants or automated agent workflows, allowing invoice emission from a conversation or agent pipeline without a custom integration.