KORONA POS
KORONA POS is a cloud point of sale for retail stores, with an optional module for cafes, bakeries, wineries and other quick-service or table-service food businesses. It covers checkout, inventory, customer loyalty, reporting and multi-store management, and it is priced per terminal per month. It is made by COMBASE USA and sold to small and multi-location retailers and food and drink shops.
Last reviewed
- Best for
- Specialty food and drink retail, Cafes and coffee shops
- Pricing
- From USD 59 per terminal per month
- Runs on
- Web
Who it is for
Specialty food and drink retail
Wineries, liquor stores and bakeries use its inventory counts, barcode tools and supplier ordering; the vendor runs dedicated pages for these types of store.
Cafes and coffee shops
The vendor pitches fast checkout, modifiers, offline mode and built-in loyalty for cafes, with table-service tools in the paid KORONA Food module.
Franchises and multi-store owners
Prices, inventory and reports are managed centrally across locations, and royalty payments can be set up in the POS.
What it does
Checkout and register
Core plan includes checkout, a product database, sales reports, manual discounts, gift cards and open API access.
Inventory management
The Retail plan adds inventory counts, real-time stock tracking, barcode automations, shelf and price labels and supplier ordering.
ABC product analysis
Grades every product by profitability and revenue so top sellers and weak items are easy to find.
Reporting and KPIs
Real-time reports by shift, employee or year, including return rates, average customer spend and conversion rates.
Customer profiles and loyalty
Built-in CRM with purchase history and a point-based loyalty programme, with email and SMS engagement.
Multi-location inventory and per-store pricing
The Plus plan adds multi-location inventory tools and reports, per-store pricing, store comparison and accounting data export.
Franchise tools
Optional KORONA Franchise module covers royalty rules, product syncing, central inventory, custom taxes and currencies.
Table service module (KORONA Food)
Optional module for cafes, bakeries and wineries with table and server management, courses, modifiers, kitchen printers, check splitting and cash journals.
Loss prevention and cashier permissions
Roles control who can process returns, override prices or pull reports, and activity reports show voids, returns and discounts by cashier.
Bundles and special pricing
Combines products, adjusts prices automatically and applies discounts while keeping inventory accurate.
Offline mode
Cafes can keep taking orders if the internet goes out.
Self-checkout kiosks
Self-checkout terminals are offered as hardware to reduce checkout lines.
Open API
Cloud API and client API documentation for custom integrations; included in every plan.
Pricing
- Starting price
- From USD 59 per terminal per month
- Pricing model
- Subscription per terminal
- Minimum contract
- None; month-to-month, with discounted annual plans
- Free trial
- Unlimited free trial, no credit card required (per the vendor)
Core is $59 per terminal per month, Retail $79 and Plus $99, with plans cumulative. Optional modules: KORONA Food and KORONA Invoicing +$10 per register per month, KORONA Ticketing +$50 per entry gate, KORONA Franchise +$30 per franchisee, KORONA Integration +$45 per token, all per month. No setup fees; hardware is bought separately and processing is agnostic.
How it compares
Compared with the 19 products in Food Retail POS (grocery, butcher, deli) that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.
- Names 2 integrations. The median in this category is 7.
- Has a free trial. All 2 products in this category that say whether they have a free trial do.
- Lists Web only. Among the 16 products in this category that state their platforms, 4 list an iOS app and 7 list an Android app.
- The category's 10 most-named integration partners are QuickBooks, Ingenico, DoorDash, Local Express, WooCommerce, Zebra, AppCard, Circana, Instacart, Uber Eats. Of these, this product's listing names QuickBooks.
Works with
- Accounting
- QuickBooks
- Suppliers
- Quick PO
The partners page shows integration logos with no names in the page text (eCommerce, loyalty and marketing partners are mentioned but not named); the vendor also says it works with many payment processors without naming them.
Where and how it runs
- Customers in
- United States
- Languages
- English, German
- Platforms
- Web
- Hardware
- Terminals, mobile/tablet POS, customer-facing displays, self-checkout kiosks, receipt and label printers, cash drawers, card readers and barcode scanners are sold; existing hardware can often be reused. The FAQ says tablets can cost under $100 and top desktops up to $2000.
The vendor publishes no list of countries. This is inferred from COMBASE USA being a North American company with US phone and support hours in Pacific time; a German-language version of the site also exists.
The company
- Company
- COMBASE USA Incorporated
- Founded
- 2011
- Customers named by the vendor
- Coppola Winery, Prospect Butcher Co, Bakeree, Skyland Ranch, Shop Goodwill.Com, La Nube
Security and support
- Security and compliance
- EMV-compliant chip card payments (via integrated processors)
- Support
- The vendor says its in-house support team is available 24/7 by phone, email and chat, with a training demo before go-live and installation help. The footer lists general support Monday to Friday 6 AM to 6 PM PT.
Listing details
- Headquarters
- United States
- Built for
- Bakeries, Cafés, Restaurants, Food retail
- Focus
- General-purpose, used in food businesses
- Status
- Active
- Website
- koronapos.com
- Also listed in
- Café & Bakery POSRestaurant POS
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What we could not confirm
These points were not confirmed when this page was written.
- Named payment processors and eCommerce or loyalty integrations (the vendor shows logos without names)
- Headquarters address, employee count, funding
- Mobile apps and operating systems supported by the POS terminal
- Official list of countries served
- Security certifications
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.
- Homepagehttps://koronapos.com/
- Plans, modules, FAQhttps://koronapos.com/pricing/
- Contracts, cost, hardware FAQhttps://koronapos.com/pricing/faq/
- Software overview, QuickBookshttps://koronapos.com/pos-features/pos-system-software/
- Reportshttps://koronapos.com/pos-features/pos-reporting-and-analytics/
- CRM and loyaltyhttps://koronapos.com/pos-features/customer-relationship-management-loyalty/
- Franchisehttps://koronapos.com/pos-features/franchise-multi-location/
- Loss preventionhttps://koronapos.com/pos-features/retail-loss-prevention/
- Hardwarehttps://koronapos.com/pos-features/pos-hardware/
- Paymentshttps://koronapos.com/pos-features/pos-payments/
- Supporthttps://koronapos.com/pos-features/pos-customer-support/
- Bakery use case and customer logoshttps://koronapos.com/pos-system/bakery-pos/
- Cafe use casehttps://koronapos.com/pos-system/coffee-shop-pos/
- Quick PO integrationhttps://koronapos.com/partners-integrations/quick-po/
- Open APIhttps://koronapos.com/developers/
- Companyhttps://koronapos.com/about-us/
- German sitehttps://koronapos.com/de/