Aloha POS

Aloha POS is a restaurant point-of-sale platform from NCR Voyix. The NCR Voyix Developer Experience exposes APIs for Aloha (cloud and on-premise) covering site, store, menu, order, payment, and reporting integrations as part of the broader NCR Voyix Commerce Platform.

Aloha POS publishes 5 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Catalog API, Menu API, Order API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Point-of-Sale, Restaurant, Hospitality, and NCR.

The Aloha POS catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Aloha POS’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 14 more developer resources.

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31.7/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 21/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 published contract

Point-of-Sale Restaurant HospitalityNCR

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 31.7/100 · thin

Contract Quality 10.9 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 15

Access Clarity 0.8 / 15

Operational Transparency 0.8 / 10

Contract Governance 2.5 / 9

Discoverability 3.6 / 8

Regulatory Posture 2.5 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10

Agent readiness — 21/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
Delegated User Identity +6 pts — a served discovery document listing authorization_code in grant_types_supported (served), else an oauth2 authorizationCode flow or openIdConnect declared in an OpenAPI (documented)

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 26.2 — up to +14.8 composite points
Operational Transparency scores 7.9 — up to +12.0 composite points

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Aloha Cloud APIs

Aloha Cloud-specific endpoints including the In-Store API server (gRPC, default port 50051, 127.0.0.1) for local POS connectivity and the Business Services Layer (BSL) Order Ser...

Aloha POS Catalog API

Item and item-price management.

Aloha POS Menu API

Menu structure and details.

Aloha POS Order API

Order creation and lookup.

Aloha POS Site API

Site (location) provisioning and lookup.

Open Collections 5

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

NCR Voyix Commerce Platform APIs (Aloha) Catalog API

OPEN COLLECTION

NCR Voyix Commerce Platform APIs (Aloha) Catalog Menu API

OPEN COLLECTION

NCR Voyix Commerce Platform APIs (Aloha) Catalog Order API

OPEN COLLECTION

NCR Voyix Commerce Platform APIs (Aloha) Catalog Site API

OPEN COLLECTION

NCR Voyix Commerce Platform APIs (Aloha)

OPEN COLLECTION

Aloha POS API pricing

Not yet checked against Aloha POS's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-05-08 from www.ncrvoyix.com/restaurants/aloha-cloud; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Aloha POS Subscription enterprise	—
NCR Voyix Developer / Partner free	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Default: not publicly documented requests

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Aloha POS's documentation. Rate-limit details →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Aloha Pos Plans Pricing

2 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Aloha Pos Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

Aloha POS

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Aloha Pos Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Aloha Pos Ncr Voyix Platform Context

4 classes · 33 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Aloha POS — jsonschema rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Aloha POS — ncr voyix platform rules

29 rules · 8 errors 14 warnings 7 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 4

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

ItemPrice

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Item

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Order

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Site

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 4

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Ncr Voyix Platform Item Price Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Ncr Voyix Platform Item Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Ncr Voyix Platform Order Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Ncr Voyix Platform Site Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 4

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Ncr Voyix Platform Create Order Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Ncr Voyix Platform Create Site Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Ncr Voyix Platform Put Catalog Item Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Ncr Voyix Platform Put Item Price Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Aloha Pos Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Aloha Pos Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Aloha Pos Agentic Access

14 operations · 5 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

JSONSchema

JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Rules

Rules

JSONLD

JSONLD

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

HMAC (AccessKey) Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Developer

Developer

APIExplorer

APIExplorer

Source (apis.yml)

aid: aloha-pos
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aloha-pos/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Aloha POS
kind: company
description: Aloha POS is a restaurant point-of-sale platform from NCR Voyix. The NCR Voyix Developer Experience exposes APIs
  for Aloha (cloud and on-premise) covering site, store, menu, order, payment, and reporting integrations as part of the broader
  NCR Voyix Commerce Platform.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/aloha-pos.png
tags:
- Point-of-Sale
- Restaurant
- Hospitality
- NCR
tags_raw:
- POS
- Restaurant
- Hospitality
- NCR
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-06-02'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: aloha-pos:aloha-cloud-api
  name: Aloha Cloud APIs
  description: Aloha Cloud-specific endpoints including the In-Store API server (gRPC, default port 50051, 127.0.0.1) for
    local POS connectivity and the Business Services Layer (BSL) Order Service for routing online/third-party orders into
    a store's local instance. Used for menu, orders, employees, and payments.
  humanURL: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/portals/dev-portal/api-explorer/details/2021/how-to
  tags:
  - REST
  - Restaurant
  - Cloud
  - In-Store
  tags_raw:
  - REST
  - Restaurant
  - Cloud
  - InStore
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/portals/dev-portal/api-explorer/details/2021/how-to
- aid: aloha-pos:aloha-pos-catalog-api
  name: Aloha POS Catalog API
  description: Item and item-price management.
  humanURL: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/
  baseURL: https://api.ncr.com
  tags:
  - Catalog
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aloha-pos-catalog-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/portals/dev-portal/help-center/documentation/getting-started-with-ncr-apis
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/sample-app-burgers
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/ncr-retail-demo
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/ncr-bsp-hmac
- aid: aloha-pos:aloha-pos-menu-api
  name: Aloha POS Menu API
  description: Menu structure and details.
  humanURL: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/
  baseURL: https://api.ncr.com
  tags:
  - Menus
  tags_raw:
  - Menu
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aloha-pos-menu-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/portals/dev-portal/help-center/documentation/getting-started-with-ncr-apis
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/sample-app-burgers
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/ncr-retail-demo
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/ncr-bsp-hmac
- aid: aloha-pos:aloha-pos-order-api
  name: Aloha POS Order API
  description: Order creation and lookup.
  humanURL: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/
  baseURL: https://api.ncr.com
  tags:
  - Order
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aloha-pos-order-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/portals/dev-portal/help-center/documentation/getting-started-with-ncr-apis
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/sample-app-burgers
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/ncr-retail-demo
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/ncr-bsp-hmac
- aid: aloha-pos:aloha-pos-site-api
  name: Aloha POS Site API
  description: Site (location) provisioning and lookup.
  humanURL: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/
  baseURL: https://api.ncr.com
  tags:
  - Site
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/aloha-pos-site-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/portals/dev-portal/help-center/documentation/getting-started-with-ncr-apis
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/sample-app-burgers
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/ncr-retail-demo
  - type: CodeExamples
    url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/ncr-bsp-hmac
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/aloha-pos-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aloha-pos-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/aloha-pos-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.alohapos.com/
- type: Developer
  url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.ncrvoyix.com/restaurant/aloha-pos
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation
- type: APIExplorer
  url: https://developer.ncrvoyix.com/portals/dev-portal/api-explorer
- type: Authentication
  url: https://github.com/NCRVoyix-Corporation/ncr-bsp-hmac
  title: HMAC (AccessKey) Authentication
- type: Rules
  url: rules/ncr-voyix-platform-rules.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: json-schema/
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/aloha-pos-ncr-voyix-platform-context.jsonld
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/aloha-pos-vocabulary.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/aloha-pos-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/aloha-pos-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/aloha-pos-finops.yml
- url: https://www.ncrvoyix.com/resources/blog
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: ncr
x-relationship: product

Aloha POS API — frequently asked questions

Does Aloha POS have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 5 APIs from Aloha POS, including Aloha Cloud APIs, Aloha POS Catalog API and Aloha POS Menu API, and 2 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Aloha POS API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 4 OpenAPI specifications for Aloha POS, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Aloha POS API?

Aloha POS uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Aloha Pos Authentication.

How much does the Aloha POS API cost?

APIs.io lists 2 pricing plans for Aloha POS, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the Aloha POS API ready for AI agents?

Aloha POS has a Kin Score of 31.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 20.9 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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