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Square for Retail pricing
Square for Retail publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $49/month
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Square for Retail plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 5 | Entry tier |
| Plus | $49/month | 6 | +$49/month, 6 more features |
| Premium | $149/month | 4 | +$100/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers payment processing at 2.6% + 15 cents, basic inventory management, invoicing, online shop, booking tools.
Plus
$49/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- In-person: 2.5% + 15 cents
- Online: 2.9% + 30 cents
- Product exchanges
- Advanced retail reports
- Team management
- Phone support 6am-6pm PT
Premium
$149/monthOver Plus, this tier adds:
- In-person: 2.4% + 15 cents
- Advanced features
- Priority support
Where Square for Retail stops being free
Free, Free
- Payment processing at 2.6% + 15 cents
- Basic inventory management
- Invoicing
- Online shop
- Booking tools
Plus, $49/month
The first thing you pay for:
- In-person: 2.5% + 15 cents
- Online: 2.9% + 30 cents
- Product exchanges
- Advanced retail reports
- Team management
- Phone support 6am-6pm PT
What the product covers
The full Square for Retail 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
- Contactless payments
- Inventory tracking
- Employee management
- Customer profiles
- Sales analytics
- Receipt printing
- Integration with Square Online
- Reporting tools
How that compares in E-commerce & Retail
Across the 3 e-commerce & retail tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $29.95/month. Square for Retail starts at $49/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square for Retail (this page) | Free, then $49/month | - | - | |
| Ecwid | Free | subscription | - | vs Square for Retail |
| BigCommerce | $29.95/month | subscription | - | vs Square for Retail |
| Algopix | Free | subscription | - | vs Square for Retail |
| Etsy | $0.2/per-listing | transaction | - | vs Square for Retail |
| Clavio | $50/month | subscription | - | vs Square for Retail |
| Big Cartel | On request | subscription | - | vs Square for Retail |
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 for Retail badges page.
Before you pay for Square for Retail
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: 3 tiers between Free and $149/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Square for Retail runs on ios, api, and is published by Block Inc (Square) of San Francisco, CA. The full record is on the Square for Retail review, and the rest of the category is under best e-commerce & retail tools.
Square for Retail pricing questions
- How much does Square for Retail cost?
- Square for Retail publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $149/month for Premium. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Square for Retail have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers payment processing at 2.6% + 15 cents, basic inventory management, invoicing. Paying starts at $49/month for Plus.
- What is the difference between Free and Plus on Square for Retail?
- Plus costs $49/month against Free, and adds in-person: 2.5% + 15 cents, online: 2.9% + 30 cents, product exchanges, advanced retail reports.
- Is the Premium plan on Square for Retail worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is in-person: 2.4% + 15 cents, advanced features, priority support. It costs $149/month against $49/month for Plus. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Square for Retail expensive for a e-commerce & retail tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 3 e-commerce & retail tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $29.95/month; Square for Retail starts at $49/month.
- Which e-commerce & retail tools can I use without paying?
- 3 of the 8 e-commerce & retail tools listed alongside Square for Retail have a free tier: Ecwid, Algopix, AliExpress.
- What am I actually paying for with Square for Retail?
- The record lists 8 features across 1 area: core.
- Does Square for Retail charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, 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 for Retail 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 for Retail 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 for Retail covering price, platforms and features.