4 Alternatives to Square: A Small Business Guide

Before we begin we’d like to remind you that ANY system can experience an outage or glitch at ANY point in time.

But if you were already considering jumping the Square Ship before the worldwide outage, it might be time to dive into a new software system for your business.

Alternatives to Square: A Small Business' Guide

Square originally began as a Point of Sale (POS) System designed specifically for small businesses. During the Global Pandemic Square extended its offerings by integrating Weebly for a cheap web design experience and integrated CashApp for Customer Loyalty Programs.

Businesses ranging from Restaurants to Retail Shops, to Beauty Industry Professionals all have taken advantage of Square's all-in-one platform and low pricing.

But what alternatives to Square exist and which is best for your business?

Restaurant Industry: Consider Toast. Toast is designed specifically for restaurant and food-based businesses. Toast also includes customer loyalty programs, text receipts, tap to pay options.

Retail Shops: Consider Shopify. Anything Square can do, Shopify can do better 😉. Although the monthly costs of a website through Shopify is slightly higher than Square’s friend Weebly, Shopify is designed for Retail Stores with a robust Web Design Platform and Automation Tools you will never find on Square/Weebly. Just ask Mr. Beast, Kylie Jenner, and the many other major corporations that trust their brands with Shopify. Shopify also offers a Point of Sale System for brick-and-mortar stores - at a price comparable to Square.

Beauty Industry: If all you need is appointment booking services for your business - you can use Google Appointments on your Google My Business Profile!
If you’re looking for an easy-to-use, beautiful, customizable, and higher SEO ranking website - we’re going to recommend Squarespace.

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