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Budget POS for starting business?

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Looking for recommendations:

We need something that handles general operations well

Budget is around $98/month. What would you suggest?
Rachel Barnes 👑 Master
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Raymond Chen
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191 posts
Sep 7, 2025
Great question! In my experience with Retail Pro, it has been working well for us
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Margaret Davis
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210 posts
Sep 10, 2025
The receipt customization is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
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Elizabeth Mitchell
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203 posts
Sep 16, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
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Eric White
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215 posts
Sep 17, 2025
Check out the receipt customization setting, that might help.
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Susan Collins
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197 posts
Sep 24, 2025
This is why we switched to Maitre D. No regrets.
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Susan Johnson
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225 posts
Oct 5, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Scott Adams
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238 posts
Oct 5, 2025
I've been using Presto for 3 months and it has been working well for us
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Dennis Davis
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211 posts
Oct 6, 2025
Agreed with the above. Also worth mentioning you should also check the settings
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Eugene Hill
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218 posts
Oct 7, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
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Amy Powell
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226 posts
Oct 8, 2025
Had the same problem, support was excellent when I contacted them.
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Jack Henderson
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224 posts
Oct 14, 2025
Just went through this. Here's what I learned: take your time with the setup
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Kevin Rogers
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236 posts
Oct 23, 2025
For general, I'd recommend considering looking at multiple options
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Ann Zhang
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242 posts
Oct 26, 2025
Check out the payment processing setting, that might help.
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Tiffany Adams
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205 posts
Nov 7, 2025
Make sure you're on the latest version. That fixed it for us.
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Helen Stewart
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216 posts
Nov 19, 2025
I've been using Paychex for 5 months and it has been working well for us
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Mike Murphy
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226 posts
Nov 19, 2025
Different perspective here - you might want to consider a different approach
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