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 hotel

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

Kevin Watson 👑 Master

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Carlos Hall

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Nov 26, 2025

Training took about 4 days for our staff.

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Brenda Lewis

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Nov 26, 2025

The reporting is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.

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Raymond White

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Nov 26, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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Rebecca OBrien

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Nov 26, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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Rebecca Powell

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204 posts

Nov 26, 2025

Cost us about $99/month all in. Worth it.

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Raymond Harris

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Nov 26, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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Sharon Richardson

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Nov 26, 2025

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

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Heather Brooks

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Nov 26, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was reinstalling the app

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Jessica Price

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220 posts

Nov 26, 2025

Cost us about $164/month all in. Worth it.

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Raymond Sullivan

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205 posts

Nov 27, 2025

I've been using Shopify POS for 24 months and it has been working well for us

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Chris Hall

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Nov 27, 2025

Cost us about $50/month all in. Worth it.

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Eric White

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Nov 27, 2025

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

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Tyler Morgan

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Nov 27, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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Janet Park

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206 posts

Nov 27, 2025

Cost us about $145/month all in. Worth it.

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Amy Simmons

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Nov 28, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache

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Nicole Carter

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Nov 28, 2025

Check out the reporting setting, that might help.

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Brenda Johnson

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210 posts

Nov 28, 2025

This is why we switched to Heartland Restaurant. No regrets.

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Brittany Moore

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212 posts

Nov 28, 2025

We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache

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Rachel Rivera

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211 posts

Nov 28, 2025

Training took about 1 days for our staff.

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Apr 23, 2026

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