PAR Brink POS

PAR POS is the cloud point-of-sale system from PAR Technology, sold to quick-service, fast-casual and table-service restaurant chains. It was called Brink POS in PAR's 2024 materials and is branded PAR POS on the vendor site now. It handles order entry, kitchen sync and drive-thru, with open APIs and PAR hardware, payments, back office and loyalty.

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PAR Brink POS's website on 30 September 2026
Best for
Multi-unit QSR and fast-casual brands, Table-service restaurant groups
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Windows, Android, Web

Who it is for

  • Multi-unit QSR and fast-casual brands

    The vendor targets single sites and multi-unit enterprises, with drive-thru mode and multi-location rollouts.

  • Table-service restaurant groups

    PAR pitches tableside ordering and billing, tablets, back office and loyalty for full-service restaurants.

  • Brands wanting POS, payments, loyalty and back office from one vendor

    PAR sells these as one ecosystem and offers hardware for as little as zero upfront to qualifying brands that adopt the platform.

What it does

  • Order entry and kitchen sync

    Orders flow from the POS to the kitchen and back-office systems with real-time updates.

  • Drive-thru mode

    A drive-thru configuration plus drive-thru timing tools and hardware.

  • Remote cloud management

    Menus, pricing and reporting are managed remotely.

  • Open API

    An open API the vendor says works with 350+ integrations.

  • In-store resilience

    A register that loses its primary connection can keep serving; the vendor quotes 99.99% uptime.

  • Contactless pay and loyalty pay

    Pay via SMS or QR code with PAR Pay, and pay for in-store orders with loyalty accounts.

  • Tax handling

    Supports regional quantity-based tax rules such as Ontario and marketplace-facilitator taxes from delivery apps.

  • Inventory and food costing (PAR OPS)

    Back-office inventory, recipes and actual versus theoretical food cost.

  • Labour scheduling (PAR OPS)

    Team forecasting by shift, multi-location scheduling and an employee app for time-off and shift changes.

  • Reporting, loss prevention and delivery recovery

    KPI dashboards, theft detection and automated disputes of delivery losses with DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub.

  • Payment gateway

    PAR Pay Gateway for EMV credit, debit and gift cards, with a choice of processor.

  • POS hardware

    PAR Wave all-in-one terminal, PAR Volt terminals, tablets, kitchen displays and peripherals.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

No prices are published. The FAQ says pricing depends on business size and needs, with plans for single and multi-location restaurants, and directs buyers to sales. Qualifying brands may get hardware for as little as zero upfront under a commercial agreement.

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 10 integrations. The median in this category is 8.
  • One of 116 products in this category with an Android app. 218 products in this category state their platforms.
  • 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 Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub.

Works with

Delivery
DoorDashUber EatsGrubhub
Other
AttentiveBirdeye
Payments
Adyen
Payroll
ADP Workforce NowADP Run
Scheduling
7shiftsAltametrics

PAR's partner directory lists 291 partners, so the list above is a sample.

Where and how it runs

Platforms
Windows, Android, Web
Hardware
PAR Wave all-in-one terminal, PAR Volt terminals (Android or Windows), PAR tablets, kitchen display, drive-thru equipment and peripherals. The vendor also says it works with some existing hardware.

PAR's press boilerplate says its customers are in more than 110 countries; no country list is published.

The company

Company
PAR Technology Corporation
Registration
NYSE: PAR
Headquarters
New Hartford, New York, United States
Customers named by the vendor
Port of Subs, Salsarita's, Restaurant Management Inc.

Security and support

Security and compliance
Vendor claims compliance-certified security measures (no named certification)
Support
PAR provides implementation, training and support teams and a customer care phone line. Setup time varies with the size of the roll-out.

Listing details

Vendor
PAR Technology
Built for
Restaurants
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
partech.com
Also listed in
Quick Service & Drive-Thru POS

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  • SkyTab

    SkyTab is now presented as Shift4 Dine, a restaurant point of sale from Shift4 with its own hardware, built-in payment processing, online and QR ordering, reservations, loyalty, labour scheduling and cloud reporting.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web, Android and Windows for PAR Brink POS.

  • Qu POS

    Qu is a cloud restaurant point of sale and ordering platform for large quick-service and fast-casual chains.

    Runs on Web, against Web, Android and Windows for PAR Brink POS.

  • Otter

    Otter started as a tablet that gathers orders from delivery apps and is now sold as a restaurant point of sale system.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web, Android and Windows for PAR Brink POS.

  • SpotOn Restaurant

    SpotOn is a cloud-based point-of-sale system and restaurant management platform.

    Runs on Web, iOS and Android, against Web, Android and Windows for PAR Brink POS.

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Any price, contract term or minimum
  • An explicit vendor statement that Brink POS was renamed PAR POS (inferred from 2024 versus 2025 materials)
  • Founding year, funding and employee count
  • Full integration list (partner directory is paged) and country list
  • Named security certifications such as PCI level

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. PAR POS overview, FAQhttps://partech.com/solutions/cloud-pos/
  2. Hardwarehttps://partech.com/solutions/pos-hardware/
  3. PAR OPS back officehttps://partech.com/solutions/back-office-solutions/
  4. Insights and deliveryhttps://partech.com/solutions/insights-and-delivery-solutions/
  5. Paymentshttps://partech.com/solutions/payment-services/
  6. QSR fithttps://partech.com/industries/qsr-fast-casual-restaurant/
  7. Table service fithttps://partech.com/industries/full-service-restaurant/
  8. Partner directoryhttps://partech.com/partner-ecosystem/
  9. 2025 PAR POS releasehttps://partech.com/press-releases/par-technology-announces-par-pos-spring-release-the-latest-intersection-of-innovation-and-efficiency/
  10. Brink name in 2024https://partech.com/2024/07/03/elevate-your-dining-experience-discover-the-power-of-par-brinks-spring-release/