Bileto

What Bileto does

Bileto (legally BTO software technologies s.r.o.) is a Prague-based software company that operates a cloud-based reservation and distribution platform for small and medium public transport operators in Central Europe. The platform is an all-in-one system that ingests carrier timetables in JDF, DJŘ CIS (TSI/TAP CZPTTCISMessage) and GTFS formats, runs a reservation core with dynamic fare pricing, and feeds connected client applications including carrier-branded eshops, the centralised Jízdenky Bileto multi-carrier eshop, station point-of-sale, and the Bileto Onboard Android application for ticket sale and inspection on vehicles (integrated with PAX A920, Almex Metric mPOS and Zebra/iMZ220 printers). It also exposes a public journey planner at bileto.cz covering Czechia and parts of Poland, Germany, Austria and Slovakia, and a production OSDM (Open Sales and Distribution Model) API — the first in Europe to go live commercially (July 2021) — that connects its inventory to AMSBus/IDOS, the Czech OneTicket unified fare system (Cendis/SJT) and Google Maps via GTFS feeds.

The company serves more than 20 bus, rail and integrated-transport operators including ARRIVA vlaky, ARRIVA autobusy, Auto-Bey, FajnBus, Gepard Express, KPT rail, KOVED (Coordinator of Public Transport of the Zlín Region), United Buses, ČSAD BUS Uherské Hradiště, Enjoy Europe, Retrobus and several micro-operators. Customers are predominantly small-to-mid Czech carriers, with selected cross-border and government-integrated-transport accounts. Revenue is generated primarily through transaction-based platform fees tied to ticket sales and channel usage (with no upfront entry cost), supplemented by one-time and subscription rentals of PAX A920Pro payment terminals and compatible hardware, and by clearing/settlement services for the Jízdenky Bileto eshop handled through the sister entity Bileto Clearing s.r.o. Distribution is multi-channel: each carrier's branded eshop, the Jízdenky Bileto portal, AMSBus/IDOS, OneTicket via OSDM, Google Maps via GTFS, a partner branch network for cash sales and refunds, and direct sales contacts led by Managing Director Josef Petrák. Bileto is privately held, owned by BTO Team s.r.o. since June 2020, and is a founding member of Alliance PRO BUS and a member of the Czech Association of Public Transport Authorities (CAOVD).

Name

Bileto

Legal name

BTO software technologies s.r.o.

Website

https://bileto.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bileto is a Prague-based cloud platform that provides small and medium public transport operators in Central Europe with an all-in-one reservation, eshop, point-of-sale, onboard ticketing and journey-planning system, with first-in-Europe OSDM API connectivity to national fare schemes and Google Maps.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Transport Ticketing Software

NAICS

Warehousing and Storage (493), Support Activities for Transportation (488), General Warehousing and Storage (49311)

SIC

Public Warehousing & Storage (4220)

akta.pro primary industry

Order Visibility, Status Notifications & Customer Tracking Portal (TLAEACAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Store Fulfillment & Omnichannel Execution (BOPIS/BORIS/Ship-from-Store) (TLAEACAF), Customs Declaration & Filing (Import/Export Entry) Platforms (TLAEAOAA)

Keywords

• Public transport ticketing
• Reservation management software
• Journey planning platform
• OSDM rail integration
• Onboard point-of-sale systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Prague

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Transaction-based platform fee: Pricing is based exclusively on ticket sales and individual sales channels; carriers pay Bileto per transaction through the platform (no upfront entry cost for small and mid-sized operators). Positioned as zero entry cost with revenue tied to actual usage.
2. Hardware sales / rental (PAX terminals, printers): Sale (one-time) or monthly subscription rental of card payment terminals and compatible hardware (e.g., PAX A920Pro) used with Bileto Onboard.
3. Hardware rental subscription: Card terminals can also be obtained for recurring monthly fees in lieu of (or in addition to) outright purchase.
4. Managed services / distribution-channel fees: Bileto operates the centralized 'Jízdenky Bileto' (Tickets Bileto) eshop and partner branch network, with revenue mechanics tied to sales channel usage; sales/revenue settlement is handled by Bileto Clearing s.r.o. for the Jízdenky Bileto eshop.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion6 records

Distribution channels9 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Bileto provides small and medium transport agencies with an all-in-one cloud platform for ticket and reservation sale across bus, rail and other modes. The platform covers online eshop, station point-of-sale, onboard sale and inspection (via the Bileto Onboard Android app and PAX A920/A920Pro terminals), door-to-door journey planning and a production OSDM API for cross-carrier distribution to channels such as AMSBus, IDOS, SJT/OneTicket and Google Maps. Revenue is tied to transactions (per ticket sold and per sales channel) with no upfront entry cost, complemented by hardware (terminals, printers) sold or rented and a managed clearing/settlement service through subsidiary Bileto Clearing s.r.o.

Product overview

Bileto offers an all-in-one B2B/B2C public-transport platform that combines a central cloud-based Reservation System & Distribution Platform with a set of tightly integrated modules: the Bileto Journey Planner (web/mobile timetable search at bileto.cz), the Jízdenky Bileto multi-carrier e-shop, the Bileto Onboard Android application for point-of-sale and ticket inspection on vehicles, a station point-of-sale application, the production OSDM API plus free OSDM API Sandbox, and a partner ticket-office network. The reservation core, journey planner engine, timetable inventory, and dynamic fare-pricing engine live in the central cloud; eshops, point-of-sale terminals, on-board Android devices (PAX A920 / PAX A920Pro / Almex Metric mPOS) and external distributors (AMSBus, IDOS, OneTicket/SJT via OSDM) all read and write to that core. Revenue settlement for the Jízdenky Bileto eshop is handled by a sister company, Bileto Clearing s.r.o.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Bileto Jízdní řády: Bileto Smart Timetables - the publicly available journey planner showcase at bileto.cz that plans door-to-door public transport journeys across Czechia and parts of neighboring countries.
• Bileto Timetables
• Jízdenky Bileto
• Bileto Onboard
• Bileto OSDM Sandbox

Products and services

• Bileto Cloud Platform (Reservation System & Distribution Platform) Central cloud-based reservation and distribution platform providing a reservation core, journey planner engine, inventory management with agency timetables, dynamic fare-pricing engine, and real-time data for customer care, dispatchers, and sales/accounting reporting. Connects to eshops, station POS, onboard terminals and external distributors (AMSBus, IDOS, SJT/OneTicket via OSDM).
• Bileto Onboard (Android point-of-sale and inspection app) Android application (OS 5+) for onboard ticket sale, ticket inspection via reservation code, QR code or seat map, supplementary goods sale with EET fiscalization; works offline during trips, supports Bluetooth Zebra MZ/iMZ 220 and ESC/POS printers, and integrates with PAX A920/A920Pro and Almex Metric mPOS terminals.
• Bileto Journey Planner / Bileto.cz timetable search End-to-end door-to-door journey planning engine covering the Czech Republic and parts of Poland, Germany, Austria and Slovakia, including transfer connections, multimodal journeys, walking transfers and city-level input with automatic TOP station/POI selection. Available as a public web service at bileto.cz, via Bileto mobile apps and via API.
• Jízdenky Bileto (multi-carrier eshop) Multi-carrier online ticketing portal aggregating all carriers using the Bileto reservation system into a single purchase, with combined-ticket support across multiple carriers on the same route and an integrated physical ticket-office partner network for cash sales/refunds. Revenue settlement is handled by subsidiary Bileto Clearing s.r.o.
• Bileto OSDM API (and OSDM Sandbox) Production OSDM (Open Sales and Distribution Model) API compliant with UIC IRS 90918-10 plus a free public OSDM Sandbox at osdm.cz for developers, carriers and transit agencies, enabling cross-carrier seat reservation and ancillary services distribution.
• Bileto Point-of-Sale Application (station sale) Point-of-sale module for station ticket sale, complementing the e-shop and onboard Onboard application, fully integrated into the Bileto reservation core. Supports Telmax FCS 2000 inspection and seat-allocation terminals.
• Bileto Clearing (Jízdenky Bileto settlement service) Subsidiary service operated by Bileto Clearing s.r.o. that handles the processing and settlement of revenues from the Jízdenky Bileto eshop on behalf of carriers.
• Bileto on-board PAX A920Pro (with Bileto Onboard) Pre-integrated onboard sales/inspection terminal bundle combining the PAX A920Pro Android payment terminal with the Bileto Onboard application, used by carriers such as KPT rail, IDZK, Enjoy Europe and FajnBus for onboard ticket sale, card payment and ticket inspection. Terminals can be purchased at a fixed price or rented on monthly fees.
• Bileto mobile app (Android & iOS) Free consumer mobile journey-planner application for Android and iOS providing location-aware door-to-door public transport trip planning without advertisements, backed by the Bileto.cz journey planner engine.

Quantifiable outcome

• Small carriers can launch online ticket sales within days
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers23 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

AI capability3 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

20 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core, moderate and minor.

• Cendis (operator of OneTicket / Jednotný tarifní systém)flagshipTechnology or Integration · 1 July 2021Cendis, the state-owned operator of the OneTicket unified fare system covering 15 Czech rail operators, integrated its platform with Bileto via OSDM to enable seat reservations; ARRIVA vlaky was the first operator exposed via this integration.
• SJT / OneTicket (Czech Ministry of Transport)flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2021SJT (OneTicket) integrated reservation sale via the OSDM-based interface; agency must sign agreement with the Czech Ministry of Transport. Powers cross-carrier seat reservation across the Czech rail market.
• BTO Team s.r.o.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2020Owns the Bileto project since late June 2020; the team has been developing the platform since 2016. Bileto is part of the 'Bileto Group' together with Bileto Clearing s.r.o.
• Czech Media Invest (Czech Innovation Lab)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Bileto was part of the Czech Innovation Lab from Czech Media Invest between 2018 and 2020, collaborating with Czech News Center on the Bileto Jízdní řády (Bileto Smart Timetables) journey planner project. The Blesk.cz portal hosted the timetable service during that period.
• Czech News CentermoderateGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2018Media house that collaborated with Bileto on the Bileto Jízdní řády journey-planner project; hosted Bileto timetables under the Blesk.cz brand during the Czech Innovation Lab period (2018-2020).
• AMSBus / IDOS (ČSAD SVT Praha)flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2018AMSBus and IDOS integrated Bileto API for ticket sale. To distribute via AMSBus/IDOS, the agency must sign an agreement with ČSAD SVT Praha and request Bileto integration — IDs-driven travel searchers can buy Bileto-inventory tickets through these national channels.
• LEO ExpresscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Open-access rail agency that participated in Bileto's beginnings alongside Aakon Capital; the platform's reservation system supports sale and seat reservation for open-access rail carriers.
• Telmax (FCS 2000 terminals)moderateTechnology or IntegrationTelmax FCS 2000 terminals were integrated into the Bileto platform for inspection and seat allocation in the reservation system; each station downloads ticket data automatically.
• PAX Global Technology (PAX A920 terminals)coreTechnology or IntegrationBileto Onboard application integrates with PAX A920 / A920Pro terminals for combined ticket sale and card payment; widely deployed by KOVED, Enjoy Europe, KPT rail and others.
• Zebra Technologies (iMZ / MZ 220 Bluetooth printers)moderateTechnology or IntegrationBileto Onboard supports Zebra MZ/iMZ 220 Bluetooth ticket printers and ESC/POS-protocol printers for onboard ticket printing.
• Teya (card payment processing)moderateTechnology or IntegrationTeya is referenced as the card-payment processor enabling card payments onboard via the PAX terminals and Bileto Onboard.
• Google (Google Maps)flagshipChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBileto produces GTFS data for carriers (UNITED BUSES, ARRIVA), which Google Maps consumes so that carrier timetables, stops and routes appear in Google Maps search and transit results.
• UIC (Union Internationale des Chemins de fer)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBileto is an active member of the UIC OSDM working group developing the Open Sales and Distribution Model; CEO Josef Petrák is a member of the OSDM community. Bileto adopted OSDM 3.0 (UIC IRS 90918-10).
• Alliance PRO BUS (syndicate)moderateOthersNon-profit syndicate of bus carriers and vendors supplying public bus line transport market, founded in 2021. Bileto is a founding member.
• Česká asociace organizátorů veřejné dopravy (CAOVD)moderateOthersCzech Association of Public Transport Authorities — accepted Bileto among members in 2018; Bileto regularly attends member conferences.
• Manhan Group LLC (transportation.social Mastodon server)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerBileto became the second sponsor and supporter of the transportation.social Mastodon server (founded by Manhan Group LLC), contributing to server stability, backup, moderation and adherence to the Mastodon Server Covenant.
• AllAppsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAllApps co-presented with Bileto at the CZECHBUS 2022 fair (stand 3B17), demonstrating OSDM, the reservation platform and PAX A920Pro terminal.
• K.B.A. Tour (s.r.o.)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOperates the Jízdenky Bileto sales point (Pobočka KBA TOUR) at Nám. Přemysla Otakara II 118/33, České Budějovice — sells and refunds Bileto tickets for cash.
• Bus Ticket s.r.o. (Domácí potřeby Hedvika)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOperates the Jízdenky Bileto sales point in Kuřim at Náměstí 1. května 1081 — sells and refunds Bileto tickets for cash.
• CK ALENA TOURminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOperates a Jízdenky Bileto sales point at Husova 70, Humpolec — sells and refunds Bileto tickets for cash.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Unwire (a Verifone company): Unwire provides mobile ticketing, open-loop payments and Maas platforms to European public transport operators. Comparable to Bileto in mobile-first ticket sale and distribution, especially in DACH/Nordics where it integrates with HAFAS-style timetable backends.
• Masabi: Masabi provides the Justride mobile ticketing platform and validator SDK used by many European and North American transit agencies. Direct overlap with Bileto's Android-based onboard sale/inspection (Bileto Onboard) and back-office ticketing modules, but with a focus on mobile/contactless and account-based fare collection.
• INIT Innovations in Transportation: INIT sells EVENDpc, MOBILE-ITCS and PLANit planning/ticketing software to public transport operators worldwide. Competes head-to-head with Bileto's reservation/eticketing and dispatch modules for small and mid-sized public transport authorities, particularly in the DACH region.
• HaCon (Siemens Mobility): HaCon's HAFAS journey planner and TPS ticketing/reservation suite is the dominant European public-transport planning and distribution platform. Directly comparable to Bileto in journey planning (multi-modal, timetable data ingestion) and reservation/eticketing modules, but with a much larger installed base across Germany, Switzerland and beyond.
• FARA (CHAPS / IDOS operator): FARA, a sister/affiliated entity to the operator of IDOS, runs timetable search and integrated ticketing infrastructure for Czech public transport. Most direct Czech competitor to Bileto for both consumer-facing journey planning and B2B timetable distribution to small/mid carriers.
• Trapeze Group (Modaxo): Trapeze provides the VEO/AVL, planning and ticketing solutions used by many EU and North American public transport operators. Comparable to Bileto in integrated ticketing and route-planning functionality, and competes in the same SME/mid-market procurement tenders.
• Ridango: Estonian provider of account-based ticketing, validator hardware and back-office systems for public transport, with deployments across the Baltics, Nordics and elsewhere. Comparable to Bileto in covering reservation, POS, onboard validation and clearing for small/mid-sized public transport operators.
• Mentz Datenverarbeitung: Munich-based Mentz provides the VRR/FahrInfo journey planners and HAFAS-related timetable systems widely used in German public transport. Directly comparable to Bileto in timetable aggregation, journey planning and distribution, especially for regional authorities in DACH.
• CHAPS (IDOS timetable and booking): CHAPS operates IDOS, the dominant Czech national journey planner and ticket search engine that integrates inventory from many carriers including via Bileto. Direct counterpart and partial competitor to Bileto's own bileto.cz planner and Jízdenky Bileto eshop on the consumer and distribution side.

Broad incumbents

• Cubic Transportation Systems: Cubic is one of the largest global suppliers of public transport ticketing, fare collection and real-time passenger information. Overlaps with Bileto in account-based ticketing, mobile ticketing and back-office reservation systems, but operates at a much larger scale and across more geographies.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/biletotech
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bileto

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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