--- title: "Clover Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice" description: "Reviews of Clover. Learn how real users rate this software's ease-of-use, functionality, overall quality and customer support. Talk to our advisors to see if Clover is a good fit for you!" source_url: "https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/clover-profile/reviews/" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 1 million+ businesses helped. Get advice Get Free Advice [Home](https://www.softwareadvice.com/) / [Payment Processing Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com/online-payment/) / [Clover](https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/clover-profile/) / Clover Reviews Software Advice offers objective insights based on verified user reviews and independent product and market research. When our advisors match you to a software provider, we may earn a referral fee. [Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/clover-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/retail/clover-profile/alternatives/) # Clover User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 3.8/5 - Total reviews: 617 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.0/5 - Customer support: 3.3/5 - Value for money: 3.4/5 - Functionality: 3.8/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 300 reviews (49%) - 4 stars: 130 reviews (21%) - 3 stars: 56 reviews (9%) - 2 stars: 26 reviews (4%) - 1 star: 105 reviews (17%) ### Most mentioned pros - The fast checkout speeds and sleek hardware immediately elevate the professional feel of the business. While managing the additional monthly costs for add-on apps can take some getting used to, the convenience and ease of staff training, and operational reliability make it a very worthwhile investment for smooth daily workflows. - The reporting tools and available integrations are useful for businesses that want more than just basic payment processing. While the fees and additional costs can be a drawback, overall Clover provides a solid solution for businesses needing an easy-to-use POS system. - After dealing with terminals that would shut down or restart randomly or glitch and end up charging a client multiple times, Clover has been a huge, HUGE change for the better. ### Most mentioned cons - We understand that contracts have terms and conditions, but we never expected that realizing within days that the system wasn’t compatible with our business would turn into an $8,000 obligation and such a difficult process to resolve. - Meanwhile, we are being told that we could be responsible for rental payments for the next four years, potentially costing us around $8,000 for a system we don’t want, don’t need, and cannot use for our business. - Cannot get customer service to help cancelling my Clover service fee even iI stopped using it 3 years ago and they put me on hold I was still charged monthly fee me Chat helper gives another phone number when you want to cancel, They cannot cancel (they still charge you )and cancellation attempts leads you to call center that wants to update your banking info so they can give you 100 $. ## Clover customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 617 (page 1). ### clover app - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alexandra R. - Industry: Accounting - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · monthly - Reviewed: October 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. my overall experience using clover has been wonderful. Its super easy to download and create and account #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The thing I like the most about the application covert is that businesses can add their reward systems on there #### Cons There's nothing not to like about clover the app. so im going to have to say its all great thing for clover --- ### Clover for salon - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Retail - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: October 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Good . Really no complaints at all. Woikd recommend for other salons and retailers. No complaints . . #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use. Easy to teach other employees. Easy for clients. Easy for clients to read and use touch screen. #### Cons Needed a mobile version . Needed need to be able to use for outdoor functions and events . Would be easy --- ### Clover, commerce Synce and Quickbooks don't play well together - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: October 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Clover uses Commerce Sync reconcile transactions for bookkeeping purposes into Quickbooks. Both Clover and Commerce Sync, carry monthly fees on top of renting or buying equipment, which is fine. The bookkeeping process to take credit card transactions from Clover to reconcile Quickbooks is painstakingly long with many steps. This was time intensive and not efficient for what it is. Other credit card processing systems have half the steps. This did not work for my small business. The device itself was modern, fast and user friendly, which was too bad that it didn't work out on the back end. I was outside of 30 days dissatisfaction window (less than 45 days), so I got whacked with a $750 early termination. So, the fee, plus $850 to buy terminal, plus $112/mo for Clover, $31/mo for Commerce Sync.....THIS WAS A HUGE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY!!! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Modern terminal, user friendly. Customer service was helpful but had to go back and from Fiserv and Commerce sync. #### Cons Back-end processes are a nightmare for small business. Time intensive process to match credit card transaction in bookkeeping software. --- ### Clover is highly recommended for your buiness needs - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: October 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Clover is a robust and versatile POS system suitable for restaurants, retail, and service-based businesses. It has comprehensive features, a variety of hardware and cloud based access. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It's easy to setup, has an intuitive interface, and reliable payment processing. I like the system’s flexibility in handling multiple payment types and the ability to customize orders and manage our inventory efficiently. #### Cons I have noticed some issues with customer service, when needing to resolve complex problems and sometimes delays in support. Hardware and software costs, along with transaction fees, can be a bit high. --- ### Clover is all you need - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Retail - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: October 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall the use and experience has been above par. Bugs and issues are tested and resolved ahead of the curve. It is a very robust and reliable solution. The hardware including screens and devices provided are easy to use and I have experienced almost no downtime whatsoever. I am extremely satisfied. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros As a value add for our retail and Sales operations, Clover takes some beating. It is easy to use and the payment processing is seamless. As far as any other competitors go Clover is leaps and bounds beyond it's counterparts. #### Cons I have not experienced many negatives in using Clover. If an issue is raised the customer support is efficient and proactive. It's a top solution for any retail concern. --- ### Worth The Money - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Casey B. - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: October 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Overall we had a positive experience with Clover. It is a very cost effective system for processing clients payments. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Clover is a pretty simple system to use for processing payments! Very user friendlt as well! I would recommend to anyone! #### Cons There was nothing I really disliked about Clover. It was simple to set up and easy to use as far as processing. --- ### Bonne plateforme mais facilité de contact du support a ameliorer - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: September 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros La plateforme web qui permet l'acces à des rapports détaillés avec une interface userfriendly. Cela facilite grandement le travail de recherche en cas de débalancement #### Cons la maniere de contacter leurs services si on a des questions : en effet juste un endroit ou inscrire son numero de téléphone + la langue de correspondance. C'est eux qui rappelle, mais il faut decrocher en disant un terme paticulier. Nous avons une réception et un seul numero de telephone autant dire que c'est impossible pour nous. Nous sommes obligé de passer par nos cellulaire personnel lorsque nous avons besoin d'assistance --- ### Don’t sign anything until you read the fine print - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Consumer Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: September 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I would not recommend Clover POS We signed up for Clover POS through our business, but within just a few days we realized that the system was not going to work for our business. We immediately tried to return the equipment, thinking this would be a simple issue to resolve. Unfortunately, it has been anything but simple. The salesperson who originally sold us the system, [sensitive content hidden] , is no longer with the company. Since then, my husband has contacted customer service several times trying to find out where and how to return the device, but we have not been given a clear answer or any meaningful help. Meanwhile, we are being told that we could be responsible for rental payments for the next four years, potentially costing us around $8,000 for a system we don’t want, don’t need, and cannot use for our business. We have tried repeatedly to resolve this directly with Clover, and after getting nowhere, my husband has contacted the Better Business Bureau and is working with them to try to find a resolution. This has been an extremely frustrating experience, especially as a small business. We understand that contracts have terms and conditions, but we never expected that realizing within days that the system wasn’t compatible with our business would turn into an $8,000 obligation and such a difficult process to resolve. I would not recommend signing up with Clover POS. If you’re considering it, read the contract extremely carefully and make sure you fully understand the cancellation, equipment rental, and long-term fee obligations before you sign anything. We definitely wish we had. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I thought it was going to be cheaper, it isn’t. On the surface it looks like a great system to use and a good deal, but sadly it’s not. #### Cons Hidden fees and bad customer service. The salesman the sold us the system, quit. Customer service just keeps demanding money from a system I can’t use. --- ### Simple and quick for everyday payments - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Oil & Energy - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - Reviewed: August 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have used Clover as a customer at restaurants, cafés, ice cream shops, and other businesses. Paying by card or contactless payment has generally been quick and straightforward. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Clover makes paying at restaurants and smaller shops quick and convenient. The touchscreen is easy to follow, contactless payments work well, and the entire checkout process usually takes very little time. #### Cons The checkout experience can vary between businesses depending on how the payment screen is configured. In some places, there can also be several prompts to go through before completing the payment. --- ### Powerfully simple POS, but mind the subscription stack" - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Information Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: August 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with Clover has been solid,ⁿ It acts as an reliable, all-in-one central hub for taking payments and keeping daily sales organized. The fast checkout speeds and sleek hardware immediately elevate the professional feel of the business. ​While managing the additional monthly costs for add-on apps can take some getting used to, the convenience and ease of staff training, and operational reliability make it a very worthwhile investment for smooth daily workflows. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The ability to customize the system using the Clover App Market allows you to add specific functionality (like specialized loyalty programs or advanced inventory tracking) as your business grows. #### Cons While the App Market is versatile, many essential add-ons require monthly paid subscriptions that can quickly bump up your overall recurring costs --- ### Gets the job done but can be susceptible to crashing. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Apparel & Fashion - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: July 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Quick and efficient and accepts contactless payment (Apple Pay/Android Pay). Can be customizable to display promotions and whatnot. #### Cons I've had it crash on me a few times over the course of a few months. Not a major inconvenience but to reboot you must be on the customer side which can delay a transaction majorly. --- ### Lucky As A 4 Leaf Clover - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Veterinary - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. After dealing with terminals that would shut down or restart randomly or glitch and end up charging a client multiple times, Clover has been a huge, HUGE change for the better. Customer service has always been quick to help and they are always positive and pleasant to speak with. Clients comment all the time how quick and hassle less check out is and our older clients love how visible the screens are. I will always highly recommend using Clover. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros There are so many things that I love about Clover, from the ease of use, the simple and quick payment processing with card payments, the instant and ready to help customer support and just over all financial management. #### Cons So far, there has been nothing about Clover that I do not like. I have used several other credit card terminals and online platforms that are subpar compared to Clover. --- ### Excellent POS company!! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Restaurants - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: October 2016 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. My partners and I decided on Brilliant POS after extensive research and are very happy with our decision. Having been in the restaurant industry for many years we were looking for a fresh new look that still had all the features as the old traditional POS systems. We found that with Brilliant POS and their Clover system was the perfect fit for our full service restaurant/bar and at a great price point. Simple for employees to learn and use software, great reporting to keep us aware of how the business is operating on a financial level as well as controlling our inventory and ordering onsite or from anywhere since Clover is cloud based, but still works if the internet goes out. Our Brilliant POS sales reps was knowledgeable and quick to respond before we decided to go with them and after the fact for setup process, installation, and training. 24/7 support answers quickly and I can send a request for a technician to call direct from the POS station and they always call right away. Brilliant POS made the process easy and helped us tackle hurdles along the way. There were a few hiccups, but they made it seem easier. Highly recommended. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 --- ### Need to get with the now. - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Restaurants - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · monthly - Reviewed: June 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Used to be 4/5, now it's dropped. Still overall an OK system, but there a better ones. Wouldn't recommend. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 2/5 #### Pros I think it's taken a hit. It's not keeping up with new things we need. It needs to have all the new abilities. #### Cons I need to ability to charge a CC surcharge, and it doesn't have it, and it doesn't appear likely they are going to add it son --- ### Don't buy ! This system is rubbish - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: April 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 1/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 1/5 #### Pros Don't like anything. I have beauty clinic and this system is no for me! I ask clover to change my device to another one but it/s no chance. A terrible system which I have to have for 3 years. Payment is very big as well for this. My business needs lots txt to be sent to the client- no possible. They are only one app for Beauty which cost a lot per/month- no helpful at all. It's no customer service right to this kind of device. #### Cons Nothing! Maybe only colour of this device is nice - white. Can't go wrong. Easy to take card payment as well. --- ### Easy to set up. Easy to use. Quick to get going from box to the sales floor. - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Product usage: 3-5 years · daily - Reviewed: March 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The system is scalable depending on business size. You don't need to be a large business to use this system. You are able to add additional features later on as your business grows. #### Cons Most of the features work with the food industry. Would like to see more additional items and templates for retail stores. --- ### Love my Clover mini - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: S M. - Industry: Health, Wellness and Fitness - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: December 2016 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Clover mini has taken our small business to the next level for ease of use, functionality, and performance. Customers love how quick check out is. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ease of use and the number of apps available. Stylish compact unit. #### Cons No stylus for signing. Finger signing makes it a little tricky for older customers --- ### Embarrassing customer service - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Food Production - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 3-5 years · weekly - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered As long as everything is going well, things are going well. The second anything goes wrong you can’t rely on customer service. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros For the most part, the system works well for us. Clover was not able to do everything it promised us it would, but we have adjusted our practices to continue. #### Cons A duplicate charge caused by clover system during a service outage cannot be refunded—by me or by their support team. After spending a long time in chat, being told repeatedly the issue was resolved (it wasn’t), I was ultimately told nothing could be done. Meanwhile, my customer is double charged. This is unacceptable for a payment processor in 2026. Please provide a real solution other than mailing a check that’s embarrassing --- ### I started my business with this software and I'm still using it faithfully. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: October 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I knew nothing about setting up and using a point of sale system when i opened my business. Now i couldn't function without it. If any question arises customer support is always there to help answer it. They've helped me set up and operate the entire system. They're awesome! #### Cons what I would have to say that I like least is how many different ways you can go about achieving one end goal --- ### Clover stole my money - Overall rating: 1/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Hospital & Health Care - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: April 2026 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My overall experience with this company is not good. They have been unhelpful very spiteful and no communication at all. Most of them can’t even speak English. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 2/5 - Value for money: 1/5 - Customer support: 1/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Still as not been out come Only thing I liked about the machine it was quick I don’t know what else to say about this company very unhappy with them #### Cons I have still not seen a deposit yet and they have lost my money. This is not acceptable very unhappy with this company. --- ### I used the clover flex for my business and i really love it, it's very easy to use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Product usage: less than 1 year · weekly - Reviewed: May 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love how my cloverflex is portable has everything i need in one. It connects to Wi-Fi or hotspot, takes payments when its offline, it also has apps, camera, and prints receipts. i love that payments are there the next day because its connected to my business bank account. I received the clover flex through my bank #### Cons You really have to be careful and make sure you put the clover flex properly aligned on the charging station or it won't charge, and do wish they can add some type of menu for your services and products because so far what i have seen is that you enter the total amount for the sales transaction but you have to use a separate software maybe computer or phone for invoice or itemized receipt. --- ### Great Product - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Retail - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: November 2016 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review. We use Clover from Brilliant POS for our Liquor Store and couldn't be happier. It's was inexpensive, it's fast, great looking, and can be scales up or down in features depending on our needs. We started with the basics then added in more advanced inventory and vendor features. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Price, looks, speed #### Cons The basic reports are pretty basic, but you can add advanced reports --- ### WE LOVE OUR CLOVER - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Medical Practice - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: less than 1 year · daily - Reviewed: June 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros CLOVER IS AMAZING IN OUR BUSY CLINIC. CLOVER MAKES IT EASY AND FAST TO COLLECT OUR PAYMENTS. I LOVE HOW EASY EVERYTHING HAS BEEN FROM SETTING IT UP, TO OUR DAILY USE OF IT. WE ESPECIALLY LOVE THE TEXT RECEIPT OPTION. --- ### Next best thing since sliced bread!!!! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Reviewed: January 2017 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Invested in 2 clover systems to process tickets sales at the football games when the tickets sales windows were overrun with customers. I truly love the ease of use and the portability of the machines. The end of day reports is very detailed and precise, making the recording of these sales easy and traceable. Wish I had started using this system years ago. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The ease of use and the quickness of the transaction is amazing. Glad we got this system. #### Cons The software is amazing, however, the hand held terminals barely lasted a year before we started having battery issues. --- ### For Mobile Users - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Industry: Restaurants - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: 1-3 years · daily - Reviewed: April 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Have had no issues with Clover. Been a user for 2 years. If your a mobile user there is nothing better. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The Clover Flex handheld is the best! We use clover because they have the built in technology for cellular signal into there device. Other competitors do not. Works great for mobile users. #### Cons Dashboard and menu items could be more fluid. Statements on the backend can be a little difficult to follow. ---