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Clover
Point of sale system that grows with your business
As of 30 August 2026, Clover starts at $29/month. Clover is a cloud-based POS system that offers hardware, software, and payment processing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses. Softwr lists it under Restaurants. Clover is made by Fiserv Inc, launched in 2012, available on iOS, Android.
Overview
What Clover does
Clover is a cloud-based POS system that offers hardware, software, and payment processing solutions for small to medium-sized businesses.
What people use it for
- Point of sale
- Payment processing
- Business management
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The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about 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
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Pricing
What Clover costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Starter
Free
- Mobile payments
- Basic reporting
Standard
$14.95 /mo
- Full POS
- Employee management
- Inventory
Capabilities
Features
POS system
Payment processing
Inventory management
Employee management
Reporting
QuickBooks
Integration with QuickBooks
Yelp
Integration with Yelp
Gusto
Integration with Gusto
PCI DSS
PCI DSS security feature
EMV
EMV security feature
Hardware support
Available on hardware
Ios support
Available on ios
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Does Clover publish pricing on their website?
Pricing is not shown on Clover's main site or dedicated pricing page. To get a quote, you must contact their sales team directly.
SourceDo I need a credit card to try Clover?
The site does not disclose whether a trial period exists or what sign-up requirements are. Contact sales to ask whether a free trial is available and what payment information is required.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Clover
- Company
- Fiserv Inc
- Based in
- Sunnyvale, CA
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Where to go from Clover
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Compare Clover with
- Lightspeed Restaurant
- Square for Restaurants
- TouchBistro
- Sling
- Toast POS
- Aloha POS
- MarginEdge
- Restaurant365
- Popmenu
- CAKE POS
- Plate IQ
- DoorDash
- UrbanPiper
- xtraCHEF
- Zomato
- Avero
- Backbar
- CAKE POS
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