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Clover
Comprehensive point of sale & business management solution
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Sable A.
Salon Owner Educator
Health, Wellness and Fitness, self-employed
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Sable a.: Hello, my name is Sable. I am a salon owner and I'm an independent salon owner of one currently...
Gordon D.
Owner
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees
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Gordon D: My name's Gordon, and I work in the handmade leather goods industry, and I give Clover a four...
Dee A.
Arts and Crafts, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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Once signed up and paying them, they totally ignore all emails etc or contact of any kind even you "personal sales rep"
NOTHING, ABSOLUTLEY RUBBISH NOTHING MORE TO SAY
EVERYTHING, NO AFTERSALE SERVICE, FOLLOW UPS OR EVEN CONTACT.... AVOID AVOID AVOID
Rachael M.
Food & Beverages, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for 1-2 years
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Honestly the best POS system I have used and I have used many in different establishments within hospitality. Clover has been the most reliable and consistent, and not to mention the most versatile and customizable. Oh and the POS machines look aesthetically pleasing too!
Incredibly easy to navigate and simple interface. Love how Clover has the ability to do everything as a restaurant POS including placing orders, taking payments, integrating a reservation/waitlist option, and even a camera option, which allows for digital QR codes/gift cards to be purchased or applied as payments towards order.
In my 2+ years of using Clover, I haven't identified any cons. The only minor issue I have noticed it connectivity issues on occasion but that is expected with POS systems and also may not be specifically related to Clover.
Robyn T.
Restaurants, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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It is a easy system to use. Easy to enter inventory.
Absolutely horrible customer service. They use third party representatives to sell you the machines/system and then they disappear. I have been attempting to get a kitchen display for over two months and haven't been able to because they said I went through a third party and need to be in contact with them. I do not understand how a company can employ third party representatives and then not be able to help you PURCHASE extra equipment when you call in. Clover is already over priced in comparison to other companies. The least they could do is provide exceptional customer service and make sure their customers have what they need to do business.
yesenia R.
Veterinary, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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The thing I liked most about clover was how easy it was to look at past payments.
The things i liked least about Clover was the fact that we weren't able to process refunds online.
Amanda C.
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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I can not believe the absolute horrible customer service. No call backs, no answers, no help what so ever! I can't use the program in the most critical time of business. (right before Christmas) I am just blown away at how awful and time consuming this has become. It is literally slowly destroying my business.
When we first contacted clover we had two specialists. Both of which helped set everything up in a super easy process.
After about 4 months, both of the people that we had contact with either left, or were fired. We have not received any help from customer service since.
Raegan K.
Construction, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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We were switched over forcibly from Payeezy to Clover with little to no heads up. We literally walked into the office one day and couldn't access Payeezy. Not that Payeezy was that great either, but I could always rely on them to get our deposits. With Clover, they seem to think the depositing part of credit card payments is optional. Every time I call their customer service I end up speaking with 3+ people because no one knows what they are doing. It doesn't matter if you have a case open, they still can't figure out the right people to help you. Not that any of them can.
Nothing, this is the worst product I have ever worked with. We were with them for two weeks and they shorted us nearly $4,000 in deposits.
The customer service continues to give us the run around and I am usually on the phone with them for no less than an hour each time. The customer service is CARELESS and do not pay attention to details. We were shorted over $500 in our FIRST BATCH we ever ran with them. Then we were shorted $3300 on the another batch a week later. Their customer service follows-up but they follow up with the wrong details and don't see why not received this deposit is impactful. After less than TWO WEEKS with their service, I found another credit card processing company and switched over.
Joe L.
Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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They've nearly put us out of business due to the migration from payeezy to clover. The most frustrating part was the fact that the representatives from clover acted like it's just par for the course and that we should just accept it.
Our bank migrated from Payeezy to Clover. The migration was easy and was done without our input.
Our bank migrated from Payeezy to Clover. The migration did not migrate all of the previously existing credit cards into the clover account causing over half of our recurring payments to fail the next month.
Hunter D.
Restaurants, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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It’s neutral not too bad not too good
I like the analytics part and how easy it is to learn
The online ordering sucks u can’t cancel order placed from printing out / reschedule them
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Restaurants, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Not good. The machine was always down and cost me a lot of business as a result of customers having to wait for their cards to process. When I divorced them after less than a year and went with another company, First Data told me that I still had to pay for the overpriced POS equipment, which I thought was a rental, but it actually a lease. So, now I have to pay over $38 a month on a piece of crap that I don't even use. In addtion, to add insult to injury, I just recieved a letter stating they are going to take out another freakin fee for annual taxes on the property and a freakin handling fee for doing so! SMH. The annual property tax is based upon the value of the equipment and since it is over valued, so in my property tax!
It's small and handy is about the only thing good I can say about it.
Equipment technology is old and antiquated. Overrated and overpriced. My phone has 4 times the processing power of the POS device they sent me. Lacks sufficient memory and processing speed. Phone backup interfered with land line call in orders. Machine was always down. Clocked often during the processing of transactions which made customers wait and backed up check out lines. Processing fees, transaction fees, monthly maintenance fees, annual property fees and handling fees are all expensive.
Deborah K.
Furniture, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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We used Clover for over a year at our 70+ year established furniture store. We contacted them over a year ago to cancel our services as we were opting to go with another provider and did. We filed all the requested paperwork to end services with Clover in 2021. HOWEVER, they continued to bill us for a service we NO LONGER utilized and when we confronted them about the issue of billing after CANCELATION, they denied getting paperwork and refused to refund ANY monies. (OVER $2k). The form provided by them and the instructions for resending it had changed and when confronted they denied that also. DISGUSTING BUSINESS PRACTICES! DO NOT USE THEM!
The software wasn't the problem. The software was great.
No complaints about software. The software worked great. However this isn't the ONLY part of running a good and reputable company!
Phil M.
Retail, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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It's been okay. When something goes wrong, there can be a lot of runaround from different techs. There is a support number that we have to contact for technical issues, a different one for banking issues, and a third for issues with certain settings within the system. It would be helpful if there was one tech support contact instead of three. The main tech support doesn't usually seem to be very knowledgeable, and have to reach out to a specialist to figure out how to help most of the time.
Clover itself wouldn't be much more than a payment processing system if it wasn't for the many apps that you can add to make it work for your business. The catch is, most of the add on apps cost a monthly fee. The option to have these apps make Clover incredibly customizable to fit exactly what you need for your store. Overall, we still saved money switching to Clover from our previous company.
The software seems to be geared more toward the restaurant industry. When we got it, we did so because it was supposed to be for all retail. We likely would not have gone this route if we had known what we do now, but we have made it work for a retail setting with the help of certain apps.
Lawrence W.
Wholesale, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Trying to get the original set up support is terrible. You will spend hours on the phone on hold, then transferred to another line to start over waiting, only to be dropped and start over. I have had this experience every time we reactivate our machines. Billing is another issue. We use these on a seasonal and reactivation is a nightmare.
Nice user friendly once up and running.
Inventory is hard to duplicate in all machines. When you download the template it has several errors when importing.
Michelle G.
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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Clover simplified payment processing for us with easy to use devices and flexible reporting options.
Our overall experience has been great. The Clover portal is simple to set up and devices are easy to configure. Clover devices are wireless and easy for staff to use, with good user level security and flexible reporting options. We have had no issues with the devices or the service since going live.
If there is any WiFi interferance the devices can disconnect from the internet and prevent payment processing, this is not a Clover issue though.
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Restaurants, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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WARNING !! TELL ALL YOUR FREINDS OR ASSOCIATES WHO USES CLOVER !!! Take a picture of the screen showing how much money is made for the night before the system closes. then when it does close and print , compare the picture you took and what the print out says. Do this especially on nights when its a holiday weekend, Clover knows you'll be busy and know you won't be paying attention.. Then check the transaction app on the POS , and add up how many transaction each server or cashier did and compare it to what the printout says.. When you see the discrepancies, call the FBI and ask to be added to the growing number of clients that wants to sue Clover
duh ?? it lights up , doesn't use a lot of electricity
customer service , THERE IS NO OTHER CUSTOMER SERVICE ON THIS PLANET THAT IS WORSE THAN CLOVER CUSTOMER SERVICE./ They are the worst because they have to obey what their bosses say in robbing you the client. they will put you on a long hold and then you're disconnected. If you are lucky to speak to someone, whatever they have to say will never make sense to you !! Good luck
Jatin P.
Computer Software, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Great system. The hardware is constantly being improved. The credit card rates are always the best!
Clover is easy to setup. I like the app market which allows me to select what features and extra functionality I need.
having to learn the interface takes a bit if you're not used to Android systems
Rachel B.
Retail, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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In our experience, clover has been nothing more than a fancy credit card reader. Our entire company runs through a third party app that manages clover from the other side. The only use clover has become to us is, to accept payment and we are currently looking into changing to a system that better suits our needs.
The aesthetic of the hardware fits on par with what is trending. The ability to utilize the barcode scanner is also nice.
In order to run our business effectively we had to download so many third party apps to do what we had been doing for 30 years on an outdated system. It felt like a slap in the face as it was a turning point for us to upgrade all the systems only to find it was nearly useless for what we needed it to continue doing for us.
Michelle M.
Medical Practice, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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I have had an incredibly positive experience with Clover. I have even called their support system before and the representatives were friendly and efficient. I spoke to a live representative rather quickly who was informed and able to help me. I would give this product a 10/10 easily.
I love the tap feature. During covid, our dental office has tried to take every precaution to limit the spread of covid-19. Clover has a tap feature so that our staff does not have to handle patient's credit cards which limits exposure. Many major debit and credit cards have this feature and users just do not know! Look for the symbol that has 4 lines on your card and try it sometime! It is very fast and effective! We are also able to email or text a receipt (in addition to printing) so that there is less "touching" and passing involved.
There is truly nothing that I dislike about this software. If I was forced to answer this question, maybe I could say that the swipe option sometimes needs to be run more than once because it does not read the swipe on the first try; however, 99% of cards use the chip insertion feature anyway!
Graham W.
Retail, self-employed
Used daily for 6-12 months
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The problems come with the back office. The inventory system is basic to say the least, items sold at the till do decrease the totals, but all purchase quatities have to be done manually, you cannot set min and max stock levels, or re-order levels with the bundled system, so re-orders have to have a physical stock check, I am still trying to work out how this saves me time and money. Clover relies...
The till itself is fantastic, it looks ultra sleek and ultra modern, customers love it. And that is about it
It was sold to me as a solution to me retail needs it certainly is not
DUSTIN S.
Real Estate, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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I have had nothing but positives with Clover. It has streamlined my company's credit card processing and actually brought customers in because I accept cards.
The app is extremely easy to use and simplifies my mobile payment processing. I have tried at least five other companies/apps and Clover is by far the best. From the very beginning of a payment to emailing the receipt, Clover is extremely smooth and user freindly.
It won't let me type my full company name.
Katey K.
Hospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Positive. Much easier than our last system. Just wish they weren't so expensive.
That it is portable and easy to use for people who are not tech savy. You can also take pictures of people if you need to when you take their payment.
How expensive it is to replace a machine that is out of it's warranty.
Gordon D.
Sporting Goods, 1-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
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Customer service has been great to work with. The integration with my website was beyond simple which is what I need running a 2 person business.
The ease of which I was able to set up an account for my business and integrated it into my website was astonishing. Most people think of clover as a POS system but I primarily use it on the back side of my website and needed the option for a mobile POS. They have it both.
The cost of equipment that is needed to use this software as a POS is a bit daunting. There are different levels of equipment, but they are all a little pricey.
Sara C.
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Overall, I am happy with my experience with Clover. It has helped me manage my inventory, visualize my top and bottom sellers and identify peak hours for business. I recommend to any small retailer who needs an easy POS setup and inventory management solution.
The Clover POS is intuitive to use, easy to manage user accounts/ access for employees and very easy to add new items to inventory. The analytics available also aren’t too shabby.
I don’t like having the experience I have when dealing with Clover support but fortunately the need to do so is rare.
Dayna W.
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I have very much enjoyed learning to use the Clover products. I would recommend these products for anyone.
Clover payment processing software is very easy to use. Our school takes payments daily with the desktop CloverMini, the easily portable CloverFlex and CloverGo. It is very easy to print out a combined report with the total that will be deposited, yet showing who ran the individual payments. You can also add notes to your transactions and email right from every machine. Super helpful!
Setting permissions for each person that uses the machines has been a challenge. There doesn't seem to be a manual for the set up, however, our CC service team is amazing and very knowledgeable. The only other thing that bothers me is that you can not void a transaction. Even if you void a transaction immediately, it still goes through and then refunds a day later.
Madison M.
Hospital & Health Care, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Clover has been an excellent option for taking payments in my stores.
My coffee shop uses clover devices as our POS system. The software is convenient and easy to place in a store. It features many apps that make it applicable to nearly any market. They also have many accessories- the main one we use are the receipt printers (small and regular size), the handheld tablet, and the customer interface screen.
Over time the clover tablets do slow down. We frequently reboot them to rev up the speed.
Tory S.
Retail, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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I purchased these clovers in full and was to have a one year warranty. but every time one didn't function right they charged me for every one they sent me in first year. didn't need key pads tried to send back and they kept wanting my scanners returned instead. had to take to BBBural to get money back for just one and they still owe me for the other. credit card service is way above other card swipe...
Quick use of device when it functions has been better in last 6 months 111111111111111111111111111
Half of inventory data moved out of category. ease of saving data without excel not possible. 111111