What Firescope does

Firescope Inc. is a Seoul-based software company that builds a cloud-based roasting profile and roastery management platform for coffee roasters. The product captures roast data directly from roasting machines at a 0.5-second sampling rate, displays real-time temperature curves against reference roasts, automatically detects standard events (charge, drop, first crack) from Bean Temperature readings, and stores all records permanently in the cloud for search, filtering, and side-by-side comparison across 20+ records per view. The platform also handles operational tasks including batch-size-driven green coffee inventory calculation and blend management, and is delivered as a single integrated application covering both production and profiling workflows. Firescope targets coffee roasteries of all sizes — from micro-roasteries through multi-location operations such as Black Up Coffee (9 locations) — as well as competition roasters and coffee training communities, with a documented customer base of 2,000+ roasteries and over 1 million roasts recorded globally across South Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia.

The company monetizes through tiered subscription plans with a freemium entry point (free for roasters with fewer than 10 batches per month) and paid professional/enterprise tiers whose pricing is not publicly disclosed. The product is positioned as a cost-disruptive alternative to Cropster (cited at approximately $1,600/month at high usage) while offering richer cloud-based functionality than file-based competitors like Artisan. Go-to-market is primarily product-led and community-led: self-serve download and onboarding via app.firescope.io, a Contact Sales option for enterprise, content marketing through the company blog featuring competition-champion testimonials, comparison guides (Firescope vs. Artisan), SEO-optimized resource pages, and a formalized partnership with the Wecoffee coffee training community of 540+ members. The product is also co-branded as "Firescope by Cropster" and hosted on the eng.firescope.cropster.com domain, indicating a commercial alignment with category leader Cropster, though no ownership, investment, or capital structure details are disclosed. The company is privately held, founded in 2022, and operates with a small visible team led by co-founder Jason Jin.

Name

Firescope

Legal name

Firescope Inc.

Website

https://eng.firescope.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Firescope Inc. is a Seoul-based software company that provides a cloud-based roasting profile and roastery management platform for coffee roasteries, serving 2,000+ roasteries across multiple countries with over one million roasts recorded on a freemium-to-subscription model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Seoul

HQ country

South Korea

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Software License: Cloud-based roasting profiler software with tiered subscription plans. Includes free tier for roasters with less than 10 batches per month. Primary revenue stream from monthly/annual subscriptions for professional and enterprise tiers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Firescope is a cloud-based roasting profile software for coffee roasters that captures and visualizes real-time roast data (bean temperature and related metrics) at a 0.5-second sampling rate, automatically detects roasting events such as charge, drop, and first crack, and enables side-by-side comparison of 20+ historical roast records. The platform also includes green coffee inventory management that auto-calculates from batch sizes, profile classification tools, and a freemium model for low-volume roasters, with paid subscriptions for professional and enterprise roasteries.

Product overview

Firescope is a single, unified cloud-based roasting profile software for coffee roasters. The platform provides a comprehensive set of features including real-time roasting curve monitoring with 0.5-second sampling rates, curve comparison against reference roasts, automatic event detection (charge, drop, first crack), roast profile management with classification, inventory tracking with batch-size calculations, and chart customization with presets. The software integrates coffee and roasting views into a single interface during roasting operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Firescope Roasting Profile Software Cloud-based roasting profile and roastery management software that captures roast data (bean temperature, etc.) at a 0.5-second sampling rate, visualizes real-time roast curves, automatically detects events such as charge, drop, and first crack, supports comparison of 20+ historical roast records, and auto-calculates green coffee inventory from batch sizes. Designed for coffee roasteries ranging from micro-roasters to multi-location production facilities, competition roasters, and coffee training communities. Available via a freemium tier (under 10 batches/month) and paid professional/enterprise subscriptions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Cost savings: users report that annual Cropster fees (~$1,600/month) could have purchased commercial equipment; Firescope offers comparable features at significantly lower cost
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• IKAWA Pro: Sample roaster maker with cloud-based profiling app for QC and green coffee evaluation. Adjacent emerging player serving the same roaster personas with a focus on pre-production sampling rather than full production roasting.
• RoastPATH: Roasting profile management software integrated with Toper roasters, providing cloud-based curve comparison and inventory features. Emerging competitor with overlapping functionality for small-to-mid specialty roasters.

Direct peers

• Aillio (RoasTime): Bullet roaster manufacturer whose RoasTime app provides roast profiling, curve analysis, and live monitoring. Direct SaaS-style competitor for roasters running Aillio hardware, with overlapping profiling and inventory features.
• Cropster: Dominant incumbent in coffee roasting software with enterprise-tier roasting profiler, inventory, and production planning. Firescope explicitly positions against Cropster on price (~$1,600/mo vs. Firescope's lower pricing) and appears operationally linked via 'Firescope by Cropster' branding.
• Artisan: Free, open-source roasting scope software widely used by hobbyist and small-batch roasters. Firescope's own comparison page positions against Artisan's free-but-limited file-based approach, making it the primary bottom-of-market competitor.
• RoastLog: Coffee roasting production and profiling SaaS used by small-to-mid specialty roasters in North America. Competes on profile management, production tracking, and inventory features overlapping with Firescope's offering.

Regional players

• Typhoon Roasters: Australia-focused roaster manufacturer offering bundled roast control software for small-to-mid Australian roasteries. Regional competitor targeting the same Pacific-rim specialty market Firescope serves from its Seoul base.

Broad incumbents

• Loring Smart Roast: Large commercial roaster manufacturer whose roasters ship with proprietary roast control software. Adjacent incumbent competing for the same mid-to-large specialty roastery customers Firescope targets.
• Probat: Leading industrial coffee roasting equipment manufacturer with an attached software ecosystem for roaster control and profiling. Operates broadly across the roasting stack and competes at the enterprise level where Firescope also pursues multi-location accounts.
• Mill City Roasters: Mid-to-large commercial roaster manufacturer offering bundled roast profiling and production software with equipment sales. Adjacent competitor for green-to-roasted workflow digitization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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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