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Rain POS vs AIM Comparison (2026)

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Rain POS

AIM

Overview

Rain is a cloud-based point-of-sale system designed to help retailers save time and sell more by seamlessly integrating in-store inventory with eCommerce websites.

AIM offers retailers a way to manage inventory, customers and sales but also offers fully integrated add-on modules such as Accounts Payable & General Ledger, Purchase Orders, Repair & Service, Lesson/Appointment Scheduling & Billing, Short Term Rentals, Rent & Sales Contracts, and much more.

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

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

995

One-time payment

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.1

134

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

72%

would recommend this app

4.1

198

101

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

72%

would recommend this app

Pros

“The support failed to highlight some options like multiple versions on 1 product. If they focused on some basics like sorting fields, better reports you can print it would be a really good replacement for the Intuit Quickbooks POS..”

Dennis B.

Owner

“Their program to enter work orders and remove product from inventory was amazing! ”

Alisa C.

Owner

“I ran this system in my shop for a year, it was expensive ($100 more than the system I went back to).”

Alisa C.

Owner

Pros

“Be prepared to watch a lot of videos to learn how to set up and use AIM. ”

Joe R.

Owner

“That being said, the version we are currently using is not online integrated as far as the lesson module goes. If that has changed with the newer version, then I have no cons”

Katie J.

School Director

“The AIM team is generally responsive to our requests though we do tend to have issues due to the large database size that difficult to diagnose.”

Carolyn B.

Special Projects Manager

Cons

“They charged a ton of money to do no website design and then presented a trashy website builder that does not let you edit the style/design of your site.”

Alexis M.

CEO

“at first, they are great but once they figure u are too far to turn back they seem to vanish trying to get answers call one day it might be two days later you get a call back no one seems to care how things are going i my self have a issue with my favorites list the acknowledge there is a problem yet to get it fixed 6 weeks latter”

chris t.

owner

“Reports are really poor.”

Dennis B.

Owner

Cons

“The Vortx web platform that integrates with AIM comes with a lot of limitations & the custom report tool is difficult to use. ”

Bill B.

Sales

“The worst part about this POS was the set up. Although I believe that is mostly the fact that we were transferring information from a system that was very VERY old and outdated system. But the service team was there for me whenever I had questions; and boy I had a lot of them.”

Emily R.

Retirement Plan (Front Room Manager)

“The fact that I was charged for software and data transfer and received software without data transfer so it is useless.”

Adam B.

President