Excellent POS which doesn’t charge extra fees for anything including chargeback. Very low swipe rates, no lock-in period for processing payments, no early termination fee, accepts all types of debit and credit cards, features Square Register for accounting.

Flipside – No 24-hour support even for an additional fee.

Flexible pricing which includes all costs. It charges CC processing fee per swipe or keyed-in transactions. Main features include Mobile POS, Customers management, Inventory management, Ecommerce, Staff management, Analytics & Reporting, Customer support in form of how-to guides and FAQs.

Flipside – Specifically designed for retailers, service providers, could offer more readily available support like videos/chat/phone, no training programs in place.

Ideal solution for salon & spa industry. Features include employee management, scheduling, data backups, reservations, barcode scanning, receipt printing, cash drawer, gift cards & loyalty program, inventory tracking, reporting, and market distribution. Compatible with video surveillance systems. Charges apply for CC processing. Full support provided.

Flipside – Long term of agreements.

Excellent solution for multi-store and multi-channel retailers. Accessible by browser, can be used by touch screen or normal computers, built-in tool for tracking, statistics & analytics, inventory management, real-time reporting.

Flipside – Improvements needed in merchandising, Integrates with only one CC processor.

Complete hardware and software package which provides cloud-based software and competitive payment processing fees. No long term agreements. Integrated with internal printer, cash drawer, Magnetic card reader, barcode scanner, mobile and retail pos, customer loyalty tools, reporting tools and integrated with Quickbooks.

Flipside – Requires purchase of uAccept hardware upfront, Not suitable for full-service restaurants. Limited training.

Does not charge monthly or any support fee. No long-term contracts. Charges per swipe fee & keyed-in cards. Free app and card reader, can handle basic inventory, sales, report and user management, 24 hours phone support, help information online and active forums.

Flipside – May need to work with partners of Paypal for advanced POS features, not a very good choice for hotel/restaurants.

Offers a full-fledged POS with payment processing agreement and shipping along with mobile payment processing plus free tableside servicing software in iPads.  The software caters to retail, restaurants and delivery based services. Lower swipe fees, allows all kind of payments, excellent full-time support with documentation and videos both. Additional monthly service fees and hardware support fees is charged.

Flipside –3 year contract with the company for payment processing, if you want free software. Early termination of contract will be costly.

GotMerchant offers cloud-based full featured POS in exchange for a 3 year contract of payment processing only with them using POS/Wifi-enabled CC processors/mobiles. They beat the prices of their competitors. Offers low swipe rates, Charges monthly support and hardware fees. Processes all kinds of payments, gift and loyalty cards, advanced card readers, good support.

Flipside – You have to use their CC processing services only.

Designed especially for the restaurant and food service industry to cater businesses of all sizes. Features tableside ordering and processing, fair-tip based on percentages for customers, loyalty program, giftcards, reporting with analytics.

Flipside – Training on software required, Less features in inventory, scheduling, reserving tables.

Cloud based POS solution offers wireless merchant service, rebates/discounts tracking, activation portals, loyalty programs, repair module, email marketing, used phone management system, Qpay & Epay.

Flipside – Reporting and inventory needs more features. 

Stylishly designed, easily set up with customizable interface Clover Station are easily available. Integrated card reader, camera, coupons, gift cards, employee and report management. Inventory and sale processors. You can choose any payment processors. Great support with documentation, through their user interface and videos.

Flipside – Purchase the full hardware system upfront.

Feature rich software designed to work with iPhone, iPad on internet and made to serve service industry. Features include booking, checking in & out, scheduling, recurring membership/subscriptions, rentals, employee-specific rates, CRM, service & inventory management, reporting and EMV powered iConnect Register. Excellent customer service.

Flipside – Needs internet for CC transactions, booking process a little confusing, small issue with the checkout screen.

Web-based POS for Jewellers. Solid and sturdy solution offering you Retail accounting, CRM, and inventory management. Offers RFID, bar-coding, calendar and scheduling, customer service, mobile POS, loyalty programs, affordable monthly program, wish list creation etc.

Flipside – None so far.

Cloud-based restaurant management system which can create menus, schedules, monitor sales, reports, labour etc. Can be completely personalized, have a “show & tell” feature for food and toppings ordering. Management can use web-browser based interface and for order taking iPad/iPods/iPhones should be used. Versatile software with multi-lingual feature.

Flipside – In-person training should have more terminals for one license.

Ideal for single store locations pre-packaged integration with CC processors this solution easily integrates with existing POS hardware. Terminals are iPads with iPhone/iPod touch to input data. Inbuilt reservation tool.

Flipside – Cannot run totals for a customer for loyalty management, Ability to order from home using different wifi than the Ambur is not there.

Showcases feature of paying only for swiping as per your account type, no long-term contracts, no early-termination fee, processes all kind of payments (CC/Debit/Gift/Cash/Check/Loyalty). Retail business oriented design. All year round support in addition to phone, email and chat.

Flipside – Not designed for restaurants, less tools for employees.

Designed for restaurants, nightclubs, bars of all business sizes Lavu is a customizable system for owners as well as users. Company can go for ordering tableside, take-outs, delivery routing, as well as offer loyalty discounts using Loyaltree. Features sales, inventory and resource management, reporting and multilingual features.

Flipside – Needs very fast and reliable internet system.

Liquor and Wine Retailers use Tiger POS exclusively. It offers user-friendly interface, minimal training on POS which also has inventory, accounts management, CRM. Automated discount feature, loyalty programs, Barcode scanning, sales and reporting analytics.

Flipside – Not available.