Epos Now - Top Competitors (Mar 2022)

Epos Now Review
ITQlick Score: 95/100
ITQlick Rating:
Pricing: 2.6/10 - low cost
Category: Retail & POS -> Epos Now review -> Epos Now competitors
Ranking:Ranked 5 out of 431 Retail & POS systems
Company: Epos Now.com
Pricing: starts at $39 per user/month
Typical customers: Small businesses and start ups
Platforms: Desktop, Mobile, Cloud
Links: Epos Now review, Epos Now pricing guide
Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / updated: Mar 09, 2022

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Epos Now vs. Alternatives in 2023

Epos Now competes with other POS/Retail software companies like Clover, Heartland Retail, Lightspeed Retail, and Shopify POS. We will compare these POS/retail systems in the listed categories below;
  • Functionality: Epos Now and its closest alternatives share some similarities in features such as point of sale, inventory management, order management, customers management, etc. When compared to its alternatives, Clover provides features such as invoicing and a Virtual terminal. Lightspeed Retail and Shopify POS lack functionality features such as Commission Management, Electronic Signature, and Restaurant POS.
  • Customers/Industries: Epos Now offers its point of sale solutions to apparel stores, convenience stores, electronic stores, gift stores, vape stores, liquor stores, etc. Customers like Benza Gift, Ratchet, and Universal use Epos Now. Shopify POS targets retailers who deal in home and garden, beauty and cosmetics, food and drink, jewelry, etc. 1.7 million businesses around the world have used Shopify. Clover targets businesses specializing in table service restaurants, retail businesses, services businesses, eCommerce, etc. Heartland Retail targets multiple store retail industries like home and lifestyle, apparel and fashion, health and beauty, etc. Retail brands such as Scout and Molly Boutique, Rainbow Sandals, and NIC+ZOE use Heartland. Lightspeed Retail targets retail businesses, restaurants, and Golf. They have customers such as SONY, NOBU, KemperSport, etc.
  • Cost: Based on our expert research, Epos Now is cost-rated 1.3/5 (where 1-2 is low cost and 4-5 is high cost), which means the software is low-cost. Epos Now starts with a price of $39 per user/month and offers a free trial. Heartland Retail starts at $80 per selling station/month. They offer a free trial. Lightspeed starts at $79 per month and $69 per year. Shopify POS starts at $29 per month and offers a free trial.
  • Cloud-based/On-premise: Epos Now and the other POS/Retail software companies are cloud-based.
  • Popularity: Epos Now founded in 2011, is a privately held company. Shopify (in 2004) and is a publicly traded company (TSX: SHOP) and is more popular than the other alternatives. Clover is a privately held company founded in 2006. Heartland under the parent company of Global payment Inc. is a publicly-traded company (NYSE: GPN) founded in 2009, and Lightspeed Retail is a publicly-traded company (TSX: LSPD) founded in 2012.
  • Scalability: Epos Now and all its closest alternatives can accommodate small retail businesses. When compared to its alternatives, Clover can accommodate small to mid-size enterprises. Heartland Retail can accommodate retailers in multiple stores and multiple channels.
  • Support: Epos Now provides basic customer support features such as Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, 24/7 Live Representative, and Chat. Epos Now lacks the FAQs/Forum and Knowledge Base support. Shopify POS, Lightspeed Retail, and Clover provide all the customer support features. Heartland Retail is lacking in the 24/7 Live Representative feature.

Epos Now alternatives - for small & large Business

Here are the top 4 alternatives to Epos Now that are worth checking out: ShopKeep POS for SMBs, NetSuite for Retail for large size business, Rezku POS Software for growing companies, and GiftLogic software for low budget organizations.

ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
Score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100 score, based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing pricing Score is a 1 to 10 score, 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)
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Epos Now
ITQlick rating
4.2/5
Score
95/100
Pricing
2.6/10
License pricing
$39 per user/month
Functionality
18
Best for SMBs
ShopKeep...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
99/100
Pricing
2.4/10
License pricing
$49 per month
Functionality
11
Best for Enterprise
NetSuite...
ITQlick rating
3.8/5
Score
96/100
Pricing
7.8/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
20
Growing
Rezku
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
96/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$99 per license
Functionality
16
Review
Free version
GiftLogi...
ITQlick rating
4.3/5
Score
90/100
Pricing
2.8/10
License pricing
$49 per month
Functionality
31


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