Kobas
The hospitality system built to help you become more efficient, more structured and more profitable.
By Kobas · 1.8–2.1/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Casual dining restaurants, QSR and food halls that want EPoS paired with stock control
- Pubs, bars and clubs, including multi-venue pub groups that need central stock, rota and loyalty
- F&B operators that want one connected system, starting with the modules they need
Ideal size: Vendor serves businesses of all sizes people · Single venues scaling to multi-venue groups
Not for
- Businesses that must keep a third-party EPoS, since Kobas does not integrate with other EPoS systems
- Operators who want stock or loyalty to run without Kobas EPoS, because those modules require it
- Businesses outside food and beverage hospitality, such as retail or professional services firms
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
1–3 months
A formal implementation project: the vendor's professional services, an implementation partner, or integration engineering by the buyer's developers.
How to start: Through sales
Total Cost of Ownership
On request
Est. $1k–$3k/yr from 11 comparable Hospitality & Restaurants tools that publish a price. An estimate, not a quote.
Not published on vendor pages; quote-based
Implementation Friction
4/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · computed from our data · price on request
- Annual cost (25%)
- 27–64%
- Time-to-value (25%)
- 7%
- Ease of setup (25%)
- 6%
- Published pricing (13%)
- 25%
- Support (13%)
- 50%
No published price: ranked from the estimated cost range (est. $1k–$3k/yr).
Cost, time-to-value and ease of setup are ranked against other Hospitality & Restaurants tools. Anything not recorded counts as 50%. A cost nobody publishes cannot be known, so the score is a range; lists and charts use its low end.
How the score is builtFull cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Plan limits
Not listed
Add-on costs
- None
Company & support
Who is behind Kobas, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
- 2008 · 18 yrs in business
- Headquarters
- Not recorded
How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailPlan not stated
- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsPlan not stated
- Dedicated account managerNot listed
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
- Not recorded
- Response time
- Not stated
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Kobas sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown (on cost, of those that publish a price), so about half sit on each side of each line. The hatched "On request" strip holds 3 vendors that publish no price, placed by Days to value only: never on the price scale, so never read as cheap. Not plotted (no values for these axes): Squirrel Systems, Restroworks, Actabl.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Kobas
- HotelKey
- Squirrel Systems
- ICRTouch
- Restroworks
- Actabl
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including Kobas. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Kobas ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Kobas is a hospitality management system for food and beverage operators. It bundles EPoS, mobile POS, kitchen display, stock control, loyalty, reservations, rota scheduling, HR and reporting into modules that can be added over time. Its own EPoS is required for its stock and loyalty modules, and it does not integrate with other EPoS systems. Pricing is not published, and buying starts with a sales conversation.
Frequently asked questions
Can Kobas work alongside our current EPoS system?
No. The vendor's integrations FAQ states Kobas does not integrate with other EPoS systems. Its stock and loyalty modules do not operate independently and require Kobas EPoS.
What does the Kobas platform include?
Modules are grouped into five pillars: In-Venue (EPoS, mobile POS, kitchen display, payments), Operations (stock, recipe engineering, allergens, compliance tasks), Customers (loyalty, ordering, delivery, reservations, CRM), Teams (recruitment, HR, rota, holidays) and Insights (reporting). Businesses can start with the platforms they need.
Which accounting and finance tools does Kobas connect to?
The integrations page lists Xero, where sales, payment and delivery data are sent to Xero accounts, and Sage 20 or 200 and QuickBooks, where data is exported as CSV or into QuickBooks. Other integrations cover payments, reservations, workforce and marketing.
How do we get started and what support is available?
The vendor says clients are supported from discovery and consultation through bespoke implementation services and ongoing aftercare. Buying starts with a demonstration or sales conversation. The contact page lists a support email and a knowledge base with online guides. No setup timeline is published.
Is pricing published?
No price or plan tiers were found on the vendor pages reviewed. Pricing must be obtained by contacting the sales team.