Compare Aralco POS and Gusto - Mar 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Mar 14, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Aralco POS or Gusto?

Gusto is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Aralco POS, and Aralco POS is rated higher (91/100) than Gusto (77/100). Aralco POS offers users more features (23) than Gusto (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Aralco POS!

Looking for the right Retail & POS solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Aralco Vs. Dovetail Systems

Aralco: Since 1982, leading North American retailers have relied on Aralco’s powerful, user-friendly Point Of Sale software, merchant POS and Retail Inventory Management systems to grow their business and integrate essential front and back office systems.

Dovetail Systems: Dovetail provides best-in-class payments and liquidity management solutions that enable banks to simplify their infrastructure and deliver effective digital transformation. All solutions, based on a single real-time architecture, are available on premise or in the cloud, scalable up and down, across functional and volume needs and offer unrivalled ...

Who is more expensive? Aralco POS or Gusto?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Retail & POS software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Aralco POS and Gusto.

Aralco POS price starts at $99 per month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Aralco POS is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Retail & POS software. Gusto price starts at $45 per month , When comparing Gusto to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Retail & POS software cost.

Bottom line: Aralco POS cost is around the same cost of Gusto.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Aralco POS Vs. Gusto based on some of the most important and required Retail & POS features.

Aralco POS: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Accounting Management, Bar Code Scanning, Buy X, Get Y Pricing, Coupons, Credit Card Processing, Customer Management, Discounts, eCommerce.

Gusto: We are still working to collect the list of features for Gusto.

Target customer size

Aralco POS can be effectively used by small businesses, but is ideal for Medium and large businesses that can accommodate 10-250 stations. and Gusto's target customer size include: Small, medium and large size businesses.

Aralco POS

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $99 per month

Aralco POS is a cloud-based point of sale and inventory management software solution that has an e-commerce integration. Aralco POS is designed with a goal, which is to meet the needs of the small and mid-size ...

Categories: Retail & POS, Bookstore POS, Cell Phone Store POS, Clothing Store Inventory POS.

Gusto

ITQlick rating
(4.7/5)

starts at $45 per month

Gusto is a growing cloud-based Retail-POS software, it is designed to support small, medium and large size business. Gusto received a rating of 4.7 from ITQlick team. The software cost is considered affordable ...

Categories: Food Delivery POS, POS for Bars, POS for Resturants, Touch Screen POS.

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Aralco POS: 23 Features

Accounting Management
Bar Code Scanning
Buy X, Get Y Pricing
Coupons
Credit Card Processing
Customer Management
Discounts
eCommerce
Employee Management
Gift Cards
Inventory Management
Items on Hold
Multiple Payment Forms
Price Lookup
Print Receipt
Receipt Notes
Refunds
Rentals
Reporting
Returns
Revenue Totals
Sales Commissions
Shipping/Delivery Setup

Gusto: 0 Features

We are working to collect the information
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
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Score
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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.