Vend is a cloud-based retail POS system with a real-time inventory management capability and a built-in loyalty program. Its features include multi-outlet handling, store credit payments, layaway tools, integrated payments, advanced reporting, and insights. Vend’s monthly fees start at $99. The platform is best for growing retail businesses that handle extensive inventories such as gift…

ShopKeep by Lightspeed is a cloud-based iPad point-of-sale (POS) system for retail and restaurant businesses. Small footprint restaurants and food trucks will also find a lot to like in this well-designed POS. This cost-effective, small footprint system gets high marks for ease of use. Its inventory management and reporting features are robust for most retail…

KORONA POS is a cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system that works with retail and ticket-based businesses. It offers customizations on the front-end and in reports, has tools for specialized sales—whether for alcohol or custom orders—and can handle event ticket sales. Easy to use and earning great user reviews, it’s a great choice for stores needing those…

Shopify POS is a POS software designed for active Shopify ecommerce subscribers. Its features include inventory management, multi-channel selling, customer profiling, order management, and reporting and analytics. It is free to use for on-the-go sales, while brick-and-mortar businesses pay an additional monthly fee of $89 per location for more sophisticated features. Shopify POS is best…

Square Payments provides mobile payment processing and aggregated merchant services. Its features include instant setup with no application or approval process, free invoicing software and mobile payment app, next-day deposits, and chargeback management. Standard card-present transaction fees are 2.6% + 10 cents, with volume discounts available. Generally, Square is best for new and occasional sellers…

Stripe is an online payment processing solution that comes with a sophisticated software for creating custom checkouts, and it works best for online businesses with access to developer resources. Its features include open-source online checkout tools, programmable in-person payments, fast payouts, global support, dispute management, smart invoicing and subscription management, and multi-party payments. Stripe’s fee…

Payment Depot is a merchant services provider that enables companies that transact over $10,000 monthly to process credit card payments at wholesale rates. Its other features include rate protection, chargeback and risk monitoring, shopping cart integration, next-day funding, mobile payments, and a virtual terminal. Payment Depot has a wholesale membership pricing model that starts at…

HungerRush is a hybrid POS system that operates on a robust central network as a cloud-based point-of-sale (POS) system designed for the food and beverage industry. This POS evolved from the legacy POS Revention that has served the pizzeria industry since the 1990s. Revention rebranded as HungerRush in 2020 and switched from a locally-installed internal…