Compare Preferred POS and Clover - May 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / May 16, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Preferred POS or Clover?

Clover is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Preferred POS, and Clover is rated higher (91/100) than Preferred POS (85/100). Preferred POS offers users more features (5) than Clover (0).

Looking for the right Point of sale 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:

Preferred POS Vs. Atlassian Pty Ltd

Preferred POS: If you have your own computer, all you need to get started is the Preferred POS software. A touch screen monitor is not required to use the point of sale software but, it makes the sales process faster and easier. You can also scan your products that have bar codes for fast and accurate entry. Include our secure payment processing to avoid duplic...

Atlassian Pty Ltd: Software is everywhere – on our computers, our watches, our refrigerators. And the teams building software together – developers, product managers, doc writers, bug-bashers – are our heroes. Our products help teams of all sizes track and share everything, work smarter, and create better software together.We are 400 geeks, beer drinkers, nerf herder...

Who is more expensive? Preferred POS or Clover?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Point of sale 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 Preferred POS and Clover.

Preferred POS price starts at $89.95 per license , On a scale between 1 to 10 Preferred POS Software is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Point of sale software. Clover price starts at $9.95 per month , When comparing Clover to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Point of sale software cost.

Bottom line: Clover is more expensive than Preferred POS.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Preferred POS Vs. Clover based on some of the most important and required Point of sale features.

Preferred POS: Sales Management, Retail & POS, Retail, Inventory Management, Barcode Scanning.

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

Target customer size

Preferred POS's typical customers include: Small businesses and start ups, Customers of the software include businesses of all sizes from all over the world.

Preferred POS

ITQlick rating
(3/5)

starts at $89.95 per license

Preferred POS Software is a trending cloud-based Retail-POS software, it is designed to support small and medium size business. Preferred POS Software received a rating of 3 from ITQlick team. The software cost...

Categories: Employee Engagement, Inventory Management, Barcode Scanning, Convenience Store POS.

Clover

ITQlick rating
(3.7/5)

starts at $9.95 per month

Clover is a Java code and metrics management solution for businesses of all sizes. Its services include code risk management, test optimization, continuous integration, and others. The software was desi...

Categories: Data analysis, Development Tools Platform, PC optimization, Retail & POS, iPad POS.

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Preferred POS: 5 Features

Sales Management
Retail & POS
Retail
Inventory Management
Barcode Scanning

Clover: 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)
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Preferre...
ITQlick rating
3/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
2.4/10
License pricing
$89.95 per license
Functionality
15
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ITQlick rating
3.7/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
6/10
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$9.95 per month
Functionality
5
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10
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4.2/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
2.6/10
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44
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ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
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Functionality
19

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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.