{
  "title": "Vietnamese POS buying conditions: official-source ledger",
  "version": "2026-10-03-v1",
  "publisher": "LUMESEO",
  "collected_on": "2026-10-03",
  "access_timezone": "UTC",
  "method": "Read public first-party pricing or product sources for eight purposively selected POS/retail software suppliers. Partial and indexed-only sources remain in the ledger. No account, demo, customer interview or operational performance test was performed.",
  "sample": { "supplier_count": 8, "stable_body_sources": 6, "partial_or_indexed_only_sources": 2, "software_tests": 0, "chatgpt_tests": 0 },
  "status_definitions": {
    "body_readable": "Current public source body could be read by the research retrieval tool.",
    "body_once_retry_timeout": "Initial retrieval returned source body, but subsequent attempts timed out. Specific current pricing was not adopted.",
    "indexed_only_body_unavailable": "An official-domain search index copy was available, but direct body retrieval failed. Indexed pricing was not adopted."
  },
  "records": [
    {
      "id": "S01", "supplier": "KiotViet", "publisher": "KiotViet",
      "url": "https://www.kiotviet.vn/phi-dich-vu", "accessed_at": "2026-10-03", "retrieval": "body_readable", "evidence_level": "vendor_public_statement",
      "scope": "Retail pricing section",
      "claim": "Support plan lists 270000 VND per branch per month. Professional plan lists 330000 VND and 270000 VND for an additional branch. Retail premium plan describes API support.",
      "numeric_fields": { "support_vnd_branch_month": 270000, "professional_base_vnd_month": 330000, "professional_add_branch_vnd_month": 270000 },
      "limitations": "No signed quote or software test. Billing term, total setup/add-on costs and actual API behavior require confirmation. Does not imply all plans include API."
    },
    {
      "id": "S02", "supplier": "Sapo", "publisher": "Sapo",
      "url": "https://www.sapo.vn/bang-gia.html", "accessed_at": "2026-10-03", "retrieval": "body_readable", "evidence_level": "vendor_public_statement",
      "scope": "Retail subscription plan comparison",
      "claim": "Pro lists 249000 VND per month with one store; another store is 200000 VND per month. The Advanced description includes basic Open API.",
      "numeric_fields": { "pro_base_vnd_month": 249000, "pro_included_stores": 1, "additional_store_vnd_month": 200000 },
      "limitations": "No final quote, VAT determination or account test. Setup, add-ons, prepaid periods and integration limits were not verified. Advanced API rights were not assigned to Pro."
    },
    {
      "id": "S03", "supplier": "Haravan", "publisher": "Haravan",
      "url": "https://www.haravan.com/pages/pricing", "accessed_at": "2026-10-03", "retrieval": "body_readable", "evidence_level": "vendor_public_statement",
      "scope": "Standard omnichannel plan",
      "claim": "Standard displays 300000 VND per month including one store and a 200000 VND monthly additional-store charge. The page describes online/offline data synchronization.",
      "numeric_fields": { "displayed_standard_vnd_month": 300000, "included_stores": 1, "additional_store_vnd_month": 200000 },
      "limitations": "Displayed pricing includes presentation of a crossed-out amount; contract, promotion and payment conditions require confirmation. No synchronization latency test was performed."
    },
    {
      "id": "S04", "supplier": "Nhanh.vn", "publisher": "Nhanh.vn",
      "requested_url": "https://nhanh.vn/bang-gia", "url": "https://nhanh.vn/bang-gia-phan-mem", "accessed_at": "2026-10-03", "retrieval": "body_readable", "evidence_level": "vendor_public_statement",
      "scope": "Nhanh.POS Pro",
      "claim": "POS Pro displays 350000 VND per store per month; the 250000 VND figure is linked to purchase from two years. The plan describes inter-store stock checks and transfers.",
      "numeric_fields": { "pos_pro_displayed_vnd_store_month": 350000, "pos_pro_long_term_vnd_store_month": 250000, "long_term_minimum_years": 2 },
      "limitations": "Long-term price is not an unconditional monthly payment offer. No inventory or multi-store account test was performed."
    },
    {
      "id": "S05", "supplier": "POS365", "publisher": "POS365",
      "url": "https://www.pos365.vn/phi-dich-vu", "accessed_at": "2026-10-03", "retrieval": "body_readable", "evidence_level": "vendor_public_statement",
      "scope": "One-year plan",
      "claim": "One-year plan displays 1950000 VND for a 12-month duration.",
      "numeric_fields": { "one_year_vnd": 1950000, "duration_months": 12 },
      "limitations": "Monthly equivalent is only arithmetic. A monthly payment option or three-store license scope was not confirmed. Promotions and operational performance were not independently tested."
    },
    {
      "id": "S06", "supplier": "MISA eShop", "publisher": "MISA",
      "requested_url": "https://eshop.misa.vn/", "url": "https://www.misaeshop.vn/", "accessed_at": "2026-10-03", "retrieval": "body_readable", "evidence_level": "vendor_public_statement",
      "scope": "Current public product page",
      "claim": "The page describes store and multichannel sales and links toward quotation/purchasing routes.",
      "numeric_fields": null,
      "limitations": "Current package prices were not confirmed. Historical pricing PDF was explicitly not adopted as current pricing. Product descriptions do not prove operational performance."
    },
    {
      "id": "S07", "supplier": "Dân Trí Soft", "publisher": "Dân Trí Soft",
      "url": "https://dantrisoft.com.vn/ban-online/ban-le-ban-si-dai-ly/", "accessed_at": "2026-10-03", "retrieval": "body_once_retry_timeout", "evidence_level": "partial_vendor_source",
      "scope": "Public online retail/wholesale software page",
      "claim": "The initial retrieval returned a product page for online retail/wholesale; follow-up retrieval attempts timed out.",
      "numeric_fields": null,
      "limitations": "No current price was adopted. A research retrieval timeout does not establish a site-wide outage or missing functionality."
    },
    {
      "id": "S08", "supplier": "Suno", "publisher": "Suno",
      "url": "https://suno.vn/bang-gia/", "accessed_at": "2026-10-03", "retrieval": "indexed_only_body_unavailable", "evidence_level": "official_domain_index_only",
      "scope": "Pricing URL identified through official-domain search index",
      "claim": "Search index content exists for the official pricing URL. Repeated direct retrieval attempts did not return a readable body.",
      "numeric_fields": null,
      "limitations": "Indexed pricing was not used as a current buying price. Failure in this collection environment is not proof that end users or target AI platforms cannot access the website."
    }
  ],
  "conditional_editorial_calculations": [
    { "id": "C01", "supplier": "Sapo", "source_id": "S02", "scenario": "Three stores on Pro, if the same base and added-store conditions apply", "formula": "249000 + 2 * 200000", "result_vnd_month": 649000, "not_quote": true, "exclusions": "Setup, add-ons, taxes/payment treatment, contract and prepaid-period conditions are not confirmed." },
    { "id": "C02", "supplier": "KiotViet", "source_id": "S01", "scenario": "Three branches on Professional, if the stated additional-branch rule applies", "formula": "330000 + 2 * 270000", "result_vnd_month": 870000, "not_quote": true, "exclusions": "Package scope, additional warehouses, contract periods and other costs are not confirmed. Not comparable as an equivalent all-in offer." },
    { "id": "C03", "supplier": "POS365", "source_id": "S05", "scenario": "Arithmetic monthly equivalent of the listed one-year fee", "formula": "1950000 / 12", "result_vnd_month_equivalent": 162500, "not_quote": true, "exclusions": "Does not establish monthly billing or license scope for three stores." }
  ],
  "editorial_conditions_to_publish": ["product_and_plan", "currency", "billing_unit", "payment_term", "included_stores", "included_users", "add_on_conditions", "integration_target", "integration_direction", "API_or_connector_limits", "source_url", "effective_date", "unknown_fields"],
  "verification_status": { "public_source_comparison": "completed_with_two_limited_sources", "current_quote": "not_obtained", "software_functionality": "not_tested", "chatgpt_citation": "not_observed", "lead_or_revenue": "not_measured" },
  "maintenance": "LUMESEO rechecks when a supplier changes plans, fees, feature permissions, source URL or contract conditions. Missing values are not replaced with historical or indexed-only prices."
}