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Cloud vs traditional POS - your experience?

💬 General Discussion 👁️ 1,220 views 💬 46 replies 📅 Nov 26, 2025
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
1,410 points • Member since Aug 2025

💬 46 Replies

Carlos Hall
👑 Master
192 posts
Nov 26, 2025
Training took about 4 days for our staff.
Brenda Lewis
👑 Master
199 posts
Nov 26, 2025
The reporting is definitely worth the extra cost IMO.
Raymond White
👑 Master
200 posts
Nov 26, 2025
Check out the reporting setting, that might help.
Rebecca OBrien
👑 Master
202 posts
Nov 26, 2025
Check out the reporting setting, that might help.
Rebecca Powell
👑 Master
204 posts
Nov 26, 2025
Cost us about $99/month all in. Worth it.
Raymond Harris
👑 Master
198 posts
Nov 26, 2025
Check out the reporting setting, that might help.
Sharon Richardson
👑 Master
234 posts
Nov 26, 2025
Had the same problem, support was excellent when I contacted them.
Heather Brooks
👑 Master
227 posts
Nov 26, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was reinstalling the app
Jessica Price
👑 Master
220 posts
Nov 26, 2025
Cost us about $164/month all in. Worth it.
Raymond Sullivan
👑 Master
205 posts
Nov 27, 2025
I've been using Shopify POS for 24 months and it has been working well for us
Chris Hall
👑 Master
221 posts
Nov 27, 2025
Cost us about $50/month all in. Worth it.
Eric White
👑 Master
215 posts
Nov 27, 2025
+1 to this. We've seen similar results.
Tyler Morgan
👑 Master
244 posts
Nov 27, 2025
Check out the reporting setting, that might help.
Janet Park
👑 Master
206 posts
Nov 27, 2025
Cost us about $145/month all in. Worth it.
Amy Simmons
👑 Master
226 posts
Nov 28, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache
Nicole Carter
👑 Master
239 posts
Nov 28, 2025
Check out the reporting setting, that might help.
Brenda Johnson
👑 Master
210 posts
Nov 28, 2025
This is why we switched to Heartland Restaurant. No regrets.
Brittany Moore
👑 Master
212 posts
Nov 28, 2025
We had the same issue. What worked for us was clearing the cache
Rachel Rivera
👑 Master
211 posts
Nov 28, 2025
Training took about 1 days for our staff.
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2,711 posts
Apr 23, 2026
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