🏆 Enterprise & Global Powerhouses
- Oracle MICROS
- Flagship: Simphony POS, Oracle MICROS RES
- Strengths: Industry-standard for hospitality (restaurants/hotels), robust back-office tools, global scalability.
- Markets: Global, especially dominant in luxury hotels and large chains.
- NCR (USA)
- Flagship: Aloha POS (restaurants), NCR Silver (SMB), Radiant Counterpoint (retail)
- Strengths: End-to-end solutions, payments processing (NCR Pay), hardware reliability.
- Markets: 70% of top retailers, 500K+ restaurants globally.
- Toast (USA)
- Focus: Restaurant-specific cloud POS
- Strengths: All-in-one platform (payroll, inventory, CRM), rapid U.S. growth, Android-based.
- Markets: 106K+ restaurant sites (primarily North America).
- Lightspeed (Canada)
- Flagship: Lightspeed Retail & Restaurant
- Strengths: Unified commerce, e-commerce sync, advanced inventory, AI analytics.
- Markets: Global SMB retail/hospitality, 168K+ locations.
🛒 SMB & Retail-Focused Leaders
- Square (Block, Inc.)
- Flagship: Square POS, Square Terminal
- Strengths: Free starter software, transparent pricing (2.6% + $0.10/swipe), ecosystem (payroll, loans).
- Markets: 4M+ businesses worldwide, micro to mid-sized.
- Clover (Fiserv, USA)
- Flagship: Clover Station, Flex, Mini
- Strengths: App Market integrations, all-in-one hardware, strong U.S. bank partnerships.
- Markets: 1M+ merchants (U.S.-centric).
- Shopify POS (Canada)
- Focus: E-commerce sync for retailers
- Strengths: Seamless online-offline inventory, low fees for Shopify stores.
- Markets: 2M+ merchants (global omnichannel brands).
🧾 Industry-Specialized Solutions
- Revel Systems (USA)
- Focus: iPad-based POS for restaurants & retail
- Strengths: Customizable APIs, enterprise-grade security.
- Talech (Square, USA)
- Focus: Retail/restaurant workflows
- Strengths: Intuitive UI, inventory management.
- Upserve (Lightspeed)
- Focus: Full-service restaurants
- Strengths: Real-time sales analytics, staff management.
