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Cloud vs traditional POS - your experience?

💬 General Discussion 👁️ 3,159 views 💬 25 replies 📅 Jun 22, 2025
Quick question for the community:

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

Would love to hear from others who've dealt with this.
Rachel Sullivan 👑 Master
1,430 points • Member since Oct 2025

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Jonathan Taylor
👑 Master
215 posts
Jun 25, 2025
For retail, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Raymond Sullivan
👑 Master
202 posts
Jun 28, 2025
Training took about 3 days for our staff.
Eric White
👑 Master
215 posts
Jun 30, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Margaret Kim
👑 Master
215 posts
Jul 3, 2025
The barcode scanning is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Henry Russell
👑 Master
223 posts
Jul 7, 2025
For retail, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Michelle Chen
👑 Master
195 posts
Jul 19, 2025
I've been using SpotOn for 17 months and it has been working well for us
James Mitchell
👑 Master
221 posts
Jul 23, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Carlos Hughes
👑 Master
235 posts
Jul 27, 2025
For retail, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
Eric White
👑 Master
215 posts
Jul 28, 2025
I've been using Gusto for 16 months and it has been working well for us
Michelle Reed
👑 Master
251 posts
Aug 10, 2025
Training took about 3 days for our staff.
Margaret Davis
👑 Master
210 posts
Aug 17, 2025
Training took about 4 days for our staff.
Jessica Murphy
👑 Master
206 posts
Aug 23, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
Juan Rivera
👑 Master
210 posts
Aug 25, 2025
Training took about 4 days for our staff.
Michelle Chen
👑 Master
195 posts
Aug 25, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
Helen Stewart
👑 Master
216 posts
Sep 10, 2025
The gift card system is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Jonathan Park
👑 Master
204 posts
Sep 12, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Karen Lewis
👑 Master
213 posts
Sep 29, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was reconfiguring the network settings
Frank Moore
👑 Master
228 posts
Oct 2, 2025
Cost us about $154/month all in. Worth it.
Marcus Powell
👑 Master
196 posts
Oct 13, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache
Joyce Perez
👑 Master
193 posts
Oct 21, 2025
Great question! In my experience with ConnectPOS, it has been working well for us

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