Clover vs. TSYS Payment Gateway

Clover is well suited for high-volume environments where quality and dependability are paramount. The hardware can scale easily and always looks good on the counter. I have even seen Clover hardware used in small mom-and-pop type stores. The ability to swing the monitor around for signature is really nice. Customers appreciate the ease of use. The stations we have to use nice large bright screens. Not familiar enough with the Clover product line to know if the smaller screen sizes are available for applications where space is a concern.

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TSYS Payment Gateway is well suited for a small business or medical practice looking for a payment management system that is, overall, easy to use and straightforward. TSYS is user-friendly and generates detailed user reports to show businesses which credit and debit card payments have processed during the specified time period.

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• Ease of set up with one or multiple locations.
• Ease of use from day to day functions to reporting to transaction investigations.
• Simple and adaptable functionality with access to the tablet or the portal.
• Intuitive back office management portal

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• Generates detailed reports
• Allows for multiple users to access at one time
• Easy to read statements

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• Customer service could use some improvement.
• Apps inside the "more tools" app are very unclear.
• Dashboard is a little difficult to understand.

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• [Changed] fee schedule.
• [TSYS Payment Gateway] [said] they would issue [refunds] and then it was denied.

There are numerous aspects to Clover's usability: the usability of their point of sale systems, the usability of their CRM and web dashboards, and the technical side of integrating with other third-party services. All are top tier. Clover's usability is excellent and I have never had a problem figuring out how to use their services at any level. The POS system has a very low barrier to entry and an easy learning curve for newcomers.

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We rarely have problems, but when we do, they are major and the system becomes unusable. While Customer Support does eventually respond and fix the issue, they can take a long time. If a major problem occurs on a weekend during the dinner rush, it can be catastrophic to sales and customer returns.

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Clover is great because they have their own equipment, but it would be nice to make it more mobile and use it on an app from anywhere. Sometimes we go to events and have to use Square, which is another great option. For small businesses I would definitely recommend using something like Square because it doesn't have the monthly fees, it is by transaction only.

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Clover and square were up front with all fees. [I think] TSYS will try to sell you their product saying medical credit card processing has to be HIPAA complaint. [I feel] [this] is [not] true. They will say they don't have a minimum processing fee. [I feel] [this] is also not true.

• Clover has positively impacted our finances as we regularly purchase from our local shops for meetings or lunches and now we can save money/earn promotions.

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• Positive impact on work flow- employees can quickly cross-reference reports to close out the day
• TSYS can be expensive. We are considering alternatives as we continue to improve our practice.
• More than one employee can be logged in at one time allowing for responsibilities to be shared to help with work flow and productivity.

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