Compare our POS software options.
Square Point of Sale | Square for Restaurants | Square for Retail | Square Appointments | |
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Overview | ||||
Best for | Individuals or businesses looking for an easy-to-use, customizable POS that adapts to any business type and stage and is compatible with a wide range of hardware. | Restaurants of all sizes, from quick service to full service, with built-in support for menu, kitchen, and table management, online ordering, pickup, and delivery. | Retail shops or stores of any type and size—even multiple locations—with a need for bar code printing and scanning, in-store and curbside pickup, and detailed reporting. | Service-based businesses that need a customer booking website with automated reminders, as well as flexible payment options like prepayment, in-person, and invoicing. |
Accept payments online and in person | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Create an ordering/booking website | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Provide pickup and delivery options | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Connect with Square hardware | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Send invoices and accept online payment | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Manage team with permissions and timecards | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Sync with Square’s ecosystem of tools | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Pricing | Free | Starts at $0/month See plan details > |
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Free trial | n/a | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days |
Retail features | ||||
In-store and curbside pickup | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
View multi-location stock at POS | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Exchanges | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Bar code label printing | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
PO and vendor management | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
COGS reporting | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Scale integration | Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Food and beverage features | ||||
Table, course, and item management | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Square KDS | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Online menus | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Advanced reporting and live sales | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Kitchen Performance reports | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Auto-gratuity | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Conversational modifiers | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Remote device management | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Integrated delivery and pickup | Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Section sales/cover reports | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Open tickets | Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Reopen closed checks | No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Decimal quantities | Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Appointments features | ||||
iOS and Android provider apps | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Customer booking website | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Digital assistant and automated reminders | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Staff and location management | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Optional no-show cancellation fee | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Recurring appointments | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Instagram and Google booking integration | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Payments | ||||
Tap, dip, and swipe | 2.6% + 10¢ | 2.6% + 10¢ | From 2.5% + 10¢ | From 2.5% + 10¢ |
Online payments | 2.9% + 30¢ | 2.9% + 30¢ | 2.9% + 30¢ | 2.9% + 30¢ |
Manual card entry | 3.5% + 15¢ | 3.5% + 15¢ | 3.5% + 15¢ | 3.5% + 15¢ |
Sell and charge gift cards | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
PCI compliance | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Chargeback assistance | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Square Checking | Free to open | Free to open | Free to open | Free to open |
Hardware compatibility | ||||
Register | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Stand | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Terminal | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Reader for contactless and chip | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Reader for magstripe | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |