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 grocery

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

Kyle Ross 👑 Master

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Carlos Jenkins

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Jul 29, 2025

The markdown handling is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Chris Hall

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Jul 29, 2025

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

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Sharon Richardson

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Aug 2, 2025

Had the same problem, support was hit or miss when I contacted them.

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Joyce Barnes

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Aug 28, 2025

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

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Chris Johnson

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Sep 4, 2025

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

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Donna Zhang

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Sep 19, 2025

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

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Brittany Kim

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Sep 25, 2025

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

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Amanda Wright

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Oct 2, 2025

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

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Jerry Davis

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Oct 3, 2025

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

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Adam Flores

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Oct 9, 2025

Training took about 1 days for our staff.

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Sharon Richardson

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Oct 20, 2025

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

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Dennis Perry

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Oct 26, 2025

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

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Brenda Walker

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Nov 1, 2025

I've been using Apricot by Square for 15 months and it has been working well for us

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Helen Martinez

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Nov 19, 2025

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

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