Loyverse POS Review - why 4.8 stars?

• Point of Sale: Retailers can convert their smartphone or tablet into an easy-to-use point-of-sale system; generate printed or electronic receipts; apply for discounts and refunds, and continue to record transactions even when they are not connected to the internet.
• Payments: Retailers can seamlessly accept any method of payment their customers want. It also helps them save time, ensure better accuracy and minimize errors.
• Inventory Management: Retailers can monitor stock levels in real-time and get automatic low-stock notifications. They can also send orders to vendors and keep track of stock receipts.
• Sales Analytics: Retailers can view their reports from any smartphone, tablet, or computer at any time and from any location. They can also see revenue, average sale, and profit, watch sales patterns and respond quickly to adjustments.
• Employee Management: Retailers can effortlessly manage their employees and make good decisions. They may track staff sales and identify top performers.

• Loyverse POS offers an essential, simple, and easy-to-use point of sale
• The software offers inventory management that comes with alerts against low stocks
• It offers a free POS that works well on Android devices and iPad

• The software is not very comfortable to use with smartphones

• Functionality: Loyverse POS offers features like CRM and Customer Loyalty, Multi-store Management, Integrations, Dashboards, Inventory Management, Discount Management, eCommerce Management, Electronic Signature, Employee Management, Inventory Management, Loyalty Cards, etc. Lightspeed Retail offers features like built-in Purchase Orders, Delivery, Loyalty (again Loyverse POS), Reorder Points, Insights, Customer Facing Display, Inventory Management (available in Loyverse POS), Customizable Menu, Built-in Multi-store Reports, etc. Heartland Retail offers features like Custom Fields, E-commerce Integrations, In-Store Mobile POS, Sales Rep Tracking, Gift cards, Promotions & Coupons, Real-time sales Dashboard, Real-time inventory (available in Lightspeed Retail and Loyverse POS), Custom reports, Barcode Labels, etc. Toast POS offers features like Tableside Service, Analytics & Reporting, Menu Management, Point of Sale (POS), Multi-Location, Order Management (available in Lightspeed), Activity Dashboard, Reporting & Analytics, Notifications, Inventory Management, Reporting & Statistics, etc.
• Customers/Industries: Loyverse POS targets Grocery stores, Café, Restaurants, Retail, Bars & Boutiques. Loyverse POS has customers like Café Ddobagiyuns, Furniture Revolution, Go Healthy, Maj, Stop and Shop Convenience store, etc. Lightspeed Retail targets retail businesses, restaurants, and Golf. They have customers such as SONY, NOBU, KemperSport, Badichi, Leica, Exclucity, Simply For Life, Five Guys, Gongfu, Tinc Set, MR63, Gladstone, etc. Toast POS targets Fine Dining, Casual Dining, Fast Casual, Bar & nightclubs, Café & Bakeries, Enterprise, Food Trucks, Pizza, etc. Heartland Retail targets multiple channels and store retail businesses like Home & Lifestyle, Apparel & Fashion, Health & Beauty, etc. Retail brands such as Scout and Mollys Boutique, Rainbow Sandals, and NIC+ZOE use Heartland.
• Cost: The license cost information for Loyverse POS is free, although add-ons start at $5 per month per employee. Toast POS starts at $165 per month. The license cost information for Lightspeed Retail is unavailable. Heartland Retail starts at $80 per selling station per month. They offer a free trial.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: Loyverse POS and all its alternatives are cloud-based. Toast POS has an On-Premise version for Windows and Linux.
• Popularity: Loyverse POS is privately held with over 1,000,000 businesses and recognized in 170+ countries. Toast is privately held with over 40,000 restaurants. Lightspeed is publicly traded on the TSX and NYSE under the LSPD symbol with 150,000+ customer locations in 100+ countries worldwide. Heartland Retail is a subsidiary of Global Payment and is publicly traded on the NYSE under the GPN symbol.
• Scalability: Loyverse POS can accommodate small to midsize businesses Lightspeed Retail can accommodate pre-revenue startups and small businesses. Heartland Retail can accommodate multi-store and multi-channel retailers, while Toast POS can accommodate businesses of all sizes.
• Support: Loyverse POS offers support channels like Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat. Lightspeed offers an Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live Rep), and Chat. Toast POS offers all support channels of Lightspeed except Chat. Toast POS also offers FAQs/Forum, which is unavailable in Lightspeed. Heartland Retail offers an Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, and Chat.

What is the REAL total cost of implementation? on top of the total cost of licenses which is easy to calculate you need to add the cost of training, customization, data migration, and other "hidden cost". ITQlick pricing score is 2 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). You can fine here the REAL total cost breakdown for Loyverse POS. You can also find here pricing information from Loyverse POS's website.