Square for Retail 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Square for Retail

4.7

(492)

Pricing

Starting at $49.00 per month

About Square for Retail

Square for Retail is a cloud-based point of sale (POS) and retail solution for all retailers. Key features include inventory management, customer relationship management, reporting and employee management. The solution comes with built-in payment processing and integration with all Square hardware.

Square for Retail enables users to track, adjust or transfer inventory across all locations. The solution can give automatic alerts for low stock, so users know when to create and send purchase orders to vendors. Items can be searched by keyword or by scanning barcodes.

Square for Retail can automatically create customer profiles with every card transaction and track customer information and purchase history. It can also automatically sort customers into loyal, casual, lapsed or custom groups. Users can then add notes and preferences to customers’ profiles.

Square for Retail is available for purchase on a monthly subscription basis.

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Square for Retail Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $49.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Square Free

$0.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Tap, dip, or swipe processing fee: 2.6% + 15¢
Online processing fee: 3.3% + 30¢
Automatically create items and SKUs
Discounts and refunds
Sales reporting

Square Plus

$49.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Tap, dip, or swipe processing fee: 2.5% + 15¢
Online processing fee: 2.9% + 30¢
Inventory management and stock intake
Vendor and purchase order management
Cost of goods sold and inventory reporting

Square Premium

$149.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Tap, dip, or swipe processing fee: 2.4% + 15¢
Online processing fee: 2.9% + 30¢
Cross-location returns and fulfilment
Transfer orders
24/7 phone support

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Square for Retail 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 Square for Retail
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounting
ACH Payment Processing
Activity Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
Appointment Management
Backorder Management
Barcode Recognition
Barcoding/RFID
Billing & Invoicing
Catalog Management
Clock In/Out
Commission Management
Cost Tracking
Credit Card Processing
CRM
Customer Database
Customer History
Customization
Delivery Management
Email Marketing
Employee Management
For iPad Devices
For Liquor Stores
For Retail
Historical Reporting
Inventory Optimization
Inventory Replenishment
Inventory Tracking
Invoice Management
Item Management
Label Templates
Loyalty Program
Mail Order
Merchandise Management
Mobile Access
Multi-Channel Management
Order Entry
Order Fulfillment
Order Processing
Payment Processing
Point of Sale (POS)
Pricing Management
Product Identification
Purchase Order Management
Purchasing & Receiving
QuickBooks Integration
Real-Time Data
Real Time Order Entry
Real-Time Updates
Receipt Management
Remote Order Entry
Reorder Management
Reporting/Analytics
Retail Inventory Management
Retail Management
Retail POS
Returns Management
Returns Tracking
Sales Order Management
Sales Reports
Sales Tax Management
Sales Trend Analysis
Search/Filter
Shipping Labels
Shipping Management
SKU/UPC Codes
Stock Management
Supplier Management
Touch Screen
Transaction History

Square for Retail Integrations

QuickBooks Online

Square Invoices

Square Point of Sale

Square Appointments

Square Payroll

QuickBooks Online Advanced

See all 7 integrations

Square for Retail User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

75%

21%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.7

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.3

Functionality

4.5

Katherine P.

Verified reviewer

Publishing

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Square is the Obvious Choice for POS Vendors

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It is reliable for customers and easy to use by our staff.

Cons:

We haven't come up with any complaints other than minor difficulties with connectivity in certain situations beyond Squares control.

Reasons for switching to Square for Retail

Reliability and trust by consumers as well as the additional cost associated with Paypal transactions.

Baljit K.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

2-10 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2024

Safe and reliable

I use the terminal every day for my small business. It is safe and reliable. It is dependable and i feel peace of mind knowing it is safe for my customers' info.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that square terminal is super easy to use and works every time. It is reliable and the fees are transparent and transfers are easy.

Cons:

The terminal takes some time to start up and connect but once powered on it gets through all day.

Reasons for switching to Square for Retail

I needed a way to accept POS payments from my customer.

Verified

Reviewer

Retail

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

Square was my first POS love

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

I have used Square over with different retail businesses over the past 10 years, and it is still my favorite!

Cons:

Marketing/email integration is not included, but it is extremely affordable.

Caleb H.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2020

Square Retail works great but the customer service is terrible

Overall it has been a great tool and finding a better solution has been tough. I have checked numerous POS systems and I end up just staying with square. I wish they would update there new register system like the retail app. I also wish they had better customer service. Without fail every time I have contacted square they say they will have to look further into the situation and contact me back but they never do. It has happen every time I have contacted square.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is great to do all transactions, returns and exchanges. I like the fact that it prints a barcode at the bottom of the receipt so when a customer comes back for a return we just scan the bottom of the receipt and the transaction pops right up.

Cons:

I end up getting the new square register in hope that it would act just like the retail app for the Ipad. The fact is that square won't update the new register. It has no exchange option like the Ipad app does and you end up needing to set up both the Ipad and register. Square has known about this issue for years now. You can see the complaints on the square forum page. Square also does not have a spot for barcodes so you end up having to put your barcodes in the sku spots. The loyalty point system also has some problems. When you do a return it doesn't automatically take points back from the customer account.

Reasons for choosing Square for Retail

These other products lacked to many other features that I couldn't make the switch. It had a lot to do with the rewards program and the back office software.

Dannyelle M.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2023

Online Ordering through Retail

Overall great, we use Square throughout our business and it covers our bases. A few flaws that can get frustrating here and there in the matter of being able to customize things to do exactly what we need it to be, but overall it's pretty good!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We specifically use Square for Restaurants POS system for our taproom system, which also ties into our mobile payments, but we do use Square for Retail as the basis for our online ordering page through Wix, as it works best for hosting that site for orders. It works great, we can track inventory and orders and such, it does what we need it to do!

Cons:

Honestly, the only thing I wish was different was that we didn't have to use Retail and could just use Restaurants for our online ordering, but the retails works for it better and it functions so it's fine.

Reasons for choosing Square for Retail

We were already using Square for ever other aspect of our business, so honestly, it makes sense!

Trincell S.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Services

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2021

Easy Sales and Storefeont

I was the one assisting a friend with setting up her storefront while working on mine as well. Through mine I invoiced to accept payment for items on hand or orders personally placed with me.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

User friendly platform to load your storefront with products. Present templates that are also customizable to your liking. Integration of an inventory model to track what you have left on hand.

Cons:

Have a plan for your products of offering multiple size and/or color options before entering on the site. It's much harder to edit and change the categories once it's set. Know what your page intent is as well ahead of schedule.

Reasons for choosing Square for Retail

Added alternative means for my customers to pay and shop.

Shanna N.

Verified reviewer

Retail

2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

Easy to Use / Track Sales!

Overall it is easy for all of our team members to use!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We use square daily to keep track of sold items / integrate inventory / keep track of customers purchases.

Cons:

We do not have any cons that come to mind!

Reasons for switching to Square for Retail

We were using Paypal but it was not working that well for us - made the switch to Square and haven't looked back!

Coree C.

Verified reviewer

Retail

Self-Employed

Used other for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Perfect On-the-Go Payment Solution!

When I first began using Square, it was simply for fundraisers. My husband and I would participate in events, and we would allow patrons to make donations to the charity we were fundraising for. Now, as I begin designing my online store for home decor and crafts that I sell, there was no guessing on where I would have my store set up. Square has truly made it that easy to work with, that I suggest using them to everyone I know!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I absolutely LOVE the ease of use of Square! The app allows you to literally set up your shop in mere minutes, and then allows you to input your products with prices for an easy tap to add it to your customer's cart. I especially love the Square business card that holds all my funds, which makes keeping business money separate from family funds so much easier!

Cons:

I honestly cannot think of anything that I do not love about this software. It is designed in a way that allows even the least techy person to set up their store and products, and go through a checkout seamlessly.

Reasons for switching to Square for Retail

PayPal's app is not as intuitive, and is not as easy to use as the Square for Retail app is. If you are just punching in amounts and charging cards, it was fine. But adding products with variations just became too difficult, and led me away from wanting to use them for my online store.