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Shopify POS
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At a Glance
Overview
Shopify POS is a cloud-hosted retail point-of-sale system from Shopify Inc. that unifies in-store and online sales channels. It provides checkout, inventory, staff and customer management, omnichannel capabilities (buy online / return in store, ship from store), hardware support, reporting, and e... Learn more
Capabilities
- AI Enabled
- API Available
- Open Source
- CLI Available
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Square POS is a cloud-based point-of-sale solution for retail, restaurants, and service businesses. It includes mobile iOS/Android apps, hardware (readers, terminals, registers), multi-location and multi-channel inventory and menu management, customer directory and loyalty tools, developer APIs/S... Learn more
Capabilities
- AI Enabled
- API Available
- Open Source
- CLI Available
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Pricing
Free trial available
Free plan available
Billing type
Recurring Subscription
Basic
$39.00
/ month
POS Pro (add-on per physical location)
$89.00
/ month
Grow
$105.00
/ month
Advanced
$399.00
/ month
Plus
$2300.00
/ month
Free trial available
Free plan available
Billing type
Recurring Subscription
Free
$0.00
/ month
Plus
$49.00
/ month
Premium
$149.00
/ month
Custom / Enterprise
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Pros and Cons
- Unified online/offline operations: inventory, customers, orders sync across sales channels.
- Rich feature set, especially with POS Pro.
- Extensive hardware ecosystem and mobile POS options.
- Strong extensibility via embedded apps and POS API.
- Many advanced features require POS Pro add-on and higher plans, increasing cost.
- Base plans may limit staff permissions and restrict returns to original purchase location.
- Costs can grow quickly for multi-location businesses due to per-location fees and hardware costs.
- Some limitations for very complex inventory (serial number tracking, deep variants) compared with specialized POS.
- Offline mode specifics and limitations vary by region/device; synchronization latency can be a concern.
- Strong free entry plan with essential capabilities
- Transparent processing fees with discounts on higher tiers
- Wide hardware ecosystem (readers, terminals, registers)
- Rich feature set including inventory, loyalty, discounts and CRM
- Comprehensive APIs and developer support
- Some advanced features (KDS, Kiosk) require higher-tier plans or add-ons
- Free plan carries higher processing fees
- International availability and payment support varies by country
- Support hours and priority vary by plan
- Plan/fee changes can cause customer confusion
Reviewer's Segments
Small Business
77.78%
Mid Market
15.49%
Enterprise
6.73%
Insufficient data to show segment split
Deployment
- Cloud based
- Desktop based
- Mobile based
- On-premise
- Cloud based
- Desktop based
- Mobile based
- On-premise
Support
- Chat
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
Training
- Documentation
- Videos
- Documentation
- Videos
Integrations
Total integrations:
1
- Deputy
- Shift4Shop
- Square Online
- Synder
- Wix
- WooCommerce
- Xero
Total integrations:
6
- Deputy
- Shift4Shop
- Square Online
- Synder
- Wix
- WooCommerce
- Xero
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Categories
Common categories include: POS Software.
Company Details
- By Shopify Inc.
- Located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Founded in 2006
- By Square, Inc. (part of Block, Inc.)
- Located in San Francisco, California, USA
- Founded in 2009
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