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Epos Now vs Windward System Five Comparison (2026)

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Epos Now

Windward System Five

Overview

Start tabs and serve more customers. Thrive with a POS system that makes it all possible for bars like yours. Get your bar working faster with a complete POS system that simplifies all aspects of trade, including liquid stock tracking, smart staff management with payroll and sales reports.

Windward System Five on Cloud is a complete retail management system that brings POS, inventory, purchasing, CRM, and accounting into one platform — built for independent retailers running real, often complex, operations. Single store to multi-location, specialty catalogs to high-volume retail.

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

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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

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

349

One-time payment

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

135

/user

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

3.8

733

440

172

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

61%

would recommend this app

3.8

189

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

53%

would recommend this app

Pros

“We signed up with Epos Now Payment Services (Account [sensitive content hidden]) on a 12-month agreement, based on a quoted 0.55% card processing rate during the sales process.”

Steve S.

Coffee Shop

“You need a WiFi signal for the card reader and to log on and close the till.”

Kathryn P.

Owner

“I like that I can add employees or delete employees with ease. And each employee has their own security pin so there is no having to change the whole system.”

Tabitha D.

Manager

Pros

“Capable with inventory tracking, private customer data management, and invoicing.”

Mason B.

Sales Associate

“The interface is good, we host on premises so performance is generally OK (after 20+ years our dataset is getting big and some reports are slow.)”

Greg H.

Owner

“It has been great learning a new system and tailoring it to the needs of my bosses and the business.”

Shauna H.

Accounts Payable Manager and Bookkeeping Assistant

Cons

“We therefore can’t access our emails and place orders which are essential day to day business tasks that our previous hardware was capable with. Despite asking for a return for the hardware we’ve been advised by customer service they won’t accept it back.”

Hazel L.

Business owner

“I closed my account in their till back office on the last day of the agreement, but they still charged me for the upcoming month. When I called their support to complain, they claimed I never sent them any notice to terminate my agreement, even though I had forwarded the email I sent to them over a month before and had also sent a letter via special delivery which they did confirm they had received. ”

Godwin A.

Director

“The hardware that we are using and purchased from EposNow is starting to fail and despite paying support they advised they no longer support this hardware and sold us a replacement monitor.”

Hazel L.

Business owner

Cons

“The system is more POS friendly than accounting friendly. If you do not learn about the system, it can mess up the information more so there needs to be better training especially for the older users that have been using the system for a long time.”

Shauna H.

Accounts Payable Manager and Bookkeeping Assistant

“Currently I can set up different percentages based on supplier, sub category and others, BUT I am unable to set a pricing matrix with varying percentages for an increasing cost value.”

Jeff G.

PARTS MANAGER

“Development is out of control - one developer in one area will fix something but that will break 4 other things in other areas.”

Greg H.

Owner