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AmberPOS 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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  • Overview
  • Pricing and Plans
  • Features
  • User Reviews

Overview

AmberPOS
AmberPOS
4.1
(51)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About AmberPOS

Pacific Amber’s AmberPOS offers a point of sale software solutions to a variety of retail specialties, ranging from small to midsized, in the United States and Canada.

In addition to point of sale functionality, AmberPOS includes customer relationship management (CRM) and inventory management. The advanced customer management feature allows retailers to track personal details of their customers and analyze the purchase trends. The full reporting capabilities in AmberPOS allows users to analyze and interpret their daily sales numbers.

Along with the CRM functionality, AmberPOS is coupled with a vendor management system that provides communication between retailers and their suppliers. AmberPOS also offers an optional e-commerce add-on module that allows the software to integrate with big e-commerce shopping cart.

AmberPOS is a windows-based, on-premise point of sale system that runs on Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows Server 2008/2013. Pacific Amber offers 24/7 support and training for its product.

AmberPOS Screenshots

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AmberPOS Pricing and Plans

Starting price: CA$999.00
Free Trial
Free Version

Basic

CA$999.00

No plan information available

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    AmberPOS Features

    • Popular features found in Point of Sale
      Accounting Integration
      Barcode/Ticket Scanning
      Customer Accounts
      Discount Management
      eCommerce Management
      Electronic Payments
      Electronic Signature
      Gift Card Management
      Inventory Management
      Multi-Location
      Order Management
    • More features of AmberPOS
      Access Controls/Permissions
      Activity Dashboard
      Barcode Recognition
      Billing & Invoicing
      Cash Management
      Commission Management
      Credit Card Processing
      CRM
      Customer Database
      Customer History
      Customer Management
      Customizable Reports
      Data Import/Export
      Data Synchronization
      Email Marketing
      Employee Management
      For Retail
      Inventory Optimization
      Inventory Replenishment
      Inventory Tracking
      Invoice Management
      Layaway Management
      Loyalty Program
      Mail Order
      Merchandise Management
      Multi-Currency
      Offline Access
      Ordering Automation
      Payment Processing
      Point of Sale (POS)
      Price/Margin Management
      Pricing Management
      Product Catalog
      Promotions Management
      Purchase Order Management
      Real-Time Analytics
      Real-Time Data
      Real-Time Reporting
      Real-Time Updates
      Receipt Management
      Reporting/Analytics
      Reporting & Statistics
      Retail Inventory Management
      Retail Management
      Retail POS
      Returns Management
      Returns Tracking
      Sales Order Management
      Sales Reports
      Sales Tax Management
      Sales Trend Analysis
      Stock Management
      Third-Party Integrations
      Touch Screen
      Transaction History

    AmberPOS User Reviews

    Overall Rating

    4.1

    Ratings Breakdown

    5

    51%

    4

    31%

    3

    8%

    2

    2%

    1

    8%

    Secondary Ratings

    Ease of Use

    4.1

    Value for money

    4.1

    Customer support

    4.0

    Functionality

    4.2

    AF

    Alice F.

    Verified reviewer

    Retail

    2-10 employees

    Used daily for less than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed April 2019

    Point of Sale decision

    4

    I had too many unknown transactions - as in clients now everyone goes in the system - easier to find transactions if old payment type is not know.

    Ratings Breakdown

    3
    Ease of use
    Previously 4
    4
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    4
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Fantastic customer service. Has lots of features for the expense.
    Cons:
    Wish I could integrate this with a booking scheduler. I have a client database that we use to sent up courses and customer service. We have to manually transfer payment to that client database.

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    DS

    Daniel S.

    Used unspecified for unspecified

    Review source

    Reviewed February 2012

    5

    We are a small rapidly growing specialty garden store. We have used a few different POS systems since opening, about 6 years ago. All of the systems we worked with in the past had too many functionality issues for us to keep using their software for very long. Since switching to Amber POS almost 2 years ago, our system has become much more streamlined and much easier to use. We have a warehouse that we use for excess product and bulky item storage. Amber POS can accurately track ALL of our inventory in both locations. When we expand to more store locations, we can add an infinite number of additional stores, using all the existing information. No need to retype anything in! All business information is now kept in one place. It's very easy to find any information needed from product information, vendor information, customer information, to all sales history & reports. The staff at Pacific Amber has been a blessing for our business. They are always ready to help with any issues that may come up. They usually answer the phone on the first call, but if I have to leave a message, I get called back quickly. Try that with Quick books and see how you feel endlessly waiting for help that doesn’t come. We had some issues setting up our old accounting program on new computers we bought. The staff at Pacific Amber even helped us install software from another company! I'm not saying that they are supposed to or expected to, but service like that is one of the many reasons that I am extremely happy with their software and support. They care and it shows. They also got our new website up and running! They advised us which shopping cart software to use, and then integrated it to the Point Of Sale. Now we can upload, update, edit, add and remove products from our online store right from the POS window! When we sell an item online, the transaction can be downloaded into the POS without having to retype any information! I'm sure you can see how much time this can save! We can even sell on eBay though our website and not have to retype in ANY information; it all gets downloaded correctly right into the POS. All in all, this is a great system and I am very happy with it and the staff at Pacific Amber Technologies. I would highly recommend it to anyone who needs a solid POS system, from a single store with a small inventory, up to large retail companies with dozens of stores and thousands of products. This software can handle whatever you need it too.

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality

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    KM

    Kevin M.

    Wine and Spirits

    11-50 employees

    Used unspecified for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed October 2017

    Support of AmberPOS support

    4

    Previously 5

    For a stand alone POS solution, this is the one to choose.

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    Previously 5
    4
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    4
    Functionality
    Previously 5
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    Pros:
    AmberPOS has been our retail software supplier for over 15 years. We have had great support and solutions that fit our needs. Their improvements to the POS program has helped Marquis Wine Cellars get to the next stage of growth. Support is timely and knowledgeable. Lots of reporting capabilities and the program has been very stable over all these years.
    Cons:
    This could integrate easier with accounting software.

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    JP

    Justin P.

    Used unspecified for unspecified

    Review source

    Reviewed November 2011

    5

    I run a small business shoe store. The store has been in business for 33 years and coming into 2011 had never had any type of POS/inventory management. I came to SoftwareAdvice.com looking for assistance in locating the perfect retail software for a business that had previously never had as much as a computer. After a couple of months, I was able to narrow my search to Pacific Amber Technologies and their AmberPOS software. Despite being based out of Vancouver and having a 3-hour time difference to me on the east coast, Pacific Amber's customer service was top notch. Since they are a smaller business themselves, they seemed to understand the constraints of time and money and really worked to make sure I was getting everything I needed without spending more than I had to. In the early stages of getting all of the hardware, if they didn't have a product that I needed for a price that worked, they would direct me towards where online I could find it while maximizing my dollars. They assisted me every step of the way, from installation of software, to setup of any hardware, to getting my inventory tracking up and running. When it came time to set up my online store, AmberPOS was once again a huge help. The integration with my physical inventory and my online inventory was synced without much hang-up. As a business that hadn't used any type of inventory tracking previously, or anything digital at all, AmberPOS was relativity simple to teach to my sales staff and owner, all of who had very little computer experience. Most caught on very easily, and I definitely think that AmberPOS's layout and graphics not only make it a nice system to look at everyday, but much more inviting to someone who wouldn't be as comfortable with a system that functioned the same but looked like a spreadsheet. Over the past six months that we have had AmberPOS up and running fully in our store, any time we needed assistance we never had much issue getting in touch with their support team. Usually we could get the issue resolved within 24 hours, and they always checked back in to make sure everything was running smoothly. I cannot recommend Pacific Amber and their AmberPOS software more for a company of any size. The only reason I gave Functionality a 4-star rating is there are still a few minor issues, but whenever those are brought to their attention they are pretty quick to listen and update the software. I'll be sure to use AmberPOS for years to come!

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Customer support
    4
    Functionality

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    PW

    Penny W.

    Retail

    2-10 employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed December 2017

    Endless flexibility and functionality. Great service.

    5

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    I love that the system is easy to customize and flexible. The Amber staff is always available and willing to help, and have helped me craft the system to work exactly how we need it to work for the unique needs my retail store has. They are able to remote into our computer and help us create new features or troubleshoot problems in real time.
    Cons:
    I would normally call it a con that I have to sometimes leave a voicemail, but honestly, it's faster than going through 20 different prompts before I can reach a live person. When I do leave a message they call back right away. There are no voice prompts. It's either a live person straight away or a quick call back. And the support staff is a small team, so you can easily speak to the same person every time you call, and they know our account when we call, AND they know and understand their product, which is more than I can say for 90% of the technology vendors I normally have to deal with!

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    VR

    Verified
    Reviewer

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed April 2018

    Customer support is APPALLING!

    1

    Ratings Breakdown

    2
    Ease of use
    1
    Value for money
    1
    Customer support
    2
    Functionality
    Cons:
    Random errors. Their "fully integrated credit card processing" isn't. Sales process through credit card payments but not recorded in register. Customer service's reponse: "Just do a physical inventory of your 15,000 items to determine what sold." Half of the month of sales and receiving history disappeared randomly for no known reason. They don't care.

    Vendor Response

    This review was mistakenly left for the wrong POS company. This is not our customer. They may have us mixed up with a Restaurant POS system with a similar name to ours. We don't sell restaurant POS systems. We sell a Retail POS system. This anonymous review is either fake or left for the wrong POS company. It claims our system doesn't store transactions in the POS database. That is simply not true. We have thousands of customers, some with transactions going back 10+ years. They must be mistaking our system for a different software. We tried to get Capterra to correct this mistaken and misleading review but they refused even though this was not left by one of our actual customers.

    Replied June 2018

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    WG

    Wayne G.

    Retail

    Used unspecified for unspecified

    Review source

    Reviewed October 2014

    A robust POS for small businesses

    3

    Ratings Breakdown

    2
    Ease of use
    4
    Customer support
    3
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    They are responsive to requests for assistance. The software has many advanced features. The value is good. The built-in reporting is nice, with some caveats (see below).
    Cons:
    As a former software developer with 15 years of experience, there are a few issues I have. These might not bother everyone, though. First, the reporting system is nice, but you cannot alter the format or add/remove fields from the canned reports. This means I eventually had to build my own back end reporting system. The vast majority of people won't be able to do this, so be aware that if your main goal is robust reporting, this is a pretty major issue. Lack of keyboard shortcuts. If I change a SKU I cannot hit ctrl+S to save. I have to click the save button with the mouse. It's annoying. Unable to customize screen layouts. On the customer screen, for example, I cannot choose to display only the fields I use. This means there are a ton of fields I don't care about that I can't hide. This is the same for all the screens. The software has a lot of fields because of the advanced nature of its design. Even so, I don't need all of them, so being able to hide them would be wonderful. The label design system lacks a "snap to grid" system. Actually, it doesn't have a grid system at all. This makes designing a label unnecessarily difficult Custom queries cannot be altered later. If you setup a special price rule with a custom query and later wish to modify it, you must start over. Any attempt to change it will give you an error. This is annoying and leaves you open to risk that your new rule will miss logic you built into your old rule. It rounds down on sales taxes. If you sell any item that results in a sales tax value less than a penny, it won't charge sales tax. When you move thousands of dollars a year in these small transactions, this can lead to a substantial amount of sales tax you owe that the system never collected!

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    MD

    Matthew D.

    Verified reviewer

    Recreational Facilities and Services

    11-50 employees

    Used daily for less than 12 months

    Review source

    Reviewed August 2020

    Excellent POS option that does not break the wallet

    5

    From the start, the AmberPOS Team has walked us through setup to some minor issues we have had. The fact that they responded with expedience during a 4th of July weekend speaks volumes! The team support has truly been wonderful! Easy program that can be navigated by younger staff, and flexibility of sales ability work very well. Considering that we are a ticket booth, snack bar, and retail store, this program covers all bases for us!

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Scalability and user friendly features allow this to remain small but give the ability to increase as the business grows.
    Cons:
    Due to our location, internet is a little slow. Although this is not a cloud based POS, it still requires updates that can bog down our internet. This is NOT an issue with the software, it is an in-house issue.

    Reasons for choosing AmberPOS

    Less expensive, better fit for our location/store. We weren't being sold, we were just given information from the other POS providers. AmberPOS treated us with respect and paid attention to all of our concerns during purchasing.

    Reasons for switching to AmberPOS

    Newer program with better abilities to suit our needs

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    DA

    Daniel A.

    Museums and Institutions

    11-50 employees

    Used daily for more than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed December 2017

    Top Notch Service !

    5

    For anyone looking for a POS system, you cannot go wrong by choosing Amber.

    Ratings Breakdown

    5
    Ease of use
    5
    Value for money
    5
    Customer support
    5
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    Amber is easy to teach to my staff, remarkably easy to use on the administrative side and offers wonderful and personal support. It is an affordable system that I highly recommend to anyone looking to upgrade. From the people to the program, itself, I couldn't be happier and feel more confident that I made the right choice by choosing Amber.
    Cons:
    I operate four separate museum stores and maintain four separate inventories within Amber. My wish is that it could be made easy to toggle between inventories without having to log out of one and into another. I'd love to be able to just log in and be able to maneuver between inventories with a bit more ease. Trust me, I can be a whiner..........and if this is my only complaint........well, Amber is doing okay by me, then.

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    lm

    lisa m.

    Retail

    2-10 employees

    Used daily for less than 2 years

    Review source

    Reviewed November 2017

    Amber is an update from an old POS system and it now allows me to couple inventory with a web site

    4

    Would love to be able to have a convenient suggestion box to enter suggestions for improvement - and a newsletter emailed or on program to access letting us know what changes made and what changes you are working on to improve the program.

    Ratings Breakdown

    4
    Ease of use
    4
    Value for money
    4
    Customer support
    4
    Functionality
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    Pros:
    After a bit of a learning period since I was not used to working with spreadsheets, I found it easy to work with. After two years I am still finding out features that I find useful. Have also found tech support friendly and helpful. Integration with Big Commerce added additional challenges that Amber seems to be trying to deal with .
    Cons:
    Tech support feedback not 100%. Had sent a few questions that did not get answered. Would really like to have an emailed newsletter announcing what improvements and changes have been made to the program. Found out that I needed to log onto a special site that had that information after being with Amber for a few years. Although POS program seems non geek friendly this information is aimed at the techs.

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