Spreadshop vs. Square POS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Spreadshop
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Spreadshop is a shop solution that allows users to upload their designs and start selling them on up to 230+ customized products. Spreadshop handles the order fulfillment, on-demand printing, shipping, and customer service. Spreadshop offers a variety of customization options so the look and feel of a shop can match a brand. Users can embed Spreadshop directly into a website, as well as through its official Wordpress plugin. With SpreadApp, users can track sales and get alerts from…N/A
Square POS
Score 9.2 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
SpreadshopSquare 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
SpreadshopSquare POS
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
SpreadshopSquare POS
Best Alternatives
SpreadshopSquare POS
Small Businesses
Ecwid by Lightspeed
Ecwid by Lightspeed
Score 10.0 out of 10
Shopify
Shopify
Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Toast Point of Sale
Toast Point of Sale
Score 7.6 out of 10
Epicor Eagle
Epicor Eagle
Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprises

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User Ratings
SpreadshopSquare POS
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.2
(61 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(18 ratings)
User Testimonials
SpreadshopSquare POS
Likelihood to Recommend
Spreadshop
If you're a content creator that wants to create a deeper level of engagement with your audience, building products that they can wear and rep is the best way to do it. Spreadshop makes it easy to create a brand-aligned shop, a wide array of items with your logo, branding and other elements on it and then easily connect it to your existing work online so the process for finding your items is easier than ever.
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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
Spreadshop
  • Offers a wide selection of quality products that I can adjust profit margins on
  • Integrates with YouTube shopping to make the process of finding items seamless
  • Has an incredible unique selection of items that help inspire new ideas for me to create
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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
Spreadshop
  • I would like to see the ability to add digital products in the future such as e-books or even printed books
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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
Spreadshop
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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
Spreadshop
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Block, Inc (Square)
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
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Support Rating
Spreadshop
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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
Spreadshop
Spreadshop differs from Spring mainly in that the product creation and editor mode is much easier to navigate. Both platforms integrate with YouTube shopping but I feel like Spreadshop has a better selection of quality products to choose from.
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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
Spreadshop
  • Spreadshop has had a pretty positive ROI for me, I've shared designs that I've made years ago that still drive sales
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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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