LS Central vs. Square POS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LS Central
Score 9.1 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
LS Central is an end-to-end Point of Sale and ERP system that aims to give retailers full control and visibility over their business processes. LS Central covers retail operations from accounting, reporting and merchandising to store activities and POS terminals, all from one seamlessly integrated retail software solution. LS Central is designed to eliminate the need to build and maintain multiple applications and costly interfaces. Retailers can maintain their…N/A
Square POS
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
Square POS is a point-of-sale software solution with features such as accept credit cards with your iPhone, Android, and iPad along with the flexibility to accept credit card payments anywhere, from Square headquartered in San Francisco, California.
$10
per each additional reader; first reader free
Pricing
LS CentralSquare POS
Editions & Modules
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Each Transaction
2.6% + $0.10
per transaction
Square Reader for magstripe
$10
per each additional reader; first reader free
Square Stand for contactless and chip
$16
per month
Square Terminal
$27
per month
Square Register
$39
per 24 months
Square Reader for contactless and chip
$49
per reader
Square Point of Sale
Free
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LS CentralSquare POS
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LS CentralSquare POS
Top Pros
Top Cons
Best Alternatives
LS CentralSquare POS
Small Businesses
Lightspeed Retail
Lightspeed Retail
Score 6.2 out of 10
Shopify
Shopify
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Epicor Eagle
Epicor Eagle
Score 8.3 out of 10
Epicor Eagle
Epicor Eagle
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises

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User Ratings
LS CentralSquare POS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(58 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(18 ratings)
User Testimonials
LS CentralSquare POS
Likelihood to Recommend
Aptos
Ideally it can work with any kind of retailer but workarounds and customisations required to handle deliveries.
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Block, Inc (Square)
Square POS is by far the easiest POS software to use at events and train additional team members on - even with temporary or first-time employees. It's easy to see how each event is doing in live time. It gives the event manager a real-time view of revenue earned. Its really easy to create/manage/delete users to keep the platform secure.
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Pros
Aptos
  • Offline/semi-offline mode works well in areas where connectivity is an issue.
  • Pricing, offers and promotions can be configured exceptionally well in LS Retail.
  • POS interface design is simple, robust and easily configurable.
  • Security wise there is enough detail available to trace all kinds of POS transactions.
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Block, Inc (Square)
  • Mobile transactions (not like from a phone, but in terms of the ability to physically relocate rapidly).
  • Simple setup.
  • Generally uncomplicated pricing.
  • Widespread customer familiarity: because it's so regularly in use in our industry (musicians/entertainment professionals), people know and trust it in a way that you might not with a different provider.
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Cons
Aptos
  • Data Director leaves room for improvement as it can be very tricky while dealing with a large number of master data records. Sometimes it doesn't write delete actions to POS.
  • Furniture retail is another area where improvement is required to handle deliveries.
  • Newer versions don't support data replicator which was the most reliable data tool with earlier LS Retail versions. There should be a replacement for this tool.
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Block, Inc (Square)
  • Too much going on for simple users. There are so many different apps and pages now that I get lost almost every time I log onto Square
  • The high percentage of fees taken from sales
  • The difficulty in changing default settings
  • The layout of the “website” you can create is truly a nightmare
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Likelihood to Renew
Aptos
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Block, Inc (Square)
I don't really foresee anything being able to dislodge Square from our organization—we're not evangelists or anything like that—it's just the best solution we've found for our use case. Being able to quickly handle transactions from customers and then track all of those sales for analysis/bookkeeping later on.
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Usability
Aptos
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Block, Inc (Square)
Once set up, Square POS is very easy to use. I feel it is a little too easy. Many other solutions have some layer of complexity to them but Square POS is pretty straightforward and this makes it the ideal POS solution in my opinion. If a solution can remove the barriers to use and allow end users to get on with their tasks without being slowed down, then it is a winner. This is what we were able to achieve with Square POS.
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Support Rating
Aptos
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Block, Inc (Square)
An admission - I have NEVER had to use Square POS support. The system is seamless, it just works! I have never had any queries about how the system worked as everything is so clearly laid out. I have never had any problems with payments. If their support systems are anywhere near as good as their software, I think we'll be in good hands.
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Alternatives Considered
Aptos
It scores higher on overall user experience and matured features set.
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Block, Inc (Square)
We only used Square POS while we were getting set up with Authorize.Net. It isn't as flashy or recognized by the general public, but in our industry, that isn't a priority. We do very large transactions so the higher rates and fees from Square add up insanely quickly making the lower rates and fees from Authorize.Net the nail in Square's coffin for us.
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Return on Investment
Aptos
  • Timely sales visibility
  • Optimum Inventory levels
  • Enough data to visualise trends and patterns
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Block, Inc (Square)
  • The opportunity cost of waiting for payments and manually bringing them to a bank means that we don't have to visit our bank branch. That alone saves us several hours each month.
  • We can use ordinary computers and mobile devices with Square instead of paying for expensive software or terminals.
  • Our clients appreciate not having to process payments to us, and anything that helps our clients and makes them happy carries more import than I can explain in this space.
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ScreenShots

LS Central Screenshots

Screenshot of Example of Point of Sale layout for fashion stores (fully customizable) with transactionScreenshot of Urban Point of Sale layoutScreenshot of Color and Size with up to 6 dimensionsScreenshot of Automatic replenishment including forecastingScreenshot of Mobile Loyalty app for customersScreenshot of Simple item creation and maintenance