Best POS Systems
The best point-of-sale systems, ranked for retail, restaurants, and omnichannel businesses.
4.2(4,200)Paid
Lightspeed offers cloud POS for retail and hospitality with strong inventory management, analytics, and ecommerce — a good fit for growing multi-location businesses.
$89/mo
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4.4(3,900)Freemium
Shopify POS extends a Shopify store to in-person selling, unifying online and retail inventory, customers, and reporting. The natural POS choice for existing Shopify merchants.
Free
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| Comparison | ||||
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| Rating | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| Starting price | Free | Free | $89/mo | Free |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Paid | Freemium |
| API available | ||||
| Best for | Retail, food & omnichannel SMBs | Restaurants & food service | Retail & multi-location | Shopify merchants going omnichannel |
| In-person & online payments | ||||
| Free POS software | ||||
| Flat-rate fees | ||||
| Invoicing | ||||
| Hardware ecosystem | ||||
| Restaurant POS | ||||
| Kitchen display system | ||||
| Online ordering | ||||
| Payroll & team | ||||
| Loyalty & gift cards | ||||
| Cloud POS | ||||
| Advanced inventory | ||||
| Ecommerce | ||||
| Analytics | ||||
| Multi-location | ||||
| Unified online + in-store | ||||
| Shared inventory & customers | ||||
| Shopify Payments | ||||
| Staff roles | ||||
| Retail hardware | ||||
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best pos systems?+
Square is our #1 pick, rated 4.5/5. The full ranked list with pricing and trade-offs is above.
How did you rank these tools?+
Rankings weigh user ratings, feature depth, pricing value, and fit for the use case. We update them as products evolve.