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Clover vs Square for Restaurants Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Clover is an all-in-one platform designed to help on and offline retailers, quick service restaurants, and other service businesses manage their point-of-sale operations, with secure payment solutions and reliable business management features

Square for Restaurants powers front and back of house operations for your full-service, quick-service, or fast-casual restaurant, bar or brewery.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

49

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

3.8

587

5

4

3

2

1

282

122

54

26

103

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
56%
would recommend this app

4.4

54

5

4

3

2

1

35

8

7

3

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
72%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The ability to customize the system using the Clover App Market allows you to add specific functionality (like specialized loyalty programs or advanced inventory tracking) as your business grows.”
KH

Kira H.

Software reviwer ,writer

“It keeps everything organized for you and it is quick for payment processing, financial management, sales, and inventory management!”
RH

Reagan H.

Optician

“My overall experience with Clover has been solid,ⁿ It acts as an reliable, all-in-one central hub for taking payments and keeping daily sales organized.”
KH

Kira H.

Software reviwer ,writer

Pros

“We can add inventory to the system and keep track of what we are selling and what we need to order.”
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Matthew L.

Operations Support Staff

“I am using square for restaurant in one of my cafe , it is really simple to get the hang of it , all my staff love it as well , simple and efficient”
CR

Charly R.

Operations Manager

“When taking orders for our guests it makes it easy to choose the options that they want.”
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Matthew L.

Operations Support Staff

Cons

“I would not recommend signing up with Clover POS. If you’re considering it, read the contract extremely carefully and make sure you fully understand the cancellation, equipment rental, and long-term fee obligations before you sign anything.”
HT

Heaven T.

Co-owner

“A duplicate charge caused by clover system during a service outage cannot be refunded—by me or by their support team.”
TL

Tiffany L.

Anything and everything

“It is not intuitive for example when searching for something if spacing or capitalization is off it will not find the item.”
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Mallory T.

Executive sous chef

Cons

“My 2 big caveats are the nature of cloud based kitchen display system. If the internet goes down you not only lose the tickets, but the printers won't print from the kds. ”
DM

Donnie M.

Multi-Unit Manager

“The customer service and the way they treat the customer and never refund money”
YD

Yuki D.

Restaurant business

“QR codes fail; printers randomly disconnect; the software double & triple prints tickets (but with delays so it seems like new tickets); tech support is terrible (often barely speaks English & can’t solve complex issues).”
LC

Leah C.

Owner

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review10 days ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review3 months ago

Key features

  • Total features69
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Appointment Management
  • Barcode Recognition
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Cash Management
  • Clock In/Out
  • Commission Management
  • Contact Management
  • Cost Management
  • Credit Card Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Accounts
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Security
  • Delivery Management
  • Discount Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Employee Management
  • For Bars/Clubs
  • For Food Trucks
  • For Liquor Stores
  • For Restaurants
  • For Retail
  • For Salons and Spas
  • For iPad Devices
  • Gift Card Management
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Item Management
  • Kitchen/Menu Management
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Loyalty Program
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Payments
  • Multi-Location
  • Offline Access
  • Online Ordering
  • Online Payments
  • Order Entry
  • Order Management
  • Order Processing
  • Order Tracking
  • Partial Payments
  • Payment Processing
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Point of Sale (POS) Integration
  • Pricing Management
  • Product Catalog
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Receipt Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Restaurant POS
  • Retail Inventory Management
  • Retail Management
  • Retail POS
  • Returns Management
  • Returns Tracking
  • SMS Marketing
  • Sales Reports
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Scheduling
  • Separate Checks
  • Shopping Cart
  • Split Checks
  • Table Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Clock
  • Tips Management
  • Touch Screen
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Website Integration
  • eCommerce Management
  • Total features46
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Appointment Management
  • Barcode Recognition
  • Barcode/Ticket Scanning
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Cash Management
  • Clock In/Out
  • Commission Management
  • Contact Management
  • Cost Management
  • Credit Card Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customer Accounts
  • Customizable Reports
  • Data Security
  • Delivery Management
  • Discount Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Employee Management
  • For Bars/Clubs
  • For Food Trucks
  • For Liquor Stores
  • For Restaurants
  • For Retail
  • For Salons and Spas
  • For iPad Devices
  • Gift Card Management
  • Inventory Control
  • Inventory Management
  • Item Management
  • Kitchen/Menu Management
  • Labor Cost Reporting
  • Loyalty Program
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Payments
  • Multi-Location
  • Offline Access
  • Online Ordering
  • Online Payments
  • Order Entry
  • Order Management
  • Order Processing
  • Order Tracking
  • Partial Payments
  • Payment Processing
  • Point of Sale (POS)
  • Point of Sale (POS) Integration
  • Pricing Management
  • Product Catalog
  • Purchasing & Receiving
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Receipt Management
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Restaurant POS
  • Retail Inventory Management
  • Retail Management
  • Retail POS
  • Returns Management
  • Returns Tracking
  • SMS Marketing
  • Sales Reports
  • Sales Tax Management
  • Sales Trend Analysis
  • Scheduling
  • Separate Checks
  • Shopping Cart
  • Split Checks
  • Table Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Clock
  • Tips Management
  • Touch Screen
  • Transaction History
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Website Integration
  • eCommerce Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations7
  • 7shifts
  • Adobe Commerce
  • Bench
  • BentoBox
  • Constant Contact
  • Craver
  • Cuboh
  • DAVO
  • Deliverect
  • Deputy
  • Docusign
  • Homebase
  • Humanity Schedule
  • Marketman
  • Ottimate
  • Postmates
  • QuickBooks Online
  • SalesVu
  • Shopify
  • Slice
  • TapMango
  • TouchBistro
  • TurboTax Business
  • When I Work
  • WooCommerce
  • Xero
  • Total integrations21
  • 7shifts
  • Adobe Commerce
  • Bench
  • BentoBox
  • Constant Contact
  • Craver
  • Cuboh
  • DAVO
  • Deliverect
  • Deputy
  • Docusign
  • Homebase
  • Humanity Schedule
  • Marketman
  • Ottimate
  • Postmates
  • QuickBooks Online
  • SalesVu
  • Shopify
  • Slice
  • TapMango
  • TouchBistro
  • TurboTax Business
  • When I Work
  • WooCommerce
  • Xero