pcAmerica Cash Register Express Review - why 3 stars?

Cash Register Express is a cloud-based point of sale system that is suitable for use by retail shops, small businesses, liquor stores, grocery stores and other types of stores. With credit card processing, Cash Register Express provides the users with a fully automated system that allows users to pay for goods and services using their credit cards.

Other major features include in Cash Register Express are automatic reporting, inventory management, basic imports and exports, and customer relationship management among others. PcAmerica, a company that was founded in the year 1985, is responsible for designing, developing, distributing, and maintaining Cash Register Express. The company is based in the United States.

The rating of pcAmerica Cash Register Express is 3 stars out of 5 and the total score is 87 out of 100. The rating score is based on our unbiased data-based algo. Learn more - rating methodology page.

The software is a useful product for businesses of all sizes. Many types of retail stores and businesses that can benefit from the software include convenience stores, grocery stores and supermarkets, liquor stores, tobacco stores, restaurants, video and equipment rental stores, dollar and discount stores, and others.

Yes, pcAmerica Cash Register Express makes it fairly easy to use. This product is user friendly and intuitive.

No, the software in not cloud based so you would need to install it locally and connect it directly to a server.

No, currently pcAmerica Cash Register Express can't be accessed on mobile, you would need to access it from your computer.

pcAmerica Cash Register Express is ranked 34 out of 430 software in their category (Retail & POS systems).

From the perspective of cashiers, the software allows faster ringing up of sales to ensure shorter lines. For ringing up an item, a simple barcode scanning is required with sale and specialty prices being automatically calculated by the software. It also features quick trend keys to make possible faster cash transactions and offers support for multiple payment methods including credit cards, pin debit, checks, and others.

pcAmerica Cash Register Express offers comprehensive inventory control and tracking services. It also offers tracking of vendor lists, management of item costs, and generation and receiving of purchase orders. Other important capabilities include customizable reporting, back-office management, automatic order synchronization, and others.

pcAmerica Cash Register Express is a retail and point of sale software, and its top alternatives in this category include Epos Now, RetailEdge, Square for Retail, and Infrasys Cloud POS. Based on the key criteria listed below, pcAmerica Cash Register Express is compared to its top alternatives:

• Cloud/On-premise: pcAmerica Cash Register Express is deployed on-premise, and it also has a web portal for payments and real-time inventory management. In comparison, all the top alternatives of pcAmerica Cash Register Express are cloud-based retail POS solutions, except RetailEdge, which is a desktop-based platform. RetailEdge also has a mobile version.
• Cost: Heartland, vendors of the pcAmerica Cash Register Express software, do not disclose its pricing details. Also, no free trial or version is available. In comparison, RetailEdge pricing starts at a one-time fee of $495, Square for Retail pricing starts at $60 per month per location, and Epos Now pricing starts at a one-time license fee of $449 or $39 per month. Infrasys Cloud POS does not disclose its pricing details. Only Square for Retail offers a free trial and a free forever plan.
• Customers/Industries: pcAmerica Cash Register Express serves retailers that deal with various products, ranging from clothing and apparel to liquor and from convenience stores to grocery stores. In comparison, all the top alternatives of pcAmerica Cash Register Express target similar retail stores and businesses, such as beauty shops, restaurant chains, hotels, bars, vape shops, etc. Infrasys Cloud POS serves hotels and restaurant chains.
• Functionality: pcAmerica Cash Register Express offers retail and POS solutions with real-time inventory management, barcode scanning for payments processing, promotions and discounts management, etc. Compared to its top alternatives, pcAmerica Cash Register Express does not offer reservation & wait-list management features like Infrasys Cloud POS. Also, Square for Retail has native time tracking features which pcAmerica Cash Register Express does not have.
• Popularity: pcAmerica Cash Register Express is a leading provider of retail and POS solutions globally, supporting over 50,000 retailers worldwide. In comparison, over 30,000 stores use Epos Now, Infrasys Cloud POS supports more than 7,000 installations worldwide, and Square for Retail supports thousands of retailers globally.
• Scalability: pcAmerica Cash Register Express is a highly scalable retail POS solution for small, midsize, and enterprise retail stores and supermarket chains. In comparison, all the top alternatives of pcAmerica Cash Register Express are equally scalable retail POS software for businesses of all sizes.
• Support: Customer support is available for clients that use the pcAmerica Cash Register Express platform through email and phone channels. Compared to its top alternatives, pcAmerica Cash Register Express does not have a community forum support channel like Epos Now and RetailEdge, and a live chat support channel like Epos Now.

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