Loyverse POS vs. Oracle Simphony POS Systems

Retail, beauty, health, and food service--Loyverse POS works well for any type of business because it has a complete set of features that will improve the way you run your business and optimize your performance. Its back office provides clear and thorough reporting so you can assess your performance and make better decisions on the go.

In my experience, there has not been a resolution on outstanding tickets opened two years ago during the initial implementation. Simple things like time reporting, creating buttons, and marking items as "unavailable" have issues. The system has a lag when servers log out of checks that prevents them from opening the checks on another terminal without a wait that feels like an eternity in the restaurant industry and with direct impact to the guest. Good luck calling support. Most of my experience involves the person I spoke with having no idea how to fix my issue and having to "escalate the ticket." This escalation process will last weeks, months, and in our case, years with no resolution.

• Inventory management
• Back office with clear and detailed real-time reporting
• Loyalty program keeping track of loyal customers
• Fast and easy integration with many e-commerce and accounting softwares
• Customer service and help center 24/7

• Real time sales
• Real time labor costs
• Integration with account software

Incentivized

• Currency converter
• Built-in online money payment system
• Payment using cryptocurrency

• Support is awful. Oracle does not directly support end-users and depends on resellers to offer support. So if there is a bug or breaking change, we have to jump through hoops to get something fixed.
• Does not play well with other software or interfaces. There are interfaces but they lack a serious amount of features that are crucial to our business.
• The guest facing hardware does not hold up to constant use very well.
• The backend hardware is lacking in PCI compliance and is not meant for enterprise use.
• The software itself looks as if it is stuck in the early 2000s and there has been no sign of an update in many years.
• Reporting is difficult to set up and use and you have to rely on third-party reporting to get decent usable reports.

Incentivized

Loyverse POS is free and has an easier to use and more user-friendly interface that is easy to set up.

We've stayed with MICROS mainly due to that's how we've always operated and to switch operating POS systems would be a HUGE learning curve for everyone involved.

Incentivized

• Better monitoring of business performance (stocks, sales, customer satisfaction and employee management
• Better forecasting of business performance; enables you to make better business decisions
• Fast checkout process
• Seamless integration for optimal performance

• Micros has allowed us to leverage our margin by using our own credit processor and loyalty program. We've seen success from both of these platforms (not Micros) and have been able to save money on the extra costs of using Micros.

Incentivized