How much does Square cost?

No price is published on the record we hold for Square, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.

Does Square have a free plan?

Yes, Square is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.

Which e-commerce & retail tools can I use without paying?

3 of the 8 e-commerce & retail tools listed alongside Square have a free tier: Ecwid, Algopix, AliExpress.

What am I actually paying for with Square?

The record lists 14 features across 4 areas: core, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for accept payments with all-in-one pos application, online ordering and basic website creation, invoicing and appointment booking.

Does Square charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Square prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Square against before paying?

The closest e-commerce & retail tools in this directory are Ecwid, BigCommerce, Algopix, Etsy. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Square covering price, platforms and features.

E-commerce & Retail · pricing

Square pricing

No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for Square. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the e-commerce & retail tools listed alongside it.

Entry price: Free
Model: Freemium
Tiers: -
Free tier: Yes

What is on record

The Square catalogue entry carries no price and a freemium pricing model, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the Square review carries the full feature record.

What the product covers

The full Square feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Core

Payment processing
Point of sale
Invoicing
Payroll
Banking

Integrations

QuickBooks
WooCommerce
Wix

Security

PCI DSS
EMV compliant

Platform

Web support
Ios support
Android support
Hardware support

People bring Square in for accept payments with all-in-one pos application, online ordering and basic website creation, invoicing and appointment booking, staff scheduling and loyalty programmes. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Square are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in E-commerce & Retail

Too few e-commerce & retail tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Square entry price against other E-commerce & Retail tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Square (this page)	Free	freemium	-
Ecwid	Free	subscription	-	vs Square
BigCommerce	$29.95/month	subscription	-	vs Square
Algopix	Free	subscription	-	vs Square
Etsy	$0.2/per-listing	transaction	-	vs Square
Clavio	$50/month	subscription	-	vs Square
Big Cartel	On request	subscription	-	vs Square

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Square badges page.

Before you pay for Square

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: not published on the record we hold. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Square runs on pos (mobile app), web, and is published by Block Inc of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Square review, and the rest of the category is under best e-commerce & retail tools.

Square pricing on the vendor's own site

Square pricing questions

How much does Square cost?: No price is published on the record we hold for Square, which is listed as freemium. The vendor's own site is the only reliable source for the current figure.
Does Square have a free plan?: Yes, Square is recorded as freemium, so it can be used without paying.
Which e-commerce & retail tools can I use without paying?: 3 of the 8 e-commerce & retail tools listed alongside Square have a free tier: Ecwid, Algopix, AliExpress.
What am I actually paying for with Square?: The record lists 14 features across 4 areas: core, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for accept payments with all-in-one pos application, online ordering and basic website creation, invoicing and appointment booking.
Does Square charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Square prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Square against before paying?: The closest e-commerce & retail tools in this directory are Ecwid, BigCommerce, Algopix, Etsy. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Square covering price, platforms and features.