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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (64.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (90.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Free
Magento Open Source
Star Rating
(255)4.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (64.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Magento Open SourceSquare Point of Sale
Star Rating
(1,157)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (90.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansMagento Open Source vs Square Point of Sale
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Square Point of Sale easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Square Point of Sale overall.
- Reviewers felt that Square Point of Sale meets the needs of their business better than Magento Open Source.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Square Point of Sale is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Square Point of Sale over Magento Open Source.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Magento Open Source
No pricing availableSquare Point of Sale
Square Free
Free
The essentials your business needs to sell in-person, online, over the phone, or out in the field. Only pay when you take a payment.
- Processing fees: 2.6% + 15¢ for every tap, dip, or swipe
- Online Processing: 3.3% + 30¢ per transaction
- POS app for any payment
Free Trial
Magento Open Source
No trial information availableSquare Point of Sale
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
186
9.3
952
Ease of Use
7.3
187
9.4
970
Ease of Setup
6.8
142
9.3
428
Ease of Admin
7.7
129
9.2
352
Quality of Support
7.0
160
8.7
802
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.7
121
9.1
342
Product Direction (% positive)
7.2
181
8.9
931
Features by Category
Contract Management Platform Features
Not enough data
9.0
16
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
8.9
17
Not enough data
9.1
16
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
9.0
17
Not enough data
9.4
19
Not enough data
9.2
16
Not enough data
8.7
13
Not enough data
9.2
19
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Contract Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
POS
Not enough data
9.5
285
Not enough data
8.1
160
Not enough data
8.8
201
Not enough data
9.0
228
Not enough data
9.4
265
Marketing
Not enough data
8.5
162
Not enough data
8.3
174
Administration
Not enough data
8.7
202
Not enough data
8.5
160
Not enough data
9.1
234
Not enough data
8.7
171
Administration
Not enough data
8.9
58
Not enough data
8.6
49
Not enough data
8.5
34
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
9.6
61
Not enough data
8.7
45
Meal Service
Not enough data
9.6
59
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
9.3
40
Not enough data
9.1
41
Billing
Not enough data
9.4
22
Not enough data
9.2
16
Not enough data
9.0
19
Not enough data
8.5
14
Dunning
Not enough data
8.6
16
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
8.6
14
Performance
Not enough data
9.2
16
Not enough data
8.8
19
Not enough data
8.8
15
Reporting
Not enough data
9.1
15
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
9.2
17
Agentic AI - Subscription Billing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.9
19
Not enough data
8.9
16
Back Office
Not enough data
8.1
16
Not enough data
7.7
14
Not enough data
8.8
19
Not enough data
8.1
16
Front of Office
Not enough data
9.8
21
Not enough data
8.1
14
Not enough data
9.4
14
Not enough data
6.5
12
Platform Data
Not enough data
9.1
19
Agentic AI - Restaurant Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Bill Generation
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
9.1
79
Not enough data
8.5
76
Bill Processing
Not enough data
8.3
65
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.9
77
Integration
Not enough data
8.5
69
Not enough data
8.9
76
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Billing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Notifications
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Settings
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
9.7
5
Not enough data
9.3
5
Personalization
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Integrations
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
8.3
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.7
5
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Online Appointment Scheduling
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Headless Commerce
7.9
56
Not enough data
8.4
59
Not enough data
8.1
59
Not enough data
8.8
66
Not enough data
8.5
62
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.1
36
Not enough data
7.3
35
Not enough data
Agentic AI - E-Commerce Platforms
6.0
7
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
6.7
6
Not enough data
6.2
7
Not enough data
6.9
7
Not enough data
7.1
7
Not enough data
Merchandising/Marketing
7.7
146
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.8
146
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
155
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
141
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
143
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
155
Not enough data
Product Catalog
8.3
155
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.8
155
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
126
|
Verified
Not enough data
Order Process
8.3
155
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
154
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
153
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
153
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
156
Not enough data
8.0
147
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
148
Not enough data
8.0
128
Not enough data
Multi-Channel Support
8.0
134
Not enough data
7.8
142
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
129
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
113
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
112
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform
8.2
134
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
146
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
138
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
150
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
147
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
140
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
129
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
123
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
139
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
151
|
Verified
Not enough data
Payment
Not enough data
9.4
53
Not enough data
7.6
48
Not enough data
8.7
47
Not enough data
7.2
46
Not enough data
6.8
45
Not enough data
7.6
49
Not enough data
8.5
50
Not enough data
8.0
48
Checkout
Not enough data
8.0
48
Not enough data
9.3
48
Not enough data
8.9
48
Not enough data
7.7
49
Not enough data
8.9
49
Inventory Management
Not enough data
8.3
51
Not enough data
8.4
49
Not enough data
8.4
49
Not enough data
7.9
47
Not enough data
8.1
48
Reporting and analytics
Not enough data
8.2
46
Not enough data
8.6
47
Not enough data
8.8
47
Not enough data
8.6
47
Customer Management
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
8.0
45
Not enough data
8.4
48
Team Management
Not enough data
8.0
46
Not enough data
7.8
47
Not enough data
7.6
47
Not enough data
8.1
47
Not enough data
7.9
47
Help and support
Not enough data
7.6
48
Not enough data
7.6
48
Not enough data
8.4
48
Not enough data
7.3
47
Not enough data
7.4
48
Integration
Not enough data
8.1
47
Not enough data
8.3
48
Not enough data
8.2
47
Reporting
Not enough data
8.8
14
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
9.0
14
Integrations
Not enough data
9.2
14
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.6
12
Transactions
Not enough data
8.6
13
Not enough data
8.9
14
Not enough data
9.0
14
Workflows
Not enough data
8.7
14
Not enough data
8.8
14
Agentic AI - Accounts Receivable Automation
Not enough data
Not enough data
AI - Accounts Receivable
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Accounting & Finance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Operations
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Inventory
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Processing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Payments
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Employee Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customer Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Inventory Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integrations
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reporting
8.4
16
Not enough data
8.7
15
Not enough data
Omnichannel Features
8.5
16
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
9.0
14
Not enough data
8.4
15
Not enough data
8.9
16
Not enough data
8.3
16
Not enough data
Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Magento Open Source and Square Point of Sale share no categories
Unique Categories
Magento Open Source is categorized as E-Commerce Platforms and Omnichannel Commerce
Square Point of Sale is categorized as Accounts Receivable, Restaurant POS, Retail Management Software, Restaurant Management, Appointment Reminder, Billing, Contract Management, Multichannel Retail, Online Appointment Scheduling, Subscription Billing, and Retail POS
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Magento Open Source
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Square Point of Sale
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
14.5%
Retail
13.6%
Computer Software
7.7%
Apparel & Fashion
7.2%
Marketing and Advertising
6.3%
Other
50.7%
Retail
12.8%
Food & Beverages
9.8%
Restaurants
4.5%
Arts and Crafts
4.2%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
3.3%
Other
65.4%
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