Odoo POS Review - why 4.2 stars?

• Register Customers: Simply enrolling email and contact information of clients allows retailers to provide discounts and keep track of individual transactions.
• Product Categories: Retailers can use hierarchical product categories to organize their items. They can also sort them by popularity and show different categories at various points of sale.
• Inventory Management: The Odoo Inventory app immediately enters any POS transaction into the stock. Without wasting time, retailers can view the availability of items in real-time.
• Loyalty Cards: Customers can be rewarded with loyalty points, which can be used for gifts or discounts. Points can be gained by purchasing a product, placing an order, or making a purchase.

• Odoo is flexible and allows users ease of customization
• Users can use it on their workstations and Android devices with the official APP
• The software offers alerts and notifications that help users remember critical and urgent activities
• Its database uses a customizable framework

• Odoo on android has some instabilities and crashes
• Expense entries require the user creating a product or service category

• Functionality: Odoo Point of Sale offers features like Payment Methods, Credit/Debit cards, Split tenders, Currency rounding, Prices & Discounts, Parallel Orders, Customized Receipts, Order History, Daily Sales, Cashier Accounts, Cash Flows, Stock & Inventory, Franchises, Loyalty Cards, Kitchen Printing, Product Categories, Delayed Orders, Multiple Barcodes, etc. Square Point of Sale offers features like an Inventory counting tool (available in Odoo), Smart stock forecasts, Add TikTok Shopping Tabs, Item Search, Sales Reports, Unlimited Employee Passcodes, Timecard Reporting, Integrated Payments, Barcode Scanning (available in Odoo), Billing & Invoicing, Commission Management, Customer Accounts, Gift Card Management, Inventory Management, Labor Cost Calculator, Loyalty Program, etc. Shopify POS offers features like Inventory management (available in Square and Odoo), Custom staff permissions, Unified reporting, Omnichannel selling, Staff management, Checkout, Products, Reporting and analytics, Payments, Marketing, etc. Vend offers features like Payment Methods (available in Odoo), Loyalty (available in Square), customer support, Integrations, Point of Sale, Inventory Management, Reporting & Insights, Hardware, Apps, eCommerce, Customer Management, Support, Scanner, Security, Product Updates, etc. Clover offers features like Customer Engagement, Payment Methods, Order Management, Customization, Sales, Gift cards, Feedback, Tables, Guests & Waitstaff Management, Deals & Discounts, Virtual Terminals, Integrations, Tracking & Reporting, Customer Loyalty, online invoicing, eCommerce for Retail, etc.
• Customers/Industries: Odoo Point of Sale has customers like Ajmal Perfumes, The Magrabi Foundation, Cash Solutions, Swisslux, Synconics, acep eTraining, El Batal Group, EHALE, Trinnov Audio, Brainvire, etc. Square Point of Sale targets Retail, CBD Retail, Coffee Shops, Quick Service, Full Service, Bars & Breweries, Beauty Professionals, Health & Fitness, Home & Repair Services, and Professional Services. Vend targets all Business types like fashion boutiques, homeware stores, sports & outdoors, etc. Timber and Tailor, Port OCall – San Marino, Buster McGee, RockaRolla Party Shop. Cape Town all use Vend. Clover targets Full-service dining, Quick service dining, Retail stores, Personal services, Professional services, and Home & field services. Clover has customers like Chateau 4 Paws, Ludwig German Table, etc.
• Cost: Odoo starts at $7.50 per user per month. Square Point of Sale is free to use, although it comes with optional add-ons with specific costs. Shopify POS starts at $89 per location per month. Vend starts at $99 per month billed annually or $119 billed monthly. The license cost information for Clover is unavailable.
• Cloud-based/On-premise: Odoo and all its alternatives are cloud-based. Odoo and Clover have an On-Premise version for windows and Linux.
• Popularity: Odoo is privately held with 7 million users who grow their business with its solutions. Vend is also privately held and trusted by 20,000 customer locations worldwide. Square Point of Sale by Block Inc is publicly traded on the NYSE under the SQ symbol and used by more than 2 million small businesses.
• Scalability: Odoo and all its alternatives can accommodate businesses of all sizes. Clover can accommodate small to mid-sized businesses.
• Support: Odoo and Square Point of Sale offer support channels like Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, and Chat. Shopify POS, Vend, and Clover offer all support channels of Odoo and Square Point of Sale plus a 24/7 (Live Rep).

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 2.2 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). You can fine here the REAL total cost breakdown for Odoo POS. You can also find here pricing information from Odoo POS's website.