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Since their birth in 2010, Stripe has become a household name with global businesses of all types and all sizes. With 308,492 users and accounting for 36.18% of the world payment management market (according to 6sense.com), Stripe proves themselves a powerful payment processor by bringing great benefits to merchants. They accept payments globally in 130+ currencies, support various payment methods, integrate well with multiple software, and provide detailed reporting tools. Needless to say, having your POS systems integrate with Stripe will undoubtedly help you gain an edge over your competitors.

The benefits of using Stripe are undeniable. Then, the question is which POS for Stripe you should choose. The article aims to walk you through a complete list of POS systems that are compatible seamlessly with Stripe. The list is compiled by Magestore’s experts based on our hands-on experience and tons of customer reviews.

Does Stripe have a POS?

No, Stripe has no complete POS systems.

Although Stripe Terminal has emerged as a usable POS for Stripe, it’s not a ready-to-use POS system. In other words, you’ll need some programming experience in Javascript, iOS, Android, and server-driven integration to set up and customize the terminal to meet your needs. To secure transactions, Stripe Terminal also offers many pre-certified Stripe POS readers with end-to-end encryption, which supports different types of in-person payments.

It’s worthwhile using Stripe Terminal if you just want to unify customers’ online and in-person payments and view sales and customers across channels. However, if your business needs more features to effectively operate daily, like managing inventory or tracking employees’ performance, Stripe Terminal isn’t qualified. In this case, purchasing a POS system integrated with Stripe to streamline the checkout process and automate daily operations is more optimal. This is particularly true for businesses with daily in-person activities or with omnichannel retailing.

Quick comparison of 7 best POS systems integrate with Stripe

POS

Key features

Pricing

Rating

Magestore POS

  • Create orders and proceed to checkout in less than 1 minute

  • Sync online and offline inventory, sales, and customer data in real time

  • Keep track of inventory from multiple locations and channels

  • Support omnichannel selling

  • Easy to scale and customize the POS to your requirements

  • Easy to integrate with various marketplaces, software, and hardware

  • Provide comprehensive reports for in-depth analysis

Flexible pricing

4.7/ 5.0 on GetApp

eHopper POS

  • Manage tables, online ordering, and QR code menus for restaurants

  • Keep track of staff performance and working time

  • Monitor orders until completion with notes added for each order

  • Deliver reports on orders, sales, and inventory in real time

  • Integrate with other software and apps

$0 – $39.99 per month

4.7/ 5.0 on Forbes

Lightspeed POS

  • Manage inventory, customer, and sales data from all channels and locations

  • Provide eCommerce features

  • Offer omnichannel loyalty programs

  • Integrate with popular platforms and software in specific industries 

$69 – $399 per month

4.5/ 5.0 on Forbes

SumUp POS

  • Keep track of reservations, orders, and deliveries

  • Accept different payment methods

  • Streamline workflow between kitchen and the front of house team

  • Provide real-time reports on sales, customers, inventory and staff

  • Provide some affordable hardware options

£49 per month

4.1/ 5.0 on Forbes

Odoo POS

  • Automate inventory replenishment

  • Control stock moves with a double-entry inventory system

  • Offer customizability

  • Provide loyalty programs (points, gifts, discounts)

  • Monitor customers’ purchasing habits for marketing purposes

$0 – $17.00 per user per month

4.1/ 5.0 on GetApp

Clover POS

  • Track sales, employee performance, and inventory in real time

  • Allow rewarding customers with loyalty programs and communicate with them via email, text, etc.

  • Accept popular payment methods like cash, credit and debit cards, and EBT cards

  • Provide various hardware and software features to meet diverse business requirements

  • Easy to integrate with 3rd-party apps and accessories

$14.95 – $60 per month

4.0/ 5.0 on Forbes

Shopify POS

  • Manage sales, customer, and inventory data in one place

  • Sync inventory across multiple channels and locations

  • Manage local pickup and delivery orders

  • Provide marketing tools like email marketing, product reviews

  • Integrate seamlessly with Shopify platform

$39 – $299 per month

3.9/ 5.0 on Forbes

Top 7 expert-pick POS software for Stripe in 2023

Now it’s time to take a deeper look at the 7 best POS systems integrated with Stripe that we’ve listed above.

1. Magestore POS

Developed specifically for the Magento platform, Magestore POS owns loads of outstanding features for Magento merchants. The POS can create orders in less than 1 minute and sync data across channels in real time. Magestore point of sale is also easy to scale and customize to meet your specific business needs. Being highly compatible with 3rd-party apps and software makes Magestore POS and Stripe integration just a piece of cake.

Besides, as the #1 Magento-native POS system, Magestore POS inherits and helps leverage all Magento powers and can integrate seamlessly with Magento modules. This supports retailers in providing shoppers with a smooth online and in-person shopping experience.

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Magestore Omnichannel POS system

Highlight features

Pricing

Prices are quoted flexibly subject to your business complexity, number of stores, and level of support and services you want to have.

✓ Pros

X Cons

  • Easy to use

  • Scalable and customizable

  • Superb support with one dedicated team throughout your project

  • 1-year warranty

  • 90-day refunds for POS license

  • Integrate with the latest version of Magento

  • One-time purchase

  • Implementation included in the price

  • No extra cost for additional users, devices

  • No hidden costs

  • High upfront costs compared to SaaS POS

2. eHopper POS

eHopper POS is another Stripe POS that best suits small omnichannel businesses with tight budgets. The POS has many features suitable for retail and restaurants. eHopper POS system provides free plans and comes with some free features like a free eCommerce website, free card processing, and a free terminal. Even so, with a paid plan, you also receive more great features.

ehopper-pos-stripe

eHopper POS system for restaurants and retail

Highlight features

  • Provide a free terminal, a free eCommerce site
  • Have built-in payment processing
  • Offer free credit card processing (including via Stripe)
  • Enable you to manage inventory, customers, and staff
  • Integrate with other software and apps
  • Manage tables, online ordering, and QR code menus for restaurants
  • Monitor orders until completion with notes added for each order
  • Have loyalty programs, cash discount programs
  • Give reports updated in real time
  • Work on PCs, Mac, iOS, Android devices and the Poynt terminal

Pricing

  • Essential plan: Free
  • Omnichannel plan: $29.99 billed yearly, $39.99 if paid monthly

✓ Pros

X Cons

  • Free plans

  • User-friendly

  • Affordable

  • Split and partial payments

  • 30-day money-back guarantee

  • Basic reporting

  • No refunds

  • Limited support

3. Lightspeed POS

Lightspeed POS is a go-to solution for well-established omnichannel businesses in retail, restaurants, cafes, bars, golf courses, and clubhouses. This POS system provides excellent features like advanced inventory management and omnichannel loyalty programs. Though Lightspeed POS has no free plan, it’s worth looking at some of its outstanding features.

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Lightspeed POS system for retail

Highlight features

  • Manage inventory across multiple locations
  • Have built-in payment processing — Lightspeed Payment
  • Integrate with various 3rd-party apps in many categories (accounting, customer service, etc.) and Stripe payment processor
  • Manage customer and sales data from all channels and locations
  • Sell your products on multiple sales channels like social media, marketplaces, websites, etc.
  • Generate customizable reports with real-time updates
  • Provide industry-specific features like online ordering, QR code ordering, etc.
  • Come with a wide range of hardware like Bluetooth scanners and receipt printers
  • Offer omnichannel loyalty programs to appreciate customers both online and in-store

Pricing

Retail Lightspeed POS:

  • Lean: $119/ month when paying annually
  • Standard: $169/ month when paying annually
  • Advanced: $249/ month when paying annually
  • Enterprise: Custom pricing

They charge 2.6% + 10¢ as processing fees for each transaction. This fee changes for the Advanced plan.
Lightspeed also provides custom quotes depending on your business needs and requirements. Please note that the above pricing is for retail POS. If you buy their restaurant POS systems, pricing will be different.

✓ Pros

X Cons

  • iOS app version available

  • 24/7 support

  • Contactless payments

  • One register included in each plan

  • A wide range of Lightspeed apps for expanding functionality

  • Offer 14-day free trial

  • Higher rates if using a 3rd-party payment processor

  • High recurring costs

  • Long-term contract required with high termination fees for cancellation

  • No free plans

4. SumUp POS

If you’re just starting your brick-and-mortar store and looking for an affordable yet effective POS system, then SumUp POS should be your priority. It brings to you essential features to run your business smoothly, from inventory management to built-in payment processing with dedicated support. In case you want to use another payment processor, the SumUp POS system can integrate seamlessly with Stripe.

sumup-pos

SumUp POS system for small businesses

Highlight features

  • Accept all types of payment methods, including mobile payments
  • Keep track of reservations, orders, and deliveries
  • Streamline workflow between the kitchen and the front-of-house teams
  • Enable you to customize your POS by choosing addons and hardware
  • Provide real-time reports on sales, customers, inventory, and staff
  • Integrate with other software and apps to improve functionality
  • Offer SumUp hardware suitable for newly-founded business

Pricing

  • Lite:
    • £0 monthly cost
    • £429 for one-time hardware cost
    • 1.69% standard card transaction fee, custom rates from £100,000 card turnover per year
  • Pro:
    • £49 per month
    • Hardware cost and card transaction fees depending on your plan
  • Enterprise:
    • £69 per month
    • Hardware cost and card transaction fees depending on your plan

✓ Pros

X Cons

  • Low starting prices

  • Easy to use

  • Mobile POS system available

  • Telephone and email support

  • No long-term contracts

  • 30-day money-back guarantee

  • Limited options for hardware: only work on iPad tablet

  • Virtual terminal required

5. Odoo POS

Odoo POS is an open source POS solution best suited for small and medium business owners who wish to flexibly customize the POS to meet their needs. It comes with certain features that every business needs and proves itself a good fit especially for businesses with complex warehouse operations. If you have some technical know-how, Odoo POS is worth a try.

odoo-pos-integrate-with-stripe

Odoo POS system for small and medium businesses

Highlight features

  • Automate stock replenishment
  • Provide loyalty programs (points, gifts, discounts)
  • Monitor customers’ purchasing habits for marketing purposes
  • Track stock moves with double-entry inventory system
  • Support many payment providers, including Stripe
  • Run without internet connection
  • Integrate with a wide range of Odoo apps (Odoo Inventory, Odoo eCommerce, etc.)
  • Be compatible with most commercial hardware

Pricing

Odoo pricing varies based on the number of apps you’ll use.

  • One App plan: Free
  • Standard plan: $8.95 per user per month paid yearly, $11.20 paid monthly
  • Custom plan: $13.60 per user per month paid yearly, $17.00 paid monthly

If you pay for standard or custom plans, all Odoo apps will be available.

✓ Pros

X Cons

  • User-friendly

  • Tip management

  • Split payments

  • Customized receipts

  • Discounts, prices, and weights embedded in barcodes

  • Technical knowledge required for customization

  • Limited support

  • Difficult to customize

6. Clover POS

Clover POS should be your pick if you’re operating a larger retail business since it offers reasonable processing fees for high sales volumes. The POS also comes loaded with many important features, hardware, and app options to satisfy the requirements of different industries and business types. As a result, professional service providers or restaurateurs can also take this POS into consideration. Thanks to its versatility, Clover POS app and Stripe integration requires no hard work.

clover retail pos

Clover POS system for larger retailers

Highlight features

  • Track sales, employee performance, and inventory in real time
  • Offer many features for managing a restaurant’s workflow like table mapping, online ordering
  • Produce live detailed reports on total sales and sales per employee
  • Reward customers with loyalty programs and communicate with them via email, text, etc.
  • Provide various hardware and software features to meet diverse business requirements
  • Integrate easily with 3rd-party apps and services like QuickBooks, Yelp, so it’s also easy to integrate Stripe with QuickBooks.
  • Accept popular payment methods like cash, credit and debit cards, and EBT cards

Pricing

Clover POS system charges different costs for each industry, including monthly fees and transaction fees. It offers 3 plans for each category: Starter, Standard, and Advanced. We’ll show you their pricing for retail point of sale in the following.

Starter

Standard

Advanced

License fee

$799 + $14.95/month

$1,799 + $49.95/month

$2,398 + $64.90/month

Card-present transactions

2.6% + 10¢

  2.3% + 10¢

2.3% + 10¢

Keyed‑in transactions

  3.5% + 10¢

  3.5% + 10¢

  3.5% + 10¢

✓ Pros

X Cons

  • Easy to use

  • Features-packed

  • 24/7 support via emails and phones

  • Contactless payments

  • Clover’s app market 

  • Virtual terminal

  • Clover POS software is only compatible with Cloud hardware. It means, if you switch to another POS software provider, you can no longer use their hardware.

  • Expensive hardware

  • No free plans

7. Shopify POS

Shopify POS is hands down the first choice for omnichannel retailers who are selling their products on Shopify eCommerce platform. With numerous features, the POS system helps deliver a one-of-a-kind shopping experience for customers whether they make an online or offline purchase. Shopify POS system integrated with Stripe provides a more seamless shopping experience for both online and in-store customers.

shopify-pos

Shopify POS system for Shopify merchants

Highlight features

  • Integrate seamlessly with Shopify online store platform
  • Manage sales, customer, and inventory data in one place
  • Sync inventory across multiple channels and locations
  • Assign roles to employees and track staff performance
  • Sell your products on multiple sales channels, from in-store to digital marketplaces
  • Manage local pickup and delivery orders
  • Allow buying online, exchanging, and returning at any store or location
  • Can integrate with other apps to expand functionality
  • Provide marketing tools like email marketing, social media marketing

Pricing

Shopify POS prices change subject to whether you want to sell in person only or sell both online and offline.

  • Sell in person:
    • Starter plan: $5 per month for 1 admin account and 1 POS login
    • Retail: $89 per month for 2 admin accounts
  • Sell everywhere:
    • Basic plan: $25 per month for 2 admin accounts + $89/ month for each POS Pro location
    • Shopify plan: $65 per month for 5 admin accounts + $89/ month for each POS Pro location
    • Advanced plan: $399 per month for 15 admin accounts + $89/ month for each POS Pro location

✓ Pros

X Cons

  • Product QR codes

  • Partial payments

  • Detailed reporting

  • No free plans

  • Only 3-day trial

  • Limited customizability

How to choose a Stripe POS system for your business?

magestore pos screen - web pos system

Before investing in a POS system integrated with Stripe, it’s worth considering some key factors below.

Your business needs: It’s a good idea to take your target customers, business models, and future development plans into consideration. Understanding who your customers are, what kind of payment methods they like, and how Stripe POS integration can help boost your business is critical.

Integration: The chosen POS system should integrate well with your existing apps and software or with the ones you might add. The POS had better speak to the Stripe payment processor as well as other apps and software.

POS software: Depending on the type and the size of the business you’re running, there are certain features that you’ll want to have in your POS system. Make sure that the software is compatible with Stripe too.
Most common desired features include:

  • Sales management
  • Order management
  • Inventory management
  • Reporting and analytics
  • Marketing activities
  • Customer loyalty programs

POS hardware: Hardware might cost a bundle, so consider carefully what type of hardware your business needs. Some popular hardware includes POS readers, barcode scanners, receipt printers, cash drawers, and POS machines. It’s also useful to check whether Stripe credit card processing equipment is compatible with the POS software.

Costs: You should balance between what you want, what your business needs, and what you can afford. Most POS systems now work well with Stripe, so there’s no need to bear a high cost for a Stripe POS. For cost-efficiency, you should go with a scalable and tailor-made POS as it allows you to easily add more features to fit your requirements when your business expands.

Ease of use: POS systems should help your business run smoothly rather than causing more headaches for your staff. Make sure to acquire an easy-to-use Stripe POS system so that your staff can easily onboard.

>> Keep reading this guide on POS system cost to choose the best POS for your business.

Stripe Terminal or POS with Stripe integration?

stripe terminal

Wondering which one is better for you, Stripe Terminal or POS systems integrate with Stripe?
Well, the answer depends on the type of business you’re running.

Stripe Terminal allows eCommerce businesses to accept in-person payment methods, integrating Stripe payments into their current checkout process. To put it another way, Stripe Terminal enables you to make the best use of Stripe payment processing to provide your customers with a unified online and offline payment experience.
As a result, Stripe Terminal is a good option if you’re an online-first retailer wishing to expand some brick-and-mortar stores which doesn’t require many software integrations. Though Stripe Terminal is flexible and completely customizable, you’ll need some developer skills and knowledge to customize and integrate the Terminal with your existing POS apps. You can use platform-specific software development kits or server-driven integration. There are also no-code options available.

Since the key feature of Stripe Terminal is to facilitate online payment, it may not be a go-to solution if you don’t have an online store or don’t accept online payments. A simple and out-of-the-box POS system integrated with Stripe would be a better fit. In case you need an omnichannel POS with more functions for your business, like syncing data across channels or tracking delivery and staff performance, it’s better to find a ready-to-use POS that can easily integrate with Stripe. Currently, there’s no difficulty finding a POS that supports Stripe payments, of which a popular name is Magestore POS.

Conclusion

POS systems integrated with Stripe vary considerably in prices and features, so it’s worth putting thought into which POS to choose. First, make sure the chosen POS matches your business needs. Then, you should check whether the POS software integrates smoothly with your existing software like Stripe. Remember to allocate your budgets carefully to avoid overpaying for what you don’t need.

Choosing the right POS for Stripe helps your business to process customers’ payments smoothly, thus saving time, boosting operation efficiency, and increasing sales. Whatever type of business you’re running, there’s always a proper choice for a POS system. Make sure to pick the right one.

If you have any other questions related to this topic, please don’t hesitate to contact us so that we can discuss them together!

FAQs

1. Can Stripe be used as a POS?

No, Stripe can’t be used as a complete POS because it lacks important features to streamline your daily operations, such as create and checkout orders, keep track inventory, employees, and sync business data, etc. However, you can integrate Stripe with a Stripe point of sale like 7 POS names we’ve suggested. If you’re acquainted with some more advanced developer tools, you can customize Stripe Terminal to your needs.

2. How to integrate Stripe terminals with existing POS solutions?

There are 2 main ways to integrate Stripe Terminal with existing POS solutions: software development kits or server-driven integration. You can integrate the Terminal with your current POS by using platform-specific SDKs for iOS, Android, or JavaScript or server-driven integration (U.S. only).

3. Does Stripe integrate with QuickBooks online?

Yes, Stripe can integrate seamlessly with QuickBooks. Make sure the POS system you’re using works well with both Stripe and QuickBooks. Magestore POS is one of the best POS systems for QuickBooks integration and it can connect smoothly with both QuickBooks and Stripe.

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Katie is a seasoned content editor at Magestore with over 4 years of experiences in researching retail industry and producing retail-related content. She has been staying ahead of the curve to craft engaging and informative content that enables retailers understand basic retail terms and market trends, and empower them with actionable strategies to boost sales.

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