What Horizon Software does

Horizon Software International, LLC is a Georgia-based software company founded in 1998 that develops cloud-based school nutrition management systems for K-12 school districts. Operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP), the company employs over 500 professionals globally and is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia. Its platform serves more than 19,000 organizations and 16 million patrons across the U.S., Canada, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, the Middle East, and Australia.

The company's core product suite centers on Horizon School Technology (HST), a cloud-based point-of-sale platform supporting fast and accurate cafeteria serving lines with allergen protection, student eligibility tracking, menu planning, nutritional analysis, inventory management, and reporting. MyPaymentsPlus is a complementary online payment portal serving over 2 million registered users with PCI-compliant processing for meals, fees, activities, and exams; Horizon states it has not experienced a data breach in over 20 years. Add-on modules include Meals-To-Go for contactless drive-thru meal pickup and Horizon Classroom Ordering for in-classroom meal program management, while OneSource/KidServe provides an alternative software platform and CBORD Hub serves as the centralized customer support portal. The platform is built on the Microsoft technology stack, and Horizon holds Microsoft Gold Independent Software Vendor status.

Horizon generates revenue through a mix of subscription-based POS licensing, transaction fees on online payments, hardware sales (POS terminals, tablets, scanners), and professional services including training and implementation. Pricing is quote-based with annual billing cycles; no public pricing is disclosed. The company employs a sales-led go-to-market targeting K-12 nutrition directors through direct enterprise sales representatives, supplemented by purchasing cooperative channels (TIPS), user group conferences, webinars, and content marketing. While K-12 is the primary vertical, the joint operating model with sister company CBORD extends the organization's reach into higher education, healthcare, senior living, and corporate dining markets under the Roper Technologies umbrella.

Name

Horizon Software

Legal name

Horizon Software International, LLC

Website

https://horizonsoftware.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Horizon Software is a K-12 school nutrition software provider and subsidiary of Roper Technologies, offering cloud-based point-of-sale, online payment processing (MyPaymentsPlus), and nutrition management systems to over 19,000 organizations and 2 million payment users globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

School Nutrition Management Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (6117)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Learning Device Ecosystems & 1:1 Program Solutions (Devices, MDM, Charging) (EDAJAMAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Billing, Tuition, Fees & Payments (including Cafeteria/Meal Accounts) (EDAFAEAN), Student Billing, Invoicing & Account Statements (EDALAJAC), School ERP: Finance, Procurement & Budgeting (EDAFAEAC)

Keywords

• School nutrition software
• K-12 point of sale
• Online school payments
• Cafeteria management system
• Student meal eligibility

Headquarters

HQ city

Duluth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Point of Sale Software Licenses/Subscriptions: Horizon School Technology (HST) provides point of sale software for school cafeterias. Revenue likely generated through software licensing and subscription fees for POS terminals and management software deployed across school districts.
2. Online Payment Processing - MyPaymentsPlus: MyPaymentsPlus platform handles online school payments including meals, fees, activities, and exams. Revenue derived from transaction fees and processing charges for school-related payments.
3. Hardware Sales: Sale of POS terminals, mobile tablets, touchscreen monitors, pin pads, and scan pads for school nutrition operations. Hardware includes standard and all-in-one POS terminals, mobile POS tablets.
4. Professional Services: Training services, implementation support, and consulting for school districts. Includes rollover training, webinars, and customer support services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Horizon Software provides a cloud-based, centralized school nutrition management platform for K-12 districts, encompassing point-of-sale systems (Horizon School Technology), online payment processing (MyPaymentsPlus), and complementary modules for menu planning, eligibility tracking, nutritional analysis, inventory, and reporting. The company sells software subscriptions, payment-processing services, and supporting POS hardware directly to school districts, augmented by professional services for implementation, training, and support.

Product overview

Horizon Software offers a unified, cloud-based school nutrition management platform consisting of core products Horizon School Technology (HST) for point of sale operations and MyPaymentsPlus for online payments, supplemented by add-on modules including Meals-To-Go for contactless drive-thru pickup and Horizon Classroom Ordering for in-classroom meal management. The ecosystem also includes OneSource/KidServe as an alternative software platform and CBORD Hub as a centralized customer support portal. The products serve K-12 school nutrition programs with integrated capabilities for POS, eligibility tracking, menu planning, nutritional analysis, inventory, ordering, and reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• MyPaymentsPlus: Online payment processing platform trusted by over 2 million users for K-12 families and staff, offering 24/7 convenience for school-related payments including meals, fees, activities, and exams.
• Horizon School Technology
• CBORD Hub

Products and services

• Horizon School Technology (HST) Cloud-based point-of-sale system for K-12 school nutrition operations, supporting fast, accurate transaction processing with allergen protection, student eligibility tracking, and multi-site management for school districts.
• MyPaymentsPlus Online payment portal for K-12 schools serving over 2 million registered users, enabling parents to pay for meals, activities, fees, and exams with 24/7 access, PCI-compliant transaction processing, and automated reconciliation for school administrators.
• OneSource / KidServe Point-of-sale and school nutrition management software platform for K-12 districts offering similar functionality to Horizon School Technology, with rollover training and support resources.
• Meals-To-Go Drive-thru meal pickup solution enabling school nutrition programs to process multiple transactions across multiple days and serving periods with a single click, designed to speed up curbside meal distribution.
• Horizon Classroom Ordering Meal ordering solution for classroom-based meal programs, allowing school nutrition staff and teachers to manage meal orders directly in the classroom setting.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2 million registered users on MyPaymentsPlus
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CBORDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHorizon and CBORD are two companies working as one organization to serve customers in higher education, healthcare, senior living, K-12 education, and business & industry. Both operate as units of Roper Technologies, Inc. They are the world's leading providers of campus card and cashless systems, food and nutrition service management software, integrated security solutions, eCommerce platforms, and housing management software.
• iTradeNetworkminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister food service technology company under Roper Technologies alongside CBORD, serving the food service industry ecosystem.
• The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNational purchasing cooperative providing procurement services for education and government entities. Horizon products available through this buying cooperative for schools.
• School Nutrition Association (SNA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional affiliation with the School Nutrition Association. Partner in providing grants and resources for school nutrition programs.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationHorizon is a Microsoft Gold Independent Software Vendor. Cloud-based solutions built on Microsoft technology stack.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Freedom Software Group: Provider of Freedom POS and NutriKids nutrition management software for K-12 foodservice, a direct competitor in cafeteria POS and meal eligibility tracking.
• CBORD: Sister company under Roper Technologies providing food service management, campus card, and cashless systems for higher education, healthcare, senior living, and corporate dining. Directly comparable in technology stack and customer profile, though focused on segments adjacent to Horizon's K-12 core.
• NutriSlice: School nutrition menu, allergen, and communication platform with POS integrations serving K-12 districts; competes for the menu planning, nutritional analysis, and parent engagement layers of Horizon's stack.
• Primero Edge (Primero Solutions / NSS): K-12 school nutrition management software serving school districts with menu planning, nutrient analysis, POS integrations, and procurement functionality; competes directly with Horizon's HST and MyPaymentsPlus offerings.
• LINQ: Provides K-12 ERP, nutrition, and payments solutions including TITAN and LINQ Nutrition, bundling meal management and fee payment into a district-wide platform that competes with Horizon for K-12 nutrition spend.
• Mosaic Software (Cyber-SOFT): Long-standing competitor in K-12 school nutrition POS and foodservice management software, offering comparable meal eligibility, POS, and reporting functionality for school districts in the U.S.

Broad incumbents

• PowerSchool: Dominant K-12 student information system (SIS) that increasingly bundles payments and adjacent operational modules; competes with Horizon indirectly as districts standardize on a single SIS/ERP vendor.
• Frontline Education: K-12 operations platform covering HR, absence management, and student health/special education; an incumbent vendor that districts may favor over point solutions like Horizon for procurement simplification.
• Tyler Technologies: Public-sector software provider including K-12 ERP/SIS solutions (formerly Skyward and Traversa) that competes for district technology budgets and offers overlapping finance and student information functionality.

Emerging players

• PCS Revenue Controls: Specialized provider of meal eligibility, POS, and foodservice management software for K-12 and other institutional foodservice markets; competes with Horizon on the eligibility and POS layers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/HorizonK12

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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