Qu POS

Qu is a cloud restaurant point of sale and ordering platform for large quick-service and fast-casual chains. It joins POS, kiosk, drive-thru, online and third-party ordering, kitchen display, payments and central menu and franchise management on one system. The vendor targets brands with roughly 20 to 2,500 locations and calls the offering an Intelligent Commerce Platform.

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Enterprise QSR and fast-casual chains, Franchise and multi-brand operators
Pricing
Quote only
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Enterprise QSR and fast-casual chains

    Built for brands with 20 to 2,500+ locations that want one menu and one data source across POS, kiosk, drive-thru and online.

  • Franchise and multi-brand operators

    Central control of brands, locations, menus and channels from one system, with brand-level flexibility.

  • Drive-thru and kiosk heavy concepts

    Native kiosk, drive-thru and KDS products that connect to the POS without middleware.

Less suited to: Independent single-site restaurants. Qu positions itself for enterprise quick-service and fast-casual chains.

What it does

  • Restaurant POS

    Gesture-based POS for counter, drive-thru and online orders with a unified menu, connecting natively to KDS, kiosk and drive-thru.

  • Self-order kiosk

    Kiosks with promotions, cross-sell prompts and integration with loyalty, gift and payment systems.

  • Drive-thru ordering

    Drive-thru product within the same platform for QSR brands.

  • Online and third-party ordering

    Online ordering plus a connection to major third-party delivery and ordering platforms.

  • Kitchen display system

    Routes orders from every channel to stations, with several firing modes and load balancing.

  • Order status boards

    Order status product to keep guests informed of readiness.

  • Energy and equipment intelligence

    Kitchen product for monitoring equipment and energy use.

  • Qu Pay integrated payments

    Payments run inside the platform with on-demand settlements, capital based on processing history and unified payout reporting.

  • Unified menu management

    One menu maintained centrally and pushed to every channel.

  • Brand and franchise management

    Operate multiple brands and locations from a single system with central configuration.

  • Unified data and reporting

    Single source of guest and order data across channels with near real-time reporting.

  • Qu Notify mobile insights

    Alerts generated with AI, end-of-day summaries and a Kitchen Intelligence Score for managers.

  • Offline mode and redundancy

    The vendor says restaurants keep operating without internet, citing triple redundancy and 99.99 percent uptime.

  • Multi-currency

    Accepts US dollars, Canadian dollars and Mexican pesos with unified reporting.

Pricing

Pricing model
Quote only

Qu publishes no prices; the site directs visitors to request a demo or talk to sales.

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 29 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 Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub.

Works with

Accounting
CohesionRestaurant365
Delivery
CheckmateDoorDashezCATERGrubhubUber Eats
Inventory
CrunchtimeMarginEdgeMarketMan
Loyalty
IncentivioPaytronixPunchhThanx
Other
BikkyFourthLunchboxOloPrestoUrbanPiper
Payments
ChaseFiservFreedomPayGivexGlobal PaymentsPayPal
Scheduling
7shiftsCompeatHotSchedules

The integrations directory lists about 150 certified partners across accounting, analytics, back of house and labor, delivery, digital ordering, hardware, KDS, loss prevention, loyalty and payments; a sample is shown.

Where and how it runs

Customers in
United States, Canada, Mexico
Platforms
Web
Hardware
The vendor lists POS, kiosk, KDS and drive-thru products and Qu Pay device management; hardware models are not detailed on the vendor's site.

The vendor does not publish a country list. The POS accepts US dollars, Canadian dollars and Mexican pesos; customers named are US chains.

The company

Company
Qu POS, Inc.
Headquarters
Arlington, United States
Founders
Niko Papademetriou
Customers named by the vendor
Jack in the Box, GoTo Foods, Dave's Hot Chicken, Taco John's, Hot Head Burritos, Golden Chick

Security and support

Support
Help desk by phone and email, a customer portal and an online knowledge base with documentation and training (Qu Campus).

Listing details

Vendor
Qu
Built for
Restaurants
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
qubeyond.com
Also listed in
Quick Service & Drive-Thru POSSelf-Order Kiosk

Alternatives to Qu POS

See all 276 in Restaurant POS

  • Lightspeed Restaurant

    Lightspeed Restaurant is a cloud point of sale for restaurants, bars, cafes and hotel restaurants, run mainly on iPads.

    Runs on iOS, against Web for Qu 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 for Qu POS.

  • 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 for Qu POS.

  • TouchBistro

    TouchBistro is an iPad-based point of sale and restaurant management system for full-service and quick-service restaurants and bars.

    Runs on Web and iOS, against Web for Qu POS.

Compare Qu POS

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Any price or contract terms
  • Founding year, employee count and funding amounts (investors named on the company page: Cota Capital, Enlightened Hospitality Investments, Bobby Cox Companies, NRD Capital)
  • Security certifications (a PCI DSS guide is published but no certification statement is given)
  • Supported hardware models
  • Interface languages

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, positioning, customershttps://www.qubeyond.com/
  2. Platform and reliability claimshttps://www.qubeyond.com/platform
  3. POS featureshttps://www.qubeyond.com/ordering/pos
  4. Kioskhttps://www.qubeyond.com/ordering/kiosk
  5. KDShttps://www.qubeyond.com/kitchen-solutions/kitchen-display-system
  6. Paymentshttps://www.qubeyond.com/payments/qu-pay
  7. Franchise managementhttps://www.qubeyond.com/management/brand-franchise-management
  8. Integration directoryhttps://www.qubeyond.com/integrations
  9. Leadership and investorshttps://www.qubeyond.com/our-company
  10. Support and HQ addresshttps://www.qubeyond.com/support
  11. Customer case studieshttps://www.qubeyond.com/case-studies
  12. Positioning and investorshttps://www.qubeyond.com/resource-center/enlightened-hospitality-investments-partners-with-qu-to-accelerate-innovation-for-the-restaurant-industry