Square

Square provides easy and cost-effective payment processing solutions. Over 2 million businesses work with the Square POS Solution around the world: small businesses and individuals such as freelancers, gig workers, independent contractors and sole proprietors.

Square offers an affordable fee structure and doesn’t charge any fees for its basic processing service or account maintenance such as statement, payment gateway and PCI compliance fees. All you need to start accepting payments is the card reader and app that work with your smartphone or tablet. Square’s app is free, it includes a full suite of point-of-sale (POS) features and can be augmented with add-on services and integrations, allowing you to add more features as your business grows. Also, it works on both Apple and Android phones and tablets.

Square has a wide range of hardware to suit your business needs, and the software for all of them is free. Square offers two software packages – Square Point of Sale, and Square for Restaurants. Square’s primary point of sale software is suitable for retail businesses and simple food and drink setups, while its restaurant-specific software offers sophisticated features for restaurant owners.

Square is Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI) compliant and its products do not save payment card data. All data is kept on the vendor server in encrypted form. Additionally, a customer’s full credit card number is never displayed even to the seller.

Square POS

Square POS has all the payment software features you need to run your business: payments, items, inventory, analytics, e-commerce, customer relationship management - all integrated into your point of sale. Square POS Solution software is free and has no setup or subscription fees. Pay only when you accept a payment. POS hardware starts from €19.

Square for Restaurants

Square for Restaurants is designed to help owners, employees and customers get the most out of every service. Square handles chargebacks on your behalf, and accepts all credit card and contactless payments. You can serve more customers with a free online ordering site and follow the performance of your restaurant in real-time thanks to detailed reports. It has three plans – Free, Plus and Premium. Paid plans start at €59.

Square for Retail

With Square for Retail all your sales are integrated into your cash register software. It manages a wide variety of retail functions like vendor and purchase management. It is available for both in-store and online retailers, and has additional features such as website builder. It has three plans – Free, Plus and Premium. Paid plans start at €69.

Square Appointments

Square Appointments allows you to simplify your day with online appointment scheduling software and app. Your clients can find and book your services online 24/7 with an easy-to-use website, and will receive automatic appointment reminders via SMS and/or email. It has three plans – Free, Plus and Premium. Paid plans start at €19.