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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Square POS

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASquare 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

    Stitch Labs (discontinued)

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AStitch Labs was an inventory management software that included features such as multichannel selling and inventory control, with order and fulfillment management for retail. It was acquired by Square in July 2020, and new customers are no longer being accepted.N/A
    Pricing
    Square POSStitch Labs (discontinued)
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Square POSStitch Labs (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Square POSStitch Labs (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Block, Inc (Square)
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    Discontinued Products
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    39 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    39 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    38 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    32 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Best Alternatives
    Square POSStitch Labs (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Clover
    Score9 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Square POSStitch Labs (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (61 ratings)
    1.1
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (11 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.7
    (18 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Square POSStitch Labs (discontinued)
    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
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    Discontinued Products
    I can't recommend Stitch Labs as it was discontinued as of June 2021 (after being purchased by Square). All existing users have had to move off the platform and it they are not taking new customers. Square has said they are going to relaunch a new version of Stitch Labs possibly sometime in the future, but release date and features have not been announced.
    Incentivized
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    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Inventory management.
    • Order management.
    • Reporting and analytics.
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    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
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    Discontinued Products
    • Reporting does not work for multiple currencies.
    • There is often a lag when syncing products.
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    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
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    Discontinued Products
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Discontinued Products
    I think the usability of SL is seamless comparable to other systems that we have and still have. I think the user interface could be better in some aspects, but also has improved the way we do business. Once you get around the brief learning curve SL tends to be easy to use and navigate.
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    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    We originally had phone support but when Stitch Labs updated the pricing they removed phone support from our service tier. It was very frustrating. We used their email contact and the answers were fine but sometimes it takes too long to try to solve something over email when you want to just talk to someone and get a quick answer.
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    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    I have not researched other alternatives as this solved my problems.
    Incentivized
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    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    • We had to migrate off this system which was not ideal after being discontinued
    • Was a simple to use medium price range solution to scaling businesses
    • UI/UX was intuitive and was easy to train employees
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