ShopKeep Review - why 4.3 stars?

ShopKeep software is an iPad-based point of sale (POS) solution that usually serves retail businesses, restaurants, franchises, quick-serve businesses, and bars. ShopKeep software is cloud-hosted, and it offers multiple tools to help users manage marketing, registration, booking, staff, inventory, as well as payments.

It features a touch screen interface which gives the user capabilities to add or reduce orders from order lists and scanning barcodes. ShopKeep is a product of Shopkeep Company founded in 2008 in the United States. The software provides clear, detailed data as well as real-time reports that users can access through a smartphone or desktop.

It supports Windows, Web-based, Android, iPhone/iPad, and Mac devices. Shopkeep gives Online, Business Hours, and 24/7 (Live Rep) support.

The rating of ShopKeep is 4.3 stars out of 5 and the total score is 80 out of 100. The ratings are based on our unbiased experts. Learn more in our rating methodology page

The typical customers include the following business size: Small businesses and start ups.

ShopKeep is ranked 29 out of 75 software in their category (Point of sale systems).

The two main competitors of ShopKeep software include Epos Now and Lavu software. Epos Now software is a cloud-based retail point of sale system built to serve small to mid-market businesses, but on the other hand ShopKeep software is an iPad-based point of sale (POS) solution that usually serves retail businesses, restaurants and more.

Epos Now is a product of Epos Now established in 2011 in the UK whereas ShopKeep is a product of Shopkeep Company founded in 2008 in the United States. Both ShopKeep and Epos Now supports Windows, Mac, Web-based, Android, and iPhone/iPad devices.

Just like ShopKeep software, Lavu software is an iPad POS (Point of Sale) platform built to serve restaurants, bars & nightclubs (from full-service, quick-service), franchise restaurants and more. The two are cloud hosted but unlike ShopKeep which supports Windows, Mac, Web-based, Android, and iPhone/iPad devices, Lavu software support iPhone/iPad only.

ShopKeep is suitable for medium and small-market businesses, but in contrast, Lavu serves any scope of business from freelancers and small-large one. Lavu owns Lavu software whereas ShopKeep owns ShopKeep software.

ShopKeep comes with three pricing plans. The Basic plan starts at $69per month (billed annually), the Essential starts at $119per month (billed annually), and the last Advanced starts at $199 per month (billed annually).

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

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