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Square Review

Square OUR SCORE 90%
starting price $60
our score 90%
free trial
  1. What is Square
  2. Product Quality Score
  3. Main Features
  4. List of Benefits
  5. Technical Specifications
  6. Available Integrations
  7. Customer Support
  8. Pricing Plans
  9. Other Popular Software Reviews

What is Square?

Businesses looking for a reliable and fast point-of-sale (POS) system can turn to Square for help. With this POS application, iOS and Android devices are enabled to take payments. Implementation can also be done either on-the-go or on the counter. Businesses that decide to use Square get free downloadble software and a magstripe reader that allows them to accept debit and credit card payments. Other features businesses get include an item management platform and a real-time sales and inventory tracker. Square makes everything easier both for the business and its customers. Items and categories can be dragged and dropped, and business can also showcase their most popular items by customizing their items grid. Meanwhile, customers have the option to either get printed receipts or digital ones. Customers are also empowered to pay when it’s convenient or split a tab by cards, thanks to Square’s open tickets and split tender feature. Inventory management is easy with Square, as it allows businesses to easily change item details in real time, whether it’s the price, name, or quantity. Employee management is also made easy, as managers can control access to data with employee passcodes. Square also helps to keep track on employee sales and refunds. Commission and tip reconciliation are also streamlined, as Square links every transaction to an employee. Finally, employees can also clock in and out with Square. With one Square account, business owners can handle multiple locations. With Square Dashboard, menus, employee timecards, and prices for different locations can be edited, wherever the business owner may be. Business owners can also easily measure their businesses’ financial performance, thanks to the revenue-per-labor-hour reports that Square’s reporting function generates. Reports can also be filtered by employee, location, or POS device. Businesses are charged a certain percentage for every customer’s payment via mobile device or credit card, in the table, smartphone, or POS terminal equipped with the Square magstripe reader or Square contactless reader, because the software is transaction-based.

Product Quality Score

Features
9.4
Ease of use
8.6
Customer support
9.5
Value for money
8.5
9
TOTAL SCORE

Square features

Main features of Square are:

  • Employee management
  • Discounts and refunds
  • Product customization
  • Send receipts 
  • Invoice sending and tracking
  • Customer feedback
  • Customer profiles
  • Email marketing
  • Real-time sales data and history
  • Real-time inventory
  • Reporting and analytics
  • Compatible with POS hardware
  • Integrated payment processing
  • Square API
  • Integrations
  • Pay, tip, and sign right on your device

Square Benefits

Benefits

Square main benefits are its stable functionalities, vendor reliability and mobile support. Details of the benefits are presented below:

Simple and Powerful

Getting started on Square involves simply downloading the free app and installing it on a device. Square’s drag and drop functionality make it easy to organize and move products, items, and categories. Creating, saving, and adding to order is also made easy, thanks to Square’s ticket management feature. Square’s user-friendliness makes it easy for businesses to implement it as soon as it is installed.

Paperless Transactions

Square enables businesses to accept payments using Apple and Android tablets and smartphones, allowing them to engage in quick and paperless transactions. Businesses do not need to worry about their records as Square digital receipts are stored automatically. Other things Square automates include inventory management and sales reporting.

Intelligent Reports

Business owners can also be confident in making business decisions with Square, as the software uses analytics and reports to generate feedback and insights necessary in intelligent decision-making.

Manage Inventory Anywhere

Wherever a business owner may be, they can easily manage their inventory using the free Square Dashboard. Other things business owners are empowered to do include bulk updating of inventory quantities, quick importation of products with CSV spreadsheets, downloading current inventory reports, and receiving a daily stock alert email

Easy Email Marketing

Customer relationships can also be enriched and improved by Square. The software allows business owners to send automated email campaigns, whether to welcome new customers or to promote birthday offers. Businesses can also use Square to create customer profiles at the point of sale so they can grow their directory. Customizable email templates and a distribution list are also available, so email campaigns can be sent out in a matter of minutes.

Extensive Integration

Square Connect API lets business owners to create apps and solutions that are tailored for their needs. Square POS also has no problem integrating with a number of other applications, whether they are for accounting, inventory, employee management, or booking and scheduling.

24/7 Support Center

Any problems business encounter with Square can be easily resolved with a simple phone call or email. Square’s support center is also open 24/7, and features FAQs, guides, tips, articles, and videos. A thriving seller community also exists to answer any questions

Technical Specifications

Devices Supported

  • Web-based
  • iOS
  • Android
  • Desktop

Customer types

  • Small business
  • Medium business
  • Enterprise

Support Types

  • Phone
  • Online

Square Integrations

The following Square integrations are currently offered by the vendor:

  • ZipRecruiter
  • Bench
  • Shopventory
  • Stitch Labs
  • Vend
  • TouchBistro
  • SuitePOS
  • Mercato
  • Zoho Books
  • Commerce Sync
  • Weebly
  • Wix
  • WooCommerce
  • BigCommerce
  • GoCentral
  • Square for Magento
  • Ecwid
  • Aireus
  • Franpos
  • Lavu
  • ShipStation
  • 3dcart
  • Drupal Commerce
  • Sage Live
  • Hurdlr
  • Davo Sales Tax
  • Kashoo Accounting
  • ONE UP
  • Xero
  • DEAR Systems
  • TicketSocket
  • Starboard Suite
  • Cognito Forms
  • Tax Jar
  • SHOGO
  • Enterpryze
  • Zen Cart
  • OpenCart
  • Unbound Commerce
  • Intuit QuickBooks Online
  • Jobber
  • Hiveage
  • 17hats
  • LumaTax
  • invoiceBerry
  • Fresh KDS
  • PeachWorks
  • MarketMan
  • DigitalPour
  • Sku IQ
  • Chargify
  • Tave
  • SimpleOrder
  • BentoBox
  • Homebase
  • When I Work
  • Deputy
  • TSheets
  • Humanity
  • Breezeworks
  • Worksmith
  • Dubsado
  • 7Shifts
  • IFTTT
  • SumAll
  • Control
  • Dor
  • SimpleTix
  • Brushfire
  • Acuity Scheduling
  • Wix Bookings
  • Jotform
  • Checkfront
  • Schedulicity
  • Booxi
  • eHealth

Video

Customer Support

Phone
Online

Pricing Plans

Square pricing is available in the following plans:

Free trial
Basic Plan
$60/location per month and 2.5% charge plus $.10 per tap, dip, or swipe.