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Cloud vs traditional POS - your experience?

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Hey everyone,

Cloud vs traditional POS - your experience?

I'm running a in Detroit, MI and looking for advice. We currently have been looking at different options. Any recommendations or experiences to share?

Thanks in advance!
Ashley Sanders 👑 Master
1,240 points • Member since Apr 2025

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Paul Graham
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217 posts
Nov 21, 2025
This is why we switched to Oracle MICROS. No regrets.
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Raymond Sullivan
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202 posts
Nov 21, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Brittany Kim
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187 posts
Nov 21, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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Tiffany Ross
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224 posts
Nov 22, 2025
Check out the reporting setting, that might help.
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Kyle Ross
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236 posts
Nov 22, 2025
Cost us about $79/month all in. Worth it.
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Stephanie Hill
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222 posts
Nov 23, 2025
The reporting is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Scott Peterson
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208 posts
Nov 23, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Square POS, it has been working well for us
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Chris Perez
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171 posts
Nov 23, 2025
Cost us about $111/month all in. Worth it.
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Catherine Wilson
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206 posts
Nov 23, 2025
For healthcare, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Jack Collins
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210 posts
Nov 23, 2025
This is why we switched to Thrive POS. No regrets.
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Joyce Barnes
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213 posts
Nov 24, 2025
Training took about 5 days for our staff.
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Jack Hall
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224 posts
Nov 24, 2025
Training took about 1 days for our staff.
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Diane Myers
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231 posts
Nov 24, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Dennis Perry
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215 posts
Nov 25, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Raymond Miller
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197 posts
Nov 25, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Stephanie Hill
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222 posts
Nov 26, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Kevin Robinson
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214 posts
Nov 27, 2025
I've been using Payanywhere for 8 months and it has been working well for us
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Michelle Hughes
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197 posts
Nov 27, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was contacting support
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Samantha Perry
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197 posts
Nov 28, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Ordermark, it has been working well for us
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Jack Henderson
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224 posts
Nov 28, 2025
Check out the reporting setting, that might help.
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