Ancon

Ancon is a cloud-based point of sale system for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotels, made by Swedish company Ancon AB, which says it has been in the restaurant trade since 1998. It combines POS, table map, online and QR ordering, kitchen screens, pay-at-table and analytics, with a Swedish tax-authority control unit in the cloud. Prices are published in Swedish kronor.

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Restaurants and bars in Sweden, Small counter-service venues
Pricing
From SEK 525 per month
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Restaurants and bars in Sweden

    Cloud control unit connected to the Swedish Tax Agency, plus Swish and Nordic reservation and accounting integrations.

  • Small counter-service venues

    The Easy plan is aimed at lunch restaurants, bars, cafes and pizzerias needing simple order taking.

  • Table-service restaurants and small chains

    The Pro plan adds table service flows, multi-channel ordering and analytics.

What it does

  • Cloud POS on phone or tablet

    Open tables, send to the kitchen and take payment from a phone.

  • Table map

    Drawn in the admin with live status colours per table.

  • Bar mode and split bills

    Fast bar sales; split per item, per guest or equally.

  • Ingredients and options

    Product options and notes passed straight to the kitchen.

  • Stock accounting

    Stock counts that block a product from sale when it runs out.

  • Cloud control unit

    Cloud-based control box connected to the Swedish Tax Agency.

  • Online and QR ordering (Ancon Order)

    Take-away, delivery and QR table ordering with auto-accept and pre-ordering.

  • Pay N' Go

    Guests scan a QR code on the pre-bill and pay their share by card, Klarna or Apple Pay.

  • Tap to Pay

    Waiters take card payments at the table without a separate terminal.

  • Kitchen display (Ancon Flow)

    Digital bongs on kitchen screens with an optional guest screen.

  • Self-order (Ancon Express)

    Guests place their own orders to cut queues.

  • Analytics

    Sales reports, budgets and forecasts, with recipe calculator and staff cost when HR is connected.

  • Order manager

    Manages on-site and online orders including delivery partners such as Deliverect.

  • Public API

    Open API for custom integrations.

Pricing

Starting price
From SEK 525 per month
Pricing model
Subscription per device

Ancon Easy costs 525 kr per month for one device (POS or Express licence) with support 08:00 to 17:00. Ancon Pro is 'let's talk' pricing with 24-hour support, analytics and Flow. Add-ons such as Ancon Connect are listed separately. The page shows prices with kr only, which does not identify one currency, so the currency is recorded as not stated. The vendor writes prices in kr; it is a Swedish company selling on a Swedish site, so the figure is given in SEK.

How it compares

Compared with the 235 products in Restaurant POS that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Names 20 integrations. The median in this category is 8.
  • Lists Web only. Among the 218 products in this category that state their platforms, 110 list an iOS app and 116 list an Android app.
  • The category's 10 most-named integration partners are Uber Eats, DoorDash, QuickBooks, Xero, Deliverect, Deliveroo, Grubhub, Glovo, Stripe, OpenTable. Of these, this product's listing names Deliverect.

Works with

Accounting
FortnoxVismaTripletex
Delivery
Deliverect
Inventory
StockifiApicbaseQvanti
Other
MewsOmniboostTenzo
Payments
AdyenApple PayKlarnaGoogle PaySwish
Payroll
Personalkollen
Reservations
BokaBordWaiteraid
Scheduling
PlandayTimetjeck

Where and how it runs

Customers in
Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom
Languages
Swedish, English, Norwegian
Platforms
Web
Hardware
Works with card terminals linked to the POS, bong printers or Flow screens, handheld scanners and scales; the site does not list specific models.

Site is offered in Swedish, English and Norwegian; a UK customer (Boulebar) is quoted. The vendor does not list markets.

The company

Company
Ancon AB
Founded
1998 (vendor says it has served restaurants since 1998)
Headquarters
Uddevalla, Sweden
Customers named by the vendor
Boulebar UK, Smedens Mathall, Heat Restauranger, Fårö Strandcafé, Bockholmen groups, Holy Greens, Persona

Security and support

Security and compliance
Data processing agreement published
Support
The vendor states technical support is available 24/7 by phone and email; the Easy plan lists support hours 08:00 to 17:00 and Pro lists 24-hour support.

Listing details

Built for
Restaurants, Cafés
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
ancon.io

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Price of Ancon Pro and add-ons
  • Contract term
  • Supported hardware models
  • iOS and Android app availability
  • Security certifications
  • Employee count and ownership

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Homepage (Swedish)https://ancon.io/
  2. POS featureshttps://ancon.io/en/ancon-pos/
  3. Prices and planshttps://ancon.io/en/prices/
  4. Integrationshttps://ancon.io/en/integrations/
  5. Online orderinghttps://ancon.io/en/ancon-order/
  6. Pay N' Gohttps://ancon.io/en/pay-n-go/
  7. Analyticshttps://ancon.io/en/ancon-analytics/
  8. Kitchen screens and customershttps://ancon.io/en/ancon-flow/
  9. Tap to Payhttps://ancon.io/en/tap-to-pay/
  10. Company and addresshttps://ancon.io/en/about-ancon/
  11. Supporthttps://ancon.io/en/support/