Cloud vs traditional POS - your experience?

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Quick question for the community:

We're trying to figure out the best approach for our general

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.

Adam Flores 👑 Master

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Raymond Wilson

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Oct 13, 2025

I've been using Heartland Retail for 4 months and it has been working well for us

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Amber Reed

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Oct 20, 2025

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

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Raymond White

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Oct 29, 2025

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

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Brenda Lewis

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Oct 30, 2025

I've been using Heartland Restaurant for 18 months and it has been working well for us

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Susan Taylor

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Oct 31, 2025

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

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Stephanie Thompson

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Nov 8, 2025

This is why we switched to PAX Technology. No regrets.

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Lauren Rogers

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Nov 9, 2025

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

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Mike Murphy

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Nov 10, 2025

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

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Heather Brooks

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Nov 16, 2025

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

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Dennis Brown

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Nov 16, 2025

Great question! In my experience with ChowNow, it has been working well for us

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Betty Hamilton

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Nov 16, 2025

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

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Frank Wood

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Nov 18, 2025

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

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Laura Davis

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Nov 22, 2025

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

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Brittany Kim

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Nov 24, 2025

The cloud backup is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Eugene Nguyen

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Nov 26, 2025

Cost us about $133/month all in. Worth it.

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Raymond Sullivan

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Nov 27, 2025

Cost us about $186/month all in. Worth it.

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Karen Lewis

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Nov 27, 2025

+1 to this. We've seen similar results.

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Justin Young

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Nov 28, 2025

Great question! In my experience with Rosy Salon Software, it has been working well for us

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