Cloud vs traditional POS - your experience?

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles hotel operations well

Budget is around $186/month. What would you suggest?

Mike Murphy 👑 Master

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Scott Peterson

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Jul 15, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was checking the cable connections

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Jerry Davis

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Jul 18, 2025

Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings

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Amy Powell

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Jul 22, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Angela Reed

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Jul 28, 2025

Cost us about $88/month all in. Worth it.

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Sandra Nguyen

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Aug 14, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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Luis King

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Aug 18, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Margaret Rivera

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Aug 22, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was updating the firmware

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Ann Zhang

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Sep 7, 2025

Had the same problem, support was responsive when I contacted them.

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James Mitchell

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Sep 11, 2025

Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach

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Raymond Sullivan

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Sep 18, 2025

For hotel, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options

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Juan Rivera

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Oct 4, 2025

Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup

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Catherine Jenkins

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Nov 12, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was contacting support

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Mike Murphy

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Nov 23, 2025

This is why we switched to GoTab. No regrets.

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Rebecca Powell

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Nov 23, 2025

Training took about 2 days for our staff.

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Dorothy Scott

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Nov 24, 2025

Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.

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Sharon Rivera

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Nov 26, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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