SlickPOS vs. Square POS

SlickPOS

SlickPOS

0 Reviews and Ratings

Square POS

Square POS

91 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
SlickPOS	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	SlickPOS is a cloud-based Point of Sale (POS) software for food businesses like restaurants, cafe, quick serve restaurants, food trucks etc, from the company of the same name in Tamil Nadu.	$19 per month
Square POS	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Square POS is a point-of-sale software solution for restaurants, retail, or appointment-based businesses. It features numerous inventory (or menu) management and control features, and options that allow customers to pay in any way they want or can.	$10 per each additional reader; first reader free

Pricing

SlickPOS

Square POS

Editions & Modules

Monthly: $19.00
per month
Annual: $189.00
per annum

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
SlickPOS	Square POS
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

Pricing for US customers.

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Community Pulse
	SlickPOS	Square POS
Considered Both Products	SlickPOS No answer on this topic	Square POS Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS In our experience, every solution we tried in the past never fully met our needs. They always came with shortcomings and / or compromises. Square POS is the first solution we have tried that offers everything our business needs and provides us with enough room for our business … Incentivized Helpful? Alvin Haruthunian Operations Chose Square POS I think Square POS was the most universally adopted by peers and had the easiest interface to learn. Costs were also competitive, so we decided on the brand we'd heard the most about. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS I didn't look at others. Square POS was the best option because it is so widely recognized and a robust option. There was no start up fee. Just the credit card processing fees that they accept. We do also use apple pay and venmo for business, but these are set up to supplement … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS Square POS is easier to use and more efficient in a general sense, but the other products I've used can also be better suited for different types of events (such as an auction, where they link up to and integrate into the other software you are using). The Square mobile device … Incentivized Helpful? Sura Hart Advisor Chose Square POS Square POS is just the easiest to use and therefore the easiest to onboard new users to. I'd also like to point out, that if you're missing or lost one of the readers it's so easy to buy one at an Apple store or even other merchants like T-mobile or Verizon. WePay had less fees … Incentivized Helpful? Samantha Forbes Executive Assistant Office Manager Chose Square POS I use Stripe, Paypal and Payoneer but they don't have the actual hardware (that I am aware of). I use them to either get payments or send payments online. I use both Stripe and Paypal Payments Pro on my websites and Payoneer to recieve pay from contracts for work I do. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS Square was chosen over Stripe.com as it was much easier to set up out of the box. Stripe was geared toward larger organizations. Incentivized Helpful? Mithil Patel Digital Marketing Chose Square POS Square was the most recognized platform out there and I decided to go with them because of the brand and marketing I was targeted with as a business owner. Also, Square POS was the only tool with multi-factor security and integrated with a lot of other tools that I use for the … Incentivized Helpful? Samantha Crawford Owner Chose Square POS Square and paypal are very similar, both work well and are trustworthy. Both also charge small service fee for payments received but I prefer the ease of Square. Incentivized Helpful? Heide Rembold Founder Chose Square POS Square is what I’m most used to and seems to be great for the cross between invoices, single sale items, and things in between. In comparison to Clover, I probably like them equally. In comparison to Honey Book, I appreciate the ease of setting Square up for as few sales a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS Used Payal swipe card, doesn't have options for tips, and had a monthly fee at the time. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS We moved to Square POS from ShopKeep after using ShopKeep for several years because Square integrated more seamlessly with our HR package (Homebase, owned by Square) and our various banking providers. In addition, at the time ShopKeep required us to have a third-party payment … Incentivized Helpful? Nathan Sichilongo Regional Manager Chose Square POS As mentioned we wanted a solution that fit the bill of our needs and one of the solutions we had looked at was Loyverse. While it offered modularity and was customizable to different industries, we ultimately chose Square POS because we felt the learning curve would not be as … Incentivized Helpful? Ryan Connolly President Chose Square POS Square has been the easiest to setup and easiest to use in comparison to others I've tried. Stripe is more complicated. As well, other systems that I've had experience with through client projects tend to be more "clunky" and less intuitive. I feel like Square is doing a … Incentivized Helpful? Yvonne Graber Founder/President Chose Square POS I have found Square to be quite reliable and easy to use. The reports that Square has to offer where you can check your sales daily, weekly, or monthly is also a positive perk. The feature that you can create an invoice or estimate on the spot and email or text it helps to … Incentivized Helpful? Kristi R-C, CTS, CQT Electrician/Props/Wardrobe/Makeup Artist/Wigs Chose Square POS I like Square better than Pay Pal. Incentivized Helpful? Nathan Bowman Owner Chose Square POS The only other real competitor that we looked at was Paypal Here and we went with Square because the fee structure felt fairer, and because our customers were much more familiar with the Square hardware and ecosystem, rather than trying to convince them that Paypal was a viable … Incentivized Helpful? Jamaal Dickerson Certified Personal Trainer Chose Square POS Square has so many upgrades and additional features that you can customize it to whatever works best for you! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS Square was a rapid deployment product that allowed minimal intervention from the Square support team allowing us to open up much sooner than anticipated. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS I personally prefer Stripe and PayPal as payment options for my appointment-based coaching business. Both integrate seamlessly with my Squarespace website, my Acuity Scheduling software, and the Quickbooks Self-Employed software I use. Though Square POS is perfectly adequate, I … Incentivized Helpful? Jared Lyda Director Of Operations Chose Square POS I haven't tried any other systems. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS While PayPal Here had lower fees for swiped transactions, we often had issues which could not be resolved quickly and caused us to have to invoice customers instead of take payments while on site. I prefer Square POS because it is reliable. Additionally, we may eventually … Incentivized Helpful? Ben Caplan Risk Manager, and Insurance Agent Chose Square POS We chose Square because the simplicity of setup and reduced fees over its competitors. We liked the ease of setting up inventory alerts, tracking and sales reports. Its competitors had good functionality and even some things that Square does not, but in overall respect, Square … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Square POS We actually began using Square and loved it so we have not used any other POS. Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	SlickPOS	Square POS
Small Businesses	Square POS Score 9.0 out of 10	Shopify Score 8.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Shopify Score 8.7 out of 10	Epicor Eagle Score 7.9 out of 10
Enterprises	No answers on this topic	No answers on this topic
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	SlickPOS	Square POS
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.7 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	SlickPOS	Square POS
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	Square was absolutely fantastic when I first started using it. Easy to set up, use, changing settings, and the like. It has evolved over the years, almost too much, to an insane amount of options, apps, settings, et cetera. I would like to see options for just utilizing specific parts, such as invoices, versus the entire system being set up for daily sales. It makes the tracking side of things a little wonky when you only send 2-5 invoices/month for larger projects. Overall, I like that it’s familiar to me, which is why I continue to use it Incentivized Heide Rembold Founder Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	After you set a daily processing deadline time, charges processed by that time are deposited the next business day. The reporting dash board looks overwhelming but that's because it has all of the the information that you've processed before. That was invaluable when we recently went to look at the detail on a two year old transaction and were able to find the information by ourselves. The ability to use multiple devices is great. We can process charges on a computer, a tablet, or even a smartphone. Receipts are automatically sent to the customer's preferred email or texted to their phone. Incentivized George Bounacos COO Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	The cost of the hardware (specific scanners and receipt printers) was prohibitive for my company, and whilst we managed without them, they would have been nice to have. The range of scanners and printers that integrate with Square is small, so despite our devices' capabilities to read barcodes (we used ipads) and the Zebra receipt/label printers we had, we couldn't use either as the system wouldn't integrate with them. Whilst Square's credit card reader is nifty in design, it's a bit small and lacking substance to have as a customer-facing reader so it really needs the dock the company offers. The dock is awkward to open to reset or pair the reader. We often found pairing the reader with the device running the system tricky and confusing, relying on pressing one button and then interpreting a sequence of lights that often caused confusion. The pairing process might have been clearer presented through the device rather than the reader. Truly can't think of any more! Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	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. Incentivized Nathan Bowman Owner Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	We find Square POS is very user friendly. Its interface is customizable to our needs and very easy to use. Before we adopted Square POS, we used a combination of solutions from different manufacturer to try and achieve a portion of the functionality that Square POS provides under only 1 login Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Square POS support is good, I would not say they are great. There is a good knowledge base that you can access and there are other service providers who support Square POS who can assist you, but I find that the lack of help and support for setting it up for different industries is a let down. We had to research for hours just to find a solution to fix our need for a billing option for services for example. It would be great if Square POS broadened its support and solutions for various industries. Incentivized Nathan Sichilongo Regional Manager Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	Square POS is just the easiest to use and therefore the easiest to onboard new users to. I'd also like to point out, that if you're missing or lost one of the readers it's so easy to buy one at an Apple store or even other merchants like T-mobile or Verizon. WePay had less fees but was harder to onboard new users to. Eventbrite had really high fees. Incentivized Sura Hart Advisor Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	The transaction fees and charge rates are much higher than other options available. We only used this system for a short time while we were switching to a MUCH cheaper option (Authorize.net). I have also used this system with a charity that I volunteer with who only uses it during a couple of fundraisers a year when they have a small gift shop set up to sell donated goods to raise money. For such low volume, the fees aren't as big of a deal and the convenience of being able to take cards no matter where the event is located makes it worth it. This is a system your average consumer will recognize and trust, so there's that. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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