The Bottom Line
Square is widely used by many different industries, whether a restaurant or a brick-and-mortar boutique, thanks to its chip reader and POS solutions. It’s another one of our top picks because it offers a free plan, as well as multichannel selling included with each plan option. This means you can sell across your e-commerce site, Facebook and Instagram. Inventory management helps you keep track of your stock, no matter where a sale occurs.
The downside about its free plan is that you’ll have to endure Square ads. Paid plans start at $12 per month (billed annually) and include a free domain name for a year, no ads and sellers can upload custom fonts. The $26 per month plan (billed annually) includes product reviews, advanced reporting, abandoned cart features and lets you accept PayPal. Its most expensive plan costs $72 per month (billed annually) and gives discounted transaction fees and shipping rates.
All plans have 2.9% plus $0.30 credit card transaction fees, except for the Premium plan, which has fees of 2.6% plus $0.30.
Who should use it
Merchants who also need a POS for in-person sales.
