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Clover vs NCR Silver

Clover logo

Clover

Software

Point of sale system that grows with your business

From
$29/month
Rated
-
NCR Silver logo

NCR Silver

Software

Enterprise POS and commerce solutions by NCR

From
$200000/year
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Clover the App Store listing (Clover Network, Inc) requires an existing Clover merchant account to use the app at all; there is no self-serve signup or published subscription price inside the listing, confirming the product is sold only through merchant onboarding contracts; NCR Silver the Internet Archive's capture of NCR's page on 26 December 2019 confirmed NCR Silver is a distinct small business iPad/tablet cloud POS product, separate from NCR's Aloha Restaurant POS line, with no price figure published.
  • They diverge on capability: Clover covers POS system, NCR Silver covers Multi-store management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Clover and NCR Silver actually diverge.

Attributes where Clover and NCR Silver differ
AttributeCloverNCR Silver
Starting price$29/month$200000/year
PlatformsHardware, Ios, AndroidWeb
Founded20121884

Identical on both: pricing model (subscription), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Clover

  • POS system
  • Payment processing
  • Employee management
  • Reporting
  • QuickBooks
  • Yelp
  • Gusto
  • PCI DSS

Only in NCR Silver

  • Multi-store management
  • Point of sale
  • Omnichannel capabilities
  • Customer analytics
  • Self-checkout
  • Mobile POS
  • API access

Both cover

  • Inventory management

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Clover

  • Point of salenot NCR Silver
  • Payment processingnot NCR Silver
  • Business managementnot NCR Silver

NCR Silver

No use cases recorded yet. See the NCR Silver review.

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Clover

  • The App Store listing (Clover Network, Inc) requires an existing Clover merchant account to use the app at all; there is no self-serve signup or published subscription price inside the listing, confirming the product is sold only through merchant onboarding contracts

NCR Silver

  • The Internet Archive's capture of NCR's page on 26 December 2019 confirmed NCR Silver is a distinct small business iPad/tablet cloud POS product, separate from NCR's Aloha Restaurant POS line, with no price figure published.

Pricing, plan by plan

Clover

$29/month
  • StarterFree
    • Mobile payments
    • Basic reporting
  • Standard$14.95/month
    • Full POS
    • Employee management
    • Inventory

NCR Silver

$200000/year
  • Enterprise$200000/year
    • Multi-store POS
    • Inventory management
    • Omnichannel
  • Premium$500000/year
    • All Enterprise features
    • Advanced personalization
    • Custom integrations

Which should you pick?

Choose Clover if

  • You need pos system.
  • You work on Hardware, Ios, Android.
  • You also want payment processing.

Choose NCR Silver if

  • You need multi-store management.
  • You also want point of sale.

Questions people ask

Is Clover or NCR Silver better?
Neither clearly leads. Clover starts at $29/month and NCR Silver at $200000/year, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Clover or NCR Silver?
Clover starts at $29/month and NCR Silver at $200000/year.
Does Clover or NCR Silver run on more platforms?
Clover runs on Hardware, Ios, Android. NCR Silver runs on Web.
What is Clover best used for?
Clover is most often used for point of sale, payment processing, business management. Of those, point of sale and payment processing are not what NCR Silver is typically brought in for.
What can Clover do that NCR Silver cannot?
Clover covers POS system, Payment processing, Employee management, Reporting. NCR Silver covers Multi-store management, Point of sale, Omnichannel capabilities, Customer analytics. Both handle Inventory management.

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