ASPIT vs Back Office

ASPIT is a Japanese cloud system for restaurant head offices and stores that covers ordering and payables, sales, time and attendance, shifts, inventory, daily profit and loss, and franchise billing. Back Office is restaurant accounting, food cost and payroll software with a service team attached, sold by Buyers Edge Platform to independents, multi-concept groups and franchises in the US and Canada. Both are listed under Multi-Unit & Enterprise Restaurant Operations. The main differences are in price, audience and countries covered.

Key differences

  • price

    Starting prices: ASPIT at JPY 1,800 per location per month; Back Office at USD 199 per month. The currency or billing basis differs, so they are not directly comparable.

  • audience

    Audience differs between the profiles. Listed by one product alone: ASPIT: Restaurant chains in Japan; Back Office: Independent restaurants.

  • countries covered

    On geography, ASPIT names 1 country and Back Office names 2 countries. No country appears in every list.

  • company background

    By headquarters, ASPIT (Kobe, Japan) and Back Office (Littleton, United States).

Side by side

ASPIT vs Back Office: side-by-side comparison from published vendor information
FieldASPITBack Office
What it isASPIT is a Japanese cloud system for restaurant head offices and stores that covers ordering and payables, sales, time and attendance, shifts, inventory, daily profit and loss, and franchise billing.Back Office is restaurant accounting, food cost and payroll software with a service team attached, sold by Buyers Edge Platform to independents, multi-concept groups and franchises in the US and Canada.
Best forRestaurant chains in Japan; Small operators starting to digitise; Franchise operatorsIndependent restaurants; Multi-concept restaurant groups; Franchisors and franchisees
Pricing modelSubscription per locationSubscription per location
Starting priceJPY 1,800 per location per monthUSD 199 per month
Free planNot publishedNo
Free trialNot publishedNot published
ContractNot publishedNot published
PlatformsWebWeb
CountriesJapanCanada, United States
LanguagesJapaneseEnglish
Number of integrationsNot published31
CertificationsPrivacyMarkNot published
Security practicesSSL encryption; hosted in a data centre with redundant powerNot published
Founded2001Not published
HeadquartersKobe, JapanLittleton, United States
OwnerNot publishedBuyers Edge Platform
Last reviewed29 September 202629 September 2026

Integrations

No partner appears in every list.

Named only by ASPIT

ASPIT does not name any integrations in the material we reviewed.

Named only by Back Office

  • Brunswick
  • Clover
  • Digital dining
  • Dinerware
  • Focus POS Systems
  • Future POS
  • Genius
  • GoTab
  • HarborTouch
  • Heartland
  • HungerRush
  • Lightspeed
and 19 more
  • Linga
  • Aloha
  • NorthStar
  • OnePOS
  • Micros
  • OrderCounter
  • PAR
  • POSitouch
  • Revel
  • RPower
  • Micros Simphony
  • Skytab
  • SpotOn
  • Square
  • Squirrel Systems
  • Sync POS
  • Tab it
  • Toast
  • Union

Which to choose

ASPIT

Choose ASPIT if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Restaurant chains in Japan; Small operators starting to digitise; Franchise operators.

Back Office

Choose Back Office if your business matches one of the audiences it is listed for: Independent restaurants; Multi-concept restaurant groups; Franchisors and franchisees.

What we could not confirm

ASPIT

  • Names of the POS makers it connects to (the vendor shows logos without names)
  • Contract minimum term and renewal
  • Setup fee amount
  • Number of stores or companies using it
  • Funding and team size
  • Whether it is sold outside Japan

Back Office

  • Contract minimum term and renewal
  • Founding year and employee count
  • Security certifications and hosting
  • Mobile apps
  • Which integrations are available for which plan or in Canada
  • Bookkeeping service pricing (listed as coming soon)
  • Exact headquarters (site data says Littleton, Colorado; legal terms list Waltham, Massachusetts)

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below. Prices and features change, so confirm with each vendor before you buy.