Point of Success

Name

Point of Success

Legal name

Inborne Technology Corporation

Website

https://pointofsuccess.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Restaurant Point-of-Sale Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Point-of-Sale (POS) & On-Property Commerce (THALACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

POS Payment Software & Middleware (Terminal OS, Apps, Device Management) (FSAMADAC), POS Installation, Maintenance & Field Services (FSAMADAJ), POS Terminals & All-in-One Retail Computers (HDACAKAA)

Keywords

• Restaurant POS software
• Point of sale systems
• Restaurant management software
• Credit card processing
• POS hardware bundles

Headquarters

HQ city

Mesa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. POS Software Sales: Point of Success POS software is sold as a licensed product. The software is installed on-premise on Windows computers. Version 5 represents the latest release with comprehensive features. Software requires registration and unlock codes for operation.
2. Hardware Sales: Hardware products including all-in-one computers, printers, and cash drawers are sold through the company. Partnered with Touch Dynamics to provide restaurant-grade hardware. Hardware is tested and pre-loaded with software for plug-n-play setup.
3. Integrated Credit Card Processing: Integrated credit card processing with transparent pricing and dual-pricing capability that allows businesses to offset credit card processing costs.
4. Dashboard Subscription: Cloud-based Dashboard service requires monthly subscription. Each store must have its own subscription to upload and access data. Subscription includes credit card charges for the service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Point of Success develops, sells, and supports a Windows-based point-of-sale software system for restaurants, including the core POS application with Order Entry and Office Manager, add-on modules for time clock, scheduling, inventory, kitchen display, and online order monitoring, plus the cloud-based Dashboard, CentralPoint HQ/Remote for multi-location operations, integrated credit card processing with dual-pricing, and tested POS hardware. The system is sold on a one-time software license with a recurring Dashboard subscription and credit card transaction fees, primarily to small and mid-market restaurants across the US and Canada.

Product overview

Point of Success is a restaurant point-of-sale software system built around a core POS application with multiple integrated modules. The primary product is the Point of Success software (now at Version 5) which includes Order Entry and Office Manager as core components. Add-on modules extend functionality to include Time Clock for employee timekeeping, Employee Scheduler for workforce management, Ticket Monitor (kitchen display system), Dashboard for cloud-based analytics with 14-month data history, CentralPoint HQ/Remote for multi-location franchise management, Inventory for recipe and stock management, QuickBooks Export for accounting integration, Caller ID for customer identification, Table and Guest Management, and Order Monitor for online ordering. The system runs on a proprietary Arsenal Database Server and supports multiple restaurant types including pizzerias, fine dining, bars, cafes, and fast food operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Point of Success Dashboard: Mobile application for dashboard analytics and reporting
• CentralPoint HQ
• CentralPoint Remote

Products and services

• Point of Success POS Software Restaurant point-of-sale software providing order entry, payment processing, menu management, kitchen ticket routing, and multi-location support for pizzerias, fine dining, bars, cafes, fast food, and franchises. Sold as a one-time license installed on Windows computers with registration and unlock codes.
• Point of Success Dashboard Cloud-based analytics and reporting subscription service for Point of Success, uploading POS data every 10 minutes and storing 14 months of historical data with support for multi-store franchise reporting across sales, labor, and product categories. Each store requires its own subscription.
• CentralPoint HQ Multi-location management console for franchise and multi-store restaurant operations, providing centralized store management, staff administration, product category matching, and consolidated financial reporting across all locations.
• CentralPoint Remote Remote access and data transmission module for multi-location Point of Success operations, handling email settings, data transmissions, and scheduled report delivery to headquarters.
• POS Hardware Bundle Restaurant-grade POS hardware bundle including all-in-one computers, printers, and cash drawers, supplied through the Touch Dynamics partnership and pre-loaded with Point of Success software for plug-n-play setup.
• Integrated Credit Card Processing (Point of Success Processing) Integrated credit card processing service offered with Point of Success featuring transparent pricing, dual-pricing capability to take processing costs to zero without raising cash prices, and bundled support including P400 card readers; billed through transaction fees.
• QuickBooks Export Export utility for transferring Point of Success financial data (general ledger entries, income accounts, billing codes) into QuickBooks via .iif file format for accounting integration.

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

Feature13 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Touch DynamicscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHardware partnership with Touch Dynamics for supplying restaurant-grade POS hardware including all-in-one computers, printers, and cash drawers. All equipment is tested and can be pre-loaded with software for plug-n-play setup. Positioned as a convenience for customers to receive high quality, restaurant tough hardware for a fair price.
• Credit Card Processing PartnerscoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegrated credit card processing partners offering gift card processing. Point of Success Processing provides transparent pricing with dual-pricing capability to eliminate credit card processing costs. Includes support for P400 card readers and various payment terminals.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Lightspeed Restaurant: Cloud-based POS for full-service and quick-service restaurants with table management, inventory, and integrated payments. Direct competitor in mid-market and full-service dining, but at broader scale and with cloud-native architecture versus Point of Success's install model.
• Clover (Fiserv): POS and payments platform from Fiserv serving SMB restaurants and retailers with an app-based marketplace. Competes for the same small restaurant customer base with bundled hardware and integrated payments but operates a broader retail-focused platform.
• Toast: Cloud-native restaurant POS platform serving SMB and enterprise operators with integrated payments, online ordering, and marketing tools. Direct competitor in restaurant POS, but operates at vastly larger scale and with a SaaS-only architecture versus Point of Success's on-premise model.
• Oracle Micros Restaurant: Legacy enterprise restaurant POS suite (formerly Micros) serving large chains, hotels, and stadium venues globally. Competes in the multi-location and franchise segment where Point of Success also plays, but at enterprise scale and with a much broader product portfolio.
• Square for Restaurants (Block): Restaurant POS offering from Block (formerly Square) targeting small and independent restaurants with integrated payments at no upfront cost. Competes for the same SMB pizzeria and small restaurant customer base but with a fundamentally different cloud/mobile architecture and pricing model.

Direct peers

• POSitouch: Restaurant POS system targeted at full-service and casual dining restaurants with strong kitchen display and multi-location support. Most directly comparable in terms of install-based architecture, SMB-to-mid-market focus, and restaurant vertical specialization.
• Digital Dining: Restaurant POS software for full-service restaurants with table management, inventory, and multi-location features. Closely comparable in the install-based, verticalized restaurant POS category with similar SMB and mid-market operator focus.
• TouchBistro: iPad-based restaurant POS with menu management, payments, and floor plan features targeting SMB and mid-market restaurants. Closest functional analog in the SMB restaurant POS space, but delivered as cloud-managed iOS software rather than Windows on-premise.
• PAR Technology (Brink POS): Provider of Brink POS and Punchh loyalty platform serving enterprise and mid-market restaurant chains. Closest peer in the install-based or hybrid restaurant POS category with strong multi-location franchise capabilities, targeting a similar operator pain set.

Others

• Touch Dynamics: Hardware partner that supplies restaurant-grade POS terminals including the TD Pulse Ultra used by Point of Success customers. Adjacent relationship as a hardware vendor and reseller rather than a software competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pointofsuccess
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/inborne-technology-corp

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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