Square POS

Square POS

90 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
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

Square POS

Editions & Modules

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

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Square POS
Considered Both Products	Square POS Verified User Employee 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 Manager 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 Project Manager 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 Administrator 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 Executive 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 … 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 Employee 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 Consultant 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 C-Level Executive 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 General Manager Chose Square POS We actually began using Square and loved it so we have not used any other POS. Incentivized Helpful? M. Elizabeth Sutton Founder Chose Square POS I chose Square because it is more well-known and widely used than Clover. It also can do marketing, inventory, syncs with QuickBooks, and, if desired, can have employees track hours. It really covers all the bases and becomes a one-stop-shop for everything small business. I'm … Incentivized Helpful? Derek Dukes Office Manager Chose Square POS It's the better program out of all other options. Setup was quick and easy as well. Incentivized Helpful? LD Lynn DeLaurentis Professional Counselor Chose Square POS This is the only product in this category I have used. The old 'swipe from the bank' processors do not compare. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Easy to use Pro Ease of use Pro Set up
Top Cons	Minus Card reader Minus Customer support Minus Credit cards

Best Alternatives
	Square POS
Small Businesses	Shopify Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Epicor Eagle Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
	Square POS
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (58 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	9.6 (9 ratings)
Support Rating	8.7 (18 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Square POS
Likelihood to Recommend	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. Incentivized Sura Hart Advisor Read full review
Pros	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. Incentivized Nathan Bowman Owner Read full review
Cons	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 Incentivized Heide Rembold Founder Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	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. Incentivized Nathan Bowman Owner Read full review
Usability	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. Incentivized Nathan Sichilongo Regional Manager Read full review
Support Rating	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	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. Incentivized George Bounacos COO Read full review
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