What Skytill does

Skytill, legally operated by CES DEV (a French SARL, RCS 814 095 675, headquartered at 61 rue de l'Université, Noisy-le-Grand), is an iPad-native point-of-sale (POS) software vendor serving small and medium-sized merchants in France and select international markets. The company's flagship product, the SkyTill iPad application, transforms an Apple iPad into a certified (NF 525) cash register that operates offline and synchronizes with the cloud-based SkyTill Manager back-office when reconnected. Around this core, SkyTill bundles vertical-specific modules for restaurants (production tickets, floor plan management, bill splitting, multi-tariff pricing), retail (size/color variants, stock alerts, multi-VAT), and beauty salons, plus a loyalty program delivered via a partnership with ZeroSix. The SkyTill Connect REST API (priced at €5/month excluding tax) extends the platform into omnichannel by synchronizing product catalogs, customer files, and orders between the POS and external e-commerce sites.

Name

Skytill

Legal name

CES DEV

Website

https://skytill.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SkyTill is a French NF 525-certified iPad-based POS and cloud back-office sold to SMB merchants in restaurants, retail, beauty salons, food trucks, and e-commerce, with 800+ installations and a €5/month omnichannel API add-on.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Noisy-le-grand

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Subscription: Monthly or annual subscription for cloud-based POS software access and support
2. SkyTill Connect API Add-on: Additional API service for e-commerce integration priced at €5 HT/month
3. Hardware Sales: Sale of peripheral hardware including printers, scanners, cash drawers, and iPad stands
4. Professional Services: Phone support and technical assistance

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SkyTill sells an iPad-based point-of-sale cash register application (with an offline mode and cloud back-office called Manager SkyTill) targeted at small and medium-sized merchants across restaurants, retail, beauty salons, and food trucks. The platform bundles sector-specific features such as multi-tariff pricing, production tickets, table/floor-plan management, bill splitting, customer loyalty (via ZeroSix), and VAT reporting for accountants. The SkyTill Connect API (€5/month HT) enables e-commerce integration and is sold as an add-on. Hardware peripherals (printers, scanners, cash drawers, iPad stands) are sold alongside the software.

Product overview

SkyTill is a unified iPad-based point-of-sale (POS) ecosystem consisting of a core cash register application and a cloud-based back-office Manager. The platform offers sector-specific solutions for beauty salons, restaurants, retail, food trucks, and fashion/ready-to-wear. Key integrated modules include Multi Tarifs (multiple pricing tiers), Messages de Fabrication (product customization for restaurants), Plan de Salle (table management), and Séparation de Note (bill splitting). An optional loyalty program is powered through ZeroSix partnership. The SkyTill Connect API (priced at 5€/month) enables e-commerce integration with synchronized product catalogs, customer data, and real-time order imports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SkyTill iPad POS Application A cloud-based point-of-sale cash register application that transforms an iPad into a complete POS system. Works offline without internet connection and synchronizes data when reconnected. Designed for multiple retail sectors including beauty salons, restaurants, retail, food trucks, and e-cigarette shops, and serves 1,200+ merchants with 4.8/5 App Store rating.
• SkyTill Manager (Back Office) Cloud-based back-office management system providing remote business monitoring via web browser. Includes real-time sales analytics, product catalog management, customer file management, inventory tracking, automated monthly dashboards (sales by product family and VAT rate) for accountants, and data export (PDF, XLS).
• SkyTill Connect API REST API enabling bidirectional data exchange between e-commerce websites and the SkyTill POS database. Supports product catalog synchronization, customer data sync, and real-time order import with unified inventory management. Priced at €5 HT/month (excluding tax).
• Customer Loyalty Program (ZeroSix Partnership) Customer loyalty and rewards program offered within SkyTill through a partnership with ZeroSix. Includes customer file management, customizable loyalty operations, digital wallets, stamp cards, purchase cycles, and automated customer reactivation tools, applicable to merchants in any of SkyTill's supported verticals.
• SkyTill Peripheral Hardware Peripheral hardware products sold through the SkyTill website alongside the software, including compatible printers, barcode scanners, cash drawers, and iPad stands for completing the in-store POS setup.

Quantifiable outcome

• 1200+ merchants use SkyTill
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ZeroSixcoreTechnology or IntegrationZeroSix partnership provides enhanced customer loyalty features including digital wallets, stamp cards, purchase cycles, and automated customer reactivation tools. This partnership allows Skytill to offer advanced loyalty programs to merchants.
• CASIO (historical)minorOthersParent company C.E.S was the first distributor of CASIO cash registers in France since 1993. This established the company's expertise in the POS hardware market before developing SkyTill.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Lightspeed Commerce: Lightspeed offers cloud-based POS for retail and restaurants with strong European presence. It targets similar SMB verticals as SkyTill (specialty retail, restaurants) with omnichannel features, making it a direct cloud-POS peer in the broader European market.
• Cashpad: Cashpad is a French restaurant-focused POS and table-management solution targeting SMB food service operators — the same primary vertical as SkyTill's restaurant segment. It is the most direct French SMB POS competitor in the market.
• SumUp: SumUp is a European-headquartered mobile payments and POS provider serving SMBs across retail and food service, with strong French and pan-European presence. It competes with SkyTill for the same SMB merchant customers, with bundled payment hardware economics.
• Zettle by PayPal: Zettle (formerly iZettle, now part of PayPal) is a European mobile POS and payment solution offering iPad-compatible hardware/software combos for retail and hospitality SMBs. It is a direct competitor in the European SMB POS market with similar iPad-centric product delivery.
• L'Addition: L'Addition is a French POS solution purpose-built for restaurants, cafés, and food service SMBs, with table management and order management features. It is one of the closest French-market direct competitors to SkyTill's restaurant offering.
• Tiller Systems: Tiller Systems is a European cloud-based POS and restaurant management platform serving SMB hospitality businesses across multiple European countries. It overlaps directly with SkyTill in restaurant POS functionality (table management, kitchen tickets, payments) and target customer profile.
• Square (Block): Square, part of Block, is a global POS and payments platform now operating in France. It directly competes with SkyTill for restaurant, retail, and beauty SMB merchants with an integrated hardware-software-payments stack and aggressive SMB marketing.
• Orderbird: Orderbird is a European iPad-based POS provider for the hospitality sector, headquartered in Germany. Its product positioning (iPad hardware + software, SMB restaurants and bars) is nearly identical to SkyTill, making it a direct European peer.

Broad incumbents

• Cegid: Cegid is a major French enterprise software vendor offering retail, restaurant, and ERP solutions, including POS capabilities. It is a much larger incumbent in the same French SMB retail/restaurant verticals as SkyTill, with a broader product portfolio spanning finance, HR, and retail.

Emerging players

• Toast: Toast is a US-leading restaurant POS platform with overlapping feature set (kitchen tickets, floor plan, loyalty, payments). While still primarily US-focused, it represents the kind of well-funded restaurant-specialist POS that could expand into Europe, making it a relevant emerging peer.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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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