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Chip reader requirements update

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles general operations well

Budget is around $266/month. What would you suggest?
Melissa Murphy 👑 Master
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Angela Reed
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210 posts
Oct 21, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Square for Food Trucks, it has been working well for us
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James Sanders
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218 posts
Oct 21, 2025
Check out the payment processing setting, that might help.
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Frances Russell
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212 posts
Oct 25, 2025
For general, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Jack Henderson
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224 posts
Oct 29, 2025
Had the same problem, support was frustrating when I contacted them.
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Catherine Wilson
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206 posts
Oct 29, 2025
This is why we switched to Windward Software. No regrets.
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Christina Martin
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221 posts
Oct 30, 2025
Cost us about $95/month all in. Worth it.
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Jonathan Park
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204 posts
Oct 31, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Diane Myers
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231 posts
Nov 1, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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Ann Zhang
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242 posts
Nov 3, 2025
This is why we switched to Windward Software. No regrets.
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Tom Barnes
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226 posts
Nov 4, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Infor HMS, it has been working well for us
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Brenda Johnson
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210 posts
Nov 6, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Dejavoo, it has been working well for us
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Nicole Nelson
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198 posts
Nov 7, 2025
For general, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Jason Nguyen
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Nov 7, 2025
For general, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Justin Young
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217 posts
Nov 9, 2025
Great question! In my experience with IT Retail, it has been working well for us
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Chris Wood
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247 posts
Nov 12, 2025
I've been using Payanywhere for 15 months and it has been working well for us
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George Clark
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202 posts
Nov 12, 2025
Check out the cloud backup setting, that might help.
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Jerry Green
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207 posts
Nov 13, 2025
Check out the reporting dashboard setting, that might help.
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Gregory Bailey
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195 posts
Nov 14, 2025
Had the same problem, support was slow but eventually helpful when I contacted them.
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Susan Collins
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197 posts
Nov 20, 2025
For general, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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George Clark
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202 posts
Nov 24, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Stax, it has been working well for us
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