Which POS System should you use?? 

Shopify holds great reputation in the retail market space for a long time. It is evidently one of the premier and high-potential web-based POS systems.

Features

• It offers efficient inventory management. 
• Recorded database and profiling of customers 
• Allow you to offer different variations of the product
• Detailed product and retail reports 
• Assigning barcodes to customers 

Pricing 

Shopify Lite – $9/month ,Basic Shopify – $29/month ,Shopify – $79/month ,Advanced Shopify – $299/month 

Strengths 

• Basic subscription is highly affordable 
• Provide good value for small businesses
• Free 14-day trial 
• Easy to setup and customize
• Robust & efficient e-commerce tools 

Weaknesses 

• No free subscription plans 
• Glitches in offline mode
• Limited customizations on the basic plan 
• Advance subscription plans are costly
• Additional cost for third-party payment providers

Square POS  is certainly amongst the best choices for POS systems for small businesses to pick. 

Features 

• Square POS offers strict data security and protection against any fraudulency. 
• You get detailed reports on sales as well as real-time analysis. 
• It allows you to view, track, manage, edit as well as update the item quantity. 
• Whenever you get low on your stocks, you will receive alerts. 
• The Square POS dashboard helps you manage administration 

Pricing

• No monthly fees 
• All the tapped and swiped payments cost 2.6% + 10 cents 
• Card-on file and key-in payments cost 3.5% + 15 cents 
• Square register payments, purchased before 8/20/19 cost 2.5% + 10 cents. 
• For specific restaurant businesses :  $60 per month per location 
• Retail plans :  $60/month per locations & 2.5% + 10 cents ( in-person payment) 

Strengths 

• Free POS, value for small businesses 
• Transparency in transaction cost 
• Faster to set up, use and manage
• Easy to setup and use 
• No monthly cost on their basic plan 
• It can grow with your business 

Weaknesses 

• Transactions fees are costly as compared to other major processors 
• Not ideal for high-risk small businesses 
• Costlier fees for manual entries 
• You get limited control on inventory

This is certainly the best POS system serving the accounting system of businesses for a long time.  

Features 

• QuickBooks primarily equip your business to  accept payments, track income and expenses, send invoices and more.
• You also get more account management tools such as cash flow management, maximize tax deductions, track time, miles and inventory.
  
• Lot of additional advanced features like tracking sales and taxes, accounting, bookkeeping and more 
• It also integrates with quickbook ecommerce where you can list and manage products from different platforms.
  
• The account management with QuickBook POS is very easy to use due to its user-friendly interface. 

Pricing 

• Basic One-time  :  $960 
• Pro One-time :  $1,360
• Multi-store one-time : $1,520

Strengths 

• One-time purchase with no monthly charges 
• Easy and quick integration with Intuit accounting software 
• Easy compatibility with Windows & Tablets 

Weaknesses 

• Expensive for all features 
• Not compatible with iPads 
• Lack of advanced options in inventory management 

This particular POS system is the best for high-end inventory management. Even in the case of speciality shops, it can help you manage custom orders. 

Features 

• It offers a flexible and robust cloud-based POS system that can be easily run on desktop as well as on iPad.
  
• Best inventory management service offering to create bundles, track unit costs, manage layaways, variants and custom orders. 
  
• The inventory management feature allows you to streamline purchase orders along with their in-built product catalog.
  
• It offers extensive, powerful and detailed analytics including over 40 different types of reports, visual data such as charts and graphs and suggestions on how to improve it.
  
• You get more than 50 professional efficient themes with all order and shipping management tools, SEO tools, CRM and much more. 

Pricing 

• Basic plan :  $69/month
• Starter plan :  $99/month (+ ecommerce)
• Standard plan: $199/month ( + accounting features)
• Advanced plan  :  $169/month ( + loyalty program) 
• Pro plan:  $229/month (+ analytics)
• Additional registers : $29/month
• Payment processing charge for cards per transactions : 2.6% + 10 cents

Strengths 

• Free payment terminal 
• Efficient, Robust & Effective E-commerce platform 
• Offering more than 40 retail analytical reports
• Detailed inventory management and analytic tools 
• Multiple choices for iPad equipment
• 24/7 support 

Weaknesses 

• Could be a bit on the expensive side, especially for small businesses 
• Need to make a call to get complete info about plan features
• The user-interface is a bit complex to navigate 
• No offline mode

PayPal Here is a free mobile POS brought by finance giant PayPal. It allows small businesses to accept payments from their customers and clients.  

Features 

• You can download mobile POS applications on any mobile device where it can accept all kinds of payments including debit, credit and PayPal.
  
• It allows you to create invoices, customized receipts, calculate sales tax and also, manage product listings. 
  
• The tool also allows to track sales with detailed reports and analysis. It provides a simple tool to process occasional payments. 

Pricing 

• Mobile POS application :  Free
• Swipe/Chip payment fees : 2.7% 
• Invoice payment fees :  2.9% + 30 cents ( per transaction)
• Keyed-in payment fees : 3.5% + 15 cents ( per transaction)

Strengths 

• No Monthly Fees 
• Ideal for accepting mobile payments 
• Easy to quick to setup on multiple devices 
• Predictable transaction fees, no hidden charges

Weaknesses 

• Lack of account stability 
• Not a full-featured POS system 
• Not ideal for large transactions 

The Revel System POS is primarily built for quick-service restaurants, food chains, restaurants, bars and coffee shops. It offers CRM ( Customer relationship Management) tools which helps you to automate the system. 

Features 

• Back-of-house features such as integrated online ordering, menu-building tools, centralized multi-location management and more.
  
• Front-of-house features such as detailed permission setting, customizable setting on table mapping and management, and more.
  
• Self-order kiosks, contactless service, discount tools, customer display system
• You also get  real-time integrated inventory tracking, analysis, performance metrics and more. 

Pricing

• Software :  Minimum $99/month per terminal 
• Installation & Onboarding fees : Minimum $649

Strengths 

• Tons of software integrations
• Detailed reporting tools 
• Highly customizable customer loyalty management services
• Perfect for food & beverage small businesses 
• Ideal for mobile management 
• Easy back office management accessibility 

Weaknesses 

• Lack of transparency in pricing 
• Bit on Expensive side 
• No free trials 
• Not much user-friendly as compared to others 
• More complex setup as compared to others 

Vend offers web and iPad-based POS systems specifically designed for brick and mortar retail stores only. 

Features 

• It offers comprehensive inventory tools where you can track variants and bundles.
  
• It offers a centralized product catalog with custom low-stock alert services.
  
• The POS system features a user-friendly cloud system with utmost customization, flexible configuration and various tools.
  
• It comes with a mobile barcode scanning application to process quick inventory counts, check product details and manage shipments.
  
• It offers the best customer loyalty program with integration for third-party tools. 

Pricing 

• Free Trial :  For 14 days 
• Monthly Fees : $99 for turnover limit of $20,000 |  $129 for unlimited turnover
• Additional charges : $49/month 
• Setup & Installation Fees :  Based on Quote 

Strengths 

• User-friendly system 
• Easy to run on all operating systems 
• Flexibility in checkout process 
• 24/7 support 

Weaknesses

• Reporting tools are basic
• Ecommerce integration is weak
• Lack of integrated email marketing 

It is a cloud-based POS system ideal for specialty shops and boutiques runs on iPad. 

Features 

• You get efficient variant-level inventory management services  with barcode printing, bulk product upload and low-stock alerts.
  
• The ShopKeep POS comes with a pocket app to view all the real-time reports and analysis while moving.
  
• There are plenty of marketing tools including email lists, customer loyalty programs etc are there to optimize business listing.
  
• You can integrate ShopKeep POS to your online store or business website 
• It offers a user-friendly cloud-based interface or dashboard with easy configuration. 

Pricing

• Monthly Fees :  $49-$179 (for annual billings)
• Monthly Fees : $69-$199 ( for monthly billings)
• Payment processing charges:  2.5% + 10 cents ( in-person sales) & 3.5% ( online & invoice payment) 

Strengths 

• Easy to set up, configure and use 
• Efficient back-office applications 
• 24 / 7 support 

Weaknesses

• Limitation with customization
• No free trials 
• Few reports on software glitches