Horizon Software

Horizon Software sells cloud-based software for K-12 school nutrition programs: a lunch-line point of sale and MyPaymentsPlus, an online payment portal for meals, fees and activities. It is a unit of Roper Technologies, alongside CBORD, and is sold to school districts by contacting sales.

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Best for
K-12 school districts running meal programs
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • K-12 school districts running meal programs

    Combines a lunch-line POS with a parent payment portal for meals, fees and activities.

Less suited to: Restaurants and commercial food businesses; the site is focused on school nutrition, with higher education and healthcare handled alongside sister company CBORD.

What it does

  • School point of sale

    A cloud-based lunch-line POS meant to keep serving lines fast and accurate and to protect students from allergens.

  • MyPaymentsPlus online payments

    A parent portal for paying school-related items online 24/7, with real-time updates to the point of sale.

  • Meal payments and balance alerts

    Parents pay by card or e-check, view purchase history, get low balance alerts and set up recurring payments.

  • Activities payments

    Collects payment for items such as yearbooks, field trips, donations and parking permits, with images, digital forms, partial payments and discount codes.

  • Fee invoicing

    Invoices specific students for items owed and emails parents when fees are posted or nearing their deadline.

  • Exam payments and scheduling

    Parents pay for an exam and choose a date and time, with rules such as one-time registration fees.

  • Digital documents

    Puts handbooks and consent forms online for digital acknowledgment, with reports on who has agreed.

  • Accounting and reconciliation reports

    Reporting for districts to manage and reconcile school-related payments.

  • PCI-compliant payment processing

    The vendor states its online payments meet PCI compliance standards.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

No prices are published; the site directs visitors to contact sales or schedule a demo.

Where and how it runs

Customers in
United States, Canada, Europe, South Africa, New Zealand, Middle East, Australia
Platforms
Web
Hardware
The About page shows partner logos including Toshiba, Dell and Bixolon; no hardware specification is published.

The About page says the combined Horizon and CBORD products are used by more than 19,000 organizations in these regions.

The company

Headquarters
Alpharetta, United States
Team size
Over 500 (per the vendor's About page)
Customers named by the vendor
American Renaissance School, Westbrook Christian School, Salem Community Schools, Duneland School Corporation, Independent School District #197, Kentwood Public Schools

Security and support

Security and compliance
PCI compliant online payments (vendor statement)
Support
Sales and support phone lines, remote support and customer login; technical support runs through the CBORD Hub.

Listing details

Built for
Contract food service
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
horizonsoftware.com

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    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web for Horizon Software.

  • Illumia (formerly CBORD)

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  • Computrition

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Pricing
  • Named integrations
  • Founding year
  • Funding
  • Headquarters (Contact page says Alpharetta, GA; About page says Duluth, Georgia)
  • Back-of-house product details

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. Homepagehttps://horizonsoftware.com
  2. Front of house productshttps://horizonsoftware.com/front-of-house/
  3. MyPaymentsPlushttps://horizonsoftware.com/online-payments/
  4. About, parent company, marketshttps://horizonsoftware.com/about-us
  5. Other marketshttps://horizonsoftware.com/about-us/other-markets
  6. Contact and HQhttps://horizonsoftware.com/contact/