Frequently asked questions

A cloud accounting and business-management system in Arabic, bringing accounting, e-invoicing, inventory, sales, purchasing, and HR together in one place.

Yes, Artos is an e-invoicing system compliant with ZATCA's Fatoora requirements, with a documented hash chain for every sales invoice.

Yes, you can try Artos completely free for 15 days with no credit card, with access to every department from day one.

Artos is fully cloud-based -- it runs straight from a browser on a computer or phone, with no installation or manual updates.

No, sign-up and the free trial are completely free of any credit card or financial commitment.

Yes, the system is designed to work with you from your very first small startup, and grows with you without ever needing to switch to another system.

It's broader than a traditional accounting program -- it covers accounting, inventory, sales, purchasing, manufacturing, and HR in one connected system.

Yes, the interface, reports, and invoices are 100% Arabic, with full right-to-left support -- and the interface is also available in English and 13 other languages.

Yes, e-invoicing in Artos is compliant with the requirements of ZATCA's Fatoora platform.

Yes, every invoice issued from the system includes a QR code as part of the e-invoicing requirements.

Yes, every sales invoice is linked to a documented hash chain that protects the sequence of financial data from any unauthorized edit.

Yes, VAT is calculated automatically on every sales or purchase invoice, in line with Saudi regulatory requirements.

Yes, the same invoice can be printed in Arabic or English depending on your customer's need.

No, it just takes pressing "Send" from the invoice screen, then tracking its status (sent or not sent) easily from that same screen.

Yes, every sale, purchase, or expense creates a journal entry automatically, and it's reflected immediately across the rest of your financial statements.

Yes, the balance sheet and income statement update automatically with every transaction recorded in the system.

Yes, you can view the cash-flow report at any time, without waiting for month-end.

Yes, you can set a budget for each cost center and track the variance between actual and planned figures as it happens.

Yes, once an accounting period is closed the system blocks any edit to its entries, keeping your historical figures accurate.

Yes, there's a period-close readiness indicator that tracks approvals, holds, returns, drafts, and bank reconciliation in one place.

Yes, you can view the overdue-receivables ratio and its details at any time from the financial management dashboard.

Yes, every sale, purchase, or expense is reflected immediately in the balance sheet, income statement, and the rest of the connected statements.

Yes, the financial management dashboard refreshes every 5 minutes and shows net profit, cash balance, revenue, and expenses in real time.

Yes, the DSO metric is tracked automatically over the last 6 months on the financial management dashboard.

Yes, the system automatically buckets overdue receivables by how many days past due they are.

Yes, you can set automatic alert rules that email you as soon as they're triggered, checked by the system every day.

Yes, you can move levers such as a price or quantity change and see the effect on net profit instantly, with no query needed.

Yes, there's a next-month net-profit forecast built on a trend regression of your last 6 months of actual data.

Yes, point of sale is directly linked to inventory and accounting, so every sale is reflected immediately in your financial reports.

Yes, you can prepare a quote for a customer and convert it straight into an invoice as soon as they approve it.

Yes, the system includes sales-rep management for tracking field sales and linking them to customer accounts and invoices.

Yes, you can view detailed sales reports by customer, sales rep, or time period.

Yes, you can issue the return directly from the invoice screen itself, and it's reflected automatically in inventory and the accounts.

Yes, Artos includes full inventory management with weighted-average costing, batch and expiry tracking, periodic stocktaking, and low-stock alerts.

Yes, item cost is calculated automatically using the weighted-average method with every purchase or sale transaction.

Yes, the system sends you a low-stock alert before an item runs out completely.

Yes, you can create purchase orders and route them through an approval path before converting them into a supplier invoice.

Yes, you can follow every supplier from the first purchase order through to final payment, in a single screen.

Yes, there's a built-in periodic stocktake that helps you reconcile actual stock against what's recorded in the system.

Yes, monthly payroll runs, advances, deductions, and employee attendance are all available within the same system.

Yes, advances and deductions are recorded and deducted automatically from the monthly payroll run.

Yes, employee attendance is tracked in the system and linked to the payroll calculation.

Yes, Artos includes a full manufacturing module with production recipes, manufacturing orders, and cost tracking per production batch.

Yes, the system posts an automatic monthly depreciation entry for every fixed asset, with the correct accounting entry.

Yes, every production batch has its own independent cost, built from the materials and time used in it.

The system adapts automatically to more than 15 business activities -- from restaurants and retail to contracting and manufacturing -- and activates the right departments for your business from the moment you sign up.

Yes, as soon as you choose your activity at sign-up, the system automatically activates the departments and fields that suit it.

Every business sits in a completely independent data environment, fully isolated from any other business using Artos.

Yes, Artos runs from any device with a browser -- computer, tablet, or phone -- with no separate app needed.

Yes, the support team speaks Arabic and genuinely understands the needs of the Saudi market.