thru

thru is a drive-thru order-taking system for quick-service restaurants. It listens at the speaker, structures each order with modifications, offers an upsell, and sends the confirmed order to the kitchen display and POS. It also reports throughput, accuracy and service times by lane and location. It is sold to drive-thru operators, with a 30-day trial.

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thru's website on 30 September 2026
Best for
Quick-service restaurants with a drive-thru, Multi-location drive-thru operators
Pricing
Subscription per lane
Runs on
Web

Who it is for

  • Quick-service restaurants with a drive-thru

    Built around the drive-thru lane and kitchen handoff; the vendor says it is menu-agnostic and POS-agnostic.

  • Multi-location drive-thru operators

    Dashboards show throughput, accuracy, service time and upsell performance by lane, location, shift and day.

What it does

  • Order capture at the speaker

    Listens to the guest, structures the order in real time and confirms each item and modification before moving on.

  • Contextual upsell

    Offers an upsell or a warm confirmation based on what was ordered.

  • Kitchen handoff

    Pushes the verified order to the kitchen display and POS without re-entry.

  • Order taker screen

    Shows the active order per lane with running total and item status.

  • Kitchen display across lanes

    Shows active orders from all lanes with elapsed time and status (new, preparing, ready).

  • Real-time dashboards

    Reports order throughput, accuracy rates, service times and upsell performance by lane, location, shift and day.

  • Completion logging

    Logs order completion time, accuracy and a satisfaction signal for each order.

Pricing

Pricing model
Subscription per lane
Free trial
30-day free trial, no credit card

There is no pricing page. An investor section of the homepage shows '$299 per lane / month (starting)' as an unconfirmed placeholder, so it is not treated as a published price. The demo form says no credit card and a 30-day free trial.

Where and how it runs

Customers in
United States
Platforms
Web
Hardware
The vendor says no new hardware is required and it works with the existing POS.

The vendor gives no sales territory. The market figures on the page are all for the US, so this is inferred from its target market and the entity name 'thru, Inc.'.

The company

Company
thru, Inc.

Security and support

Support
The site footer lists documentation, support, contact and status links. The vendor offers a 30-minute live demo.

Listing details

Built for
Restaurants
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
thruglobal.com
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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Confirmed price (the $299 per lane figure is shown as an unconfirmed placeholder)
  • Named POS and KDS integrations
  • Whether the order taking is AI or human-assisted (the page does not say)
  • Countries, languages, security certifications
  • Founding year, headquarters, founders, funding, customers
  • Contract terms

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. Whole one-page site: product, flow, dashboards, trial, entity namehttps://www.thruglobal.com/