SplitAbility POS — bank compatibility

SplitAbility is a point-of-sale system for cafes, hospitality, quick service and restaurants. One developer, one owner — Ross Orr started it in 2012 and still writes it.

Certified on mx51 and on Tyro. Worth knowing the difference: Tyro is its own acquirer, so that route means banking with Tyro. The mx51 route does not.

The integration covers split bills and cash out. Tyro rates it a Power Up partner.

The mx51 integration uses SPI JavaScript and was last certified in May 2018, on Browser.

SplitAbility is an Australian browser-based hospitality POS founded in 2012 by Ross Orr, who remains the majority shareholder and the developer. That is unusual and you should weigh it both ways: you get a vendor that actually knows the code and can change it, and you get a single point of failure. Ask about the succession and escrow arrangements before you commit a multi-venue group to it.

Technically the pitch is browser-first — no app install, runs on Android, Apple and Windows, anywhere with an internet connection, and it supports 87 currencies. Restaurants, cafes, bars, coffee shops and clubs are the target. The reference customers are the small-venue end: a Cleveland cafe, and LeClassic French Restaurant, which won R&C Queensland European Restaurant of the Year and whose owner said that after researching many different POS systems, "SplitAbility was the clear standout." Browser-based also means you need to be honest about your internet — ask specifically what happens at the counter when the line drops.