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At a glance01Lightspeed Retail02Square POS03Clover Canada
Current position#1 in Vancouver#2 in Vancouver#3 in Vancouver
Recognized asCanadian retail platform with strong catalogue, purchasing, inventory, multi-location, ecommerce, customer and reporting capability and published offline behaviourIntegrated Canadian checkout, retail, restaurant and appointment stack with hardware, payments, online commerce, permissions and offline documentationCanadian POS and acquiring ecosystem with debit, credit, gift and contactless acceptance, multiple device formats, app extensions and setup support
Best forInventory-rich retail and omnichannel operatorsIndependent and service-based businessesMerchants wanting processor-backed hardware and apps
Decision fitRun scripted demos using your hardest sale, return, discount, tax, modifier, tip, split, inventory and closeout scenarios · Model complete three-year cost including software, hardware, processing, PCI, chargeback, integration, support, replacement and cancellation fees · Test internet and service outages, permissions, audit logs, settlement reconciliation, support escalation and a complete data export before signingRun scripted demos using your hardest sale, return, discount, tax, modifier, tip, split, inventory and closeout scenarios · Model complete three-year cost including software, hardware, processing, PCI, chargeback, integration, support, replacement and cancellation fees · Test internet and service outages, permissions, audit logs, settlement reconciliation, support escalation and a complete data export before signingRun scripted demos using your hardest sale, return, discount, tax, modifier, tip, split, inventory and closeout scenarios · Model complete three-year cost including software, hardware, processing, PCI, chargeback, integration, support, replacement and cancellation fees · Test internet and service outages, permissions, audit logs, settlement reconciliation, support escalation and a complete data export before signing
Shortlist by business model, then run identical scripted transactions and a real settlement reconciliation. Compare the complete merchant agreement, hardware ownership, offline loss allocation, integration depth, support access, data portability and three-year cost.