The corpus

Vendors

100 products across 9 peer groups. Comparison happens within a group, never across one.

Dossier records are scored on every in-scope claim and have been through an independent pass instructed to refute them. Scored records cover a headline subset. Census records are identity only. Coverage is stated on every record, so a thin record is never mistaken for a thorough one.

Mainstream commercial restaurant POS

Cloud or hybrid restaurant POS sold direct to independents and small multi-unit groups, with published self-serve pricing or a public online sign-up, and no minimum location count. Concept-agnostic rather than specialised to one service style.

278 claims in scope · 20 products

ProductLayerStatusScoredYesPartialNoUnknown
CAKE POSscoredlive278/278401336837
Chowbus POSscoredlive45/2787112258
Cloverdossierlive278/278261663947
Epos Nowscoredlive45/2785209244
Heartland Restaurantscoredlive45/27814208236
Lavudossierlive278/278511415630
Lightspeed Restaurantdossierlive278/278481424543
Linga POSdossierlive278/278321872039
Loyverse POSscoredlive45/27881515240
Owner.comscoredlive45/2784821245
Quantic POSscoredlive45/2789252242
Revel Systemsdossierlive278/278791341649
Rezku POSscoredlive45/2786262244
Shift4 SkyTabdossierlive278/278871092854
SpotOndossierlive278/278571522346
Square for Restaurantsdossierlive278/278881382131
SumUpscoredlive45/2785267240
talechscoredlive45/27861514243
Toastdossierlive278/2781121361911
TouchBistrodossierlive278/278471425039

Enterprise & chain restaurant POS

Restaurant POS sold quote-only through a direct enterprise sales motion or a VAR/dealer channel, with a documented multi-property or corporate/franchisee hierarchy, and typically an on-premise or hybrid deployment option. Buyers are multi-unit operators, franchisors and large hospitality venues.

314 claims in scope · 11 products

ProductLayerStatusScoredYesPartialNoUnknown
Agilysysdossierlive314/314571536341
Digital Diningscoredmaintenance45/31410213280
Focus POSscoredlive45/31414211278
Inforscoredunknown45/31411129282
Maitre'D POSscoredlive45/3149234278
NCR Voyix Alohadossierlive314/3141261322135
Oracle MICROS Simphonydossierlive314/314831502655
PAR POS / Brink POSdossierlive314/314711753137
POSitouchscoredmaintenance87/31418443249
Qudossierlive314/314331437464
Squirrel Systemsscoredlive45/31481513278

QSR & drive-thru

Products whose primary marketed use case is quick-service throughput: drive-thru order capture and timing, self-service kiosks, or voice-AI order taking. Includes point solutions that are not full POS but compete for the QSR ordering workflow.

296 claims in scope · 9 products

ProductLayerStatusScoredYesPartialNoUnknown
Acrelecscoredlive44/2960229265
Bitescoredunknown44/2962728259
Bite Ninjascoredunknown44/2960136259
ConverseNowdossierlive182/182648686
GRUBBRRscoredlive44/29621914261
Presto Automationscoredunknown44/2960228266
SoundHoundscoredlive44/2960231263
Tillsterscoredlive44/29611014271
Xenialdossierlive296/296661561856

Pizza & delivery-led

POS that markets pizza-specific capability (fractional/half-and-half topping placement, per-section pricing rules) or operator-run delivery capability (driver roster, dispatch board, route mapping) as a headline feature rather than an add-on.

311 claims in scope · 7 products

ProductLayerStatusScoredYesPartialNoUnknown
FoodTec Solutionsdossierlive311/3112115125114
HungerRushdossierlive311/311551755823
Microworks Prism POSdossierlive311/3113810211358
PDQ POSdossierlive311/31136316229
Slice / Slice Registerdossierlive291/2911811210358
SpeedLine Solutionsdossierlive311/311751585919
Thrive POSdossierlive311/311611583854

Bar, brewery & taproom

POS marketed primarily to bars, breweries, taprooms and beverage-led venues, typically featuring tab management, pre-authorised card tabs, pour/keg tracking or self-pour integration.

224 claims in scope · 4 products

ProductLayerStatusScoredYesPartialNoUnknown
Arryveddossierlive224/22444784557
DigitalPourscoredlive41/2240827189
GoTabdossierlive224/224531161342
UNION POSscoredlive41/2242142206

Mobile & food truck

POS designed for a single mobile operator: runs on a phone or tablet with no fixed terminal requirement, tolerates intermittent connectivity, and is sold with no contract and no location minimum.

226 claims in scope · 3 products

ProductLayerStatusScoredYesPartialNoUnknown
Addmiscoredunknown40/2261172206
Clover Goscoredlive40/2263714202
Zettle by PayPalscoredlive40/2266420196

Open source & self-hostable

Source code is publicly available under an OSI-approved licence and the product can be self-hosted without a commercial contract. Includes ERP modules that ship a restaurant or hospitality POS component.

278 claims in scope · 14 products

ProductLayerStatusScoredYesPartialNoUnknown
Chromis POSscoredmaintenance45/27861819235
ERPNext / Frappe POSdossierlive258/258287214315
Floreant POSscoreddead45/27842218234
Kriolos POSscoredlive45/27851027236
NexoPOSdossierlive257/25726441807
nutrixpos / posscoredlive45/27811327237
Odoo POS + pos_restaurantdossierlive278/278331148942
Open Source Point of Saledossierlive257/25724361916
POS Awesomescoredunknown45/27811220245
Reference platform referencescoredlive107/27827080171
SambaPOSdossiermaintenance278/278271257353
TastyIgniterdossierlive278/278216915038
uniCenta oPOSdossiermaintenance278/278135816641
URYdossierlive278/27826691785

Adjacent encroachers — ordering, middleware & back-office

NOT point-of-sale systems. Products that integrate with or route around a POS — first-party ordering, delivery middleware, reservations, loyalty, labour, inventory and back-office platforms, and payment terminals sold without a POS. Tracked because they take capability territory from the POS, and compared only against each other.

255 claims in scope · 24 products · categories out of scope: order-capture, kitchen, hardware

ProductLayerStatusScoredYesPartialNoUnknown
7shiftsscoredlive36/2551825221
Adyenscoredlive36/2552920224
Chowlydossierlive235/23518818749
ChowNowdossierlive255/255258211434
Crunchtimescoredlive36/2553521226
Deliverectdossierlive255/255381069417
Fourthscoredlive36/2551522227
Fresh KDSscoredlive36/2553325224
ItsaCheckmatescoredlive36/25561211226
MarketManscoredlive36/2555422224
Nashscoredlive36/2552528220
Olodossierlive214/21433884944
OpenTablescoredlive36/2551820226
Otterscoredlive255/255441077826
Paytronixscoredlive36/25541213226
Punchhscoredlive36/25541020221
QSR Automationsscoredlive36/2551324227
Restaurant365dossierlive190/19043447033
Resyscoredlive36/2551524225
SevenRoomsscoredlive36/2552517231
Stripe Terminaldossierlive173/17332398319
Thanxscoredlive255/25521841482
Uber Directscoredlive36/2552825220
UrbanPiperscoredlive255/255189930108

Regional & international

Restaurant POS whose primary market is outside the United States, evidenced by a non-US headquarters plus localisation the US vendors do not ship — local fiscal compliance, regional payment rails, or non-English product UI.

312 claims in scope · 8 products

ProductLayerStatusScoredYesPartialNoUnknown
Flipdishdossierlive312/312421404387
Norydossierlive251/251265414625
Petpoojadossierlive312/3121615126119
Restroworksscoredlive45/3123225282
Sapaadscoredlive45/3125224281
storekitscoredlive50/31271227266
Tevalisscoredlive45/3128228274
Zonalscoredlive45/31210196277